All English words - page 912

Meanings of Conodont:

noun

A fossil marine animal of the cambrian to triassic periods, having a long wormlike body, numerous small teeth, and a pair of eyes. it is now believed to be the earliest vertebrate.

Usage examples:

Life table analyses were then made for the two populations assuming that the height of the cusp ref…

Meanings of Conodonts:

noun

A fossil marine animal of the cambrian to triassic periods, having a long wormlike body, numerous small teeth, and a pair of eyes. it is now believed to be the earliest vertebrate.

Usage examples:

Life table analyses were then made for the two populations assuming that the height of the cusp ref…

Meanings of Conoscopic:

adjective

Using a colonoscope or colonoscopy.

Meanings of Conquerable:

adjective

Possible to defeat or take control of by force

Usage examples:

For the first time the city seemed conquerable., these fears are conquerable.

Meanings of Conquered:

adjective

(of a place or people) having been overcome and taken control of by military force.

Usage examples:

A conquered people

verb

Overcome and take control of (a place or people) by military force.

Usage examples:

He conquered cyprus

Meanings of Conquerors:

noun

A person who conquers a place or people; a vanquisher.

Usage examples:

A people ruled over by a foreign conqueror

Meanings of Conquers:

verb

Overcome and take control of (a place or people) by military force.

Usage examples:

He conquered cyprus

Meanings of Conquest:

noun

The subjugation and assumption of control of a place or people by military force.

Usage examples:

The conquest of the aztecs by the spanish

Meanings of Conquests:

noun

The subjugation and assumption of control of a place or people by military force.

Usage examples:

The conquest of the aztecs by the spanish

Meanings of Conquistadores:

noun

A conqueror, especially one of the spanish conquerors of mexico and peru in the 16th century.

Usage examples:

In order to encourage social acceptance of such unions, anglos claimed that elite mexican women wer…

Meanings of Conquistadors:

noun

A conqueror, especially one of the spanish conquerors of mexico and peru in the 16th century.

Usage examples:

In order to encourage social acceptance of such unions, anglos claimed that elite mexican women wer…

Meanings of Cons:

abbreviation

Conservative.

verb

Persuade (someone) to do or believe something by lying to them.

Usage examples:

I conned him into giving me your home number

noun

An instance of deceiving or tricking someone.

Usage examples:

The charter is a glossy public relations con

Meanings of Consanguine:

adjective

Another term for consanguineous.

Meanings of Consanguineous:

adjective

Relating to or denoting people descended from the same ancestor.

Usage examples:

Consanguineous marriages may give rise to recessive syndromes

Meanings of Conscience:

noun

A person's moral sense of right and wrong, viewed as acting as a guide to one's behaviour.

Usage examples:

He had a guilty conscience about his desires

Meanings of Consciences:

noun

A person's moral sense of right and wrong, viewed as acting as a guide to one's behaviour.

Usage examples:

He had a guilty conscience about his desires

Meanings of Conscientious-objector:

noun

A person who refuses to work in the armed forces for moral or religious reasons

Meanings of Conscientiously:

adverb

In a thorough and responsible way.

Usage examples:

He applied himself conscientiously to his profession

Meanings of Conscientiousness:

noun

The quality of wishing to do one's work or duty well and thoroughly.

Usage examples:

His conscientiousness is second to none and he regularly makes follow-up calls to ensure everything…

Meanings of Conscionable:

adjective

Acting, or wishing to act, according to one's conscience; habitually governed by a sense of what is right; scrupulous.

Meanings of Conscionably:

adverb

According to conscience, with a good conscience; conscientiously, scrupulously.

Meanings of Conscious:

adjective

Aware of and responding to one's surroundings.

Usage examples:

Although i was in pain, i was conscious

Meanings of Conscious-of:

phrase

To notice that a particular thing or person exists or is present

Usage examples:

My tooth doesn't exactly hurt, but i'm conscious of it (= i can feel it) all the time., [ + -ing ve…

Meanings of Consciously:

adverb

In a deliberate and intentional way.

Usage examples:

She consciously chose to ignore him

Meanings of Conscribed:

verb

Enlist (someone) compulsorily, typically into the armed services; conscript.

Usage examples:

We will not be conscribed, to be shot like dogs.