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Conhydrine

A vegetable alkaloid found with conine in the poison hemlock (Conium maculatum). It is a white crystalline substance, C8H17NO, easily convertible into conine.

Conical Conic

Having the form of, or resembling, a geometrical cone; round and tapering to a point, or gradually lessening in circumference; as, a conic or conical figure; a conical vessel.

Conico-

A combining form, meaning somewhat resembling a cone; as, conico-cylindrical, resembling a cone and a cylinder; conico-hemispherical; conico-subulate.

Conics

That branch of geometry which treats of the cone and the curves which arise from its sections.

conidiophore

a specialized fungal hypha (a branch of the fungal mycelium) that produces conidia.

Conidium

A peculiar kind of reproductive cell found in certain fungi, and often containing zoospores.

Conifer

A tree or shrub bearing cones; one of the order Coniferae, which includes the pine, cypress, and (according to some) the yew.

Coniferin

A glucoside extracted from the cambium layer of coniferous trees as a white crystalline substance.

Coniferophytina Coniferophyta

a class of cone-bearing gymnosperms dating from the Carboniferous; most are substantial trees; it includes the classes Pinopsida (subdivision Pinophytina) and Ginkgopsida (subdivision Ginkgophytina) and Taxopsida (subdivision Taxophytina) which in turn include the surviving orders Coniferales and Taxales (yews) and sometimes Ginkgoales as well as extinct orders such as Cordaitales (of the Carboniferous and Permian) and Volztiales (of the Permian-Jurassic).

Coniferous

Bearing cones, as the pine and cypress. Pertaining to the order Coniferae, of which the pine tree is the type.

Conine

A powerful and very poisonous vegetable alkaloid found in the hemlock (Conium maculatum) and extracted as a colorless oil, C8H17N, of strong repulsive odor and acrid taste. It is regarded as a derivative of piperidine and likewise of one of the collidines. It occasions a gradual paralysis of the motor nerves. Called also coniine, coneine, conia, etc. See Conium, 2.

Conirostres

A tribe of perching birds, including those which have a strong conical bill, as the finches.

Conistra

Originally, a part of the palestra, or gymnasium among the Greeks; either the place where sand was stored for use in sprinkling the wrestlers, or the wrestling ground itself. Hence, a part of the orchestra of the Greek theater.

Conite

A magnesian variety of dolomite.

Conium

A genus of biennial, poisonous, white-flowered, umbelliferous plants, bearing ribbed fruit (/seeds/) and decompound leaves.

Conject

To conjecture; also, to plan.

Conjectural

Dependent on conjecture; fancied; imagined; guessed at; undetermined; doubtful.

Conjecture

To make conjectures; to surmise; to guess; to infer; to form an opinion; to imagine.

Conjoin

To unite; to join; to league.

Conjointly

In a conjoint manner; untitedly; jointly; together.

Conjubilant

Shouting together for joy; rejoicing together.

Conjugal

Belonging to marriage; suitable or appropriate to the marriage state or to married persons; matrimonial; connubial.

Conjugally

In a conjugal manner; matrimonially; connubially.

Conjugate

To unite in a kind of sexual union, as two or more cells or individuals among the more simple plants and animals.

conjugated

formed by the union of two compounds; as, a conjugated protein.

Conjugation

the act of uniting or combining; union; assemblage.

Conjunction

The act of conjoining, or the state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league.

Conjunctiva

The mucous membrane which covers the external surface of the ball of the eye and the inner surface of the lids; the conjunctival membrane.

Conjunctly

In union; conjointly; unitedly; together.

Conjuncture

The act of joining, or state of being joined; union; connection; combination.

Conjuration

The act of calling or summoning by a sacred name, or in solemn manner; the act of binding by an oath; an earnest entreaty; adjuration.

Conjurator

One who swears or is sworn with others; one bound by oath with others; a compurgator.

Conjure

To practice magical arts; to use the tricks of a conjurer; to juggle; to charm.

Conjurement

Serious injunction; solemn demand or entreaty.

Conjurer

One who practices magic arts; one who pretends to act by the aid super natural power; also, one who performs feats of legerdemain or sleight of hand.

conjuring

invoking a spirit or devil. See conjure, v..

Conjuror

One bound by a common oath with others.

Conjury

The practice of magic; enchantment.

conk

to hit on the head; as, to conk someone on the head with a pipe.

conker

the inedible nutlike seed of the horsechestnut.

Conn

See Con, to direct a ship.

Connascent

Born together; produced at the same time.

Connate-perfoliate

Connate or coalescent at the base so as to produce a broad foliaceous body through the center of which the stem passes; -- applied to leaves, as the leaves of the boneset.

Connatural

Connected by nature; united in nature; inborn; inherent; natural.

Connaturality

Participation of the same nature; natural union or connection.

Connaturalize

To bring to the same nature as something else; to adapt.

Connature

Participation in a common nature or character.

Connect

To join, unite, or cohere; to have a close relation; as, one line of railroad connects with another; one argument connects with another.

connecting

forming a connection; as, a connecting flight.

Connection

The act of connecting, or the state of being connected; the act or process of bringing two things into contact; junction; union; as, the connection between church and state is inescapable; the connection of pipes of different diameters requires an adapter.

Connective

That which connects A word that connect words or sentences; a conjunction or preposition. That part of an anther which connects its thec/, lobes, or cells.

Connector

One who, or that which, connects A flexible tube for connecting the ends of glass tubes in pneumatic experiments. A device for holding two parts of an electrical conductor in contact.

Conner

A marine European fish (Crenilabrus melops); also, the related American cunner. See Cunner.

Connivance

Intentional failure or forbearance to discover a fault or wrongdoing; voluntary oversight; passive consent or cooperation.

Connive

To shut the eyes to; to overlook; to pretend not to see.

Connivent

Forbearing to see; designedly inattentive; as, connivent justice.

Connoisseur

One well versed in any subject; a skillful or knowing person; a critical judge of any art, particulary of one of the fine arts.

Connotate

To connote; to suggest or designate (something) as additional; to include; to imply.

Connotation

The act of connoting; a making known or designating something additional; implication of something more than is asserted.

connotational

Having the power of implying or suggesting something in addition to what is explicit. Contrasted with denotative.

connote

To mark along with; to suggest or indicate as additional; to designate by implication; to include in the meaning; to imply.

Connubial

Of or pertaining to marriage, or the marriage state; conjugal; nuptial.

Connubiality

The quality of being connubial; something characteristics of the conjugal state; an expression of connubial tenderness.

Connutritious

Nutritious by force of habit; -- said of certain kinds of food.

Conodont

A peculiar toothlike fossil of many forms, found especially in carboniferous rocks. Such fossils are supposed by some to be the teeth of marsipobranch fishes, but they are probably the jaws of annelids.

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