Webster's Dictionary 1913

6832

Conic

{ Con″ic (?), Con″ic‐al (?) }, a. [Gr. �: cf. F. conique. See Cone.] 1. Having the form of, or resembling, a geometrical cone; round and tapering to a point, or gradually lessen...

6833

Conic (2)

Con″ic, n.(Math.) A conic section.

6834

Conicality

Con′i‐cal″i‐ty (?), n. Conicalness.

6835

Conically

Con″ic‐al‐ly (?), adv. In the form of a cone.

6836

Conicalness

Con″ic‐al‐ness, n. State or quality of being conical.

6837

Conico-

Con″i‐co– (�), a. [See Conic.] A combining form, meaning somewhat resembling a cone; as, conico-cylindrical, resembling a cone and a cylinder; conico-hemispherical; conico-subul...

6838

Conicoid

Con″i‐coid (?), a. [Conic + -oid.] (Math.) Same as Conoidal.

6839

Conics

Con″ics (?), n. 1. That branch of geometry which treats of the cone and the curves which arise from its sections.2. Conic sections.

6840

Conidium

‖Co‐nid″i‐um (?), n.; pl.Conida (#). (Bot.) A peculiar kind of reproductive cell found in certain fungi, and often containing zoöspores.

6841

Conifer

Co″ni‐fer (?), n. [L. conifer; conus cone + ferre to bear: cf. F. conifère.] (Bot.) A tree or shrub bearing cones; one of the order Coniferae, which includes the pine, cypress, ...

6842

Coniferin

Co‐nif″er‐in (?), n.(Chem.) A glucoside extracted from the cambium layer of coniferous trees as a white crystalline substance.

6843

Coniferous

Co‐nif″er‐ous (?), a. (a) Bearing cones, as the pine and cypress. (b) Pertaining to the order Coniferae, of which the pine tree is the type.

6844

Coniform

Co″ni‐form (?), a. [Cone + -form: cf. F. coniforme.] Cone-shaped; conical.

6845

Coniine

Co‐ni″ine (? or �), n. See Conine.

6846

Conimene

Co″ni‐mene (?), n.(Chem.) Same as Olibene.

6847

Conine

Co″nine (? or �), n. [From Conium.] (Chem.) A powerful and very poisonous vegetable alkaloid found in the hemlock (Conium maculatum) and extracted as a colorless oil, C8H17N, of...

6848

Coniroster

‖Co′ni‐ros″ter (?), n.(Zoöl.) One of the Conirostres.

6849

Conirostral

Co′ni‐ros″tral (?), a.(Zoöl.) Belonging to the Conirostres.

6850

Conirostres

‖Co′ni‐ros″tres (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. conus cone + rostrum beak: cf. F. conirostre.] (Zoöl.) A tribe of perching birds, including those which have a strong conical bill, as t...

6851

Conisor

Con′i‐sor″ (?), n. [Obs.] See Cognizor.

6852

Conistra

‖Co‐nis″tra (?), n.(Greek Antiq.) Originally, a part of the palestra, or gymnasium among the Greeks; either the place where sand was stored for use in sprinkling the wrestlers, ...

6853

Conite

Co″nite (?), n. [Gr. � dust: cf. F. conite. So called on account of its gray color.] (Min.) A magnesian variety of dolomite.

6854

Conium

‖Co‐ni″um (? or �), n. 1. (Bot.) A genus of biennial, poisonous, white-flowered, umbelliferous plants, bearing ribbed fruit (“seeds”) and decompound leaves.2. (Med.) The common ...

6855

Conject

Con‐ject″ (?), v. t. [L. conjectus, p. p. of conjicere. See Conjecture, n.] To throw together, or to throw. Bp. Montagu.

6856

Conject (2)

Con‐ject″, v. t. To conjecture; also, to plan.

6857

Conjector

Con‐ject″or (?), n. One who guesses or conjectures.A great conjector at other men by their writings.Milton.

6858

Conjecturable

Con‐jec″tur‐a‐ble (?; 135), a. Capable of being conjectured or guessed.