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- CLEVISA U-shaped coupling having holes at each end, through which a bolt is run; used especially to fit attachments to a tractor or other vehicle as it allows a degree of rotation about
- CLEWA roughly spherical mass or body.
- CLIENTA customer, a buyer or receiver of goods or services.
- CLIENTAGEclients collectively; clientele
- CLIENTLESSWithout a client; lacking clients.
- CLIFFA vertical (or nearly vertical) rock face.
- CLIFFHANGERAn ending or stopping point calculated to leave a story unresolved, in order to create suspense.
- CLIFTA cliff.
- CLIMATEThe long-term manifestations of weather and other atmospheric conditions in a given area or country, now usually represented by the statistical summary of its weather conditions du
- CLIMATISEAlternative form of climatize.
- CLIMATIZETo acclimatize or become acclimatized.
- CLIMAXA rhetorical device in which a series is arranged in ascending order.
- CLIMBTo traverse a slope or contour, either upwards (ascending) or downwards (descending).
- CLIMBDOWNA retreat or withdrawal from an earlier position or opinion; a backdown.
- CLIMBERSomeone or something that climbs (such as a mountain climber). A plant such as a vine that climbs upwards as it grows by attaching itself to some support.
- CLIMBINGThe sport of climbing, ascending a wall or a rock or another object using available holds, generally with the safety of a rope and belayer.
- CLIMEA particular region defined by its weather or climate.
- CLINCHTo bend and hammer the point of (a nail) so it cannot be removed.
- CLINCHERThat which clinches; that which makes something final or firm; a decisive factor.
- CLINEA gradation in a character or phenotype within a species, deme, or other systematic group.
- CLINGFruit (especially peach) whose flesh adheres strongly to the pit.
- CLINGEDsimple past and past participle of cling (“to adhere”)
- CLINGEROne who clings.
- CLINGFISHA small marine fish of the family Gobiesocidae which has a sucking disc on its underside that it uses to cling to rocks and seaweed.
- CLINGYHaving a tendency to cling.
- CLINKThe sound of metal on metal, or glass on glass.
- CLINKERA very hard brick used for paving customarily made in the Netherlands.
- CLINOMETERAn apparatus for measuring a vertical angle, a slope, or the height of a large object (e.g. a tree).
- CLINTThe relatively flat part of a limestone pavement between the grikes
- CLIPTo grip tightly.
- CLIPBOARDA flat piece of rigid material, such as card or plastic, with a clip at one end under which papers can be held.
- CLIPEDTo grip tightly.
- CLIPESTo grip tightly.
- CLIPINGTo grip tightly.
- CLIPPERAnything or anyone that clips.
- CLIPPIEA bus conductor.
- CLIPSHEETA sheet of news, features, and similar material distributed to newspaper publishers for convenient inclusion in their publications.
- CLIQUEA small, exclusive group of individuals, usually having some common characteristic such as lifestyle or social status, or common purpose; specifically one formed for disreputable p
- CLIQUEYHaving the characteristics of a clique.
- CLIQUISHOf or pertaining to a clique.
- CLIQUISMThe tendency to associate in cliques; the spirit of cliques.
- CLITClipping of clitoris.
- CLITICA morpheme that functions like a word, but never appears as an independent word, instead being always attached to a following or preceding word (or, in some cases, within a surroun
- CLITORALOf or relating to the clitoris.
- CLITORICSynonym of clitoral.
- CLITORISA sensitive elongated erectile sex organ at the anterior part of the vulva in female humans and other mammals.
- CLITTERTo clatter lightly; to make a soft rattling noise.
- CLIVIAAny plant of the genus Clivia, native to southern Africa.
- CLOAKA long outer garment worn over the shoulders covering the back; a cape, often with a hood.
- CLOAMClay.
- CLOBBERTo hit or bash severely; to seriously harm or damage.
- CLOCHEA glass covering, originally bell-shaped, for garden plants to prevent frost damage and promote early growth.
- CLODA lump of something, especially earth or clay.
- CLODHOPPERA strong shoe for heavy-duty use; a boot. Any shoe construed (within a particular context) as ungainly. United States Navy ankle length work shoes, distinct from dress shoes or com
- CLODPATEA blockhead; an idiot or fool.
- CLOFFAn allowance of two pounds in every three hundredweight after the tare and tret are subtracted; now used only in a general sense, of small deductions from the original weight.
- CLOFIBRATEA compound C12H15ClO3 used especially to lower abnormally high concentrations of fats and cholesterol in the blood.
- CLOGA type of shoe with an inflexible, often wooden sole sometimes with an open heel.
- CLOGGEROne who, or that which, clogs.
- CLOISONA partition, dividing fillet or band.
- CLOISTERA covered walk with an open colonnade on one side, running along the walls of buildings that surround a quadrangle; especially: such an arcade in a monastery; such an arcade fitted
- CLOISTEREROne belonging to, or living in, a cloister; a recluse.
- CLOMPThe sound of feet hitting the ground loudly.
- CLONALRelating to, or created by asexual reproduction (cloning)
- CLONEA living organism (originally a plant) produced asexually from a single ancestor, to which it is genetically identical.
- CLONERSomeone who clones something.
- CLONICPertaining to clonus; having irregular, convulsive spasms.
- CLONKThe abrupt sound of two hard objects coming into contact.
- CLONUSA muscular spasm with regular contractions.
- CLOOPA slightly hollow, percussive sound. The sound made when a cork is forcibly drawn from a bottle.
- CLOOTIEA piece of rag.
- CLOPThe sound of a horse's shod hoof striking the ground.
- CLOQUEA fabric with an embossed design
- CLOSETo remove or block an opening, gap or passage through. To move a thing, or part of a thing, nearer to another so that the gap or opening between the two is removed.
- CLOSEMOUTHEDreticent, secretive or uncommunicative
- CLOSEOUTA wave which breaks all at once, as opposed to breaking progressively along its length.
- CLOSETA small room within a house used to store clothing, food, or other household supplies.
- CLOSETEDNot open about one's sexual orientation, romantic orientation, or gender identity.
- CLOSETFULAs much as a closet can hold.
- CLOSTRIDIUMAny of several mostly anaerobic gram-positive bacteria, of the genus Clostridium, that are present in the soil and in the intestines of humans and animals and are capable of formin
- CLOSUREAn event or occurrence that signifies an ending.
- CLOTA thrombus, solidified mass of blood.
- CLOTBURThe burdock.
- CLOTEThe common burdock; the clotbur.
- CLOTESA thrombus, solidified mass of blood.
- CLOTHA fabric, usually made of woven, knitted, or felted fibres or filaments, such as used in dressing, decorating, cleaning or other practical use. Sometimes, woven fabric specifically
- CLOTHBOUNDWrapped in cloth.
- CLOTHETo adorn or cover with clothing; to dress; to supply clothes or clothing.
- CLOTHEDsimple past and past participle of clothe
- CLOTHESItems of clothing; apparel.
- CLOTHESHORSEA frame on which laundry is hung to dry.
- CLOTHESLINEA rope or cord tied up outdoors to hang clothes on so they can dry.
- CLOTHESPINA clip or fastener used to secure garments to a clothesline while drying, and sometimes for other applications requiring holding or pinching.
- CLOTHIERA person who makes or sells cloth or clothing.
- CLOTHINGpresent participle and gerund of clothe
- CLOTHLIKEResembling cloth.
- CLOTTERA clot; a mass of clotted blood.
- CLOTTIERFull of clots, or clods.
- CLOTTIESTFull of clots, or clods.
- CLOTTISHLike a clot; foolish, silly.