| connoisseur |
a person with the experience, expertise, and sense of appreciation to make informed judgments in a fine art or in matters of taste. |
| connoisseurship |
experience and expertise in judging fine art and other matters of taste. |
| connotation |
a secondary meaning or implication of a word or expression, in addition to its primary meaning. (Cf. denotation.) [2 definitions] |
| connote |
to suggest or imply (meanings or associations) in addition to the literal meaning. [2 definitions] |
| connubial |
relating to marriage or the matrimonial state; conjugal. |
| conoid |
cone-shaped. [3 definitions] |
| conominee |
combined form of nominee. |
| conquer |
to gain or overcome by force, esp. armed force. [4 definitions] |
| conqueror |
one who gains victory. |
| conquest |
the act or process of conquering. [3 definitions] |
| conquistador |
one of the Spanish conquerors of the Americas in the sixteenth century. |
| consanguineous |
having a blood relationship; descended from the same ancestors. |
| conscience |
the human faculty that enables one to decide between right and wrong conduct, esp. in regard to one's own actions. [2 definitions] |
| conscienceless |
combined form of conscience. |
| conscience money |
money paid, sometimes anonymously, by one who hopes to atone for previous wrongdoing, in order to relieve the conscience. |
| conscientious |
done in accordance with one's conscience; principled. [2 definitions] |
| conscientious objector |
a person who refuses, for moral or religious reasons, to participate in military service or to engage in warfare. |
| conscious |
aware of one's own existence, sensations, thoughts, and surroundings. [3 definitions] |
| consciousness |
the state or quality of being conscious or aware. [3 definitions] |
| consciousness-raising |
in group therapy, a process of increasing one's self-knowledge so as to better achieve one's potential. [2 definitions] |
| conscript |
to enroll by force of law in military service; draft. [3 definitions] |