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Clutch

To reach (at something) as if to grasp; to catch or snatch; -- often followed by at.

clutch hitter

a batter who hits safely more frequently when men are on base or the team is behind in the score.

Clutter

To clot or coagulate, as blood.

Clydesdale

One of a breed of heavy draft horses originally from Clydesdale, Scotland. They are about sixteen hands high and usually brown or bay.

Clypeastroid

Like or related to the genus Clupeaster; -- applied to a group of flattened sea urchins, with a rosette of pores on the upper side.

Clypeate

Shaped like a round buckler or shield; scutate.

Clypeus

The frontal plate of the head of an insect.

Clysmian

Connected with, or related to, the deluge, or to a cataclysm; as, clysmian changes.

Clyster

A liquid injected into the lower intestines by means of a syringe; an injection; an enema.

Cnemial

Pertaining to the shin bone.

Cnicus

a genus of plants having only one species, the blessed thistle.

Cnida

One of the peculiar stinging cells found in C/lenterata; a nematocyst; a lasso cell.

Cnidaria

A comprehensive group equivalent to the true C/lenterata, i. e., exclusive of the sponges. They are so named from presence of stinging cells (cnidae) in the tissues. See Coelenterata.

Cnidoblast

One of the cells which, in the C/lenterata, develop into cnid/.

Cnidocil

The fine filiform process of a cnidoblast.

CNS

acronym for central nervous system the portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord.

Co

the chemical formula for cobalt, a ferromagnetic metal of atomic number 27.

co-author

to to be an author of, together with another author or authors; to author jointly with others.

co-ed

having both female and male students; -- of a school.

co-op

a commercial enterprise run for the benefit of its owners.

Co-respondent

One who is called upon to answer a summons or other proceeding jointly with another.

co-star

to be the co-star in a performance; as, Robin Williams co-starred in the film.

CO2

the chemical formula for carbon dioxide, a heavy odorless gas (CO2) formed during respiration and by the combustion or decomposition of organic substances; it is absorbed from the air by plants in photosynthesis. The formula itself, pronounced out, is often used instead of the full name, especially with reference to fire extinguishers using this gas for fire suppression; as, a CO2 extinguisher.

Coach

To drive or to ride in a coach; -- sometimes used with

coachbuilder

a craftsman who makes the bodies of motor vehicles.

Coachfellow

One of a pair of horses employed to draw a coach; hence (Fig.), a comrade.

coaching

the job of a professional coach.

Coachman

A man whose business is to drive a coach or carriage.

Coact

To act together; to work in concert; to unite.

Coaction

Force; compulsion, either in restraining or impelling.

Coactive

Serving to compel or constrain; compulsory; restrictive.

Coadapted

Adapted one to another; as, coadapted pulp and tooth.

Coadjust

To adjust by mutual adaptations.

Coadjutor

One who aids another; an assistant; a coworker.

Coadjutorship

The state or office of a coadjutor; joint assistance.

Coadunate

United at the base, as contiguous lobes of a leaf.

Coag

See Coak, a kind of tenon.

Coagency

Agency in common; joint agency or agent.

Coagent

An associate in an act; a coworker.

Coagmentation

The act of joining, or the state of being joined, together; union.

Coagulability

The quality of being coagulable; capacity of being coagulated.

Coagulated

Changed into, or contained in, a coagulum or a curdlike mass; curdled.

Coagulation

The change from a liquid to a thickened, curdlike, insoluble state, not by evaporation, but by some kind of chemical reaction; as, the spontaneous coagulation of freshly drawn blood; the coagulation of milk by rennet, or acid, and the coagulation of egg albumin by heat. Coagulation is generally the change of an albuminous body into an insoluble modification.

Coagulative

Having the power to cause coagulation; as, a coagulative agent.

Coagulatory

Serving to coagulate; produced by coagulation; as, coagulatory effects.

Coagulum

The thick, curdy precipitate formed by the coagulation of albuminous matter; any mass of coagulated matter, as a clot of blood.

Coaita

The native name of certain South American monkeys of the genus Ateles, esp. Ateles paniscus. The black-faced coaita is Ateles ater. See Illustration in Appendix.

Coak

To unite, as timbers, by means of tenons or dowels in the edges or faces.

Coal

To take in coal; as, the steamer coaled at Southampton.

Coal-black

As black as coal; jet black; very black.

Coal-meter

A licensed or official coal measurer in London. See Meter.

Coalesce

To grow together; to unite by growth into one body; as, the parts separated by a wound coalesce.

Coalescence

The act or state of growing together, as similar parts; the act of uniting by natural affinity or attraction; the state of being united; union; concretion.

Coalescent

Growing together; cohering, as in the organic cohesion of similar parts; uniting.

Coalfish

The pollock; -- called also, coalsey, colemie, colmey, coal whiting, etc. See Pollock. The beshow or candlefish of Alaska. The cobia.

Coalgoose

The cormorant; -- so called from its black color.

Coalite

To cause to unite or coalesce.

Coalition

The act of coalescing; union into a body or mass, as of separate bodies or parts; as, a coalition of atoms.

Coalitionist

One who joins or promotes a coalition; one who advocates coalition.

Coalmouse

A small species of titmouse, with a black head; the coletit.

Coalsack

Any one of the spaces in the Milky Way which are very black, owing to the nearly complete absence of stars; esp., the large space near the Southern Cross sometimes called the Black Magellanic Cloud.

Coaltit Coletit

A small European titmouse (Parus ater), so named from its black color; -- called also coalmouse and colemouse.

Coaly

Pertaining to, or resembling, coal; containing coal; of the nature of coal.

Coamings

Raised pieces of wood of iron around a hatchway, skylight, or other opening in the deck, to prevent water from running bellow; esp. the fore-and-aft pieces of a hatchway frame as distinguished from the transverse head ledges.

Coannex

To annex with something else.

Coaptation

The adaptation or adjustment of parts to each other, as of a broken bone or dislocated joint.

Coarctate

Pressed together; closely connected; -- applied to insects having the abdomen separated from the thorax only by a constriction.

Coarse-grained

Having a coarse grain or texture, as wood; hence, wanting in refinement.

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