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English words starting with conch

Meanings of Conch:

noun

A tropical marine mollusc with a robust spiral shell which may bear long projections and have a flared lip.

Usage examples:

Raup analyzed different types of mollusk conchs in terms of their geometrical properties.

Meanings of Concha:

noun

The depression in the external ear leading to its central opening.

Usage examples:

The convolutions of the external ear, particularly the concha, act to increase or decrease the ampl…

Meanings of Conchae:

noun

The depression in the external ear leading to its central opening.

Usage examples:

The convolutions of the external ear, particularly the concha, act to increase or decrease the ampl…

Meanings of Conches:

noun

A tropical marine mollusc with a robust spiral shell which may bear long projections and have a flared lip.

Usage examples:

Raup analyzed different types of mollusk conchs in terms of their geometrical properties.

Meanings of Conchie:

noun

A conscientious objector.

Usage examples:

They were all conchies and they kept on about negotiating an end to the war

Meanings of Conchies:

noun

A conscientious objector.

Usage examples:

They were all conchies and they kept on about negotiating an end to the war

Meanings of Conchiolin:

noun

A tough, insoluble protein secreted by molluscs, forming the organic matrix of the shell within which calcium carbonate is deposited.

Usage examples:

Moreover, the chambers were divided by a system of numerous intracameral layers of conchiolin and p…

Meanings of Conchoid:

noun

A plane quartic curve consisting of two separate branches either side of and asymptotic to a central straight line (the asymptote), such that if a line is drawn from a fixed point (the pole) to intersect both branches, the part of the line falling between the two branches is of constant length and is exactly bisected by the asymptote.

Usage examples:

Nicomedes is famous for his treatise on conchoid lines which contain his discovery of the curve kno…

Meanings of Conchoidal:

adjective

Denoting a type of fracture in a solid (such as flint) which results in a smooth rounded surface resembling the shape of a scallop shell.

Usage examples:

It occurs on conchoidal fracture surfaces developed in clay and tuffaceous sandstone on the green v…

Meanings of Conchoids:

noun

A plane quartic curve consisting of two separate branches either side of and asymptotic to a central straight line (the asymptote), such that if a line is drawn from a fixed point (the pole) to intersect both branches, the part of the line falling between the two branches is of constant length and is exactly bisected by the asymptote.

Usage examples:

Nicomedes is famous for his treatise on conchoid lines which contain his discovery of the curve kno…

Meanings of Conchology:

noun

The scientific study or collection of mollusc shells.

Usage examples:

A recent post at a snails's eye view was about the conchology book edgar allan poe wrote, or rather…

Meanings of Conchs:

noun

A tropical marine mollusc with a robust spiral shell which may bear long projections and have a flared lip.

Usage examples:

Raup analyzed different types of mollusk conchs in terms of their geometrical properties.

Meanings of Conchy:

noun

A conscientious objector.

Usage examples:

They were all conchies and they kept on about negotiating an end to the war

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