cone | (noun) any cone-shaped artifact | - |
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(noun) a visual receptor cell in the retina that is sensitive to bright light and to color | Synonyms: cone cell, retinal cone |
(noun) cone-shaped mass of ovule- or spore-bearing scales or bracts | Synonyms: strobile, strobilus |
(noun) a shape whose base is a circle and whose sides taper up to a point | Synonyms: cone shape, conoid |
coneflower | (noun) any of various perennials of the eastern United States having thick rough leaves and long-stalked showy flowers with drooping rays and a conelike center | - |
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(noun) any of various plants of the genus Rudbeckia cultivated for their large usually yellow daisies with prominent central cones | - |
(noun) a wildflower of the genus Ratibida | - |
conenose | (noun) large bloodsucking bug | Synonyms: big bedbug, cone-nosed bug, conenose bug, kissing bug |
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conessi | (noun) tropical Asian tree with hard white wood and bark formerly used as a remedy for dysentery and diarrhea | Synonyms: Holarrhena antidysenterica, Holarrhena pubescens, ivory tree, kurchee, kurchi |
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coney | (noun) black-spotted usually dusky-colored fish with reddish fins | Synonyms: Epinephelus fulvus |
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(noun) any of various burrowing animals of the family Leporidae having long ears and short tails; some domesticated and raised for pets or food | Synonyms: cony, rabbit |
(noun) small short-eared burrowing mammal of rocky uplands of Asia and western North America | Synonyms: cony, mouse hare, pika, rock rabbit |
(noun) any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes | Synonyms: cony, das, dassie, hyrax |
deaconess | (noun) a woman deacon | - |
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falconer | (noun) a person who breeds and trains hawks and who follows the sport of falconry | Synonyms: hawker |
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jaconet | (noun) a lightweight cotton cloth with a smooth and slightly stiff finish; used for clothing and bandages | - |
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phragmacone | (noun) the thin conical chambered internal shell (either straight or curved) of a belemnite | Synonyms: phragmocone |
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phragmocone | (noun) the thin conical chambered internal shell (either straight or curved) of a belemnite | Synonyms: phragmacone |
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pinecone | (noun) the seed-producing cone of a pine tree | - |
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scone | (noun) small biscuit (rich with cream and eggs) cut into diamonds or sticks and baked in an oven or (especially originally) on a griddle | - |
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silicone | (noun) any of a large class of siloxanes that are unusually stable over a wide range of temperatures; used in lubricants and adhesives and coatings and synthetic rubber and electrical insulation | Synonyms: silicone polymer |
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