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Cheap
  • (adv.) Cheaply.
  • (n.) A bargain
  • (v. i.) To buy

    Cheat
  • (n.) An act of deception or fraud
  • (v. i.) To practice fraud or trickery

    Check
  • (a.) Checkered
  • (n.) A condition of interrupted or impeded progress
  • (v. i.) To act as a curb or restraint.
  • (v. t.) To chide, rebuke, or reprove.

    Cheddar
  • (a.) Of or pertaining to, or made at, Cheddar, in England

    Cheek
  • (n.) A section of a flask, so made that it can be moved laterally, to permit the removal of the pattern from the mold
  • (v. t.) To be impudent or saucy to.

    Cheep
  • (n.) A chirp, peep, or squeak, as of a young bird or mouse.
  • (v. i.) To chirp, as a young bird.
  • (v. t.) To give expression to in a chirping tone.

    Cheer
  • (n.) A shout, hurrah, or acclamation, expressing joy enthusiasm, applause, favor, etc.
  • (v. i.) To be in any state or temper of mind.
  • (v. t.) To cause to rejoice

    Cheese
  • (n.) A low courtesy

    Cheesy
  • (a.) Having the nature, qualities, taste, form, consistency, or appearance of cheese.

    Cheetah
  • (n.) A species of leopard (Cynaelurus jubatus) tamed and used for hunting in India. The woolly cheetah of South Africa is C

    Chef
  • (n.) A chief of head person.

    Chela
  • (n.) In India, a dependent person occupying a position between that of a servant or slave and a disciple

    Chelicera
  • (n.) One of the anterior pair of mouth organs, terminated by a pincherlike claw, in scorpions and allied Arachnida

    Cheliform
  • (a.) Having a movable joint or finger closing against a preceding joint or a projecting part of it, so that the whole may be used for grasping, as the claw of a crab

    Chelonian
  • (a.) Of or pertaining to animals of the tortoise kind.
  • (n.) One of the Chelonia.

    Chemical
  • (a.) Pertaining to chemistry
  • (n.) A substance used for producing a chemical effect

    Chemise
  • (n.) A shift, or undergarment, worn by women.

    Chemist
  • (n.) A person versed in chemistry or given to chemical investigation

    Chemosynthesis
  • (n.) Synthesis of organic compounds by energy derived from chemical changes or reactions

    Chenille
  • (n.) Tufted cord, of silk or worsted, for the trimming of ladies' dresses, for embroidery and fringes, and for the weft of Chenille rugs

    Cherish
  • (v. t.) To hold dear

    Cheroot
  • (n.) A kind of cigar, originally brought from Mania, in the Philippine Islands

    Chersonese
  • (n.) A peninsula

    Chert
  • (n.) An impure, massive, flintlike quartz or hornstone, of a dull color.

    Cherub
  • (n.) A beautiful child

    Chervil
  • (n.) A plant (Anthriscus cerefolium) with pinnately divided aromatic leaves, of which several curled varieties are used in soups and salads

    Chess
  • (n.) A game played on a chessboard, by two persons, with two differently colored sets of men, sixteen in each set

    Chest
  • (n.) A case in which certain goods, as tea, opium, etc., are transported
  • (v. i.) To deposit in a chest

    Chevalier
  • (n.) A horseman

    Chevet
  • (n.) The extreme end of the chancel or choir

    Chevron
  • (n.) A distinguishing mark, above the elbow, on the sleeve of a non-commissioned officer's coat

    Chevrotain
  • (n.) A small ruminant of the family Tragulidae a allied to the musk deer. It inhabits Africa and the East Indies

    Chevy
  • (n.) A cry used in hunting.

    Chew
  • (n.) That which is chewed
  • (v. i.) To perform the action of biting and grinding with the teeth
  • (v. t.) To bite and grind with the teeth

    Chiasma
  • (n.) A commissure

    Chiasmus
  • (n.) An inversion of the order of words or phrases, when repeated or subsequently referred to in a sentence

    Chiastolite
  • (n.) A variety of andalusite

    Chic
  • (n.) Good form

    Chide
  • (n.) A continuous noise or murmur.
  • (v. i.) To make a clamorous noise

    Chief
  • (a.) Highest in office or rank
  • (n.) The head or leader of any body of men

    Chiffon
  • (n.) A kind of soft gauzy material used for ruches, trimmings, etc.

    Chignon
  • (n.) A knot, boss, or mass of hair, natural or artificial, worn by a woman at the back of the head

    Chilblain
  • (n.) A blain, sore, or inflammatory swelling, produced by exposure of the feet or hands to cold, and attended by itching, pain, and sometimes ulceration
  • (v. t.) To produce chilblains upon.

    Child
  • (n.) A descendant, however remote
  • (v. i.) To give birth

    Chili
  • (n.) A kind of red pepper.

    Chill
  • (a.) Affected by cold.
  • (n.) A check to enthusiasm or warmth of feeling
  • (v. i.) To become surface-hardened by sudden cooling while solidifying
  • (v. t.) To check enthusiasm or warmth of feeling of

    Chilopod
  • (n.) A myriapod of the order Chilopoda.

    Chimaera
  • (n.) A cartilaginous fish of several species, belonging to the order Holocephali. The teeth are few and large

    Chime
  • (n.) A set of bells musically tuned to each other
  • (v. i.) To cause to sound in harmony

    Chimney
  • (n.) A body of ore, usually of elongated form, extending downward in a vein.

    Chimpanzee
  • (n.) An african ape (Anthropithecus troglodytes or Troglodytes niger) which approaches more nearly to man, in most respects, than any other ape

    Chin
  • (n.) The exterior or under surface embraced between the branches of the lower jaw bone, in birds.

    Chip
  • (n.) A fragment or piece broken off
  • (v. i.) To break or fly off in small pieces.
  • (v. t.) To bet, as with chips in the game of poker.

    Chirography
  • (n.) The art of telling fortunes by examining the hand.

    Chiromancy
  • (n.) The art or practice of foretelling events, or of telling the fortunes or the disposition of persons by inspecting the hand

    Chiropody
  • (n.) The art of treating diseases of the hands and feet.

    Chirp
  • (n.) A short, sharp note, as of a bird or insect.
  • (v. i.) To make a shop, sharp, cheerful, as of small birds or crickets.

    Chirrup
  • (n.) The act of chirping
  • (v. i.) To chirp.
  • (v. t.) To quicken or animate by chirping

    Chisel
  • (n.) A tool with a cutting edge on one end of a metal blade, used in dressing, shaping, or working in timber, stone, metal, etc
  • (v. t.) To cut, pare, gouge, or engrave with a chisel

    Chit
  • (3d sing.) Chideth.
  • (n.) A child or babe
  • (v. i.) To shoot out

    Chivalric
  • (a.) Relating to chivalry

    Chivalrous
  • (a.) Pertaining to chivalry or knight-errantry

    Chivalry
  • (n.) A body or order of cavaliers or knights serving on horseback

    Chive
  • (n.) A filament of a stamen.

    Chlamys
  • (n.) A loose and flowing outer garment, worn by the ancient Greeks

    Chloasma
  • (n.) A cutaneous affection characterized by yellow or yellowish brown pigmented spots.

    Chloral
  • (n.) A colorless oily liquid, CCl3.CHO, of a pungent odor and harsh taste, obtained by the action of chlorine upon ordinary or ethyl alcohol

    Chlorate
  • (n.) A salt of chloric acid

    Chloric
  • (a.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, chlorine

    Chloride
  • (n.) A binary compound of chlorine with another element or radical

    Chlorinate
  • (v. t.) To treat, or cause to combine, with chlorine.

    Chlorine
  • (n.) One of the elementary substances, commonly isolated as a greenish yellow gas, two and one half times as heavy as air, of an intensely disagreeable suffocating odor, and exceedingly poisonous

    Chlorite
  • (n.) Any salt of chlorous acid

    Chloroform
  • (n.) A colorless volatile liquid, CHCl3, having an ethereal odor and a sweetish taste, formed by treating alcohol with chlorine and an alkali
  • (v. t.) To treat with chloroform, or to place under its influence.

    Chlorophyll
  • (n.) Literally, leaf green

    Chloroplast
  • (n.) A plastid containing chlorophyll, developed only in cells exposed to the light. Chloroplasts are minute flattened granules, usually occurring in great numbers in the cytoplasm near the cell wall, and consist of a colorless ground substance saturated with chlorophyll pigments

    Chlorosis
  • (n.) A disease in plants, causing the flowers to turn green or the leaves to lose their normal green color

    Chlorous
  • (a.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, chlorine

    Chock
  • (adv.) Entirely
  • (n.) A heavy casting of metal, usually fixed near the gunwale. It has two short horn-shaped arms curving inward, between which ropes or hawsers may pass for towing, mooring, etc
  • (v. i.) To fill up, as a cavity.
  • (v. t.) To encounter.

    Chocolate
  • (n.) A paste or cake composed of the roasted seeds of the Theobroma Cacao ground and mixed with other ingredients, usually sugar, and cinnamon or vanilla

    Choice
  • (n.) Act of choosing
  • (superl.) Preserving or using with care, as valuable

    Choir
  • (n.) A band or organized company of singers, especially in church service.

    Choke
  • (n.) A constriction in the bore of a shotgun, case of a rocket, etc.
  • (v. i.) To be checked, as if by choking
  • (v. t.) To affect with a sense of strangulation by passion or strong feeling.

    Choler
  • (n.) Irritation of the passions

    Chomp
  • (v. i.) To chew loudly and greedily

    Chondrify
  • (v. t. & i.) To convert, or be converted, into cartilage.

    Chondrite
  • (n.) A meteoric stone characterized by the presence of chondrules.

    Chondroma
  • (n.) A cartilaginous tumor or growth.

    Chondrule
  • (n.) A peculiar rounded granule of some mineral, usually enstatite or chrysolite, found imbedded more or less abundantly in the mass of many meteoric stones, which are hence called chondrites

    Choose
  • (v. i.) To do otherwise.
  • (v. t.) To make choice of

    Chop
  • (n.) A change
  • (v. i.) To barter or truck.
  • (v. t.) To cut by striking repeatedly with a sharp instrument
  • (v. t. & i.) To crack.

    Choragus
  • (n.) A chorus leader

    Choral
  • (a.) Of or pertaining to a choir or chorus
  • (n.) A hymn tune

    Chord
  • (n.) A combination of tones simultaneously performed, producing more or less perfect harmony, as, the common chord
  • (v. i.) To accord
  • (v. t.) To provide with musical chords or strings

    Chore
  • (n.) A choir or chorus.
  • (v. i.) To do chores.

    Choric
  • (a.) Of or pertaining to a chorus.

    Chorion
  • (n.) The outer membrane of seeds of plants.

    Chorister
  • (n.) One of a choir

    Chorography
  • (n.) the mapping or description of a region or district.

    Choroid
  • (a.) resembling the chorion
  • (n.) The choroid coat of the eye.

    Chortle
  • (v. t. & i.) A word coined by Lewis Carroll (Charles L. Dodgson), and usually explained as a combination of chuckle and snort

    Chorus
  • (n.) A band of singers and dancers.
  • (v. i.) To sing in chorus

    Chose
  • (imp.) of Choose
  • (n.) A thing

    Chou
  • (n.) A bunch, knot, or rosette of ribbon or other material, used as an ornament in women's dress.

    Chow
  • (n.) A prefecture or district of the second rank in China, or the chief city of such a district

    Chrestomathy
  • (n.) A selection of passages, with notes, etc., to be used in acquiring a language

    Chrism
  • (n.) Olive oil mixed with balm and spices, consecrated by the bishop on Maundy Thursday, and used in the administration of baptism, confirmation, ordination, etc

    Chrisom
  • (n.) A child which died within a month after its baptism

    Christ
  • (n.) The Anointed

    Chromate
  • (n.) A salt of chromic acid.

    Chromatic
  • (a.) Proceeding by the smaller intervals (half steps or semitones) of the scale, instead of the regular intervals of the diatonic scale

    Chromatin
  • (n.) The deeply staining substance of the nucleus and chromosomes of cells, now supposed to be the physical basis of inheritance, and generally regarded as the same substance as the hypothetical idioplasm or germ plasm

    Chromatography
  • (n.) A treatise on colors

    Chromatophore
  • (n.) A contractile cell or vesicle containing liquid pigment and capable of changing its form or size, thus causing changes of color in the translucent skin of such animals as possess them

    Chromic
  • (a.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, chromium

    Chromite
  • (n.) A black submetallic mineral consisting of oxide of chromium and iron

    Chromium
  • (n.) A comparatively rare element occurring most abundantly in the mineral chromite. Atomic weight 52

    Chromo
  • (n.) A chromolithograph.

    Chronic
  • (a.) Continuing for a long time

    Chronogram
  • (n.) An inscription in which certain numeral letters, made to appear specially conspicuous, on being added together, express a particular date or epoch, as in the motto of a medal struck by Gustavus Adolphus in 1632: ChrIstVs DVX

    Chronograph
  • (n.) A chronoscope.

    Chronological
  • (a.) Relating to chronology

    Chronology
  • (n.) The science which treats of measuring time by regular divisions or periods, and which assigns to events or transactions their proper dates

    Chronometer
  • (n.) A metronome.

    Chronometry
  • (n.) The art of measuring time

    Chronoscope
  • (n.) An instrument for measuring minute intervals of time

    Chrysalid
  • (a.) Pertaining to a chrysalis

    Chrysalis
  • (n.) The pupa state of certain insects, esp. of butterflies, from which the perfect insect emerges

    Chrysanthemum
  • (n.) A genus of composite plants, mostly perennial, and of many species including the many varieties of garden chrysanthemums (annual and perennial), and also the feverfew and the oxeye daisy

    Chryselephantine
  • (a.) Composed of, or adorned with, gold and ivory.

    Chrysoberyl
  • (n.) A mineral, found in crystals, of a yellow to green or brown color, and consisting of aluminia and glucina

    Chrysolite
  • (n.) A mineral, composed of silica, magnesia, and iron, of a yellow to green color. It is common in certain volcanic rocks

    Chrysoprase
  • (n.) An apple-green variety of chalcedony, colored by nickel. It has a dull flinty luster, and is sometimes used in jewelry

    Chthonic
  • (a.) Pertaining to the earth

    Chub
  • (n.) A species to fresh-water fish of the Cyprinidae or Carp family. The common European species is Leuciscus cephalus

    Chuck
  • (n.) A contrivance or machine fixed to the mandrel of a lathe, for holding a tool or the material to be operated upon
  • (v. i.) To chuckle
  • (v. t.) To call, as a hen her chickens.

    Chufa
  • (n.) A sedgelike plant (Cyperus esculentus) producing edible tubers, native about the Mediterranean, now cultivated in many regions

    Chum
  • (n.) A roommate, especially in a college or university
  • (v. i.) To occupy a chamber with another

    Chunk
  • (n.) A short, thick piece of anything.

    Church
  • (n.) A body of Christian believers, holding the same creed, observing the same rites, and acknowledging the same ecclesiastical authority
  • (v. t.) To bless according to a prescribed form, or to unite with in publicly returning thanks in church, as after deliverance from the dangers of childbirth

    Churl
  • (a.) Churlish
  • (n.) A rough, surly, ill-bred man

    Churn
  • (v. i.) To perform the operation of churning.
  • (v. t.) A vessel in which milk or cream is stirred, beaten, or otherwise agitated (as by a plunging or revolving dasher) in order to separate the oily globules from the other parts, and obtain butter

    Churr
  • (n.) A vibrant or whirring noise such as that made by some insects, as the cockchafer, or by some birds, as the nightjar, the partridge, etc
  • (v. i.) To make a churr, as a cockchafer.
  • (v. t.) To utter by churring.

    Chute
  • (n.) A framework, trough, or tube, upon or through which objects are made to slide from a higher to a lower level, or through which water passes to a wheel

    Chyle
  • (n.) A milky fluid containing the fatty matter of the food in a state of emulsion, or fine mechanical division

    Chyme
  • (n.) The pulpy mass of semi-digested food in the small intestines just after its passage from the stomach

    Ciborium
  • (n.) A canopy usually standing free and supported on four columns, covering the high altar, or, very rarely, a secondary altar

    Cicada
  • (n.) Any species of the genus Cicada. They are large hemipterous insects, with nearly transparent wings

    Cicala
  • (n.) A cicada.

    Cicatrix
  • (n.) The pellicle which forms over a wound or breach of continuity and completes the process of healing in the latter, and which subsequently contracts and becomes white, forming the scar

    Cicatrize
  • (v. i.) To heal
  • (v. t.) To heal or induce the formation of a cicatrix in, as in wounded or ulcerated flesh.

    Cicely
  • (n.) Any one of several umbelliferous plants, of the genera Myrrhis, Osmorrhiza, etc.

    Cicero
  • (n.) Pica type

    Cid
  • (n.) An epic poem, which celebrates the exploits of the Spanish national hero, Ruy Diaz.

    Cider
  • (n.) The expressed juice of apples. It is used as a beverage, for making vinegar, and for other purposes

    Cigar
  • (n.) A small roll of tobacco, used for smoking.

    Cilia
  • (n. pl.) Hairlike processes, commonly marginal and forming a fringe like the eyelash.

    Cilice
  • (n.) A kind of haircloth undergarment.

    Cimex
  • (n.) A genus of hemipterous insects of which the bedbug is the best known example.

    Cimmerian
  • (a.) Pertaining to the Cimmerii, a fabulous people, said to have lived, in very ancient times, in profound and perpetual darkness

    Cinch
  • (n.) A strong saddle girth, as of canvas.
  • (v. i.) To perform the action of cinching
  • (v. t.) In the game of cinch, to protect (a trick) by playing a higher trump than the five.

    Cincture
  • (n.) A belt, a girdle, or something worn round the body

    Cinder
  • (n.) A hot coal without flame

    Cinematographer
  • (n.) One who exhibits moving pictures or who takes chronophotographs by the cinematograph

    Cineraria
  • (n.) A Linnaean genus of free-flowering composite plants, mostly from South Africa. Several species are cultivated for ornament

    Cinerary
  • (a.) Pertaining to ashes

    Cinereous
  • (a.) Like ashes

    Cingulum
  • (n.) A distinct girdle or band of color

    Cinnabar
  • (n.) Red sulphide of mercury, occurring in brilliant red crystals, and also in red or brown amorphous masses

    Cinnamon
  • (n.) Cassia.

    Cinquecento
  • (n. & a.) The sixteenth century, when applied to Italian art or literature

    Cinquefoil
  • (n.) An ornamental foliation having five points or cups, used in windows, panels, etc.

    Cipher
  • (a.) Of the nature of a cipher
  • (n.) A character
  • (v. i.) To use figures in a mathematical process
  • (v. t.) To decipher.

    Cipolin
  • (n.) A whitish marble, from Rome, containiing pale greenish zones. It consists of calcium carbonate, with zones and cloudings of talc

    Circassian
  • (a.) Of or pertaining to Circassia, in Asia.
  • (n.) A native or inhabitant of Circassia.

    Circinate
  • (a.) Rolled together downward, the tip occupying the center
  • (v. t.) To make a circle around

    Circle
  • (n.) A circular group of persons
  • (v. i.) To move circularly

    Circuit
  • (n.) A certain division of a state or country, established by law for a judge or judges to visit, for the administration of justice
  • (v. i.) To move in a circle
  • (v. t.) To travel around.

    Circular
  • (a.) A circular letter, or paper, usually printed, copies of which are addressed or given to various persons

    Circulate
  • (v. i.) To move in a circle or circuitously
  • (v. t.) To cause to pass from place to place, or from person to person

    Circulation
  • (n.) Currency

    Circulatory
  • (a.) Circular
  • (n.) A chemical vessel consisting of two portions unequally exposed to the heat of the fire, and with connecting pipes or passages, through which the fluid rises from the overheated portion, and descends from the relatively colder, maintaining a circulation

    Circumambient
  • (a.) Surrounding

    Circumambulate
  • (v. t.) To walk round about.

    Circumcise
  • (v. t.) To cut off the prepuce of foreskin of, in the case of males, and the internal labia of, in the case of females

    Circumcision
  • (n.) Rejection of the sins of the flesh

    Circumference
  • (n.) A circle
  • (v. t.) To include in a circular space

    Circumflex
  • (a.) Curved circularly
  • (n.) A character, or accent, denoting in Greek a rise and of the voice on the same long syllable, marked thus
  • (v. t.) To mark or pronounce with a circumflex.

    Circumfuse
  • (v. t.) To pour round

    Circumlocution
  • (n.) The use of many words to express an idea that might be expressed by few

    Circumnavigate
  • (v. t.) To sail completely round.

    Circumpolar
  • (a.) About the pole

    Circumscribe
  • (v. t.) To draw a line around so as to touch at certain points without cutting.

    Circumscription
  • (n.) An inscription written around anything.

    Circumspect
  • (a.) Attentive to all the circumstances of a case or the probable consequences of an action

    Circumstance
  • (n.) An event
  • (v. t.) To place in a particular situation

    Circumstantial
  • (a.) Abounding with circumstances
  • (n.) Something incidental to the main subject, but of less importance

    Circumstantiate
  • (v. t.) To place in particular circumstances

    Circumvallate
  • (a.) Surrounded by a ridge or elevation
  • (v. t.) To surround with a rampart or wall.

    Circumvent
  • (v. t.) To gain advantage over by arts, stratagem, or deception

    Circumvolution
  • (n.) A roundabout procedure

    Circus
  • (n.) A circular inclosure for the exhibition of feats of horsemanship, acrobatic displays, etc. Also, the company of performers, with their equipage

    Cirque
  • (n.) A circle

    Cirrate
  • (a.) Having cirri along the margin of a part or organ.

    Cirrhosis
  • (n.) A disease of the liver in which it usually becomes smaller in size and more dense and fibrous in consistence

    Cirriform
  • (a.) Formed like a cirrus or tendril

    Cirriped
  • (n.) One of the Cirripedia.

    Cirrose
  • (a.) Bearing a tendril or tendrils

    Cirrus
  • (n.) A soft tactile appendage of the mantle of many Mollusca, and of the parapodia of Annelida. Those near the head of annelids are Tentacular cirri

    Cisalpine
  • (a.) On the hither side of the Alps with reference to Rome, that is, on the south side of the Alps

    Cisatlantic
  • (a.) On this side of the Atlantic Ocean

    Cisco
  • (n.) The Lake herring (Coregonus Artedi), valuable food fish of the Great Lakes of North America

    Cismontane
  • (a.) On this side of the mountains.

    Cispadane
  • (a.) On the hither side of the river Po with reference to Rome

    Cist
  • (n.) A box or chest. Specifically: (a) A bronze receptacle, round or oval, frequently decorated with engravings on the sides and cover, and with feet, handles, etc

    Cit
  • (n.) A citizen

    Citadel
  • (n.) A fortress in or near a fortified city, commanding the city and fortifications, and intended as a final point of defense

    Citation
  • (n.) An official summons or notice given to a person to appear

    Cite
  • (v. t.) To bespeak

    Cithara
  • (n.) An ancient instrument resembling the harp.

    Citied
  • (a.) Belonging to, or resembling, a city.

    Citified
  • (a.) Aping, or having, the manners of a city.

    Citizen
  • (a.) Having the condition or qualities of a citizen, or of citizens
  • (n.) An inhabitant of a city

    Citole
  • (n.) A musical instrument

    Citrate
  • (n.) A salt of citric acid.

    Citric
  • (a.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the citron or lemon

    Citrine
  • (a.) Like a citron or lemon
  • (n.) A yellow, pellucid variety of quartz.

    Citron
  • (n.) A citron melon.

    Citrus
  • (n.) A genus of trees including the orange, lemon, citron, etc., originally natives of southern Asia

    Cittern
  • (n.) An instrument shaped like a lute, but strung with wire and played with a quill or plectrum

    City
  • (a.) Of or pertaining to a city.
  • (n.) A corporate town

    Civet
  • (n.) A substance, of the consistence of butter or honey, taken from glands in the anal pouch of the civet (Viverra civetta)
  • (v. t.) To scent or perfume with civet.

    Civic
  • (a.) Relating to, or derived from, a city or citizen

    Civil
  • (a.) Having the manners of one dwelling in a city, as opposed to those of savages or rustics

    Clabber
  • (n.) Milk curdled so as to become thick.
  • (v. i.) To become clabber

    Clack
  • (n.) To make a sudden, sharp noise, or a succesion of such noises, as by striking an object, or by collision of parts
  • (v. t.) Anything that causes a clacking noise, as the clapper of a mill, or a clack valve.

    Clad
  • (v.t) To clothe.

    Claim
  • (n.) A demand of a right or supposed right
  • (v./.) To ask for, or seek to obtain, by virtue of authority, right, or supposed right
  • (v. i.) To be entitled to anything

    Clairvoyance
  • (n.) A power, attributed to some persons while in a mesmeric state, of discering objects not perceptible by the senses in their normal condition

    Clairvoyant
  • (a.) Pertaining to clairvoyance
  • (n.) One who is able, when in a mesmeric state, to discern objects not present to the senses

    Clam
  • (n.) A crash or clangor made by ringing all the bells of a chime at once.
  • (v. i.) To be moist or glutinous
  • (v. t.) A bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially those that are edible
  • (v. t. & i.) To produce, in bell ringing, a clam or clangor

    Clan
  • (n.) A clique

    Clap
  • (n.) A burst of sound
  • (v. i.) To come together suddenly with noise.
  • (v. t.) To express contempt or derision.

    Claque
  • (n.) A collection of persons employed to applaud at a theatrical exhibition.

    Clarence
  • (n.) A close four-wheeled carriage, with one seat inside, and a seat for the driver.

    Clarendon
  • (n.) A style of type having a narrow and heave face. It is made in all sizes.

    Claret
  • (n.) The name first given in England to the red wines of Medoc, in France, and afterwards extended to all the red Bordeaux wines

    Claribella
  • (n.) A soft, sweet stop, or set of open wood pipes in an organ.

    Clarification
  • (n.) The act of freeing from obscurities.

    Clarifier
  • (n.) A vessel in which the process of clarification is conducted

    Clarify
  • (v. i.) To grow clear or bright
  • (v. t.) To glorify.

    Clarinet
  • (n.) A wind instrument, blown by a single reed, of richer and fuller tone than the oboe, which has a double reed

    Clarion
  • (n.) A kind of trumpet, whose note is clear and shrill.

    Clarity
  • (n.) Clearness

    Clary
  • (n.) A plant (Salvia sclarea) of the Sage family, used in flavoring soups.
  • (v. i.) To make a loud or shrill noise.

    Clash
  • (n.) A loud noise resulting from collision
  • (v. i.) To make a noise by striking against something
  • (v. t.) To strike noisily against or together.

    Clasp
  • (n.) A close embrace
  • (v. t.) To inclose and hold in the hand or with the arms

    Class
  • (n.) A comprehensive division of animate or inanimate objects, grouped together on account of their common characteristics, in any classification in natural science, and subdivided into orders, families, tribes, genera, etc
  • (v. i.) To grouped or classed.

    Clastic
  • (a.) Fragmental

    Clathrate
  • (a.) Having the surface marked with raised lines resembling a lattice, as many shells.

    Clatter
  • (n.) A rattling noise, esp. that made by the collision of hard bodies
  • (v. i.) To make a rattling sound by striking hard bodies together
  • (v. t.) To make a rattling noise with.

    Claudication
  • (n.) A halting or limping.

    Clause
  • (n.) A separate portion of a written paper, paragraph, or sentence

    Clavichord
  • (n.) A keyed stringed instrument, now superseded by the pianoforte.

    Clavicle
  • (n.) The collar bone, which is joined at one end to the scapula, or shoulder blade, and at the other to the sternum, or breastbone

    Clavier
  • (n.) The keyboard of an organ, pianoforte, or harmonium.

    Claw
  • (n.) Anything resembling the claw of an animal, as the curved and forked end of a hammer for drawing nails
  • (v. i.) To scrape, scratch, or dig with a claw, or with the hand as a claw.

    Clay
  • (n.) A soft earth, which is plastic, or may be molded with the hands, consisting of hydrous silicate of aluminium
  • (v. t.) To clarify by filtering through clay, as sugar.

    Clean
  • (a.) To render clean
  • (adv.) Without limitation or remainder
  • (superl.) Free from awkwardness

    Clear
  • (adv.) In a clear manner
  • (n.) Full extent
  • (superl.) Able to perceive clearly
  • (v. i.) To become free from clouds or fog
  • (v. t.) To free from impediment or incumbrance, from defilement, or from anything injurious, useless, or offensive

    Cleat
  • (n.) A device made of wood or metal, having two arms, around which turns may be taken with a line or rope so as to hold securely and yet be readily released
  • (v. t.) To strengthen with a cleat.

    Cleavable
  • (a.) Capable of cleaving or being divided.

    Cleavage
  • (n.) Division into laminae, like slate, with the lamination not necessarily parallel to the plane of deposition

    Cleave
  • (v. i. ) To adhere closely
  • (v. i.) To part
  • (v. i. ) To unite or be united closely in interest or affection
  • (v. t.) To part or divide by force

    Cleek
  • (n.) Act of cleeking
  • (v. t.) To catch or draw out with a cleek, as a fish

    Clef
  • (n.) A character used in musical notation to determine the position and pitch of the scale as represented on the staff

    Cleg
  • (n.) A small breeze or horsefly.

    Cleistogamous
  • (a.) Having, beside the usual flowers, other minute, closed flowers, without petals or with minute petals

    Clematis
  • (n.) A genus of flowering plants, of many species, mostly climbers, having feathery styles, which greatly enlarge in the fruit

    Clemency
  • (n.) Disposition to forgive and spare, as offenders

    Clement
  • (a.) Mild in temper and disposition

    Clepsydra
  • (n.) A water clock

    Clergy
  • (n.) Learning

    Cleric
  • (n.) A clerk, a clergyman.

    Clerk
  • (n.) A clergyman or ecclesiastic.

    Clever
  • (a.) Good-natured

    Clevis
  • (n.) A piece of metal bent in the form of an oxbow, with the two ends perforated to receive a pin, used on the end of the tongue of a plow, wagen, etc

    Click
  • (n.) A detent, pawl, or ratchet, as that which catches the cogs of a ratchet wheel to prevent backward motion
  • (v. i.) To make a slight, sharp noise (or a succession of such noises), as by gentle striking
  • (v. t.) To cause to make a clicking noise, as by striking together, or against something.

    Client
  • (n.) A citizen who put himself under the protection of a man of distinction and influence, who was called his patron

    Cliff
  • (n.) A high, steep rock

    Climacteric
  • (a.) Relating to a climacteric
  • (n.) Any critical period.

    Climactic
  • (a.) Of or pertaining to a climax

    Climate
  • (v. i.) One of thirty regions or zones, parallel to the equator, into which the surface of the earth from the equator to the pole was divided, according to the successive increase of the length of the midsummer day

    Climatology
  • (n.) The science which treats of climates and investigates their phenomena and causes.

    Climax
  • (v. i.) A figure in which the parts of a sentence or paragraph are so arranged that each succeeding one rises above its predecessor in impressiveness

    Climb
  • (n.) The act of one who climbs
  • (v. i.) To ascend as if with effort
  • (v. t.) To ascend, as by means of the hands and feet, or laboriously or slowly

    Clime
  • (n.) A climate

    Clinch
  • (n.) A hitch or bend by which a rope is made fast to the ring of an anchor, or the breeching of a ship's gun to the ringbolts
  • (v. i.) To hold fast
  • (v. t.) To bend or turn over the point of (something that has been driven through an object), so that it will hold fast

    Cling
  • (n.) Adherence
  • (v. i.) To adhere closely
  • (v. t.) To cause to adhere to, especially by twining round or embracing.

    Clinic
  • (n.) A school, or a session of a school or class, in which medicine or surgery is taught by the examination and treatment of patients in the presence of the pupils
  • (v. i.) Of or pertaining to a bed, especially, a sick bed.

    Clink
  • (n.) A prison cell
  • (v. i.) To cause to give out a slight, sharp, tinkling, sound, as by striking metallic or other sonorous bodies together

    Clinometer
  • (n.) An instrument for determining the dip of beds or strata, pr the slope of an embankment or cutting

    Clinostat
  • (n.) An apparatus consisting of a slowly revolving disk, usually regulated by clockwork, by means of wich the action of external agents, as light and gravity, on growing plants may be regulated or eliminated

    Clio
  • (n.) The Muse who presided over history.

    Clip
  • (n.) A blow or stroke with the hand
  • (v. i.) To move swiftly
  • (v. t.) To curtail

    Clique
  • (v. i.) A narrow circle of persons associated by common interests or for the accomplishment of a common purpose

    Clitoris
  • (n.) A small organ at the upper part of the vulva, homologous to the penis in the male.


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