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CONCHYLIOLOGIST, CONCHYLIOLOGY, from L. Conchylium, a shell-fish, are sometimes ...
CONCHYLACEOUS, a. [from conch.] Pertaining to shells; resembling a shell; as con...
CONCHOMETER, n. [Gr., a shell, and to measure.] An instrument for measuring shells.
CONCHOLOGY, n. [Gr. A shell and discourse.] The doctrine or science of shells an...
CONCHOLOGIST, n. One versed in the natural history of shells or shell-fish; one ...
CONCHOLOGICAL, a. [See Conchology .] Pertaining to conchology.
CONCHOIDAL, a. In mineralogy, resembling a conch or marine shell; having convex ...
CONCHOID, n. [Gr., form.] The name of a curve, given to it by its inventor Nicom...
CONCHITE, n. A fossil or petrified conch or shell.
CONCHIFEROUS, a. [L. Concha, shell, and fero, to bear.] Producing or having shells.
CONCH, n. [See Cancer .] A marine shell. Adds orient pearls, which from the conc...
CONCETTO, n. [See Conceit .] Affected wit; conceit. [Not English, nor in use.]
CONCESSIVELY, adv. by way of concession or yielding; by way of admitting what ma...
CONCESSIVE, a. Implying concession; as a concessive conjunction.
CONCESSIONARY, a. Yielding by indulgence or allowance.
CONCESSION, n. [L. From concedo. See Concede .] 1. The act of granting or yieldi...