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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.

Conodontophorida Conodonta

an extinct order of primitive vertebrates; the precise taxonomy is not clear; in some classifications it is considered a separate phylum.

Conoid

Resembling a cone; conoidal.

Conoidal

Nearly, but not exactly, conical.

Conominee

One nominated in conjunction with another; a joint nominee.

Conquer

To gain the victory; to overcome; to prevail.

Conquest

The act or process of conquering, or acquiring by force; the act of overcoming or subduing opposition by force, whether physical or moral; subjection; subjugation; victory.

Conquian

A game for two, played with 40 cards, in which each player tries to form three or four of a kind or sequences.

Consanguine

related by blood; descended from a common ancestor; -- used as a term of relation between two people.

Consanguineous

Of the same blood; related by birth; descended from the same parent or ancestor.

Consanguinity

The relation of persons by blood, in distinction from affinity or relation by marriage; blood relationship; as, lineal consanguinity; collateral consanguinity.

Conscience

Knowledge of one's own thoughts or actions; consciousness.

Conscienceless

Without conscience; indifferent to conscience; unscrupulous.

Conscientious

Influenced by conscience; governed by a strict regard to the dictates of conscience, or by the known or supposed rules of right and wrong; -- said of a person.

Conscientiously

In a conscientious manner; as a matter of conscience; hence; faithfully; accurately; completely.

Conscientiousness

The quality of being conscientious; a scrupulous regard to the dictates of conscience.

Conscionable

Governed by, or according to, conscience; reasonable; just.

Conscious

Possessing the faculty of knowing one's own thoughts or mental operations.

Consciously

In a conscious manner; with knowledge of one's own mental operations or actions.

Consciousness

The state of being conscious; knowledge of one's own existence, condition, sensations, mental operations, acts, etc.

Conscript

To enroll, by compulsion, for military service.

Conscription

Belonging to, or of the nature of, a conspiration.

Consecrate

To make, or declare to be, sacred; to appropriate to sacred uses; to set apart, dedicate, or devote, to the service or worship of God; as, to consecrate a church; to give (one's self) unreservedly, as to the service of God.

Consecration

The act or ceremony of consecrating; the state of being consecrated; dedication.

Consecrator

One who consecrates; one who performs the rites by which a person or thing is devoted or dedicated to sacred purposes.

Consecratory

Of or pertaining to the act of consecration; dedicatory.

Consectary

That which follows by consequence or is logically deducible; deduction from premises; corollary.

Consecute

To follow closely; to endeavor to overtake; to pursue.

Consecution

A following, or sequel; actual or logical dependence.

Consecutive

Following in a train; succeeding one another in a regular order; successive; uninterrupted in course or succession; with no interval or break; as, fifty consecutive years.

Consecutively

In a consecutive manner; by way of sequence; successively.

Consensual

Existing, or made, by the mutual consent of two or more parties.

Consent

Agreement in opinion or sentiment; the being of one mind; accord.

Consentaneous

Consistent; agreeable; suitable; accordant to; harmonious; concurrent.

Consequence

That which follows something on which it depends; that which is produced by a cause; a result.

Consequent

That which follows, or results from, a cause; a result or natural effect.

Consequential

Following as a consequence, result, or logical inference; consequent.

Consequentially

With just deduction of consequence; with right connection of ideas; logically.

Consequently

By consequence; by natural or logical sequence or connection.

Conservable

Capable of being preserved from decay or injury.

Conservancy

Conservation, as from injury, defilement, or irregular use.

Conservant

Having the power or quality of conservation.

Conservation

The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting; the keeping (of a thing) in a safe or entire state; preservation.

Conservatism

The disposition and tendency to preserve what is established; opposition to change; the habit of mind; or conduct, of a conservative.

Conservative

One who, or that which, preserves from ruin, injury, innovation, or radical change; a preserver; a conserver.

Conservatoire

A public place of instruction in any special branch, esp. music and the arts. [See Conservatory, 3].

Conservator

One who preserves from injury or violation; a protector; a preserver.

Conserve

Anything which is conserved; especially, a sweetmeat prepared with sugar; a confection.

conserves

fruit preserved by cooking with sugar.

conserving

the preservation and careful management of the environment and of natural resources.

Consider

To think seriously; to make examination; to reflect; to deliberate.

Considerable

Worthy of consideration; requiring to be observed, borne in mind, or attended to.

Considerably

In a manner or to a degree not trifling or unimportant; greatly; much.

Considerate

Given to consideration or to sober reflection; regardful of consequences or circumstances; circumspect; careful; esp. careful of the rights, claims, and feelings of others.

Consideration

The act or process of considering; continuous careful thought; examination; contemplation; deliberation; attention.

Considerer

One who considers; a man of reflection; a thinker.

Consign

To submit; to surrender or yield one's self.

Consignation

The act of consigning; the act of delivering or committing to another person, place, or state.

Consignatory

One of several that jointly sign a written instrument, as a treaty.

Consigne

A countersign; a watchword. One who is orders to keep within certain limits.

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