confectioners' sugar |
very finely powdered sugar with cornstarch added to prevent caking, used in making baked goods, candies, and the like. |
confectionery |
confections or candies collectively. [3 definitions] |
confederacy |
an alliance or union of persons, groups, states, or nations. [3 definitions] |
confederate |
joined or united in a confederacy; allied. [6 definitions] |
confederation |
the act or process of confederating or allying. [3 definitions] |
confer |
to award or bestow. [2 definitions] |
conferee |
one who participates in a conference. [2 definitions] |
conference |
an organized meeting of persons with common interests, esp. professional interests, for the purpose of sharing information and opinions. [3 definitions] |
conference call |
a telephone conversation or discussion in which three or more people participate at the same time. |
conference committee |
in the U.S. Congress, a temporary panel assembled from members of both the Senate and House of Representatives to resolve differences between two versions of a particular bill and create a compromise version. |
conference table |
a table large enough to accommodate the participants in a conference. |
confess |
to reveal, admit, or concede as true, esp. something self-incriminating. [6 definitions] |
confessable |
combined form of confess. |
confessedly |
by admission; avowedly. |
confession |
the act of confessing; admission; avowal. [4 definitions] |
confessional |
of, pertaining to, or similar to a confession. [2 definitions] |
confessor |
one who makes a confession. [3 definitions] |
confetti |
(used with a sing. verb) small pieces of colored paper thrown into the air on festive occasions. |
confidant |
one to whom a secret or secrets are trusted or confided. |
confide |
to disclose secrets or confidences trustfully (usu. fol. by "in"). [2 definitions] |
confidence |
a sense of assurance, faith, or trust in a person or thing. [4 definitions] |