Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
clabber |
noun |
Milk curdled so as to become thick., To become clabber; to lopper. |
clachan |
noun |
A small village containing a church. |
clacked |
imp. & past participle |
of Clack |
clacker |
noun |
One who clacks; that which clacks; especially, the clapper of a mill., A claqueur. See Claqueur. |
claimed |
imp. & past participle |
of Claim |
claimer |
noun |
One who claims; a claimant. |
clammed |
imp. & past participle |
of Clam |
clamant |
adjective |
Crying earnestly, beseeching clamorously. |
clamber |
verb i. |
To climb with difficulty, or with hands and feet; — also used figuratively., The act of clambering., To ascend by climbing with difficulty. |
clamped |
imp. & past participle |
of Clamp |
clamper |
noun |
An instrument of iron, with sharp prongs, attached to a boot or shoe to enable the wearer to walk securely upon ice; a creeper. |
clanged |
imp. & past participle |
of Clang |
clangor |
verb t. |
A sharp, harsh, ringing sound. |
clanked |
imp. & past participle |
of Clank |
clapped |
imp. & past participle |
of Clap |
clapper |
noun |
A person who claps., That which strikes or claps, as the tongue of a bell, or the piece of wood that strikes a mill hopper, etc. See Illust. of Bell., A rabbit burrow. |
clarify |
verb t. |
To make clear or bright by freeing from feculent matter; to defecate; to fine; — said of liquids, as wine or sirup., To make clear; to free from obscurities; to brighten or illuminate., To glorify., To grow or become clear or transparent; to become free from feculent impurities, as wine or other liquid under clarification., To grow clear or bright; to clear up. |
clarino |
noun |
A reed stop in an organ. |
clarion |
noun |
A kind of trumpet, whose note is clear and shrill. |
clarity |
noun |
Clearness; brightness; splendor. |
clashed |
imp. & past participle |
of Clash |
clasped |
imp. & past participle |
of Clasp |
clasper |
noun |
One who, or that which, clasps, as a tendril., One of a pair of organs used by the male for grasping the female among many of the Crustacea., One of a pair of male copulatory organs, developed on the anterior side of the ventral fins of sharks and other elasmobranchs. See Illust. of Chimaera. |
classed |
imp. & past participle |
of Class |
classic |
noun |
Alt. of Classical, A work of acknowledged excellence and authority, or its author; — originally used of Greek and Latin works or authors, but now applied to authors and works of a like character in any language., One learned in the literature of Greece and Rome, or a student of classical literature. |
classes |
plural |
of Classis |
classis |
noun |
A class or order; sort; kind., An ecclesiastical body or judicatory in certain churches, as the Reformed Dutch. It is intermediate between the consistory and the synod, and corresponds to the presbytery in the Presbyterian church. |
clastic |
adjective |
Pertaining to what may be taken apart; as, clastic anatomy (of models)., Fragmental; made up of brok/ fragments; as, sandstone is a clastic rock. |
clatter |
verb i. |
To make a rattling sound by striking hard bodies together; to make a succession of abrupt, rattling sounds., To talk fast and noisily; to rattle with the tongue., To make a rattling noise with., A rattling noise, esp. that made by the collision of hard bodies; also, any loud, abrupt sound; a repetition of abrupt sounds., Commotion; disturbance., Rapid, noisy talk; babble; chatter. |
clavate |
adjective |
Alt. of Clavated |
clavier |
noun |
The keyboard of an organ, pianoforte, or harmonium. |
clavies |
plural |
of Clavy |
clawing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Claw |
claying |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Clay |
clayish |
adjective |
Partaking of the nature of clay, or containing particles of it. |