| conic | | |
| n. (shape) | 1. conic, conic section | (geometry) a curve generated by the intersection of a plane and a circular cone. |
| ~ geometry | the pure mathematics of points and lines and curves and surfaces. |
| ~ plane figure, two-dimensional figure | a two-dimensional shape. |
| ~ ellipse, oval | a closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it.; "the sums of the distances from the foci to any point on an ellipse is constant" |
| ~ parabola | a plane curve formed by the intersection of a right circular cone and a plane parallel to an element of the curve. |
| ~ hyperbola | an open curve formed by a plane that cuts the base of a right circular cone. |
| adj. (pertain) | 2. cone-shaped, conelike, conic, conical | relating to or resembling a cone.; "conical mountains"; "conelike fruit" |
| wafer | | |
| n. (substance) | 1. wafer | a small adhesive disk of paste; used to seal letters. |
| ~ library paste, paste | an adhesive made from water and flour or starch; used on paper and paperboard. |
| n. (food) | 2. wafer | a small thin crisp cake or cookie. |
| ~ cookie, biscuit, cooky | any of various small flat sweet cakes (`biscuit' is the British term). |
| n. (food) | 3. wafer | thin disk of unleavened bread used in a religious service (especially in the celebration of the Eucharist). |
| ~ bread, breadstuff, staff of life | food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked. |
| waffle | | |
| n. (food) | 1. waffle | pancake batter baked in a waffle iron. |
| ~ cake | baked goods made from or based on a mixture of flour, sugar, eggs, and fat. |
| ~ belgian waffle | thick sweet waffle often eaten with ice cream or fruit sauce. |
| v. (stative) | 2. hesitate, waffle, waver | pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness.; "Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures" |
| ~ doubt | lack confidence in or have doubts about.; "I doubt these reports"; "I suspect her true motives"; "she distrusts her stepmother" |
| ~ dwell on, linger over | delay. |
| ~ boggle | hesitate when confronted with a problem, or when in doubt or fear. |
| ~ hover, linger | move to and fro.; "The shy student lingered in the corner" |
| ~ hover, oscillate, vacillate, vibrate | be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action.; "He oscillates between accepting the new position and retirement" |
| ~ falter, waver | be unsure or weak.; "Their enthusiasm is faltering" |
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