* if (preg_match('/^taxonomy_nco(_block(_\d+)?_vocabularies|(_\d+)?_(include_tags_in_related|minimum_match_intersection|default_minimum_match_nco))$/',$varname)) variable_del($varname);
* in the loop, could do the trick in a safe way.
*
* PS: and maybe a loop on the $conf keys is better than a db select...