Conodont :: Conodont (n.) A peculiar toothlike fossil of many forms, found especially in carboniferous rocks. Such fossils are supposed by some to be the teeth of marsipobranch fishes, but they are probably the jaws of annelids..
Conoid :: Conoid (n.) Anything that has a form resembling that of a cone.
Conoid :: Conoid (n.) A solid formed by the revolution of a conic section about its axis; as, a parabolic conoid, elliptic conoid, etc.; -- more commonly called paraboloid, ellipsoid, etc..
Conoid :: Conoid (n.) A surface which may be generated by a straight line moving in such a manner as always to meet a given straight line and a given curve, and continue parallel to a given plane..
Conoid :: Conoid (a.) Resembling a cone; conoidal.
Conoidal :: Conoidal (a.) Nearly, but not exactly, conical..
Economical :: Economical (a.) Pertaining to the household; domestic.
Economical :: Economical (a.) Relating to domestic economy, or to the management of household affairs..
Economical :: Economical (a.) Managing with frugality; guarding against waste or unnecessary expense; careful and frugal in management and in expenditure; -- said of character or habits.
Economical :: Economical (a.) Managed with frugality; not marked with waste or extravagance; frugal; -- said of acts; saving; as, an economical use of money or of time..
Economical :: Economical (a.) Relating to the means of living, or the resources and wealth of a country; relating to political economy; as, economic purposes; economical truths..
Economical :: Economical (a.) Regulative; relating to the adaptation of means to an end.
Economically :: Economically (adv.) With economy; with careful management; with prudence in expenditure.
Economics :: Economics (n.) The science of household affairs, or of domestic management..
Economics :: Economics (n.) Political economy; the science of the utilities or the useful application of wealth or material resources. See Political economy, under Political..
Economist :: Economist (n.) One who economizes, or manages domestic or other concerns with frugality; one who expends money, time, or labor, judiciously, and without waste..
Economist :: Economist (n.) One who is conversant with political economy; a student of economics.
Economization :: Economization (n.) The act or practice of using to the best effect.
Economize :: Economize (v. t.) To manage with economy; to use with prudence; to expend with frugality; as, to economize one's income..
Economize :: Economize (v. i.) To be prudently sparing in expenditure; to be frugal and saving; as, to economize in order to grow rich..
Economizer :: Economizer (n.) One who, or that which, economizes..
Economizer :: Economizer (n.) Specifically: (Steam Boilers) An arrangement of pipes for heating feed water by waste heat in the gases passing to the chimney.