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3,097 words match “BAC”

CONGLOMERATE a.
as, conglomerate rays of light. Beams of light when they are multiplied and conglomerate. Bacon. Fluids are separated in the liver and the other conglobate and conglomerate glands. Cheyne.
CONGLOMERATION n.
eing thus collected; collection; accumulation; that which is conglomerated; a mixed mass. Bacon.
CONGREGATE a.
Collected; compact; close. [R.] Bacon.
CONGREGATION n.
mass. The means of reduction in the fire is but by the congregation of homogeneal parts. Bacon.
CONSCIENT a.
Conscious. [R.] Bacon.
CONSECRATE a.
Consecrated; devoted; dedicated; sacred. They were assembled in that consecrate place. Bacon.
CONSERVATIVE a.
such a nature that after the system has undergone any series of changes, and been brought back in any manner to its original state, the whole work done by external agents on the system is equal to the whole work done by the system overcoming external forces. Clerk Maxwell.
CONSISTENCE; CONSISTENCY n.
r, being divided, maketh many circles, till it restore itself to the natural consistence. Bacon. We are as water, weak, and of no consistence. Jer. Taylor. The same form, substance, and consistency. T. Burned.
CONSISTORY n.
ssion of the college of cardinals at Rome. Pius was then hearing of causes in consistory. Bacon.
CONSOLIDATE v.
by drying. In hurts and ulcers of the head, dryness maketh them more apt to consolidate. Bacon.
CONSTIPATE v.
to press together or condense. [Obs.] Of cold the property is to condense and constipate. Bacon.
CONSTRAIN v.
To hold back by force; to restrain; to repress. My sire in caves constrains the winds. Dryden.
CONTANGO n.
tponement of payment by the buyer of stock on the payment of a premium to the seller. See Backwardation. N. Biddle.
CONTEMPT n.
The state of being despised; disgrace; shame. Contempt and begarry hangs upon thy back. Shaks.
CONTENT n.
Power of containing; capacity; extent; size. [Obs.] Strong ship's, of great content. Bacon.
CONTENTATION n.
Content; satisfaction. [Obs.] Bacon.
CONTINUANCE n.
A holding together; continuity. [Obs.] Bacon.
CONTORTED a.
Twisted back upon itself, as some parts of plants.
CONTRACTED a.
Bargained for; betrothed; as, a contracted peace. Inquire me out contracted bachelors. Shak.
CONTRADICTORY n.
enies or opposes another; contrariety. It is common with princes to will contradictories. Bacon.
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