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Convexo-concave

Convex on one side, and concave on the other. The curves of the convex and concave sides may be alike or may be different. See Meniscus.

Convexo-convex

Convex on both sides; double convex. See under Convex, a.

Convexo-plane

Convex on one side, and flat on the other; plano-convex.

Convey

To play the thief; to steal.

Conveyable

Capable of being conveyed or transferred.

Conveyance

The act of conveying, carrying, or transporting; carriage.

Conveyancer

One whose business is to draw up conveyances of property, as deeds, mortgages, leases, etc.

Conveyancing

The business of a conveyancer; the act or business of drawing deeds, leases, or other writings, for transferring the title to property from one person to another.

Conveyer

One who, or that which, conveys or carries, transmits or transfers.

conveying

the act of transferring a property title from one person to another.

Conveyor

A contrivance for carrying objects from place to place; esp., one for conveying grain, coal, etc., -- as a spiral or screw turning in a pipe or trough, an endless belt with buckets, or a truck running along a rope.

Conviciate

To utter reproaches; to raise a clamor; to rail.

Convicious

Expressing reproach; abusive; railing; taunting.

Convict

To prove or find guilty of an offense or crime charged; to pronounce guilty, as by legal decision, or by one's conscience.

convictfish

a type of greenling (Oxylebius pictus) with a whitish body marked with black bands.

Conviction

The act of convicting; the act of proving, finding, or adjudging, guilty of an offense.

Convictism

The policy or practice of transporting convicts to penal settlements.

Convince

To overpower; to overcome; to subdue or master.

Convincement

Act of convincing, or state of being convinced; conviction.

Convincer

One who, or that which, convinces; one who wins over by proof.

Convincingly

in a convincing manner; in a manner to compel assent.

Convincingness

The power of convincing, or the quality of being convincing.

Convival

pertaining to a feast or to festivity; convivial.

Convivial

Of or relating to a feast or entertainment, or to eating and drinking, with accompanying festivity; festive; social; gay; jovial.

Conviviality

The good humor or mirth indulged in upon festive occasions; a convivial spirit or humor; festivity.

Convocation

The act of calling or assembling by summons.

Convoke

To call together; to summon to meet; to assemble by summons.

Convolute

Rolled or wound together, one part upon another; -- said of the leaves of plants in /stivation.

Convolution

The act of rolling anything upon itself, or one thing upon another; a winding motion.

Convolve

To roll or wind together; to roll or twist one part on another.

Convolvulaceous

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants of which the bindweed and the morning-glory are common examples.

Convolvulin

A glucoside occurring in jalap (the root of a convolvulaceous plant), and extracted as a colorless, tasteless, gummy mass of powerful purgative properties.

Convolvulus

A large genus of plants having monopetalous flowers, including the common bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis), and formerly the morning-glory, but this is now transferred to the genus Ipom/a.

Convoy

The act of attending for defense; the state of being so attended; protection; escort.

Convulse

To contract violently and irregulary, as the muscular parts of an animal body; to shake with irregular spasms, as in excessive laughter, or in agony from grief or pain.

Convulsion

An unnatural, violent, and unvoluntary contraction of the muscular parts of an animal body.

Convulsional

Pertaining to, or having, convulsions; convulsionary.

Convulsionist

One who has convulsions; esp., one of a body of fanatics in France, early in the eighteenth century, who went into convulsions under the influence of religious emotion; as, the Convulsionists of St. M/dard.

Convulsive

Producing, or attended with, convulsions or spasms; characterized by convulsions; convulsionary.

Cony

A rabbit, esp., the European rabbit (Lepus cuniculus) The chief hare.

Conylene

An oily substance, C8H14, obtained from several derivatives of conine.

Conyrine

A blue, fluorescent, oily base (regarded as a derivative of pyridine), obtained from conine.

Coo

To make a low repeated cry or sound, like the characteristic note of pigeons or doves.

cooing

emitting a cry like that of a dove; as, The cooing pigeons.

Cook

To prepare food for the table.

Cookbook

A book of directions and receipts for cooking; a cookery book.

cooked-over

heated again after having cooled down; -- often used of food remaining from a previous day.

cooker

an implement for cooking.

Cookery

The art or process of preparing food for the table, by dressing, compounding, and the application of heat; cooking.

cooking

the practice or manner of preparing food or the food so prepared; cookery.

Cookmaid

A female servant or maid who dresses provisions and assists the cook.

Cookroom

A room for cookery; a kitchen; the galley or caboose of a ship.

cookstove

a stove for cooking, especially a wood- or coal-burning kitchen stove.

cookware

cooking utensils, such as pots, pans, or baking dishes made of heat-resistant material.

Cooky

A small, flat, sweetened cake of various kinds.

Cool

To become less hot; to lose heat.

coolant

a fluid (gas or liquid) used to cool a device by transferring heat away from one part to another.

cooled

made or become cool or made cool as specified; often used as a combining form; as, air-cooled auto engine; the cooled milk was put in the refrigerator.

Cooler

That which cools, or abates heat or excitement.

Coolie Cooly

An East Indian porter or carrier; a laborer transported from the East Indies, China, or Japan, for service in some other country.

Cooling

Adapted to cool and refresh; allaying heat.

Coolly

In a cool manner; without heat or excessive cold; without passion or ardor; calmly; deliberately; with indifference; impudently.

Coolness

The state of being cool; a moderate degree of cold; a moderate degree, or a want, of passion; want of ardor, zeal, or affection; calmness.

Coolung

The great gray crane of India (Grus cinerea).

Coom

Soot; coal dust; refuse matter, as the dirty grease which comes from axle boxes, or the refuse at the mouth of an oven.

Coomb

A dry measure of four bushels, or half a quarter.

Coombe Coomb

A hollow in a hillside. [Prov. Eng.] See Comb, Combe.

Coon

A raccoon. See Raccoon.

Cooncan

A game of cards derived from conquian, played by two or more players with one or two full packs of cards.

coondog

any dog trained to hunt raccoons.

coonhound

any of several breeds of hound developed for hunting raccoons.

coonskin

a cap made from the skin of a raccoon, with the tail hanging down the back; -- called also coonskin cap.

Coontie

A cycadaceous plant of Florida and the West Indies, the Zamia integrifolia, from the stems of which a kind of sago is prepared.

Coop

To confine in a coop; hence, to shut up or confine in a narrow compass; to cramp; -- usually followed by up, sometimes by in.

Cooper

To do the work of a cooper upon; as, to cooper a cask or barrel.

Cooperant

Operating together; as, cooperant forces.

Cooperate

To act or operate jointly with another or others; to concur in action, effort, or effect.

Cooperation

The act of cooperating, or of operating together to one end; joint operation; concurrent effort or labor.

Cooperator

One who labors jointly with others to promote the same end.

Coopering

Work done by a cooper in making or repairing barrels, casks, etc.; the business of a cooper.

Coordain

To ordain or appoint for some purpose along with another.

Coordinate

A thing of the same rank with another thing; one two or more persons or things of equal rank, authority, or importance.

coordinate co-ordinate

To make coordinate; to put in the same order or rank; as, to coordinate ideas in classification.

coordinated

dexterous in the use of more than one set of muscle movements.

Coordinateness

The state of being coordinate; equality of rank or authority.

Coordination

The act of coordinating; the act of putting in the same order, class, rank, dignity, etc.; as, the coordination of the executive, the legislative, and the judicial authority in forming a government; the act of regulating and combining so as to produce harmonious results; harmonious adjustment; as, a coordination of functions.

Coot

A wading bird with lobate toes, of the genus Fulica. The common European or bald coot is Fulica atra (see under bald); the American is Fulica Americana The surf duck or scoter. In the United States all the species of (/demia are called coots. See Scoter.

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