| clothesbrush | (noun) a brush used for cleaning clothing | - |
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| clotheshorse | (noun) a framework on which to hang clothes (as for drying) | - |
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| (noun) a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance | Synonyms: beau, dandy, dude, fashion plate, fop, gallant, sheik, swell |
| clothesless | (adjective) possessing no clothing | Synonyms: garmentless, raimentless |
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| clothesline | (noun) a cord on which clothes are hung to dry | - |
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| clothespin | (noun) wood or plastic fastener; for holding clothes on a clothesline | Synonyms: clothes peg, clothes pin |
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| clothespress | (noun) a closet where clothes are stored | Synonyms: clothes closet |
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| clothier | (noun) a merchant who sells men's clothing | Synonyms: haberdasher |
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| clothing | (noun) a covering designed to be worn on a person's body | Synonyms: article of clothing, habiliment, vesture, wear, wearable |
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| clotted | (adjective) thickened or coalesced in soft thick lumps (such as clogs or clots) | Synonyms: clogged |
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| clotting | (noun) the process of forming semisolid lumps in a liquid | Synonyms: coagulation, curdling |
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| cloture | (noun) a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body | Synonyms: closure, gag law, gag rule |
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| (verb) terminate debate by calling for a vote | Synonyms: closure |
| cloud | (noun) a group of many things in the air or on the ground | Synonyms: swarm |
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| (noun) a visible mass of water or ice particles suspended at a considerable altitude | - |
| (noun) any collection of particles (e.g., smoke or dust) or gases that is visible | - |
| (noun) suspicion affecting your reputation | - |
| (noun) out of touch with reality | - |
| (noun) a cause of worry or gloom or trouble | - |
| (verb) colour with streaks or blotches of different shades | Synonyms: dapple, mottle |
| (verb) make milky or dull | - |
| (verb) make less clear | - |
| (verb) place under suspicion or cast doubt upon | Synonyms: corrupt, defile, sully, taint |
| (verb) make gloomy or depressed | - |
| (verb) billow up in the form of a cloud | - |
| (verb) make less visible or unclear | Synonyms: becloud, befog, fog, haze over, mist, obnubilate, obscure |
| (verb) make overcast or cloudy | Synonyms: overcast |
| cloudberry | (noun) creeping raspberry of north temperate regions with yellow or orange berries | Synonyms: bakeapple, baked-apple berry, dwarf mulberry, Rubus chamaemorus, salmonberry |
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| cloudburst | (noun) a heavy rain | Synonyms: deluge, downpour, pelter, soaker, torrent, waterspout |
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| clouded | (adjective) filled or abounding with clouds | Synonyms: cloud-covered, overcast, sunless |
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| (adjective) mentally disordered | - |
| (adjective) made troubled or apprehensive or distressed in appearance | - |
| (adjective) unclear in form or expression | Synonyms: blurred |
| cloudiness | (noun) the quality of being cloudy | Synonyms: muddiness, murkiness |
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| (noun) the state of the sky when it is covered by clouds | Synonyms: cloud cover, overcast |
| (noun) gloomy semidarkness caused by cloud cover | Synonyms: overcast |
| clouding | (noun) the process whereby water particles become visible in the sky | Synonyms: clouding up |
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| cloudless | (adjective) free from clouds | Synonyms: unclouded |
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| cloudlessness | (noun) the lightness of a sunny day when there are no clouds in the sky | - |
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| cloudlike | (adjective) resembling a cloud | Synonyms: nebular |
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| cloudy | (adjective) full of or covered with clouds | - |
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| (adjective) lacking definite form or limits | Synonyms: nebulose, nebulous |
| (adjective) (of liquids) clouded as with sediment | Synonyms: mirky, muddy, murky, turbid |
| clout | (noun) (boxing) a blow with the fist | Synonyms: biff, lick, poke, punch, slug |
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| (noun) a short nail with a flat head; used to attach sheet metal to wood | Synonyms: clout nail |
| (noun) special advantage or influence | Synonyms: pull |
| (noun) a target used in archery | - |
| (verb) strike hard, especially with the fist | - |
| clove | (noun) spice from dried unopened flower bud of the clove tree; used whole or ground | - |
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| (noun) one of the small bulblets that can be split off of the axis of a larger garlic bulb | Synonyms: garlic clove |
| (noun) moderate sized very symmetrical red-flowered evergreen widely cultivated in the tropics for its flower buds which are source of cloves | Synonyms: clove tree, Eugenia aromaticum, Eugenia caryophyllatum, Syzygium aromaticum |
| (noun) aromatic flower bud of a clove tree; yields a spice | - |
| cloven | (adjective) (used of hooves) split, divided | Synonyms: bisulcate |
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| clover | (noun) a plant of the genus Trifolium | Synonyms: trefoil |
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| cloverleaf | (noun) an interchange that does not require left-hand turns | - |
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| cloveroot | (noun) hairy Eurasian plant with small yellow flowers and an astringent root formerly used medicinally | Synonyms: clover-root, Geum urbanum, herb bennet, wood avens |
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| clowder | (noun) a group of cats | - |
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| clown | (noun) a person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior | Synonyms: buffoon, goof, goofball, merry andrew |
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| (noun) a rude or vulgar fool | Synonyms: buffoon |
| (verb) act as or like a clown | Synonyms: antic, clown around |
| clowning | (noun) acting like a clown or buffoon | Synonyms: buffoonery, frivolity, harlequinade, japery, prank |
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| (noun) a comic incident or series of incidents | Synonyms: comedy, drollery, funniness |
| clownish | (adjective) like a clown | Synonyms: buffoonish, clownlike, zany |
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| clownlike | (adjective) like a clown | Synonyms: buffoonish, clownish, zany |
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| cloy | (verb) cause surfeit through excess though initially pleasing | Synonyms: pall |
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| (verb) supply or feed to surfeit | Synonyms: surfeit |
| cloying | (adjective) overly sweet | Synonyms: saccharine, syrupy, treacly |
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| cloyingly | (adverb) in an overly sweet manner | - |
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| clozapine | (noun) an antipsychotic drug (trade name Clozaril) used as a sedative and for treatment-resistant schizophrenia; known to have few side effects | Synonyms: Clozaril |
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| cloze | (adjective) based on or being a test of reading skill using the cloze procedure | - |
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| club | (noun) stout stick that is larger at one end | - |
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| (noun) golf equipment used by a golfer to hit a golf ball | Synonyms: golf-club, golf club, golfclub |
| (noun) a building that is occupied by a social club | Synonyms: clubhouse |
| (noun) a playing card in the minor suit that has one or more black trefoils on it | - |
| (noun) a spot that is open late at night and that provides entertainment (as singers or dancers) as well as dancing and food and drink | Synonyms: cabaret, night club, nightclub, nightspot |
| (noun) a formal association of people with similar interests | Synonyms: gild, guild, lodge, order, social club, society |
| (noun) a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together | Synonyms: ball club, baseball club, nine |
| (verb) strike with a club or a bludgeon | Synonyms: bludgeon |
| (verb) gather into a club-like mass | - |
| (verb) gather and spend time together | - |
| (verb) unite with a common purpose | - |
| clubable | (adjective) inclined to club together | Synonyms: clubbable |
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| clubbable | (adjective) inclined to club together | Synonyms: clubable |
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| clubbing | (noun) a condition in which the ends of toes and fingers become wide and thick; a symptom of heart or lung disease | - |
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| clubbish | (adjective) effusively sociable | Synonyms: clubby |
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| clubby | (adjective) befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior | Synonyms: clannish, cliquish, snobbish, snobby |
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| (adjective) effusively sociable | Synonyms: clubbish |
| clubfoot | (noun) congenital deformity of the foot usually marked by a curled shape or twisted position of the ankle and heel and toes | Synonyms: talipes |
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| clubfooted | (adjective) having a deformed foot | Synonyms: taliped |
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| clubhead | (noun) (golf) the head of the club which strikes the ball | Synonyms: club-head, club head, golf-club head |
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| clubhouse | (noun) a building that is occupied by a social club | Synonyms: club |
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| clubroom | (noun) a room used for the activities of a club | - |
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| cluck | (noun) the sound made by a hen (as in calling her chicks) | Synonyms: clucking |
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| (verb) make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens | Synonyms: clack, click |
| clucking | (noun) the sound made by a hen (as in calling her chicks) | Synonyms: cluck |
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| clue | (noun) a slight indication | Synonyms: hint |
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| (noun) evidence that helps to solve a problem | Synonyms: clew, cue |
| (verb) roll into a ball | Synonyms: clew |
| clueless | (adjective) totally uninformed about what is going on; not having even a clue from which to infer what is occurring | - |
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| clumber | (noun) a thickset spaniel with longish silky hair | Synonyms: clumber spaniel |
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| clump | (noun) a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects) | Synonyms: clunk, thud, thump, thumping |
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| (noun) a grouping of a number of similar things | Synonyms: bunch, cluster, clustering |
| (noun) a compact mass | Synonyms: ball, chunk, clod, glob, lump |
| (verb) gather or cause to gather into a cluster | Synonyms: bunch, bundle, cluster |
| (verb) walk clumsily | Synonyms: clomp |
| (verb) come together as in a cluster or flock | Synonyms: cluster, constellate, flock |
| (verb) make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground | Synonyms: clop, clunk, plunk |
| clumping | (noun) the sound of a horse's hoofs hitting on a hard surface | Synonyms: clip-clop, clippety-clop, clop, clopping, clunking |
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| clumsily | (adverb) in a clumsy manner | - |
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| clumsiness | (noun) the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant | Synonyms: awkwardness |
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| (noun) the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment) | Synonyms: awkwardness, gracelessness, stiffness |
| (noun) unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training | Synonyms: awkwardness, ineptitude, ineptness, maladroitness, slowness |
| clumsy | (adjective) lacking grace in movement or posture | Synonyms: clunky, gawky, ungainly, unwieldy |
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| (adjective) not elegant or graceful in expression | Synonyms: awkward, cumbersome, ill-chosen, inapt, inept |
| (adjective) showing lack of skill or aptitude | Synonyms: bungling, fumbling, incompetent |
| (adjective) difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape | Synonyms: awkward, bunglesome, ungainly |
| clunch | (noun) stiff clay | - |
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| clunk | (noun) a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects) | Synonyms: clump, thud, thump, thumping |
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| (verb) make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground | Synonyms: clop, clump, plunk |
| clunking | (noun) the sound of a horse's hoofs hitting on a hard surface | Synonyms: clip-clop, clippety-clop, clop, clopping, clumping |
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| clunky | (adjective) making a clunking sound | - |
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| (adjective) lacking grace in movement or posture | Synonyms: clumsy, gawky, ungainly, unwieldy |
| clupeid | (noun) any of numerous soft-finned schooling food fishes of shallow waters of northern seas | Synonyms: clupeid fish |
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| clusia | (noun) an aromatic tree of the genus Clusia having large white or yellow or pink flowers | - |
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| cluster | (noun) a grouping of a number of similar things | Synonyms: bunch, clump, clustering |
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| (verb) gather or cause to gather into a cluster | Synonyms: bunch, bundle, clump |
| (verb) come together as in a cluster or flock | Synonyms: clump, constellate, flock |
| clustered | (adjective) clustered together but not coherent | Synonyms: agglomerate, agglomerated, agglomerative |
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| (adjective) growing close together but not in dense mats | - |
| clusterfuck | (noun) A chaotic situation where everything seems to go wrong | - |
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| clustering | (noun) a grouping of a number of similar things | Synonyms: bunch, clump, cluster |
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| clutch | (noun) the act of grasping | Synonyms: clasp, clench, clutches, grasp, grip, hold |
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| (noun) a coupling that connects or disconnects driving and driven parts of a driving mechanism | - |
| (noun) a pedal or lever that engages or disengages a rotating shaft and a driving mechanism | Synonyms: clutch pedal |
| (noun) a woman's strapless purse that is carried in the hand | Synonyms: clutch bag |
| (noun) a collection of things or persons to be handled together | Synonyms: batch |
| (noun) a number of birds hatched at the same time | - |
| (noun) a tense critical situation | - |
| (verb) affect | Synonyms: get hold of, seize |
| (verb) take into your hands deliberately | Synonyms: prehend, seize, take hold, take hold of |
| (verb) hold firmly, usually with one's hands | Synonyms: cling to, hold close, hold tight |
| clutches | (noun) the act of grasping | Synonyms: clasp, clench, clutch, grasp, grip, hold |
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| clutter | (noun) unwanted echoes that interfere with the observation of signals on a radar screen | - |
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| (noun) a confused multitude of things | Synonyms: fuddle, jumble, mare's nest, muddle, smother, welter |
| (verb) fill a space in a disorderly way | Synonyms: clutter up |
| cluttered | (adjective) filled or scattered with a disorderly accumulation of objects or rubbish | Synonyms: littered |
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| clv | (adjective) being five more than one hundred fifty | Synonyms: 155, one hundred fifty-five |
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| clx | (adjective) being ten more than one hundred fifty | Synonyms: 160, one hundred sixty |
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| clxv | (adjective) being five more than one hundred sixty | Synonyms: 165, one hundred sixty-five |
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| clxx | (adjective) being ten more than one hundred sixty | Synonyms: 170, one hundred seventy |
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| clxxv | (adjective) being five more than one hundred seventy | Synonyms: 175, one hundred seventy-five |
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| clxxx | (adjective) being ten more than one hundred seventy | Synonyms: 180, one hundred eighty |
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| clypeus | (noun) a shield-like plate on the front of an insect's head | - |
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| clyster | (noun) an injection of a liquid through the anus to stimulate evacuation; sometimes used for diagnostic purposes | Synonyms: enema |
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| conclave | (noun) a confidential or secret meeting | - |
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| conclude | (verb) decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion | Synonyms: reason, reason out |
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| (verb) bring to a close | - |
| (verb) reach a conclusion after a discussion or deliberation | Synonyms: resolve |
| (verb) reach agreement on | - |
| (verb) come to a close | Synonyms: close |
| concluded | (adjective) having come or been brought to a conclusion | Synonyms: all over, complete, ended, over, terminated |
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| concluding | (adjective) occurring at or forming an end or termination | Synonyms: final, last, terminal |
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| conclusion | (noun) the act of ending something | Synonyms: ending, termination |
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| (noun) the act of making up your mind about something | Synonyms: decision, determination |
| (noun) a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration | Synonyms: decision, determination |
| (noun) an intuitive assumption | - |
| (noun) the last section of a communication | Synonyms: close, closing, end, ending |
| (noun) the proposition arrived at by logical reasoning (such as the proposition that must follow from the major and minor premises of a syllogism) | Synonyms: ratiocination |
| (noun) a final settlement | - |
| (noun) event whose occurrence ends something | Synonyms: ending, finish |
| (noun) the temporal end; the concluding time | Synonyms: close, finale, finis, finish, last, stopping point |
| conclusive | (adjective) forming an end or termination; especially putting an end to doubt or question | - |
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| conclusively | (adverb) in a conclusive way | Synonyms: once and for all |
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| conclusiveness | (noun) the quality of being final or definitely settled | Synonyms: decisiveness, finality |
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| contraclockwise | (adjective) in the direction opposite to the rotation of the hands of a clock | Synonyms: anticlockwise, counterclockwise |
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| conventicle | (noun) a building for religious assembly (especially Nonconformists, e.g., Quakers) | Synonyms: meetinghouse |
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| (noun) a secret unauthorized meeting for religious worship | - |
| coracle | (noun) a small rounded boat made of hides stretched over a wicker frame; still used in some parts of Great Britain | - |
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| corpuscle | (noun) either of two types of cells (erythrocytes and leukocytes) and sometimes including platelets | Synonyms: blood cell, blood corpuscle |
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| (noun) (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything | Synonyms: atom, molecule, mote, particle, speck |
| counterclaim | (noun) a claim filed in opposition to another claim in a legal action | - |
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| (verb) set up a claim in opposition to a previous claim | - |
| counterclockwise | (adjective) in the direction opposite to the rotation of the hands of a clock | Synonyms: anticlockwise, contraclockwise |
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| (adverb) in a direction opposite to the direction in which the hands of a clock move | Synonyms: anticlockwise |
| crepuscle | (noun) the time of day immediately following sunset | Synonyms: crepuscule, dusk, evenfall, fall, gloam, gloaming, nightfall, twilight |
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| cubicle | (noun) small area set off by walls for special use | Synonyms: booth, kiosk, stall |
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| (noun) small individual study area in a library | Synonyms: carrel, carrell, stall |
| (noun) small room in which a monk or nun lives | Synonyms: cell |
| cuticle | (noun) hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles | Synonyms: carapace, shell, shield |
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| (noun) the outer layer of the skin covering the exterior body surface of vertebrates | Synonyms: epidermis |
| (noun) the dead skin at the base of a fingernail or toenail | - |
| cyclamate | (noun) any salt or ester of cyclamic acid. | - |
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| cyclamen | (noun) Mediterranean plant widely cultivated as a houseplant for its showy dark green leaves splotched with silver and nodding white or pink to reddish flowers with reflexed petals | Synonyms: Cyclamen purpurascens |
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| cycle | (noun) a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals | Synonyms: bicycle, bike, wheel |
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| (noun) a single complete execution of a periodically repeated phenomenon | Synonyms: oscillation |
| (noun) a periodically repeated sequence of events | - |
| (noun) a series of poems or songs on the same theme | - |
| (noun) an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs | Synonyms: rhythm, round |
| (noun) the unit of frequency; one hertz has a periodic interval of one second (named for Heinrich Rudolph Hertz) | Synonyms: cps, cycle per second, cycles/second, hertz, Hz |
| (verb) recur in repeating sequences | - |
| (verb) ride a motorcycle | Synonyms: motorbike, motorcycle |
| (verb) ride a bicycle | Synonyms: bicycle, bike, pedal, wheel |
| (verb) pass through a cycle | - |
| (verb) cause to go through a recurring sequence | - |