||Con"cha (?), n. [LL. (in sense 1), fr. &?; concha. See Conch.] 1. (Arch.) The plain semidome of an apse; sometimes used for the entire apse.
2. (Anat.) The external ear; esp. the largest and deepest concavity of the external ear, surrounding the entrance to the auditory canal.
Con"chal (?), a. (Anat.) Pertaining to the concha, or external ear; as, the conchal cartilage.
Con"chi*fer (?), n. [Cf. F. conchofŔre.] (Zo÷l.) One of the Conchifera.
||Con*chif"e*ra (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. concha + ferre to bear.] (Zo÷l.) That class of Mollusca which includes the bivalve shells; the Lamellibranchiata. See Mollusca.
Con*chif"er*ous (?), a. Producing or having shells.
Con"chi*form, a. [Conch + -form.] Shaped like one half of a bivalve shell; shell-shaped.
Con"chi*nine (? or ?), n. [Formed by transposition fr. cinchonine.] See Quinidine.
Con"chite (?), n. [Cf. F. conchite. See Conch.] (Paleon.) A fossil or petrified conch or shell.
Con*chit"ic (?), a. Composed of shells; containing many shells.
Con"choid (?), n. [Gr. &?;; &?; shell + &?; form: cf. F. concho´de.] (Geom.) A curve, of the fourth degree, first made use of by the Greek geometer, Nicomedes, who invented it for the purpose of trisecting an angle and duplicating the cube.
Con*choid"al (?), a. [Cf. F. concho´dal.] (Min.) Having elevations or depressions in form like one half of a bivalve shell; -- applied principally to a surface produced by fracture.
Con`cho*log"ic*al (?), a. (Zo÷l.) Pertaining to, or connected with, conchology.
Con*chol"o*gist (?), n. (Zo÷l.) One who studies, or is versed in, conchology.
Con*chol"o*gy (?), n. [Conch + -logy.] (Zo÷l.) The science of Mollusca, and of the shells which they form; malacology.
Con*chom"e*ter (?), n. [Conch + -meter.] (Zo÷l.) An instrument for measuring shells, or the angle of their spire.
Con*chom"e*try (?), n. (Zo÷l.) The art of measuring shells or their curves; conchyliometry.
Con`cho-spi"ral (?), n. A kind of spiral curve found in certain univalve shells. Agassiz.
{ Con`chy*la"ceous (?), Con*chyl`i*a"ceous (?) }, a. [L. conchylium shell, Gr. &?;, dim. of &?;, equiv. to &?;. See Conch.] Of or pertaining to shells; resembling a shell; as, conchyliaceous impressions. Kirwan.
{ Con*chyl`i*ol"o*gist (?), n., Con*chyl`i*ol"o*gy (?), } n. See Conchologist, and Conchology.
Con*chyl`i*om"e*try (?), n. [Gr. &?; + -metry.] Same as Conchometry.
Con*chyl"i*ous (?), a. Conchylaceous.
Con"ci*a`tor (?), n. [It. conciatore, fr. conciare to adjust, dress, fr. L. comtus, p. p. See Compt, a.] (Glass Works) The person who weighs and proportions the materials to be made into glass, and who works and tempers them.
||Con`cierge" (?), n. [F.] One who keeps the entrance to an edifice, public or private; a doorkeeper; a janitor, male or female.
Con*cil"i*a*ble (?), n. [L. conciliabulum, fr. concitium assembly: cf. F. conciliabule. See Council.] A small or private assembly, especially of an ecclesiastical nature. [Obs.] Bacon.
Con*cil"i*a*ble, a. [Cf. F. conciliable.] Capable of being conciliated or reconciled. Milton.
Con*cil"i*a*bule (?), n. [See Conciliable, n.] An obscure ecclesiastical council; a conciliable. Milman.
{ Con*cil"i*ar (?), Con*cil"i*a*ry (?) } a. [Cf. F. conciliare.] Of or pertaining to, or issued by, a council. Jer. Taylor.
Con*cil"i*ate (?; 106), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Conciliated; p. pr & vb. n. Conciliating.] [L. conciliatus, p. p. of conciliare to draw or bring together, unite, from concilium council. See Council.] To win ower; to gain from a state of hostility; to gain the good will or favor of; to make friendly; to mollify; to propitiate; to appease.
The rapacity of his father's administration had excited such universal discontent, that it was found expedient to conciliate the nation.
Hallam.
Syn. -- To reconcile; propitiate; appease; pacify.
Con*cil`i*a"tion (?), n. [L. conciliatio.] The act or process of conciliating; the state of being conciliated.
The house has gone further; it has declared conciliation admissible previous to any submission on the part of America.
Burke.
Con*cil"i*a*tive (?), a. Conciliatory. Coleridge.
Con*cil"i*a`tor (?), n. [L.] One who conciliates.
Con*cil"i*a*to*ry (?; 106), a. Tending to conciliate; pacific; mollifying; propitiating.
The only alternative, therefore, was to have recourse to the conciliatory policy.
Prescott.
Con*cin"nate (?), v. t. [L. concinnatus, p. p. of concinnare to concinnate. See Concinnity.] To place fitly together; to adapt; to clear. [Obs.] Holland.
Con*cin"ni*ty (?), n. [L. concinnitas, fr. concinnus skillfully put together, beautiful. Of uncertain origin.] Internal harmony or fitness; mutual adaptation of parts; elegance; -- used chiefly of style of discourse. [R.]
An exact concinnity and eveness of fancy.
Howell.
Con*cin"nous (?), a. [L. concinnus.] Characterized by concinnity; neat; elegant. [R.]
The most concinnous and most rotund of proffessors, M. Heyne.
De Quiency.
Con"cio*nate (?), v. i. [L. concionatus, p. p. of concionari to adress.] To preach. [Obs.] Lithgow.
Con"cio*na`tor (?), n. [L.] 1. An haranguer of the people; a preacher.