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English Word Dictionary

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churlishly

adverb · in a churlish manner

Example: the store owner treated his customers churlishly

churr

verb · make a vibrant sound, as of some birds

ci

adjective · being one more than one hundred

cinematize

verb · make a film of or adopt so as to make into a film

Example: cinematize history

circumspectly

adverb · in a cagey manner

Example: `I don't know yet,' he answered cagily

circumstantially

adverb · without advance planning

Example: they met accidentally

citify

verb · accustom to urban ways

Example: Immigration will citify the country?

civilize

verb · raise from a barbaric to a civilized state

Example: The wild child found wandering in the forest was gradually civilized

civilly

adverb · in a civil manner

Example: he treats his former wife civilly

cladonia

noun · type genus of Cladoniaceae; lichens characterized by a crustose thallus and capitate fruiting bodies borne on simple or branched podetia

clamorous

adjective · conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry

Example: blatant radios

classificatory

adjective · relating to or involving classification:

Example: classificatory criteria

clean

adjective · free of drugs

Example: after a long dependency on heroin she has been clean for 4 years

clean house

verb · clean and tidy up the house

Example: She housecleans every week

cleanse

verb · clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing

Example: clean up before you see your grandparents

clear the air

verb · dispel differences or negative emotions

Example: The group called a meeting to finally clear the air

clear up

verb · free (the throat) by making a rasping sound

Example: Clear the throat

clear-eyed

adjective · mentally acute or penetratingly discerning

Example: too clear-eyed not to see what problems would follow

clearly

adverb · without doubt or question

Example: they were clearly lost

clement

adjective · (used of persons or behavior) inclined to show mercy

Example: a more clement judge reduced the sentence

clever

adjective · showing inventiveness and skill

Example: a clever gadget

cleverly

adverb · in a clever manner

Example: they were cleverly arranged

click open

verb · open with a clicking sound

Example: These keys have clicked open many doors

cling to

verb · hold firmly, usually with one's hands

Example: She clutched my arm when she got scared

clinical thermometer

noun · a mercury thermometer designed to measure the temperature of the human body; graduated to cover a range a few degrees on either side of the normal body temperature

cloaked

adjective · covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak

Example: leaf-clothed trees

clog up

verb · become or cause to become obstructed

Example: The leaves clog our drains in the Fall

clonic

adjective · of or relating to abnormal neuromuscular activity characterized by rapidly alternating muscle contraction and relaxation

Example: clonic spasm

close

adjective · marked by fidelity to an original

Example: a close translation

close out

verb · terminate

Example: We closed out our account

close to

adverb · (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct

Example: lasted approximately an hour

close to the wind

adverb · nearly opposite to the direction from which wind is coming

Example: sailing close to the wind

clothes basket

noun · a hamper that holds dirty clothes to be washed or wet clothes to be dried

clotho

noun · the Greek goddess of fate who spins the thread of life

cloudless

adjective · free from clouds

Example: under a cloudless sky

clownlike

adjective · like a clown

Example: a buffoonish walk

clumsily

adverb · in a clumsy manner

Example: he snatched the bills clumsily

clupeid fish

noun · any of numerous soft-finned schooling food fishes of shallow waters of northern seas

cluster bomb

noun · bomb consisting of a canister that is dropped from a plane and that opens to release a cluster of bomblets (usually fragmentation bombs) over a wide area

Example: cluster bombs cannot be targeted precisely

clustered bellflower

noun · bellflower of Europe to temperate Asia having dense spikes of violet-blue to white flowers

co-occur with

verb · go or occur together

Example: The word 'hot' tends to cooccur with 'cold'

co-sign

verb · sign and endorse (another person's signature), as for a loan

coarsely

adverb · in coarse pieces

Example: the surfaces were coarsely granular

coarsen

verb · make less subtle or refined

Example: coarsen one's ideals

coaxingly

adverb · in a cajoling manner

Example: `Come here,' she said coaxingly

cocaine

noun · a narcotic (alkaloid) extracted from coca leaves; used as a surface anesthetic or taken for pleasure; can become powerfully addictive

coeducate

verb · educate persons of both sexes together

cognation

noun · (anthropology) related by blood

cognisance

noun · having knowledge of

Example: he had no awareness of his mistakes