A suborder of Arachnoidea, including the European tarantula and the wolf spiders (Lycosidae) and their allies, which capture their prey by rapidly running and jumping. See Wolf spider.
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Pertaining to the Citigrad/. One of the Citigrad/.
One who is born or bred in a city; a citizen.
Having the condition or qualities of a citizen, or of citizens; as, a citizen soldiery.
A female citizen.
that portion of the radio frequency spectrum allocated by the FCC for the use of individual citizens for short-distance personal or business use, from either fixed or mobile stations. Abreviated CB. Called also Citizens Radio Service.
The state of being a citizen; the status of a citizen.
A musical instrument; a kind of dulcimer.
Pertaining to, derived from, or having certain characteristics of, citric and aconitic acids.
A citrous fruit produced by a cross between the sweet orange and the trifoliate orange (Citrus trifoliata). It is more acid and has a more pronounced aroma than the orange; the tree is hardier. There are several varieties.
A salt of citric acid.
Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the citron or lemon; as, citric acid.
a vitamin that maintains the resistance of cell and capillary walls to permeation; -- called also vitamin P.
The process by which anything becomes of the color of a lemon; esp., in alchemy, the state of perfection in the philosopher's stone indicated by its assuming a deep yellow color.
A yellow, pellucid variety of quartz.
A fruit resembling a lemon, but larger, and pleasantly aromatic; it is produced by the citron tree (Citrus medica). The thick rind, when candied, is the citron of commerce. The fruit was once called the lime.
a cross between Citrus sinensis and Poncirus trifoliata.
wood of a citron tree.
of or pertaining to a citrus tree; as, a citrous disease.
an amino acid that is an intermediate in the conversion of ornithine to arginine.
a genus of vines including the watermelons (Citrullus lanata).
A genus of trees including the orange, lemon, lime, tangerine, citron, grapefruit, etc., originally natives of southern Asia.
same as citrus{2}.
An instrument shaped like a lute, but strung with wire and played with a quill or plectrum.
Blockhead; dunce; -- so called because the handle of a cittern usually ended with a carved head.
Of or pertaining to a city.
raised in a city.
having the customs or manners or dress of city people.
including or occurring in all parts of a city; as, citywide bussing; a citywide strike.
Same as Chive.
To scent or perfume with civet.
Relating to, or derived from, a city or citizen; relating to man as a member of society, or to civil affairs.
The principle of civil government.
The science of civil government.
civilian garb as opposed to a military uniform.
Pertaining to a city or state, or to a citizen in his relations to his fellow citizens or to the state; within the city or state.
a person having or showing active concern for protection of civil liberties protected by law.
One skilled in the civil law.
A civilian.
The state of society in which the relations and duties of a citizen are recognized and obeyed; a state of civilization.
Capable of being civilized.
The act of civilizing, or the state of being civilized; national culture; refinement.
To reclaim from a savage state; to instruct in the rules and customs of civilization; to educate; to refine.
Reclaimed from savage life and manners; instructed in arts, learning, and civil manners; refined; cultivated.
One who, or that which, civilizes or tends to civilize.
In a civil manner; as regards civil rights and privileges; politely; courteously; in a well bred manner.
State of citizenship.
To clip with scissors.
Scissors.
Bulk; largeness. [Obs.] See Size.
To become clabber; to lopper.
A small village containing a church.
A sharp, abrupt noise, or succession of noises, made by striking an object.
One who clacks; that which clacks; especially, the clapper of a mill.
imp. p. p. of Clothe.
An order of the Entomostraca.
a flattened stem resembling and functioning as a leaf.
the type genus of Cladoniaceae; lichens characterized by a crustose thallus and capitate fruiting bodies borne on simple or branched podetia.
A special branch, resembling a leaf, as in the apparent foliage of the broom (Ruscus) and of the common cultivated smilax (Myrsiphillum).
Adhesive; -- said of a roof in a mine to which coal clings.
See Clake.
The bernicle goose; -- now called barnacle goose and also called clack goose.
A demand of a right or supposed right; a calling on another for something due or supposed to be due; an assertion of a right or fact.
Capable of being claimed.
One who claims; one who asserts a right or title; a claimer.
One who claims; a claimant.
Having no claim.
See Chiaroscuro.
Act of hearing, or the ability to hear, sounds not normally audible; -- usually claimed as a special faculty of spiritualistic mediums, or the like.
One alleged to have the power of clairaudience.
A small inclosed pond used for gathering and greening oysters.
A power, attributed to some persons while in a mesmeric state, of discerning objects not perceptible by the senses in their normal condition.
One who is able, when in a mesmeric state, to discern objects not present to the senses.
To produce, in bell ringing, a clam or clangor; to cause to clang.
Crying earnestly, beseeching clamorously.
The act of crying out.
A division of passerine birds in which the vocal muscles are but little developed, so that they lack the power of singing.
Like or pertaining to the Clamatores.
The backing or steaming of clams on heated stones, between layers of seaweed; hence, a picnic party, gathered on such an occasion.
To ascend by climbing with difficulty.
Low, worthless people; the rabble.
In a clammy manner.
State of being clammy or viscous.
Having the quality of being viscous or adhesive; soft and sticky; glutinous; damp and adhesive, as if covered with a cold perspiration.
strong-scented herb (Polanisia graveolens) common in the southern U. S. covered with intermixed gland and hairs.
To utter loud sounds or outcries; to vociferate; to talk in a loud voice; to complain; to make importunate demands.
One who clamors.
Speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud; turbulent.
same as clamor.
same as clamorous.
To tread heavily or clumsily; to clump.
sudden restriction on an activity.
An instrument of iron, with sharp prongs, attached to a boot or shoe to enable the wearer to walk securely upon ice; a creeper.
the shell of a clam.
a thick-walled asexual resting spore of certain fungi and algae.
A tribe or collection of families, united under a chieftain, regarded as having the same common ancestor, and bearing the same surname; as, the clan of Macdonald.
A secret society of Irish Fenians founded in Philadelphia in 1881.
Conducted with secrecy; clandestine; concealed.
privately; secretly.
Conducted with secrecy; withdrawn from public notice, usually for an evil purpose; kept secret; hidden; private; underhand; as, a clandestine marriage.
Privacy or secrecy.
A loud, ringing sound, like that made by metallic substances when clanged or struck together.
A conspicuous mistake whose effects seem to reverberate; as, he dropped a clanger.
emitting a series of clangs, as of metal objects colliding.
A sharp, harsh, ringing sound.
a loud resonant repeating noise.
Making a clangor; having a ringing, metallic sound.
Making a clang, or a ringing metallic sound.
Same as Clamjamphrie.
To sound with a clank.
Without a clank.
Of or pertaining to a clan; closely united, like a clan; disposed to associate only with one's clan or clique; actuated by the traditions, prejudices, habits, etc., of a clan.
a tendency to associate with only a select group.
A state of being united together as in a clan; an association under a chieftain.
One belonging to the same clan with another.
a female member of a clan.
Gonorrhea.
To cover with clapboards; as, to clapboard the sides of a house.
Oatmeal cake or bread clapped or beaten till it is thin.
A bird; the flicker.
A rabbit burrow.
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