conchan.
/ˈkɒŋkə/, U.S. /ˈkɑŋkə/ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Pelecypoda or Conchifera > [noun] > bivalves
cockOE
cockle1311
conch?1527
palour1589
conchyle1610
bivalvular1677
bivalve1684
nut-mussel1705
concha1755
cuckolda1757
Acephala1802
pullet1803
ciliograde1835
conchifer1835
acephalan1840
acephal1845
bivalvian1863
pelecypod1875
tea-clam1883
steamer clam1909
the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Mollusca > [noun] > Testacea (shelled molluscs) > shelled mollusc > shell
seashella900
shale1561
buckie1596
caracol1622
valve1661
spire1681
umbilicus1688
conch-shell1697
wart-shell?1711
needle1713
multivalve1753
concha1755
periosteum1758
conch1773
devil's claw1773
furbelow1776
peewit's egg1776
worm-tube1776
rosebud1815
sheath1815
periostracum1833
epicuticle1885
epicuticula1886
leg of mutton1891
trivalve1891
the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [noun] > member of > parts of > shell
cockleshella1552
conch-shell1697
concha1755
conch1773
the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [noun] > superorder Branchifera > order Prosobranchiata > section Siphonostomata > family Strombidae > strombus gigas (queen conch)
conch?1527
conchyle1610
concha1755
queen conch1808
queen's conch1812
roller1815
horse-conch1885
1755 T. Amory Mem. Ladies 459 A display of all the most beautiful conchæ, various marcasites, corals, and fossil gems.
1776 E. M. da Costa Elements Conchol. 94 Eight principal classes or families, viz... 4. Limpets. 5. Conchæ, or Bi~valves.
2. Architecture. = conch n. 5; also, a coved ceiling.
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society > faith > artefacts > division of building (general) > apse > [noun] > roof of
conchaa1652
conch1849
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > arch > [noun] > dome or cupola > semicircular dome
conchaa1652
semi-dome1788
conch1849
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > roof > ceiling > [noun] > types of
lacec1330
plancher1561
concameration1644
fasciaa1652
laqueary1656
cant-ceiling1688
laquear1706
string-piece1789
coved ceiling1796
concha1832
false ceiling1870
wagon-ceiling1875
suspended ceiling1933
society > faith > artefacts > division of building (general) > apse > [noun]
tribunalc1660
apsid1670
apsis1706
tribunea1771
chevet1809
apse1845
conch1849
concha1869
a1652 I. Jones in B. Allsopp & R. A. Sayce Inigo Jones on Palladio (1970) II. i. 54 Six maners of valtes..Round voltes..Luneti..a Conca F.
1832 W. Gell Pompeiana I. vi. 103 The walls of the alcoves were blue and the concas or coves red.
1853 J. Ruskin Stones of Venice II. iii. 36 The apse is roofed by a concha, or semi-dome.
1869 J. H. Parker Conc. Gloss. Terms Archit. (ed. 3) 71 Concha (Lat.), name applied to the apse from the shell-like shape of the vault.
3. An ancient Roman vessel shaped like a shell; = conch n. 4.
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the world > food and drink > food > container for food > [noun]
vessel1340
binc1405
butt1423
pancheon1601
preserving glass1628
conchac1660
pan-mug1688
conch1839
pankin1864
food vessel1866
food-vase1871
kuei1935
caddy1960
c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1644 (1955) II. 221 Above all is admirable the figure of Marforius, casting water [MS wates] into a most ample Concha.
4. Anatomy and Zoology.
a. The central concavity of the external ear, which communicates with the auditory meatus; sometimes used for the whole external ear.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > ear > [noun]
earOE
listc1380
sousea1658
concha1683
auricula1691
wattle1699
listener1821
conch1831
earhole1843
tab1866
auricle1874
the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > ear > [noun] > cavity
earholec1350
alveary1615
concha1683
conch1831
1683 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 13 259 That part of the Ear which we call the Concha from its resemblance to the entrance of a snail-shell.
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Concha..in Anatomy, the winding of the Cavity or Hollow of the Inner part of the Ear.
1842 E. Wilson Anatomist's Vade Mecum (ed. 2) 461 The large central space to which all the channels converge is the concha.
1866 T. H. Huxley Lessons Elem. Physiol. (1869) viii. 233 The outer extremity of the external meatus is surrounded by the concha or external ear..The concha can be moved in various directions by muscles.
b. Another term for the vulva. [So in Latin.]
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the world > life > the body > sex organs > female sex organs > [noun] > vulva
vulva?a1425
wombgatec1450
nock1611
nonny-nonny1611
slit1648
old hat1697
concha1855
monkey1863
gash1873
slot1942
vag1967
mickey1969
front bum1985
punani1987
front bottom1991
1855 F. H. Ramsbotham Princ. & Pract. Obstetr. Med. (new Amer. ed.) 33 The..concha or fossa navicularis..contains within its precincts the clitoris, etc.
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c. Any one of the three turbinated bones of the nose (c. inferior, media, superior).
d. A depression enclosed by a circle of feathers, surrounding the eye in some birds.
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the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [noun] > eye > part around eye
eye ring1832
concha1834
rose1890
1834 R. Mudie Brit. Birds (1841) I. 100 [The eyes of the harrier] are provided with a concha, or circle of feathers, radiating from the orbit.
1874 J. G. Wood Out of Doors 278.
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