con : Idioms & Phrases

• noun lively with spirit
  

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• noun rice and chicken cooked together Spanish style; highly seasoned especially with saffron
  

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• noun ground beef and chili peppers or chili powder often with tomatoes and kidney beans
  chili.
  

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• noun a swindler who exploits the confidence of his victim
  confidence man; con artist.
  

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• adjective satellite with liveliness or spirit
  
• adverb with liveliness or spirit
  
  • allegro con brio

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• noun a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property
  bunko; bunco game; bunko game; sting; flimflam; confidence game; gyp; bunco; hustle; confidence trick; con.
  

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• noun a swindler who exploits the confidence of his victim
  confidence man; con artist.
  

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• noun an armored pilothouse on a warship
  
• noun a raised bridge on a submarine; often used for entering and exiting
  

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Con"ning tow"er noun

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1. The shotproof pilot house of a war vessel.

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• (Zoöl.), the pollock.

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• noun modern convenience; the appliances and conveniences characteristic of a modern house
  

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• adverb of one mind; without dissent
  nemine contradicente; unanimously.
  
  • the Senate unanimously approved the bill
  • we voted unanimously

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• for and against, on the affirmative and on the negative side; as, they debated the question pro and con; formerly used also as a verb.

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• the arguments or reasons on either side.

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• (Anat.), the elongated cells or elements of the sensory layer of the retina, some of which are cylindrical, others somewhat conical.

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• to be able to answer. Obs.

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• to thank; to acknowledge obligation. Obs.

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