*racon*

a. [ Citric + aconitic. ] Pertaining to, derived from, or having certain characteristics of, citric and aconitic acids. [ 1913 Webster ]

Citraconic acid (Chem.), a white, crystalline, deliquescent substance, C3H4(CO2H)2, obtained by distillation of citric acid. It is a compound of the ethylene series. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to Draco, a famous lawgiver of Athens, 621 b. c. Used especially in the phrase Draconian punishment. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

Draconian code, or
Draconian laws, a code of laws made by Draco. Their measures were so severe that they were said to be written in letters of blood; hence, any laws of excessive rigor. --
Draconian punishment, punishment so severe as to seem excessive for the crime being punished. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

a. Relating to Draco, the Athenian lawgiver; or to the constellation Draco; or to dragon's blood. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. draconine. See Draco. ] (Chem.) A red resin forming the essential basis of dragon's blood; -- called also dracin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From L. draco dragon, in allusion to the terms dragon's head and dragon's tail. ] (Astron.) Belonging to that space of time in which the moon performs one revolution, from ascending node to ascending node. See Dragon's head, under Dragon. [ Obs. ] “Dracontic month.” Crabb. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. draco dragon. ] Belonging to a dragon. Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. para- + aconitic. ] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an organic acid obtained as a deliquescent white crystalline substance, and isomeric with itaconic, citraconic, and mesaconic acids. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. para- + conine. ] (Chem.) A base resembling and isomeric with conine, and obtained as a colorless liquid from butyric aldehyde and ammonia. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] A relater; a storyteller. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. (Anat.) Situated above a condyle or condyles. [ 1913 Webster ]