| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| claggy | adjective | Adhesive; — said of a roof in a mine to which coal clings. |
| clammy | compar. | Having the quality of being viscous or adhesive; soft and sticky; glutinous; damp and adhesive, as if covered with a cold perspiration. |
| clamor | noun | A great outcry or vociferation; loud and continued shouting or exclamation., Any loud and continued noise., A continued expression of dissatisfaction or discontent; a popular outcry., To salute loudly., To stun with noise., To utter loudly or repeatedly; to shout., To utter loud sounds or outcries; to vociferate; to complain; to make importunate demands. |
| claque | noun | A collection of persons employed to applaud at a theatrical exhibition. |
| claret | noun | The name first given in England to the red wines of Medoc, in France, and afterwards extended to all the red Bordeaux wines. The name is also given to similar wines made in the United States. |
| clarre | noun | Wine with a mixture of honey and species. |
| clarty | adjective | Sticky and foul; muddy; filthy; dirty. |
| clause | noun | A separate portion of a written paper, paragraph, or sentence; an article, stipulation, or proviso, in a legal document., A subordinate portion or a subdivision of a sentence containing a subject and its predicate., See Letters clause / close, under Letter. |
| clavel | noun | See Clevis. |
| claver | noun | See Clover., Frivolous or nonsensical talk; prattle; chattering. |
| claves | plural | of Clavis |
| clavis | noun | A key; a glossary. |
| clavus | noun | A callous growth, esp. one the foot; a corn. |
| clawed | imp. & past participle | of Claw, Furnished with claws. |
| clayed | imp. & past participle | of Clay |
| clayes | noun pl. | Wattles, or hurdles, made with stakes interwoven with osiers, to cover lodgments. |
| clayey | adjective | Consisting of clay; abounding with clay; partaking of clay; like clay. |
| cleave | verb i. | To adhere closely; to stick; to hold fast; to cling., To unite or be united closely in interest or affection; to adhere with strong attachment., To fit; to be adapted; to assimilate., To part or divide by force; to split or rive; to cut., To part or open naturally; to divide., To part; to open; to crack; to separate; as parts of bodies; as, the ground cleaves by frost. |
| cloven | of Cleave, from Cleave, v. t. | |
| cleche | adjective | Charged with another bearing of the same figure, and of the color of the field, so large that only a narrow border of the first bearing remains visible; — said of any heraldic bearing. Compare Voided. |
| clechy | adjective | See Cleche. |
| cledge | noun | The upper stratum of fuller’s earth. |
| cledgy | adjective | Stiff, stubborn, clayey, or tenacious; as, a cledgy soil. |
| clench | noun & verb t. | See Clinch. |
| cleped | imp. & past participle | of Clepe |
| clergy | noun | The body of men set apart, by due ordination, to the service of God, in the Christian church, in distinction from the laity; in England, usually restricted to the ministers of the Established Church., Learning; also, a learned profession., The privilege or benefit of clergy. |
| cleric | noun | A clerk, a clergyman., Same as Clerical. |
| clever | adjective | Possessing quickness of intellect, skill, dexterity, talent, or adroitness; expert., Showing skill or adroitness in the doer or former; as, a clever speech; a clever trick., Having fitness, propriety, or suitableness., Well-shaped; handsome., Good-natured; obliging. |
| clevis | noun | 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., to attach it to a draft chain, whiffletree, etc.; — called also clavel, clevy. |
| cliche | noun | A stereotype plate or any similar reproduction of ornament, or lettering, in relief. |
| clicky | adjective | Resembling a click; abounding in clicks. |
| client | noun | A citizen who put himself under the protection of a man of distinction and influence, who was called his patron., A dependent; one under the protection of another., One who consults a legal adviser, or submits his cause to his management. |
| cliffy | adjective | Having cliffs; broken; craggy. |
| climax | verb i. | Upward movement; steady increase; gradation; ascent., A figure in which the parts of a sentence or paragraph are so arranged that each succeeding one rises above its predecessor in impressiveness., The highest point; the greatest degree. |
| clinch | verb t. | To hold firmly; to hold fast by grasping or embracing tightly., To set closely together; to close tightly; as, to clinch the teeth or the first., To bend or turn over the point of (something that has been driven through an object), so that it will hold fast; as, to clinch a nail., To make conclusive; to confirm; to establish; as, to clinch an argument., To hold fast; to grasp something firmly; to seize or grasp one another., The act or process of holding fast; that which serves to hold fast; a grip; a grasp; a clamp; a holdfast; as, to get a good clinch of an antagonist, or of a weapon; to secure anything by a clinch., A pun., 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. |
| clingy | adjective | Apt to cling; adhesive. |
| clinic | noun | One confined to the bed by sickness., One who receives baptism on a sick bed., 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., Of or pertaining to a bed, especially, a sick bed., Of or pertaining to a clinic, or to the study of disease in the living subject. |
| clione | noun | A genus of naked pteropods. One species (Clione papilonacea), abundant in the Arctic Ocean, constitutes a part of the food of the Greenland whale. It is sometimes incorrectly called Clio. |
| clique | verb i. | A narrow circle of persons associated by common interests or for the accomplishment of a common purpose; — generally used in a bad sense., To To associate together in a clannish way; to act with others secretly to gain a desired end; to plot; — used with together. |
| cloaca | noun | A sewer; as, the Cloaca Maxima of Rome., A privy., The common chamber into which the intestinal, urinary, and generative canals discharge in birds, reptiles, amphibians, and many fishes. |
| cloddy | adjective | Consisting of clods; full of clods. |
| cloggy | adjective | Clogging, or having power to clog. |
| clonic | adjective | Having an irregular, convulsive motion. |
| closed | imp. & past participle | of Close |
| closen | verb t. | To make close. |
| closer | noun | One who, or that which, closes; specifically, a boot closer. See under Boot., A finisher; that which finishes or terminates., The last stone in a horizontal course, if of a less size than the others, or a piece of brick finishing a course. |
| closet | noun | A small room or apartment for retirement; a room for privacy., A small apartment, or recess in the side of a room, for household utensils, clothing, etc., To shut up in, or as in, a closet; to conceal., To make into a closet for a secret interview. |
| cloths | plural | of Cloth |
| clothe | verb t. | To put garments on; to cover with clothing; to dress., To provide with clothes; as, to feed and clothe a family; to clothe one’s self extravagantly., Fig.: To cover or invest, as with a garment; as, to clothe one with authority or power., To wear clothes. |
| clotty | noun | Full of clots, or clods. |
| cloudy | noun | Overcast or obscured with clouds; clouded; as, a cloudy sky., Consisting of a cloud or clouds., Indicating gloom, anxiety, sullenness, or ill-nature; not open or cheerful., Confused; indistinct; obscure; dark., Lacking clearness, brightness, or luster., Marked with veins or sports of dark or various hues, as marble. |
| clough | noun | A cleft in a hill; a ravine; a narrow valley., A sluice used in returning water to a channel after depositing its sediment on the flooded land., An allowance in weighing. See Cloff. |
| clover | noun | A plant of different species of the genus Trifolium; as the common red clover, T. pratense, the white, T. repens, and the hare’s foot, T. arvense. |
| cloyed | imp. & past participle | of Cloy |
| clumps | noun | A game in which questions are asked for the purpose of enabling the questioners to discover a word or thing previously selected by two persons who answer the questions; — so called because the players take sides in two “clumps” or groups, the “clump” which guesses the word winning the game. |
| clumpy | noun | Composed of clumps; massive; shapeless. |
| clumsy | superl. | Stiff or benumbed, as with cold., Without skill or grace; wanting dexterity, nimbleness, or readiness; stiff; awkward, as if benumbed; unwieldy; unhandy; hence; ill-made, misshapen, or inappropriate; as, a clumsy person; a clumsy workman; clumsy fingers; a clumsy gesture; a clumsy excuse. |
| clunch | noun | Indurated clay. See Bind, n., 3., One of the hard beds of the lower chalk. |
| clutch | noun | A gripe or clinching with, or as with, the fingers or claws; seizure; grasp., The hands, claws, or talons, in the act of grasping firmly; — often figuratively, for power, rapacity, or cruelty; as, to fall into the clutches of an adversary., A device which is used for coupling shafting, etc., so as to transmit motion, and which may be disengaged at pleasure., Any device for gripping an object, as at the end of a chain or tackle., The nest complement of eggs of a bird., To seize, clasp, or gripe with the hand, hands, or claws; — often figuratively; as, to clutch power., To close tightly; to clinch., To reach (at something) as if to grasp; to catch or snatch; — often followed by at. |
| clypei | plural | of Clypeus |