Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913, 100,000 entries)Use the search box below if you want to search in Websters only, use the box at the right to search all of Enyclo. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z | Webster > Letter C > Page 127 of 212. « Previous ¦119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 ¦ Next » Concertante Con`cer·tan"te noun [ Italian , orig present participle of concertare to form or perform a concert. See Concert .] (Mus.) A concert for two or more principal instruments, with orchestral accompaniment. Also adjectively; as, concertante parts.
Concertation Con`cer·ta"tion noun [ Latin concertatio .] Strife; contention. [ Obsolete] Bailey.
Concertative Con·cer"ta·tive adjective [ Latin concertativus .] Contentious; quarrelsome. [ Obsolete] Bailey.
Concerted Con·cert"ed adjective Mutually contrived or planned; agreed on; as, concerted schemes, signals. Concerted piece (Mus.) , Concertina Con`cer·ti"na noun [ From Italian concerto a concert.] A small musical instrument on the principle of the accordion. It is a small elastic box, or bellows, having free reeds on the inside, and keys and handles on the outside of each of the two hexagonal heads.
Concertino Con`cer·ti"no noun [ See Concertina .] (Mus.) A piece for one or more solo instruments with orchestra; -- more concise than the concerto .
Concertion Con·cer"tion noun Act of concerting; adjustment. [ R.] Young.
Concertmeister Con·cert`meis"ter noun [ G.] (Mus.) The head violinist or leader of the strings in an orchestra; the sub-leader of the orchestra; concert master.
Concerto Con·cer"to noun ; plural Concession Con·ces"sion noun [ Latin concessio , from concedere : confer French concession . See Concede .] By mutual concession the business was adjusted. This is therefore a concession , that he doth . . . believe the Scriptures to be sufficiently plain. When a lover becomes satisfied by small compliances without further pursuits, then expect to find popular assemblies content with small concessions . Concessionaire Con·ces`sion·aire" Concessionary Con·ces"sion·a·ry adjective Of or pertaining to a concession. -- noun ; plural Concessionist Con·ces"sion·ist noun One who favors concession.
Concessive Con·ces"sive adjective [ Latin concessivus .] Implying concession; as, a concessive conjunction. Lowth.
Concessively Con·ces"sive·ly adverb By way of concession.
Concessory Con·ces"so·ry adjective Conceding; permissive.
Concettism Con·cet"tism noun The use of concetti or affected conceits. [ R.] C. Kingsley.
Concetto Con·cet"to noun ; plural Conch Conch noun [ Latin concha , Greek .... See Coach , noun ] Concha Con"cha noun [ Late Latin (in sense 1), from ... concha . See Conch .] Conchal Con"chal adjective (Anat.) Pertaining to the concha, or external ear; as, the conchal cartilage.
Conchifer Con"chi·fer noun [ Confer French conchofère .] (Zoology) One of the Conchifera.
Conchifera Con·chif"e·ra noun plural [ New Latin , from Latin concha + ferre to bear.] (Zoology) That class of Mollusca which includes the bivalve shells; the Lamellibranchiata. See Mollusca .
Conchiferous Con·chif"er·ous adjective Producing or having shells.
Conchiform Con"chi·form adjective [ Conch + -form .] Shaped like one half of a bivalve shell; shell-shaped.
Conchinine Con"chi·nine noun [ Formed by transposition from cinchonine .] See Quinidine .
Conchite Con"chite noun [ Confer French conchite . See Conch .] (Paleon.) A fossil or petrified conch or shell.
Conchitic Con·chit"ic adjective Composed of shells; containing many shells.
Concho-spiral Con`cho-spi"ral noun A kind of spiral curve found in certain univalve shells. Agassiz.
Conchoid Con"choid noun [ Greek ...; ... shell + ... form: confer French conchoïde .] (Geom.) A curve, of the fourth degree, first made use of by the Greek geometer, Nicomedes, who invented it for the purpose of trisecting an angle and duplicating the cube.
Conchoidal Con·choid"al adjective [ Confer French conchoïdal .] (Min.) Having elevations or depressions in form like one half of a bivalve shell; -- applied principally to a surface produced by fracture.
Conchological Con`cho·log"ic·al adjective (Zoology) Pertaining to, or connected with, conchology.
Conchologist Con·chol"o·gist noun (Zoology) One who studies, or is versed in, conchology.
Conchology Con·chol"o·gy noun [ Conch + -logy .] (Zoology) The science of Mollusca, and of the shells which they form; malacology.
Conchometer Con·chom"e·ter noun [ Conch + -meter .] (Zoology) An instrument for measuring shells, or the angle of their spire.
Conchometry Con·chom"e·try noun (Zoology) The art of measuring shells or their curves; conchyliometry.
Conchylaceous, Conchyliaceous Con`chy·la"ceous, Con·chyl`i·a"ceous adjective [ Latin conchylium shell, Greek ..., dim. of ..., equiv. to .... See Conch .] Of or pertaining to shells; resembling a shell; as, conchyliaceous impressions. Kirwan.
Conchyliologist Con·chyl`i·ol"o·gist noun , Conchyliometry Con·chyl`i·om"e·try noun [ Greek ... + -metry .] Same as Conchometry .
Conchylious Con·chyl"i·ous adjective Conchylaceous.
Conciator Con"ci·a`tor noun [ Italian conciatore , from conciare to adjust, dress, from Latin comtus , past participle See Compt , adjective ] (Glass Works) The person who weighs and proportions the materials to be made into glass, and who works and tempers them.
Concierge Con`cierge" noun [ French] One who keeps the entrance to an edifice, public or private; a doorkeeper; a janitor, male or female.
Conciergerie Con`cier`ge·rie" noun [ French] Conciliable Con·cil"i·a·ble noun [ Latin conciliabulum , from concitium assembly: confer French conciliabule . See Council .] A small or private assembly, especially of an ecclesiastical nature. [ Obsolete] Bacon.
Conciliable Con·cil"i·a·ble adjective [ Confer French conciliable .] Capable of being conciliated or reconciled. Milton.
Conciliabule Con·cil"i·a·bule noun [ See Conciliable , noun ] An obscure ecclesiastical council; a conciliable. Milman.
Conciliar, Conciliary Con·cil"i·ar, Con·cil"i·a·ry adjective [ Confer French conciliare .] Of or pertaining to, or issued by, a council. Jer. Taylor.
Conciliate Con·cil"i·ate transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Conciliated ; p. pr & verbal noun Conciliating .] [ Latin conciliatus , past participle of conciliare to draw or bring together, unite, from concilium council. See Council .] To win ower; to gain from a state of hostility; to gain the good will or favor of; to make friendly; to mollify; to propitiate; to appease. The rapacity of his father's administration had excited such universal discontent, that it was found expedient to conciliate the nation.Syn. -- To reconcile; propitiate; appease; pacify. Conciliation Con·cil`i·a"tion noun [ Latin conciliatio .] The act or process of conciliating; the state of being conciliated. The house has gone further; it has declared conciliation admissible previous to any submission on the part of America. Conciliative Con·cil"i·a·tive adjective Conciliatory. Coleridge.
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