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Spire :: Spire (n.) A tapering body that shoots up or out to a point in a conical or pyramidal form. Specifically (Arch.), the roof of a tower when of a pyramidal form and high in proportion to its width; also, the pyramidal or aspiring termination of a tower which can not be said to have a roof, such as that of Strasburg cathedral; the tapering part of a steeple, or the steeple itself..

Dentalium :: Dentalium (n.) A genus of marine mollusks belonging to the Scaphopoda, having a tubular conical shell..

Conus :: Conus (n.) A Linnean genus of mollusks having a conical shell. See Cone, n., 4..

Wigwam :: Wigwam (n.) An Indian cabin or hut, usually of a conical form, and made of a framework of poles covered with hides, bark, or mats; -- called also tepee..

Ball :: Ball (n.) Any solid spherical, cylindrical, or conical projectile of lead or iron, to be discharged from a firearm; as, a cannon ball; a rifle ball; -- often used collectively; as, powder and ball. Spherical balls for the smaller firearms are commonly called bullets..

Bugle :: Bugle (n.) A copper instrument of the horn quality of tone, shorter and more conical that the trumpet, sometimes keyed; formerly much used in military bands, very rarely in the orchestra; now superseded by the cornet; -- called also the Kent bugle..

Turnip :: Turnip (v. t.) The edible, fleshy, roundish, or somewhat conical, root of a cruciferous plant (Brassica campestris, var. Napus); also, the plant itself..

Thimbleweed :: Thimbleweed (n.) Any plant of the composite genus Rudbeckia, coarse herbs somewhat resembling the sunflower; -- so called from their conical receptacles..

Coffin :: Coffin (n.) A conical paper bag, used by grocers..

Laconically :: Laconically (adv.) In a laconic manner.

Oreosoma :: Oreosoma (n. pl.) A genus of small oceanic fishes, remarkable for the large conical tubercles which cover the under surface..

Laconical :: Laconical (a.) Expressing much in few words, after the manner of the Laconians or Spartans; brief and pithy; brusque; epigrammatic. In this sense laconic is the usual form..

Trochoid :: Trochoid (a.) Top-shaped; having a flat base and conical spire; -- said of certain shells.

Laconical :: Laconical (a.) Laconian; characteristic of, or like, the Spartans; hence, stern or severe; cruel; unflinching..

Gillyflower :: Gillyflower (n.) A kind of apple, of a roundish conical shape, purplish red color, and having a large core..

Ichthyornis :: Ichthyornis (n.) An extinct genus of toothed birds found in the American Cretaceous formation. It is remarkable for having biconcave vertebrae, and sharp, conical teeth set in sockets. Its wings were well developed. It is the type of the order Odontotormae..

Haystack :: Haystack (n.) A stack or conical pile of hay in the open air.

Copple :: Copple (n.) Something rising in a conical shape; specifically, a hill rising to a point..

Hommock :: Hommock (n.) A small eminence of a conical form, of land or of ice; a knoll; a hillock. See Hummock..

Umbra :: Umbra (n.) The conical shadow projected from a planet or satellite, on the side opposite to the sun, within which a spectator could see no portion of the sun's disk; -- used in contradistinction from penumbra. See Penumbra..

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