Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter C - Page 103

Condone (v. t.) To pardon; to forgive.

Condone (v. t.) To pardon; to overlook the offense of; esp., to forgive for a violation of the marriage law; -- said of either the husband or the wife.

Condor (n.) A very large bird of the Vulture family (Sarcorhamphus gryphus), found in the most elevated parts of the Andes.

Condottieri (pl. ) of Condottiere

Condottiere (n.) A military adventurer of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, who sold his services, and those of his followers, to any party in any contest.

Conduced (imp. & p. p.) of Conduce

Conducing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Conduce

Conduce (n.) To lead or tend, esp. with reference to a favorable or desirable result; to contribute; -- usually followed by to or toward.

Conduce (v. t.) To conduct; to lead; to guide.

Conducent (a.) Conducive; tending.

Conducibility (n.) The state or quality of being conducible; conducibleness.

Conducible (a.) Conducive; tending; contributing.

Conducibleness (n.) Quality of being conducible.

Conducibly (adv.) In a manner to promote.

Conducive (a.) Loading or tending; helpful; contributive; tending to promote.

Conduciveness (n.) The quality of conducing.

Conduct (n.) The act or method of conducting; guidance; management.

Conduct (n.) Skillful guidance or management; generalship.

Conduct (n.) Convoy; escort; guard; guide.

Conduct (n.) That which carries or conveys anything; a channel; a conduit; an instrument.

Conduct (n.) The manner of guiding or carrying one's self; personal deportment; mode of action; behavior.

Conduct (n.) Plot; action; construction; manner of development.

Conducted (imp. & p. p.) of Conduct

Conducting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Conduct

Conduct (n.) To lead, or guide; to escort; to attend.

Conduct (n.) To lead, as a commander; to direct; to manage; to carry on; as, to conduct the affairs of a kingdom.

Conduct (n.) To behave; -- with the reflexive; as, he conducted himself well.

Conduct (n.) To serve as a medium for conveying; to transmit, as heat, light, electricity, etc.

Conduct (n.) To direct, as the leader in the performance of a musical composition.

Conduct (v. i.) To act as a conductor (as of heat, electricity, etc.); to carry.

Conduct (v. i.) To conduct one's self; to behave.

Conductibility (n.) Capability of being conducted; as, the conductibility of heat or electricity.

Conductibility (n.) Conductivity; capacity for receiving and transmitting.

Conductible (a.) Capable of being conducted.

Conduction (n.) The act of leading or guiding.

Conduction (n.) The act of training up.

Conduction (n.) Transmission through, or by means of, a conductor; also, conductivity.

Conductive (a.) Having the quality or power of conducting; as, the conductive tissue of a pistil.

Conductivity (n.) The quality or power of conducting, or of receiving and transmitting, as heat, electricity, etc.; as, the conductivity of a nerve.

Conductor (n.) One who, or that which, conducts; a leader; a commander; a guide; a manager; a director.

Conductor (n.) One in charge of a public conveyance, as of a railroad train or a street car.

Conductor (n.) The leader or director of an orchestra or chorus.

Conductor (n.) A substance or body capable of being a medium for the transmission of certain forces, esp. heat or electricity; specifically, a lightning rod.

Conductor (n.) A grooved sound or staff used for directing instruments, as lithontriptic forceps, etc.; a director.

Conductor (n.) Same as Leader.

Conductory (a.) Having the property of conducting.

Conductress (n.) A woman who leads or directs; a directress.

Conduit (n.) A pipe, canal, channel, or passage for conveying water or fluid.

Conduit (n.) A structure forming a reservoir for water.

Conduit (n.) A narrow passage for private communication.

Conduplicate (a.) Folded lengthwise along the midrib, the upper face being within; -- said of leaves or petals in vernation or aestivation.

Conduplication (n.) A doubling together or folding; a duplication.

Condurango (n.) See Cundurango.

Condurrite (n.) A variety of the mineral domeykite, or copper arsenide, from the Condurra mine in Cornwall, England.

Condylar (a.) Of or pertaining to a condyle.

Condyle (n.) A bony prominence; particularly, an eminence at the end of a bone bearing a rounded articular surface; -- sometimes applied also to a concave articular surface.

Condyloid (a.) Shaped like or pertaining to a condyle.

Condylomata (pl. ) of Condylome

Condylomes (pl. ) of Condylome

Condyloma (n.) Alt. of Condylome

Condylome (n.) A wartlike new growth on the outer skin or adjoining mucous membrane.

Condylopod (n.) An arthropod.

Cone (n.) A solid of the form described by the revolution of a right-angled triangle about one of the sides adjacent to the right angle; -- called also a right cone. More generally, any solid having a vertical point and bounded by a surface which is described by a straight line always passing through that vertical point; a solid having a circle for its base and tapering to a point or vertex.

Cone (n.) Anything shaped more or less like a mathematical cone; as, a volcanic cone, a collection of scoriae around the crater of a volcano, usually heaped up in a conical form.

Cone (n.) The fruit or strobile of the Coniferae, as of the pine, fir, cedar, and cypress. It is composed of woody scales, each one of which has one or two seeds at its base.

Cone (n.) A shell of the genus Conus, having a conical form.

Cone (v. t.) To render cone-shaped; to bevel like the circular segment of a cone; as, to cone the tires of car wheels.

Cone-in-cone (a.) Consisting of a series of parallel cones, each made up of many concentric cones closely packed together; -- said of a kind of structure sometimes observed in sedimentary rocks.

Coneine (n.) See Conine.

Conepate (n.) Alt. of Conepatl

Conepatl (n.) The skunk.

Cone pulley () A pulley for driving machines, etc., having two or more parts or steps of different diameters; a pulley having a conical shape.

Coney (n.) A rabbit. See Cony.

Coney (n.) A fish. See Cony.

Confab (n.) Familiar talk or conversation.

Confabulated (imp. & p. p.) of Confabulate

Confabulating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Confabulate

Confabulate (v. i.) To talk familiarly together; to chat; to prattle.

Confabulation (n.) Familiar talk; easy, unrestrained, unceremonious conversation.

Confabulatory (a.) Of the nature of familiar talk; in the form of a dialogue.

Confalon (n.) One of a fraternity of seculars, also called Penitents.

Confarreation (n.) A form of marriage among the Romans, in which an offering of bread was made, in presence of the high priest and at least ten witnesses.

Confated (p.a.) Fated or decreed with something else.

Confected (imp. & p. p.) of Confect

Confecting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Confect

Confect (v. t.) To prepare, as sweetmeats; to make a confection of.

Confect (v. t.) To construct; to form; to mingle or mix.

Confect (n.) A comfit; a confection.

Confection (n.) A composition of different materials.

Confection (n.) A preparation of fruits or roots, etc., with sugar; a sweetmeat.

Confection (n.) A composition of drugs.

Confection (n.) A soft solid made by incorporating a medicinal substance or substances with sugar, sirup, or honey.

Confectionary (n.) A confectioner.

Confectionary (a.) Prepared as a confection.

Confectioner (n.) A compounder.

Confectioner (n.) One whose occupation it is to make or sell confections, candies, etc.

Confectionery (n.) Sweetmeats, in general; things prepared and sold by a confectioner; confections; candies.

Confectionery (n.) A place where candies, sweetmeats, and similar things are made or sold.

Confectory (a.) Pertaining to the art of making sweetmeats.

Confecture (n.) Same as Confiture.

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