claudication | (noun) disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet | Synonyms: gameness, gimp, gimpiness, lameness, limping |
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clausal | (adjective) of or relating to or functioning as a clause | - |
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clause | (noun) (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate functioning as a part of a complex sentence | - |
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(noun) a separate section of a legal document (as a statute or contract or will) | Synonyms: article |
claustrophobe | (noun) a person suffering from claustrophobia | - |
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claustrophobia | (noun) a morbid fear of being closed in a confined space | - |
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claustrophobic | (adjective) suffering from claustrophobia; abnormally afraid of closed-in places | - |
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(adjective) uncomfortably closed or hemmed in | - |
claustrum | (noun) a layer of grey matter in the brain adjacent to the lenticular nucleus | - |
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claver | (verb) talk socially without exchanging too much information | Synonyms: chaffer, chat, chatter, chew the fat, chit-chat, chitchat, confab, confabulate, gossip, jaw, natter, shoot the breeze, visit |
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clavichord | (noun) an early stringed instrument like a piano but with more delicate sound | - |
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clavicle | (noun) bone linking the scapula and sternum | Synonyms: collarbone |
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clavier | (noun) a bank of keys on a musical instrument | Synonyms: fingerboard, piano keyboard |
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(noun) a stringed instrument that has a keyboard | Synonyms: Klavier |
clavus | (noun) a hard thickening of the skin (especially on the top or sides of the toes) caused by the pressure of ill-fitting shoes | Synonyms: corn |
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claw | (noun) sharp curved horny process on the toe of a bird or some mammals or reptiles | - |
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(noun) a bird's foot | - |
(noun) a grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods | Synonyms: chela, nipper, pincer |
(noun) a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something | Synonyms: hook |
(verb) attack as if with claws | - |
(verb) scratch, scrape, pull, or dig with claws or nails | - |
(verb) clutch as if in panic | - |
(verb) move as if by clawing, seizing, or digging | - |
clawback | (noun) finding a way to take money back from people that they were given in another way | - |
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clawed | (adjective) (of predatory animals) armed with claws or talons | Synonyms: taloned |
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(adjective) having or resembling a claw or claws; often used as a combining form | - |
clawfoot | (noun) a deformity of the foot characterized by an abnormally high arch and hyperextension of the toes which gives the foot the appearance of a claw | Synonyms: pes cavus |
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clawhammer | (noun) a hammer with a cleft at one end for pulling nails | Synonyms: carpenter's hammer, claw hammer |
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clawlike | (adjective) resembling a claw | - |
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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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