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GLOSSARY. 



Con'tinent (Lat. con, together ; teneo, 

 I hold). In geography, a large con- 

 nected tract of land. 



Contort'ed (Lat. con, together; tor'queo, 

 I twist). Twisted. 



Contortion (Lat con, together ; tor'- 

 queo, I twist). A twisting out of 

 the natural situation. 



Contor'tive (Lat. contor'queo, I twist 

 together). In botany, applied to 

 the arrangement of a flower-bud in 

 which the edges of the parts alter- 

 nately overlap, while each part is 

 twisted on its axis. 



Contra. A Latin preposition signi- 

 fying against, used in composition. 



Contrac'tile (Lat. con, together ; 

 traho, I draw). Having the pro- 

 perty of contracting or drawing 

 together. 



Contractility (Lat. con, together ; 

 traho, I draw). The property by 

 which bodies shrink or contract. 



Contu'se (Lat. con, together ; tundo, 

 I beat). To beat or bruise. 



Contu'sion (Lat. con, together ; tundo, 

 I beat). The act of beating or 

 bruising ; a bruise. 



Convalescence (Lat. con, together ; 

 valeo, I am in health). The re- 

 covery of health after illness. 



Convec'tion (Lat. con, with ; veho, I 

 carry). The power which fluids 

 have of transmitting heat or elec- 

 tricity by currents. 



Conver'ge (Lat. con, together ; vergo, 

 I incline). To tend to one point. 



Con' verse (Lat. con, \dth ; verto, 1 

 turn). In mathematics or logic, a 

 proposition formed by inverting or 

 interchanging the terms of another. 



Con'vex (Lat. convedus). Rising into 

 a spherical or rounded form. 



Con'volute (Lat. con, together ; volvo, 

 I roll). Rolled together ; applied 

 to leaves rolled together in the bud 

 in a single coil. 



Convolution (Lat. con, together; volvo, 

 I roll). A rolling together ; in 

 anatomy, applied to the windings 

 of the brain and the intestines. 



Convul'sion (Lat. con, together ; vello, 

 I pull). General involuntary con- 

 traction of the muscles. 



Co-or'dinates (Lat. con, together ; or- 



dino, I put in order.) In geometry, 

 a system of lines to which points 

 under consideration are referred, 

 and by means of which their po- 

 sition is determined. 



Coper'nican (Copernicus, an astrono- 

 mer). In astronomy, applied to 

 the system proposed by Copernicus, 

 who* taught that the earth revolves 

 round the sun. 



Cop'rolites (Gr. KOTrpos, Jcopros, dung ; 

 Atfloy, lithos, a stone). Fossilised 

 excrements of animals. 



Cor'acoid (Gr. itopa, korax, a crow ; 

 etSos, eidos, shape). Resembling a 

 crow's beak : applied to a process of 

 the shoulder-blade, which attains a 

 large size in birds and reptiles. 



Coral (Gr. Kopa\\iov, koral'lion). A 

 general term for all calcareous 

 structures formed by the action of 

 marine polypes or zoophytes. 



Cor'alloid (Coral; Gr. ei'Sos, eidos, 

 shape). Resembling coral. 



Cord'ate (Lat. cor, the heart). Shaped 

 like a heart. 



Cord'iform (Lat. cor, the heart; forma, 

 form). Shaped like a heart. 



Coria'ceous (Lat. co'rium, leather). 

 Resembling leather ; tough. 



Co'rium (Lat. skin or leather). The 

 true skin, lying beneath the cu- 

 ticle. 



Corm (Gr. Kopfj.os, Tcormos, a stem or 

 log). In botany, a thickened under- 

 ground stem. 



Conn'ogen (Gr. KOP/J.OS, Tcormos, a 

 corm ; yevvaw, gennao, I produce). 

 Producing corms ; applied to plants 

 which produce stems composed of 

 both vessels and cells. 



Cornbrash. A coarse shelly limestone 

 in the upper oolite. 



Cor'nea (Lat. cornu, a horn). The 

 horny membrane : a part of the 

 eye, so called from its resembling 

 transparent horn. 



Cor'neous (Lat. cornu, a horn). Horny. 



Cor / neule(C r onzea ; ule, denoting small- 

 ness). A little cornea ; such as 

 covers each segment of the com- 

 pound eyes of insects. 



Cor'nice (Qv.Kopa>vis,lcoro'nis, a crown). 

 The highest part of the entablature 

 of a column ; any series of orna- 



