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coniectus
A concentrated discharge of projectile weapons.
coniugālis
Of or relating to marriage, or the relationship of spouses; connubial.
coniugātiō
(grammar) The product of that act: the conjugated forms of a verb, collected into a list or recitation.
coniugium
The state of being married. [from 14th c.]
coniunctio
(grammar) A word used to join other words, phrases, or clauses together into sentences. (The specific conjunction used shows how the two joined parts are related semantically.)
coniungō
(transitive) To connect or combine into one; to put together.
coniūnx
A woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife.
coniūrātiō
(loosely) An agreement to work together to bring something about; an act or instance of conspiring.
coniūrō
(intransitive) To secretly plot or make plans together, often with the intention to bring bad or illegal results; to collude, to connive, to plot.
cōnīveō
(intransitive, obsolete) Often followed by at: to pretend to be ignorant of something in order to escape blame; to ignore or overlook a fault deliberately.
conjunctio
(grammar) A word used to join other words, phrases, or clauses together into sentences. (The specific conjunction used shows how the two joined parts are related semantically.)
conjunctum
(set theory) A collection of zero or more objects, possibly infinite in size, and disregarding any order or repetition of the objects which may be contained within it.
connascor
Either of two people (or, less commonly, animals) who shared the same uterus at the same time; one who was born at the same birth as a sibling.
connata
Either of two people (or, less commonly, animals) who shared the same uterus at the same time; one who was born at the same birth as a sibling.
connatus
Either of two people (or, less commonly, animals) who shared the same uterus at the same time; one who was born at the same birth as a sibling.
Connecticuta
A state in the northeastern United States.
conniveo
(intransitive) To close and reopen both eyes quickly.
cōnor
(archaic) To attack; to make an effort or attack upon; to try to take by force.
conquaestus
The act or process of acquiring.
conquiniscō
(intransitive) To bend down; to stoop low; to stand close to the ground with legs bent, like an animal when waiting for prey, or someone in fear.
conquīsītiō
The process or art of finding candidates for a post in an organization, or recruits for the armed forces.
Conradus
A en given name.
consaluto
(transitive) To name; to designate; to call.
conscendō
(transitive) To step or climb onto or otherwise enter a ship, aircraft, train or other conveyance.
conscensiō
The act of embarking.
cōnsciēns
Alert, awake; with one's mental faculties active.
cōnscientia
(chiefly, fiction, narratology) A personification of the moral sense of right and wrong, usually in the form of a person, a being or merely a voice that gives moral lessons and advices.
consciscō
(transitive) To officially sanction; to ratify; to confirm; to set as satisfactory.
conscius
Sapient; self-aware.
cōnscreor
To forcibly, sometimes mutedly, expell air from one's lungs, sometimes to clear mucus, sometimes to attract attention to something; less vigorously than to cough.
conscrībō
(transitive) To enter on a list; to enroll; to register.
conscriptum
(legal) The process of taking sworn testimony out of court; the testimony so taken.
consecrō
(transitive) To declare something holy, or make it holy by some procedure.
consectārius
Providing an end to something; decisive.
consector
(transitive, baseball) To produce enough offense to cause the pitcher to be removed.
consensiō
Voluntary agreement or permission.
consensus
(uncountable) A state whereby several parties share a view or opinion; the state of not contradicting one another.
consentaneus
pleasingly suitable; fit; congruous; beautiful
consentiō
(intransitive) To express willingness, to give permission.
consequens
Of something that follows as the result of something else; resultant.
consequenter
(conjunctive) As a result or consequence of something; subsequently.
cōnsequentia
An effect; something that follows a cause as a result.
consequentia narrativa
(narratology) A narrative that is written after another narrative set in the same universe, especially a narrative that is chronologically set after its predecessors, or (perhaps improper usage) any narrative that has a preceding narrative of its own.
consequor
(archaic) To learn; to commit to memory; to memorize; sometimes with out.
cōnserō
(ambitransitive) To place (a seed or plant) in soil or other substrate in order that it may live and grow.
conservatio
The process of being restored or made new for the purpose of becoming saved; the process of being rid of the old poor quality conditions and becoming improved.
conservatorius
Having the quality of preserving from loss, decay, or injury.
conservō
(transitive) To save for later use, sometimes by the use of a preservative.
consideratio
The thought process of considering, of taking multiple or specified factors into account (with of being the main corresponding adposition).
considero
(transitive) To take note of and celebrate (a holiday or similar occurrence), to keep; to follow (a type of time or calendar reckoning).
considium
The hall, chamber, or place, where justice is administered.
consiliātor
A professional who counsels people, especially on personal problems.
consiliō
In an intentional manner; on purpose.
consilior
(transitive) To give advice to; to offer an opinion to, as worthy or expedient to be followed.
cōnsilium
(uncountable) An opinion offered to guide behavior in an effort to be helpful.
cōnsobrīna
(specifically) When used without a qualifying word: the child of a person's parent's brother (that is, an uncle) or sister (an aunt); a cousin-german, a first cousin.
cōnsobrīnus
(specifically) When used without a qualifying word: the child of a person's parent's brother (that is, an uncle) or sister (an aunt); a cousin-german, a first cousin.
cōnsōlātiō
The act or example of consoling; the condition of being consoled.
consōlātor
A person who comforts someone who is suffering.
cōnsōlātōrius
Giving comfort, especially in the sense of soothing distress.
consōlor
(obsolete) To make strong; to invigorate; to fortify; to corroborate.
consors
Someone who is associated with another in a common activity or interest.
consortium
(uncountable) The act of associating.
conspiciō
(transitive) To observe or watch.
conspicor
(transitive, idiomatic) to see for a brief period; to get a glimpse of
conspicuus
Obvious or easy to notice.
conspuō
(ambitransitive) To evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
constans
Unchanged through time or space; permanent.
constanter
In a constant manner; occurring continuously; persistently.
Constantinopolis
(historical) The former name, from 330–1930 C.E., of Istanbul, the largest city in Turkey; the former capital of the Ottoman Empire and of the Byzantine Empire before that.
Constantinus
A en given name.
cōnstēllātiō
(astronomy) An arbitrary formation of stars perceived as a figure (especially one from mythology) or pattern, or a division of the sky including it, especially one officially recognized by astronomers; an asterism.
consternātiō
Amazement or horror that confounds the faculties, and incapacitates for reflection; terror, combined with amazement; dismay.
cōnsternō
(transitive) To surprise with apprehension of danger; to fill with anxiety in regard to threatening evil; to excite with sudden fear.
constituo
(transitive) To cause someone to come to a decision.
constitutio
The act, or process of setting something up, or establishing something; the composition or structure of such a thing; its makeup.
constitutum
(government) The assignment of a person by an official to perform a duty, such as a presidential appointment of a judge to a court.
constō
(intransitive) To resemble; to coincide; to correspond; to tally.
constrātus
Covered in pavement; having a hard surface, as of concrete or asphalt.
constringō
(transitive) To apply pressure to from two or more sides at once.
cōnstrūctiō
(uncountable) The act or process by which something is built; construction.
construō
(transitive) To form (something) by combining materials or parts.
cōnsuētūdō
The act of habituating, or accustoming; the state of being habituated.
cōnsul
(historical) Either of the two heads of government and state of the Roman Republic or the equivalent nominal post under the Roman and Byzantine Empires.
consulo
(transitive) To ask advice of; to seek the opinion of (a person)
consultō
Intentionally, or after deliberation; not accidentally.
consultum
A choice or judgement.
consummātus
Complete in every detail, perfect, absolute.
consummo
(ambitransitive) To prepare a summary of (something).
cōnsūmō
(transitive) To put to death; to extinguish the life of.
cōnsumptor
One who, or that which, consumes.
consutorium
A device which binds together sheets of paper by driving a thin metal staple through the sheets and simultaneously folding over the ends of the staple against the back surface of the paper.
contactus
The act of touching physically; being in close association.
contāgēs
The act of touching physically; being in close association.
contaminatio
Physical contamination, now especially the contamination of the environment by harmful substances, or by disruptive levels of noise, light etc. [from 18th c.]
contāminō
(transitive) To make something dangerous or toxic by introducing impurities or foreign matter.
contechnor
(transitive, intransitive) To conceive (a crime, misdeed etc).
contemnō
To regard with contempt or scorn.
contemplātor
One who makes observations, monitors or takes notice
contemplor
(transitive) To be of opinion (that); to consider, judge, regard, or look upon (something) as.
contemptibilis
Deserving contempt.
contemptus
(uncountable) The state or act of contemning; the feeling or attitude of regarding someone or something as inferior, base, or worthless; scorn, disdain.
contenebratus
Made dark or lightproof by the exclusion of light.
contentiōsus
Given to struggling with others out of jealousy or discord.
contentus
Satisfied, pleased, contented.
contextus
Orderly, logical and consistent.
continens
Each of the traditional main regions into which the Earth’s land surface is divided, including both an extent of mainland and various conventionally associated islands, etc; namely, Africa, Europe, Asia, Australasia/Oceania, North America, South America, and Antarctica.
contingo
(transitive, archaic) To happen to; to befall.
continuitas
The act or state of continuing or being continued; uninterrupted extension or succession
continuo
(transitive) To proceed with (doing an activity); to prolong (an activity).
continuus
Without stopping; without a break, cessation, or interruption.
contiō
A public gathering or mass meeting that is not mainly a protest and is organized to inspire enthusiasm for a cause.
contortus
Difficult or convoluted.
contrā
In physical opposition to; in collision with.
contra ea
(sequence) At the same time; on the other hand.
contra heros
(literature, RPG) A protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner, such as by criminal means, via cowardly actions, or for mercenary goals.
contra-
Against, opposed to.
contraconceptio
The use of a device or procedure to prevent conception as a result of sexual activity.
contractiō
A (sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume; a narrowing, a shortening, a shrinking.
contractus
(legal) An agreement which the law will enforce in some way. A legally binding contract must contain at least one promise, i.e., a commitment or offer, by an offeror to and accepted by an offeree to do something in the future. A contract is thus executory rather than executed.
contrādīcō
To oppose (a person) by denying the truth or pertinence of a given statement.
contrādictiō
(countable, uncountable) The act of contradicting.
contrādictōrius
That contradicts something, such as an argument.
contrahō
(ambitransitive) To draw together or nearer; to shorten, narrow, or lessen.
contrāpunctus
(music) A contrapuntal piece of music wherein a particular melody is played in a number of voices, each voice introduced in turn by playing the melody.
contrāriō
(conjunctive) Opposite of what had earlier been expected or assumed; to the contrary.
contrārius
Opposite; in an opposite direction; in opposition; adverse.
contrascibo
(transitive, by extension) To add a second signature to a document, affirming the validity of the signature of another person.
contrascribo
(transitive, by extension) To add a second signature to a document, affirming the validity of the signature of another person.
contrectō
(transitive) To touch or kiss lovingly; to fondle.
contribuō
(ambitransitive) To give something that is or becomes part of a larger whole.
contrōversia
A debate or discussion of opposing opinions; (generally) strife.
contrōversus
Arousing or likely to arouse controversy.
contubernium
The state of having or being a companion.
contumācia
The feeling, or spirit of being defiant.
contumax
Contemptuous of authority; willfully disobedient; rebellious.
contumēlia
Physical maltreatment; injury; cruel treatment. [from late 16th c.]
contumēliōsus
(archaic) Tending to misuse; practising or containing abuse. [First attested in the late 16th century.]
contusio
A purplish mark on the skin due to leakage of blood from capillaries under the surface that have been damaged by a blow.
cōnūbium
The state of being married. [from 14th c.]
cōnus
(geometry) A solid of revolution formed by rotating a triangle around one of its altitudes.
convador
(law) To summon (someone) with a subpoena (noun sense 1) to appear in court, or at a deposition or some other legal proceeding, as a witness to give testimony or to produce evidence; to serve a subpoena on (someone).
convallis
A deep narrow valley or gorge in the earth's surface worn by running water.
convāsō
(physical) To put or bring things together in a limited or confined space, especially for storage or transport.
convector
A person who or thing that collects, or which creates or manages a collection.
convenio
(intransitive) To be in harmony about an opinion, statement, or action; to have a consistent idea between two or more people.
conventus
(now, _, especially) Synonym of nunnery, a female religious community and its residence.
conversātiō
The state of being extremely friendly; intimacy.
convexus
Curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl, circle, or sphere.
convīcior
(transitive) To insult, tease, make fun of or badger, especially during a comedy performance.

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