Clogging, or having power to clog.
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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.
One who makes cloths; one who dresses or fulls cloth.
Garments in general; clothes; dress; raiment; covering.
Clottered.
See Clodpoll.
Composed of clots or clods; having the quality or form of a clot; sticky; slimy; foul.
To concrete into lumps; to clot.
Full of clots, or clods.
See Closure, 5.
Cocklebur.
To grow cloudy; to become obscure with clouds; -- often used with up.
Built of, or in, the clouds; airy; unsubstantial; imaginary.
A sudden copious rainfall, as if the whole cloud had been precipitated at once.
Having clouds resting on the top or head; reaching to the clouds; as, cloud-capped mountains.
Cloud-gatherer; -- an epithet applied to Zeus.
an imaginary place where fantasy and illusion predominate; it is a place where you say people are when they seem optimistically out of touch with reality.
a state of extreme or perfect happiness; used especially in the phrase on cloud nine.
Mass of clouds; cloudiness.
A species of raspberry (Rubus Cham/merous) growing in the northern regions, and bearing edible, amber-colored fruit.
In a cloudy manner; darkly; obscurely.
The state of being cloudy.
A mottled appearance given to ribbons and silks in the process of dyeing.
Dreamland.
Without a cloud; clear; bright.
A little cloud.
resembling a cloud.
Overcast or obscured with clouds; clouded; as, a cloudy sky.
An allowance in weighing. See Cloff.
To cover with cloth, leather, or other material; to bandage; patch, or mend, with a clout.
Clumsy; awkward.
One of the small bulbs developed in the axils of the scales of a large bulb, as in the case of garlic.
from Cleave, v. t.
Having the foot or hoof divided into two parts, as the ox.
A plant of different species of the genus Trifolium; as the common red clover, Trifolium pratense, the white, Trifolium repens, and the hare's foot, Trifolium arvense.
Covered with growing clover.
a highway interchange between two roads in which the connecting road pattern resembles a four-leaf clover, and which allows moving from one road to another without left-hand turns. One road passes over the other, and the exit from one highway and entrance into the second highway proceeds from the right-hand lane in all directions.
a hairy Eurasian plant (Geum urbanum) with small yellow flowers and an astringent root formerly used medicinally.
a group of cats.
Spice clove.
To act as a clown; -- with it.
Behavior or manners of a clown; clownery.
Clownishness.
acting like a clown or buffoon.
Of or resembling a clown, or characteristic of a clown; ungainly; awkward.
The manners of a clown; coarseness or rudeness of behavior.
To fill or choke up; to stop up; to clog.
That does not cloy.
Satiety.
To form a club; to combine for the promotion of some common object; to unite.
A rushlike plant, the reed mace or cat-tail, or some species of the genus Scirpus. See Bulrush.
Enlarged gradually at the end, as the antenn/ of certain insects.
Suitable for membership in a club; sociable.
Shaped like a club; grasped like, or used as, a club.
One who clubs.
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