| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| cladocera | noun pl. | An order of the Entomostraca. |
| claimable | adjective | Capable of being claimed. |
| claimless | adjective | Having no claim. |
| clamation | noun | The act of crying out. |
| clambered | imp. & past participle | of Clamber |
| clamoring | present participle & vb. noun | of Clamor |
| clamorous | adjective | Speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud; turbulent. |
| clancular | adjective | Conducted with secrecy; clandestine; concealed. |
| clankless | adjective | Without a clank. |
| clapboard | noun | A narrow board, thicker at one edge than at the other; — used for weatherboarding the outside of houses., A stave for a cask., To cover with clapboards; as, to clapboard the sides of a house. |
| clapbread | noun | Alt. of Clapcake |
| clarendon | noun | A style of type having a narrow and heave face. It is made in all sizes. |
| clarifier | noun | That which clarifies., A vessel in which the process of clarification is conducted; as, the clarifier in sugar works. |
| clarified | imp. & past participle | of Clarify |
| clarigate | verb i. | To declare war with certain ceremonies. |
| clarionet | noun | See Clarinet. |
| claritude | noun | Clearness; splendor. |
| claspered | adjective | Furnished with tendrils. |
| classible | adjective | Capable of being classed. |
| classical | noun | Of or relating to the first class or rank, especially in literature or art., Of or pertaining to the ancient Greeks and Romans, esp. to Greek or Roman authors of the highest rank, or of the period when their best literature was produced; of or pertaining to places inhabited by the ancient Greeks and Romans, or rendered famous by their deeds., Conforming to the best authority in literature and art; chaste; pure; refined; as, a classical style. |
| classific | adjective | Characterizing a class or classes; relating to classification. |
| classmate | noun | One who is in the same class with another, as at school or college. |
| clathrate | adjective | Shaped like a lattice; cancellate., Having the surface marked with raised lines resembling a lattice, as many shells. |
| clattered | imp. & past participle | of Clatter |
| clatterer | noun | One who clatters. |
| claustral | adjective | Cloistral. |
| claustrum | noun | A thin lamina of gray matter in each cerebral hemisphere of the brain of man. |
| clausular | noun | Consisting of, or having, clauses. |
| clavicorn | adjective | Having club-shaped antennae. See Antennae, One of the Clavicornes. |
| claviform | adjective | Club-shaped; clavate. |
| claytonia | noun | An American genus of perennial herbs with delicate blossoms; — sometimes called spring beauty. |
| clean-cut | adjective | See Clear-cut. |
| cleanlily | adverb | In a cleanly manner. |
| cleanness | noun | The state or quality of being clean., Purity of life or language; freedom from licentious courses. |
| cleansing | present participle & vb. noun | of Cleanse |
| clearance | noun | The act of clearing; as, to make a thorough clearance., A certificate that a ship or vessel has been cleared at the customhouse; permission to sail., Clear or net profit., The distance by which one object clears another, as the distance between the piston and cylinder head at the end of a stroke in a steam engine, or the least distance between the point of a cogwheel tooth and the bottom of a space between teeth of a wheel with which it engages. |
| clear-cut | adjective | Having a sharp, distinct outline, like that of a cameo., Concisely and distinctly expressed. |
| clearness | noun | The quality or state of being clear. |
| clearwing | noun | A lepidopterous insect with partially transparent wings, of the family Aegeriadae, of which the currant and peach-tree borers are examples. |
| cleavable | adjective | Capable of cleaving or being divided. |
| clepsydra | noun | A water clock; a contrivance for measuring time by the graduated flow of a liquid, as of water, through a small aperture. See Illust. in Appendix. |
| clergical | adjective | Of or pertaining to the clergy; clerical; clerkily; learned. |
| clergymen | plural | of Clergyman |
| clergyman | noun | An ordained minister; a man regularly authorized to preach the gospel, and administer its ordinances; in England usually restricted to a minister of the Established Church. |
| clericity | noun | The state of being a clergyman. |
| clerk-ale | noun | A feast for the benefit of the parish clerk. |
| clerkless | adjective | Unlearned. |
| clerklike | adjective | Scholarlike. |
| clerkship | noun | State, quality, or business of a clerk. |
| cleronomy | noun | Inheritance; heritage. |
| clerstory | noun | See Clearstory. |
| cleverish | adjective | Somewhat clever. |
| clidastes | noun | A genus of extinct marine reptiles, allied to the Mosasaurus. See Illust. in Appendix. |
| clientage | noun | State of being client., A body of clients. |
| clientele | noun | The condition or position of a client; clientship, The clients or dependents of a nobleman of patron., The persons who make habitual use of the services of another person; one’s clients, collectively; as, the clientele of a lawyer, doctor, notary, etc. |
| climacter | noun | See Climacteric, n. |
| climatize | verb t. & i. | To acclimate or become acclimated. |
| climature | noun | A climate. |
| climbable | adjective | Capable of being climbed. |
| clinching | present participle & vb. noun | of Clinch |
| clinodome | noun | See under Dome. |
| clinquant | adjective | Glittering; dressed in, or overlaid with, tinsel finery., Tinsel; Dutch gold. |
| clitellus | noun | A thickened glandular portion of the body of the adult earthworm, consisting of several united segments modified for reproductive purposes. |
| clivities | plural | of Clivity |
| cloakedly | adverb | In a concealed manner. |
| cloakroom | noun | A room, attached to any place of public resort, where cloaks, overcoats, etc., may be deposited for a time. |
| clocklike | adjective | Like a clock or like clockwork; mechanical. |
| clockwork | noun | The machinery of a clock, or machinery resembling that of a clock; machinery which produces regularity of movement. |
| clodpated | adjective | Stupid; dull; doltish. |
| cloisonne | adjective | Inlaid between partitions: — said of enamel when the lines which divide the different patches of fields are composed of a kind of metal wire secured to the ground; as distinguished from champleve enamel, in which the ground is engraved or scooped out to receive the enamel. |
| cloistral | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or confined in, a cloister; recluse. |
| closeness | noun | The state of being close. |
| closeting | imp. & present participle & vb. noun | of Closet |
| cloudland | noun | Dreamland. |
| cloudless | adjective | Without a cloud; clear; bright. |
| clouterly | noun | Clumsy; awkward. |
| clubbable | adjective | Suitable for membership in a club; sociable. |
| clubhouse | noun | A house occupied by a club. |
| club-rush | noun | A rushlike plant, the reed mace or cat-tail, or some species of the genus Scirpus. See Bulrush. |
| clustered | imp. & past participle | of Cluster |
| clutching | present participle & vb. noun | of Clutch |
| cluttered | imp. & past participle | of Clutter |
| clycerole | noun | Same as Glycerite. |