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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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