clinch | (noun) (boxing) the act of one boxer holding onto the other to avoid being hit and to rest momentarily | - |
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(noun) a tight or amorous embrace | Synonyms: hug, squeeze |
(noun) the flattened part of a nail or bolt or rivet | - |
(noun) a small slip noose made with seizing | Synonyms: clench |
(noun) a device (generally used by carpenters) that holds things firmly together | Synonyms: clamp |
clincher | (noun) a tool used to clinch nails or bolts or rivets | - |
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(noun) a point or fact or remark that settles something conclusively | Synonyms: decisive factor |
(noun) an argument that is conclusive | Synonyms: determiner, determining factor |
cling | (noun) fruit (especially peach) whose flesh adheres strongly to the pit | Synonyms: clingstone |
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clingfilm | (noun) a thin plastic film made of saran (trade name Saran Wrap) that sticks to itself; used for wrapping food | Synonyms: cling film, Saran Wrap |
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clingfish | (noun) very small (to 3 inches) flattened marine fish with a sucking disc on the abdomen for clinging to rocks etc. | - |
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clingstone | (noun) fruit (especially peach) whose flesh adheres strongly to the pit | Synonyms: cling |
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clinic | (noun) a healthcare facility for outpatient care | - |
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(noun) meeting for diagnosis of problems and instruction or remedial work in a particular activity | - |
(noun) a medical establishment run by a group of medical specialists | - |
clinician | (noun) a practitioner (of medicine or psychology) who does clinical work instead of laboratory experiments | - |
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clinid | (noun) mostly small blennioid fishes of coral reefs and seagrass beds | Synonyms: clinid fish |
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clink | (noun) a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence) | Synonyms: gaol, jail, jailhouse, pokey, poky, slammer |
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(noun) a short light metallic sound | Synonyms: chink, click |
clinker | (noun) a hard brick used as a paving stone | Synonyms: clinker brick |
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(noun) a fragment of incombustible matter left after a wood or coal or charcoal fire | Synonyms: cinder |
clinocephalism | (noun) a congenital defect in which the top of the head is depressed (concave instead of convex) | Synonyms: clinocephaly |
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clinocephaly | (noun) a congenital defect in which the top of the head is depressed (concave instead of convex) | Synonyms: clinocephalism |
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clinodactyly | (noun) a congenital defect in which one or more toes or fingers are abnormally positioned | - |
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clinometer | (noun) an instrument used by surveyors in order to measure an angle of inclination or elevation | Synonyms: inclinometer |
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clintonia | (noun) any temperate liliaceous plant of the genus Clintonia having broad basal leaves and white or yellowish or purplish flowers followed by blue or black berries | Synonyms: Clinton's lily |
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