An apparatus consisting of a slowly revolving disk, usually regulated by clockwork, by means of wich the action of external agents, as light and gravity, on growing plants may be regulated or eliminated.
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Tinsel; Dutch gold.
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.
the economic policies of president Bill Clinton.
The Muse who presided over history.
A genus of naked pteropods. One species (Clione papilonacea), abundant in the Arctic Ocean, constitutes a part of the food of the Greenland whale. It is sometimes incorrectly called Clio.
An embrace.
having a clip as the means of attachment; as, clip-on earrings; a clip-on bow tie.
a small writing board with a clip attached at the top for holding papers.
trimmed with clippers; as, a clipped hedge.
One who clips; specifically, one who clips off the edges of coins.
a type of shears for cutting grass or shrubbery; as, hedge clippers.
The act of embracing.
To To associate together in a clannish way; to act with others secretly to gain a desired end; to plot; -- used with together.
Of or pertaining to a clique; disposed to from cliques; exclusive in spirit.
The tendency to associate in cliques; the spirit of cliques.
Same as clitoris.
A thickened glandular portion of the body of the adult earthworm, consisting of several united segments modified for reproductive purposes.
a genus of white-spored agarics with flat or funnel-shaped cap and elastic stem.
a genus of tropical shrubs or vines having pinnate leaves and large axillary flowers.
Of or pertaining to the clitoris.
A small organ at the upper part of the vulva in females, homologous to the penis in the male.
to make a shrill creaking noise by rubbing together special bodily structures, as of male insects such as crickets or grasshoppers.
See Cleavers.
Inclination; ascent or descent; a gradient.
A sewer; as, the Cloaca Maxima of Rome.
Of or pertaining to a cloaca.
To cover with, or as with, a cloak; hence, to hide or conceal.
In a concealed manner.
The act of covering with a cloak; the act of concealing anything.
A room, attached to any place of public resort, where cloaks, overcoats, etc., may be deposited for a time.
personal possessions; -- an informal term; as, did you take all your clobber?.
An apparatus used in controlling certain kinds of a/roplanes, and consisting principally of a steering column mounted with a universal joint at the base, which is bellshaped and has attached to it the cables for controlling the wing-warping devices, elevator planes, and the like.
a woman's close-fitting helmetlike hat.
A large beetle, esp. the European dung beetle (Scarab/us stercorarius).
the time taken to traverse a measured course; as, it was a world record clocking.
Like a clock or like clockwork; mechanical.
European weed naturalized in the southwestern U. S. and Mexico (Erodium cicutarium), having reddish decumbent stems with small fernlike leaves and small deep reddish-lavender flowers followed by slender pinlike fruits that stick straight up; it is often grown for forage.
in the same direction as the hands of a clock rotate, as viewed from in front of the clock face; -- said of that direction of a rotation about an axis, or about a point in a plane, which is ordinarily reckoned negative. Also said of the direction of a spiral, in which case the term right-handed is more common. Opposite of counterclockwise, and left-handed.
The machinery of a clock, or machinery resembling that of a clock; machinery which produces regularity of movement.
To pelt with clods.
Resembling clods; gross; low; stupid; boorish.
Consisting of clods; full of clods.
A rude, rustic fellow.
Boorish; rude.
A blockhead; a dolt.
Stupid; dull; doltish.
A stupid fellow; a dolt.
Formerly an allowance of two pounds in every three hundred weight after the tare and tret are subtracted; now used only in a general sense, of small deductions from the original weight.
To become clogged; to become loaded or encumbered, as with extraneous matter.
obstructed so as to prevent or hinder flow of a fluid; -- of conduits; as, clogged pipes; clogged arteries.
The state of being clogged.
Anything which clogs.
Clogging, or having power to clog.
Inlaid between partitions: -- said of enamel when the lines which divide the different patches of fields are composed of a kind of metal wire secured to the ground; as distinguished from champlev/ enamel, in which the ground is engraved or scooped out to receive the enamel.
To confine in, or as in, a cloister; to seclude from the world; to immure.
Cloistral.
Dwelling in cloisters; solitary.
One belonging to, or living in, a cloister; a recluse.
Of, pertaining to, or confined in, a cloister; recluse.
A nun.
See Cloak.
imp. p. p. of Climb (for climbed).
See Clamp.
to make a clone from; to make identical copies of an organism by a non-sexual process of reproduction.
imp. of Cling.
Having an irregular, convulsive motion.
A series of muscular contractions due to sudden stretching of the muscle, -- a sign of certain neuropathies.
To close with glutinous matter.
The sound made when a cork is forcibly drawn from a bottle.
One of the divisions of a cleft hoof, as in the ox; also, the whole hoof.
A little hoof.
any alga of the genus Chlorella.
a commercial bleaching agent, consisting of a 5.25% aqueous solution of sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl). Other similar solutions of sodium hypochlorite are sometimes referred to as clorox.
In a close manner.
Closely united.
Firmly barred or closed.
Fitting the body exactly; setting close, as a garment.
Barriers with loopholes, formerly erected on the deck of a vessel to shelter the men in a close engagement with an enemy's boarders; -- called also close quarters.
dense or compact in structure or texture, as a wood composed of small-diameter cells.
Under way and moving as nearly as possible toward the direction from which the wind blows; having the sails trimmed for sailing as close to the wind as possible; -- said of a sailing vessel.
not ready to receive new ideas.
grouped closely together.
arranged close together; as, close-set eyes; close-set teeth.
A utensil to hold a chamber vessel, for the use of the sick and infirm. It is usually in the form of a box, with a seat and tight cover.
Closemouthed; silent.
having an opening obstructed.
having atoms linked by bonds which form a ring.
not ready to receive new ideas.
same as closed-chain.
termination of operations; a shutdown.
Covetous; niggardly.
Covetous; penurious; stingy; closefisted.
In a close manner.
owned by a relatively few shareholders; -- of business organizations; as, a closely-held corporation.
bound together by intimate ties, social, personal, cultural or political; as, closely-knit little villages; a close-knit family.
Cautious in speaking; secret; wary; uncommunicative.
To make close.
The state of being close.
One who, or that which, closes; specifically, a boot closer. See under Boot.
Having all the reefs taken in; -- said of a sail.
To shut up in, or as in, a closet; to conceal.
a photograph or other recorded image taken at close range, or using a telephoto lens so as to appear to have been taken at close range; -- used especially of images of faces in which the face fills all or most of the photograph.
The game of ninepins.
the act of closing something.
spindle-shaped bacterial cell esp. one swollen at the center by an endospore.
The act of shutting; a closing; as, the closure of a chink.
To form into, or cover with, clots; to cause to coagulate; to make into a slimy mass.
The burdock.
The common burdock; the clotbur.
A fabric made of fibrous material (or sometimes of wire, as in wire cloth); commonly, a woven fabric of cotton, woolen, or linen, adapted to be made into garments; specifically, woolen fabrics, as distinguished from all others.
having rigid front and back covers, covered with cloth; -- of books. Contrasted to softcover.
To wear clothes.
wearing clothing.
Covering for the human body; dress; vestments; vesture; -- a general term for whatever covering is worn, or is made to be worn, for decency or comfort.
a brush used for cleaning clothing.
A frame to hang clothes on.
unclothed. Opposite of clothed.
A rope or wire on which clothes are hung to dry.
A forked piece of wood or plastic, or a small device with a spring clamp, used for fastening clothes on a line.
A receptacle for clothes.
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