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A large South American snake of the Boa family (Eunectes murinus), which lives near rivers, and preys on birds and small mammals. The name is also applied to a similar large serpent (Python tigris) of Ceylon.

Not conductive; impeding; disadvantageous. [R.]

Pertaining to, or resembling, an epicondyle.

A projection on the inner side of the distal end of the numerus; the internal condyle.

The quality or state of being incondensable.

Not condensable; incapable of being made more dense or compact, or reduced to liquid form.

Badly put together; inartificial; rude; unpolished; irregular. "Carol incondite rhymes." J. Philips.

Unconditional. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Not conditioned; not limited; absolute. [Obs.] Boyle.

Between condyles; as, the intercondylar fossa or notch of the femur.

Wrong conduct; bad behavior; mismanagement. Addison.

p of vertebrates, including the birds and reptiles, or those that have only one occipital condyle; the Sauropsida.

Not condensible; incapable of being liquefied; -- said of gases.

Not condensing; discharging the steam from the cylinder at a pressure nearly equal to or above that of the atmosphere and not into a condenser.

Not conducting; not transmitting a fluid or force; thus, in electricity, wax is a nonconducting substance.

The quality of not being able to conduct or transmit; failure to conduct.

A substance which does not conduct, that is, convey or transmit, heat, electricity, sound, vibration, or the like, or which transmits them with difficulty; an insulator; as, wool is a nonconductor of heat; glass and dry wood are nonconductors of electricity.

To condemn beforehand. -- Pre*con`dem*na"tion, n.

A previous or antecedent condition; a preliminary condition.

A substance or device that has its conductivity altered in some way by electric waves, as a coherer.