This page gathers the 10,476 dictionary entries of which at least one sense is labelled “Obsolete” by Wiktionary. The definition shown is that sense; each word leads to its full entry. Page 21 of 105: from “conducing” to “contrectation”.
- conducing adj That conduces to a desired purpose; beneficial, helpful.
- conduct noun Convoy; escort; person who accompanies another.
- conduction noun The act of training up.
- confect noun A rich, sweet, food item made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts; a confection, comfit.
- confection noun A medicinal preparation of any kind, a compound of drugs.
- confectionary noun A place where confections are manufactured, stored; a confectory.
- confectory adj Relating to the art of making confectionery.
- confederate adj Confederated.
- confer verb To compare.
- conference noun The act of comparing two or more things together; comparison.
- conferva noun Any of a number of unbranched slender green freshwater algae, formerly in the genus Conferva, now mostly in genera Cladophora or Tribonema
- confident adj Forward, impudent.
- configurate verb To configure; to arrange or shape.
- confine verb To have a common boundary with; to border on.
- confiner noun A person who lives on the confines, boundary or edge; a neighbour.
- confiscate adj Confiscated; seized and appropriated by the government for public use; forfeit.
- confix verb To make firm; to fix in a particular place or state.
- confuse adj Synonym of confused.
- congealed adj Frozen.
- congee verb To give formal permission to leave; to dismiss.
- congregate adj Congregated.
- congrue adj (obsolete)
- conject verb To conjecture.
- conjecture noun Interpretation of signs and omens.
- conjunction noun Sexual intercourse.
- conjunctive adj Closely united.
- conjuration noun The act of calling or summoning by a sacred name, or in solemn manner, or binding by an oath; an earnest entreaty; adjuration.
- conjure verb To conspire or plot.
- conjurer noun One who conjectures shrewdly or judges wisely; a man of sagacity.
- conjuror noun One bound by a common oath with others.
- connascence noun The birth of two or more things at the same time; A simultaneous coming into being.
- connatural adj Inborn; inherent; natural.
- connex verb To connect; to fasten together.
- connive verb Often followed by at: to pretend to be ignorant of something in order to escape blame; to ignore or overlook a fault deliberately.
- connivent adj Forbearing to see; intentionally inattentive.
- connotate noun A meaning or thing connotated.
- conquest noun The acquiring of property by other means than by inheritance; acquisition.
- conquestor noun Synonym of conqueror
- conscience noun Consciousness; thinking; awareness, especially self-awareness.
- consecrate adj Consecrated.
- consectator noun An imitator or disciple.
- consecution noun A succession or series of any kind.
- consent noun Unity or agreement of opinion, sentiment, or inclination.
- consentience noun An imperfect form of consciousness, that of animals or primitive humans.
- consequently adv subsequently, following after in time or sequence.
- conservatory noun A medicine, especially a magical preservative.
- conserve noun A medicinal confection made of freshly gathered vegetable substances mixed with finely powdered refined sugar.
- considerable noun A thing to be considered, consideration.
- consignation noun The act of ratifying or establishing; confirmation.
- consist verb To be.
- consistence noun The condition of adhering or standing together, or being fixed in union, as the parts of a body; coherence, existence, firmness, solidity.
- consistency noun Firmness of constitution or character; substantiality; durability; persistency.
- consistory noun A civil court of justice.
- consociate noun An associate; an accomplice.
- consociation noun An alliance; a confederation.
- consolate adj Comforted, consoled.
- consolidate adj Formed into a solid mass; made firm; consolidated.
- consoo-house noun In Canton, a range of buildings adjoining the foreign factories, owned by the hong merchants and used for their meetings.
- consort noun Harmony of sounds; concert, as of musical instruments.
- consound noun Any of several healing plants of the genera Symphytum, Consolida, Ajuga, Bellis, etc., especially comfrey.
- conspirant adj that conspires
- conspissation noun A thickening or making viscous; thickness
- constant adj Consistent; logical.
- constellation noun The configuration of planets at a given time (especially a person's birth), as believed to affect events on Earth, or used for determining…
- constipate adj Constipated, costive.
- constitute noun An established law.
- constructionist noun One who works in construction.
- construe verb To explain.
- constult verb To act together in a foolish or stupid manner, to become as great a fool as those around, to behave as much in a foolish or stupid manner…
- consul noun A count or earl.
- consulate noun Any town or city council.
- consult noun The act of consulting or deliberating; consultation.
- consume verb To waste away slowly.
- consummate adj Consummated, completed, perfected, fully accomplished.
- consumpt noun Consumer; market.
- contain verb To restrain desire; to live in continence or chastity.
- containment noun Something contained.
- contaminate adj Contaminated.
- contango verb To charge (a buyer) a fee to defer settlement until the next settlement day.
- contemperation noun The act of tempering or moderating.
- contemptible adj Carrying or having contempt; contemptuous.
- content noun Acquiescence without examination.
- contentful adj Full of contentment.
- contentive adj Satisfying.
- conterminate adj Having the same bounds or extent; coterminous.
- contesseration noun A harmonious union.
- context verb To knit or bind together; to unite closely.
- continent adj Not interrupted; connected; continuous, whether in time or space.
- continental noun The smallest amount; a whit; a jot.
- continuate verb To make continuous, to give continuity to.
- contra noun A country dance.
- contraband verb To import illegally; to smuggle.
- contract adj Contracted; affianced; betrothed.
- contraction noun An abridgement or shortening of writing, etc.; an abstract, a summary; also (uncountable), brevity, conciseness.
- contradict verb To give an order contrary to (another order or wish), oppose (something).
- contradictious adj Filled with contradictions; contradicting; inconsistent.
- contrahent adj Entering into covenant; contracting.
- contrary verb To oppose; to frustrate.
- contravene verb To deny the truth of something.
- contrectation noun A touching or handling; manipulation.