| claxon | (noun) a kind of loud horn formerly used on motor vehicles | Synonyms: klaxon |
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| (verb) use the horn of a car | Synonyms: honk |
| (verb) make a strident noise | Synonyms: beep, blare, honk, toot |
| clay | (noun) the dead body of a human being | Synonyms: cadaver, corpse, remains, stiff |
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| (noun) a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired | - |
| (noun) water soaked soil; soft wet earth | Synonyms: mud |
| clayey | (adjective) resembling or containing clay | Synonyms: argillaceous |
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| (adjective) (used of soil) compact and fine-grained | Synonyms: cloggy, heavy |
| clayeyness | (noun) The quality of resembling clay, ie in thickness or consistency. | Synonyms: clayiness, clayishness |
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| (noun) The quality of being composed of clay. | Synonyms: clayiness, clayishness |
| clayiness | (noun) The quality of resembling clay, ie in thickness or consistency. | Synonyms: clayeyness, clayishness |
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| (noun) The quality of being composed of clay. | Synonyms: clayeyness, clayishness |
| clayishness | (noun) The quality of resembling clay, ie in thickness or consistency. | Synonyms: clayeyness, clayiness |
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| (noun) The quality of being composed of clay. | Synonyms: clayeyness, clayiness |
| claymore | (noun) an antipersonnel land mine whose blast is aimed at the oncoming enemy | Synonyms: claymore mine |
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| (noun) a large double-edged broadsword; formerly used by Scottish Highlanders | - |
| claystone | (noun) fine-grained rock consisting of compacted clay particles | - |
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| clayware | (noun) ceramic ware made from clay and baked in a kiln | Synonyms: pottery |
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| clean | (adjective) free from dirt or impurities; or having clean habits | - |
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| (adjective) (of behavior or especially language) free from objectionable elements; fit for all observers | Synonyms: unobjectionable |
| (adjective) not spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination | Synonyms: uncontaminating |
| (adjective) ritually clean or pure | - |
| (adjective) free from clumsiness; precisely or deftly executed | Synonyms: neat |
| (adjective) free from sepsis or infection | Synonyms: uninfected |
| (adjective) thorough and without qualification | - |
| (adjective) without difficulties or problems | - |
| (adjective) (of a surface) not written or printed on | Synonyms: blank, white |
| (adjective) exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play | Synonyms: sporting, sportsmanlike, sporty |
| (adjective) (of a manuscript) having few alterations or corrections | Synonyms: fair |
| (adjective) morally pure | Synonyms: clean-living |
| (adjective) (of a record) having no marks of discredit or offense | - |
| (adjective) free from impurities | Synonyms: fresh |
| (adjective) free of drugs | - |
| (adjective) not carrying concealed weapons | - |
| (adjective) free of restrictions or qualifications | Synonyms: clear |
| (adjective) (of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims | Synonyms: clear, light, unclouded |
| (noun) a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then jerked overhead | Synonyms: clean and jerk |
| (adverb) in conformity with the rules or laws and without fraud or cheating | Synonyms: fair, fairly |
| (adverb) completely; used as intensifiers | Synonyms: plum, plumb |
| (verb) clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing | Synonyms: cleanse |
| (verb) remove unwanted substances from | Synonyms: scavenge |
| (verb) remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits | Synonyms: pick |
| (verb) remove shells or husks from | - |
| (verb) make clean by removing dirt, filth, or unwanted substances from | Synonyms: make clean |
| (verb) clean and tidy up the house | Synonyms: clean house, houseclean |
| (verb) remove while making clean | - |
| (verb) remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely | Synonyms: strip |
| (verb) deprive wholly of money in a gambling game, robbery, etc. | - |
| (verb) be cleanable | - |
| cleanable | (adjective) capable of being cleaned | - |
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| cleaner | (noun) a preparation used in cleaning something | Synonyms: cleanser, cleansing agent |
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| (noun) someone whose occupation is cleaning | - |
| (noun) the operator of dry-cleaning establishment | Synonyms: dry cleaner |
| cleaners | (noun) shop where dry cleaning is done | Synonyms: dry cleaners |
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| cleaning | (noun) the act of making something clean | Synonyms: cleansing, cleanup |
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| cleanliness | (noun) diligence in keeping clean | - |
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| (noun) the habit of keeping free of superficial imperfections | - |
| cleanly | (adjective) habitually clean | - |
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| (adverb) smoothly and without difficulty; precisely and deftly | Synonyms: flawlessly |
| (adverb) in a manner that minimizes dirt and pollution | - |
| cleanness | (noun) the state of being clean; without dirt or other impurities | - |
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| (noun) without moral defects | - |
| cleanse | (verb) clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing | Synonyms: clean |
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| (verb) purge of an ideology, bad thoughts, or sins | - |
| cleanser | (noun) a preparation used in cleaning something | Synonyms: cleaner, cleansing agent |
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| cleansing | (adjective) acting like an antiseptic | Synonyms: purifying |
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| (adjective) cleansing the body by washing; especially ritual washing of e.g. hands | Synonyms: ablutionary |
| (noun) the act of making something clean | Synonyms: cleaning, cleanup |
| cleanup | (noun) the act of making something clean | Synonyms: cleaning, cleansing |
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| (noun) (baseball) the fourth position in the batting order (usually filled by the best batter on the team) | Synonyms: cleanup position, cleanup spot |
| (noun) a very large profit | Synonyms: killing |
| clear | (adjective) readily apparent to the mind | - |
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| (adjective) allowing light to pass through | - |
| (adjective) free from clouds or mist or haze | - |
| (adjective) accurately stated or described | Synonyms: well-defined |
| (adjective) free from confusion or doubt | - |
| (adjective) characterized by ease and quickness in perceiving | Synonyms: percipient |
| (adjective) clear and distinct to the senses; easily perceptible | Synonyms: clean-cut, clear-cut |
| (adjective) freed from any question of guilt | Synonyms: absolved, cleared, exculpated, exonerated, vindicated |
| (adjective) easily deciphered | Synonyms: decipherable, readable |
| (adjective) clear of charges or deductions | - |
| (adjective) free from flaw or blemish or impurity | - |
| (adjective) (especially of a title) free from any encumbrance or limitation that presents a question of fact or law | Synonyms: unmortgaged |
| (adjective) affording free passage or view | Synonyms: open |
| (adjective) free of restrictions or qualifications | Synonyms: clean |
| (adjective) characterized by freedom from troubling thoughts (especially guilt) | - |
| (adjective) (of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims | Synonyms: clean, light, unclouded |
| (adjective) free from contact or proximity or connection | - |
| (noun) a clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water | Synonyms: open |
| (noun) the state of being free of suspicion | - |
| (adverb) in an easily perceptible manner | Synonyms: clearly |
| (adverb) entirely | Synonyms: all the way |
| (verb) remove | - |
| (verb) rid of obstructions | Synonyms: unclutter |
| (verb) make clear, bright, light, or translucent | - |
| (verb) free (the throat) by making a rasping sound | Synonyms: clear up |
| (verb) make a way or path by removing objects | - |
| (verb) remove the occupants of | - |
| (verb) remove (people) from a building | - |
| (verb) rid of instructions or data | - |
| (verb) make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear | Synonyms: clear up, crystalise, crystalize, crystallise, crystallize, elucidate, enlighten, illuminate, shed light on, sort out, straighten out |
| (verb) pronounce not guilty of criminal charges | Synonyms: acquit, assoil, discharge, exculpate, exonerate |
| (verb) grant authorization or clearance for | Synonyms: authorise, authorize, pass |
| (verb) settle, as of a debt | Synonyms: solve |
| (verb) pass by, over, or under without making contact | Synonyms: top |
| (verb) pass an inspection or receive authorization | - |
| (verb) go away or disappear | - |
| (verb) earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages | Synonyms: bring in, earn, gain, make, pull in, realise, realize, take in |
| (verb) yield as a net profit | Synonyms: net |
| (verb) make as a net profit | Synonyms: net, sack, sack up |
| (verb) be debited and credited to the proper bank accounts | - |
| (verb) sell to get rid of | - |
| (verb) clear from impurities, blemishes, pollution, etc. | - |
| (verb) free from payment of customs duties, as of a shipment | - |
| (verb) go unchallenged; be approved | Synonyms: pass |
| (verb) become clear | Synonyms: brighten, clear up, light up |
| clearance | (noun) permission to proceed | - |
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| (noun) the distance by which one thing clears another; the space between them | - |
| (noun) vertical space available to allow easy passage under something | Synonyms: headroom, headway |
| clearcutness | (noun) clarity as a consequence of precision | Synonyms: preciseness |
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| cleared | (adjective) rid of objects or obstructions such as e.g. trees and brush | - |
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| (adjective) freed from any question of guilt | Synonyms: absolved, clear, exculpated, exonerated, vindicated |
| clearheaded | (adjective) not mentally confused; able to think clearly and act intelligently | Synonyms: clear-thinking |
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| clearing | (noun) the act of freeing from suspicion | - |
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| (noun) the act of removing solid particles from a liquid | Synonyms: clarification |
| (noun) a tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area | Synonyms: glade |
| clearly | (adverb) without doubt or question | - |
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| (adverb) in an intelligible manner | Synonyms: intelligibly, understandably |
| (adverb) clear to the mind; with distinct mental discernment | Synonyms: distinctly |
| (adverb) in an easily perceptible manner | Synonyms: clear |
| clearness | (noun) free from obscurity and easy to understand; the comprehensibility of clear expression | Synonyms: clarity, limpidity, lucidity, lucidness, pellucidity |
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| (noun) the quality of clear water | Synonyms: clarity, uncloudedness |
| clearstory | (noun) part of an interior wall rising above the adjacent roof with windows admitting light | Synonyms: clerestory |
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| clearway | (noun) a road on which you are not allowed to stop (unless you have a breakdown) | - |
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| clearweed | (noun) a plants of the genus Pilea having drooping green flower clusters and smooth translucent stems and leaves | Synonyms: dead nettle, Pilea pumilla, richweed |
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| cleat | (noun) a strip of wood or metal used to strengthen the surface to which it is attached | - |
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| (noun) a fastener (usually with two projecting horns) around which a rope can be secured | - |
| (noun) a metal or leather projection (as from the sole of a shoe); prevents slipping | - |
| (verb) secure on a cleat | - |
| (verb) provide with cleats | - |
| cleats | (noun) shoes with leather or metal projections on the soles | - |
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| cleavable | (adjective) capable of being cleaved | - |
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| cleavage | (noun) the act of cleaving or splitting | - |
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| (noun) the line formed by a groove between two parts (especially the separation between a woman's breasts) | - |
| (noun) (embryology) the repeated division of a fertilised ovum | Synonyms: segmentation |
| (noun) the breaking of a chemical bond in a molecule resulting in smaller molecules | - |
| (noun) the state of being split or cleft | - |
| cleave | (verb) separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument | Synonyms: rive, split |
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| (verb) make by cutting into | - |
| (verb) come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation | Synonyms: adhere, cling, cohere, stick |
| cleaver | (noun) a butcher's knife having a large square blade | Synonyms: chopper, meat cleaver |
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| cleavers | (noun) annual having the stem beset with curved prickles; North America and Europe and Asia | Synonyms: catchweed, clivers, Galium aparine, goose grass, spring cleavers |
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| clef | (noun) a musical notation written on a staff indicating the pitch of the notes following it | - |
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| cleft | (adjective) having one or more indentations reaching nearly to the midrib | Synonyms: dissected |
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| (adjective) split or divided | - |
| (noun) a long narrow cleft | Synonyms: crack, crevice, fissure, scissure |
| (noun) a split or indentation in something (as the palate or chin) | - |
| cleg | (noun) large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals | Synonyms: clegg, horse fly, horsefly |
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| clegg | (noun) large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals | Synonyms: cleg, horse fly, horsefly |
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| cleistocarp | (noun) closed spore-bearing structure of some fungi (especially Aspergillaceae and Erysiphaceae) from which spores are released only by decay or disintegration | Synonyms: cleistothecium |
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| cleistogamic | (adjective) exhibiting or relating to cleistogamy | Synonyms: cleistogamous |
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| cleistogamous | (adjective) exhibiting or relating to cleistogamy | Synonyms: cleistogamic |
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| cleistogamy | (noun) the production of small nonopening self-pollinating flowers | - |
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| cleistothecium | (noun) closed spore-bearing structure of some fungi (especially Aspergillaceae and Erysiphaceae) from which spores are released only by decay or disintegration | Synonyms: cleistocarp |
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| clematis | (noun) any of various ornamental climbing plants of the genus Clematis usually having showy flowers | - |
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| clemency | (noun) leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice | Synonyms: mercifulness, mercy |
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| (noun) good weather with comfortable temperatures | Synonyms: mildness |
| clement | (adjective) (used of persons or behavior) inclined to show mercy | - |
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| (adjective) (of weather or climate) physically mild | - |
| clementine | (noun) a mandarin orange of a deep reddish orange color and few seeds | - |
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| (noun) a variety of mandarin orange that is grown around the Mediterranean and in South Africa | Synonyms: clementine tree |
| clench | (noun) the act of grasping | Synonyms: clasp, clutch, clutches, grasp, grip, hold |
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| (noun) a small slip noose made with seizing | Synonyms: clinch |
| (verb) hold in a tight grasp | Synonyms: clinch |
| (verb) squeeze together tightly | - |
| clenched | (adjective) closed or squeezed together tightly | Synonyms: clinched |
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| cleome | (noun) any of various often strong-smelling plants of the genus Cleome having showy spider-shaped flowers | Synonyms: spiderflower |
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| clepsydra | (noun) clock that measures time by the escape of water | Synonyms: water clock, water glass |
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| clerestory | (noun) part of an interior wall rising above the adjacent roof with windows admitting light | Synonyms: clearstory |
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| clergy | (noun) in Christianity, clergymen collectively (as distinguished from the laity) | - |
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| clergyman | (noun) a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church | Synonyms: man of the cloth, reverend |
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| cleric | (noun) a clergyman or other person in religious orders | Synonyms: churchman, divine, ecclesiastic |
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| clerical | (adjective) of or relating to the clergy | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to clerks | - |
| (adjective) appropriate for or engaged in office work | - |
| clericalism | (noun) a policy of supporting the influence and power of the clergy in secular or political matters | - |
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| clericalist | (noun) one who advocates clericalism | - |
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| clericalization | (noun) The process of increasing the power or influence of a religious hierarchy. | - |
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| clerid | (noun) predacious on other insects; usually brightly colored or metallic | Synonyms: clerid beetle |
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| clerihew | (noun) a witty satiric verse containing two rhymed couplets and mentioning a famous person | - |
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| clerisy | (noun) an educated and intellectual elite | Synonyms: intelligentsia |
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| clerk | (noun) an employee who performs clerical work (e.g., keeps records or accounts) | - |
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| (noun) a salesperson in a store | Synonyms: salesclerk, shop assistant, shop clerk |
| (verb) work as a clerk, as in the legal business | - |
| clerking | (noun) the activity of recording business transactions | Synonyms: bookkeeping |
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| clerkship | (noun) the job of clerk | - |
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| clever | (adjective) showing inventiveness and skill | Synonyms: cunning, ingenious |
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| (adjective) mentally quick and resourceful | Synonyms: apt |
| (adjective) showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others | Synonyms: cagey, cagy, canny |
| cleverly | (adverb) in a clever manner | Synonyms: smartly |
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| cleverness | (noun) the property of being ingenious | Synonyms: ingeniousness, ingenuity |
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| (noun) intelligence as manifested in being quick and witty | Synonyms: brightness, smartness |
| (noun) the power of creative imagination | Synonyms: ingeniousness, ingenuity, inventiveness |
| clevis | (noun) a coupler shaped like the letter U with holes through each end so a bolt or pin can pass through the holes to complete the coupling; used to attach a drawbar to a plow or wagon or trailer etc. | - |
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| clew | (noun) evidence that helps to solve a problem | Synonyms: clue, cue |
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| (noun) a ball of yarn or cord or thread | - |
| (verb) roll into a ball | Synonyms: clue |
| clews | (noun) the cords used to suspend a hammock | - |
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| clianthus | (noun) any of various shrubs or vines of the genus Clianthus having compound leaves and pea-like red flowers in drooping racemes | Synonyms: glory pea |
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| cliche | (noun) a trite or obvious remark | Synonyms: banality, bromide, commonplace, platitude |
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| cliched | (adjective) repeated regularly without thought or originality | Synonyms: ready-made |
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| click | (noun) depression of a button on a computer mouse | Synonyms: mouse click |
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| (noun) a hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward | Synonyms: detent, dog, pawl |
| (noun) a stop consonant made by the suction of air into the mouth (as in Bantu) | Synonyms: suction stop |
| (noun) a short light metallic sound | Synonyms: chink, clink |
| (verb) become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions | Synonyms: come home, dawn, fall into place, get across, get through, penetrate, sink in |
| (verb) make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens | Synonyms: clack, cluck |
| (verb) produce a click | - |
| (verb) cause to make a snapping sound | Synonyms: flick, snap |
| (verb) move or strike with a noise | Synonyms: snap |
| (verb) make a clicking or ticking sound | Synonyms: tick |
| (verb) click repeatedly or uncontrollably | Synonyms: chatter |
| client | (noun) (computer science) any computer that is hooked up to a computer network | Synonyms: guest, node |
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| (noun) a person who seeks the advice of a lawyer | - |
| (noun) someone who pays for goods or services | Synonyms: customer |
| clientage | (noun) relation of a client to a patron | - |
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| clientele | (noun) customers collectively | Synonyms: business, patronage |
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| cliff | (noun) a steep high face of rock | Synonyms: drop-off, drop |
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| cliffhanger | (noun) an episode that ends in suspense | - |
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| (noun) a contest whose outcome is uncertain up to the very end | - |
| climacteric | (noun) the time in a woman's life in which the menstrual cycle ends | Synonyms: change of life, menopause |
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| (noun) a period in a man's life corresponding to menopause | - |
| climactic | (adjective) consisting of or causing a climax | - |
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| climate | (noun) the weather in some location averaged over some long period of time | Synonyms: clime |
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| (noun) the prevailing psychological state | Synonyms: mood |
| climatic | (adjective) of or relating to a climate | Synonyms: climatical |
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| climatical | (adjective) of or relating to a climate | Synonyms: climatic |
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| climatically | (adverb) with respect to climate | - |
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| climatologist | (noun) someone who is expert in climatology | - |
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| climatology | (noun) meteorology of climates and their phenomena | - |
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| climax | (noun) the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse | Synonyms: coming, orgasm, sexual climax |
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| (noun) the decisive moment in a novel or play | Synonyms: culmination |
| (noun) arrangement of clauses in ascending order of forcefulness | - |
| (noun) the highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding | Synonyms: flood tide |
| (noun) the most severe stage of a disease | - |
| (verb) end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage | Synonyms: culminate |
| climb | (noun) the act of climbing something | Synonyms: mount |
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| (noun) an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.) | Synonyms: climbing, mounting |
| (noun) an upward slope or grade (as in a road) | Synonyms: acclivity, ascent, raise, rise, upgrade |
| (verb) go up or advance | Synonyms: mount, rise, wax |
| (verb) increase in value or to a higher point | Synonyms: go up, rise |
| (verb) improve one's social status | - |
| (verb) go upward with gradual or continuous progress | Synonyms: climb up, go up, mount |
| (verb) move with effort, by grasping | - |
| (verb) slope upward | - |
| climbable | (adjective) capable of being surmounted | Synonyms: surmountable |
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| (adjective) capable of being ascended | Synonyms: ascendable, ascendible |
| climber | (noun) an iron spike attached to the shoe to prevent slipping on ice when walking or climbing | Synonyms: climbing iron, crampon, crampoon |
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| (noun) someone who climbs as a sport; especially someone who climbs mountains | - |
| (noun) someone seeking social prominence by obsequious behavior | Synonyms: social climber |
| (noun) someone who ascends on foot | Synonyms: mounter |
| (noun) a vine or climbing plant that readily grows up a support or over other plants | - |
| climbing | (noun) an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.) | Synonyms: climb, mounting |
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| clime | (noun) the weather in some location averaged over some long period of time | Synonyms: climate |
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| 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 |
| (verb) settle conclusively | - |
| (verb) flatten the ends (of nails and rivets) | - |
| (verb) secure or fasten by flattening the ends of nails or bolts | - |
| (verb) hold in a tight grasp | Synonyms: clench |
| (verb) embrace amorously | - |
| (verb) hold a boxing opponent with one or both arms so as to prevent punches | - |