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Princeton University - WordNet - a lexical database for the English language Category: General Date & country: 27/01/2008, USA Words: 85192

clangorous
clanging adjective having a loud resonant metallic sound; `the clangorous locomotive works`; `a clanging gong`

Clangula
genus Clangula noun a genus of ducks

clank
verb make a clank; `the train clanked through the village`

clanking
adjective having a hard nonresonant metallic sound; `clanking chains`; `the clanking arms of the soldiers near him`

clannish
cliquish adjective befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior

clannishly
cliquishly adverb in a clannish manner; `these four friends always act clannishly, and don`t let us participate in their activities`

clannishness
cliquishness noun tendency to associate with only a select group

clansman
clanswoman noun a member of a clan

clap
spat verb clap one`s hands together; `The children were clapping to the music`

clap
verb clap one`s hands or shout after performances to indicate approval

clap up
clap together verb make hastily and carelessly

clapboard
weatherboard noun a long thin board with one edge thicker than the other; used as siding by lapping one board over the board below

clapped out
adjective worn from age or heavy use and no longer able to operate (of cars or machines or people)

clapper
noun metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side

clapperboard
noun photographic equipment used to synchronize sound and motion picture; boards held in front of a movie camera are banged together

clapperclaw
verb claw with the nails

claque
noun a group of followers hired to applaud at a performance

Clara Josephine Schumann
noun German pianist and composer of piano music; renowned for her interpretation of music, especially the music of her husband Robert Schumann (1819-1896)

clarence
noun a closed carriage with four wheels and seats for four passengers

claret
red Bordeaux noun dry red Bordeaux or Bordeaux-like wine

claret cup
noun a punch made of claret and brandy with lemon juice and sugar and sometimes sherry or curacao and fresh fruit

clarification
elucidation noun an interpretation that removes obstacles to understanding; `the professor`s clarification helped her to understand the textbook`

clarified
adjective free from unwanted solid matter

clarified butter
drawn butter noun butter made clear by heating and removing the sediment of milk solids

clarify
clear up verb make clear and (more) comprehensible; `clarify the mystery surrounding her death`

clarifying
elucidative adjective that makes clear; `a clarifying example`

clarinet
noun a single-reed instrument with a straight tube

clarinet section
noun the section of a band or orchestra that plays clarinets

clarinetist
clarinettist noun a musician who plays the clarinet

clarion
adjective loud and clear; `a clarion call`

clarity
lucidness noun free from obscurity and easy to understand; the comprehensibility of clear expression

Clark
Joe Clark noun Canadian politician who served as prime minister (1939-)

Clark
Mark Wayne Clark noun United States general who was Allied commander in Africa and Italy in World War II and was commander of the United Nations forces in Korea (1896-1984)

Clark cell
Clark standard cell noun a form of voltaic cell once used as a standard for electromotive force

Clark`s nutcracker
Nucifraga columbiana noun nutcracker of the western United States

Clarksburg
noun a city in northern West Virginia

claro
noun a cigar made with light-colored tobacco

clary
Salvia sclarea noun aromatic herb of southern Europe; cultivated in England as a potherb and widely as an ornamental

clary sage
noun fresh leaves used in omelets and fritters and with lamb

clash
friction noun a state of conflict between persons

clashing
adjective sharply and harshly discordant; `clashing interests of loggers and conservationists`; `clashing colors`

clasp
clench noun the act of grasping; `he released his clasp on my arm`; `he has a strong grip for an old man`; `she kept a firm hold on the railing`

clasp knife
jackknife noun a large knife with one or more folding blades

class
category noun a collection of things sharing a common attribute; `there are two classes of detergents`

class
socio-economic class noun people having the same social or economic status; `the working class`; `an emerging professional class`

class act
noun someone who shows impressive and stylish excellence

class action
class-action suit noun a lawsuit brought by a representative member of a large group of people on behalf of all members of the group

class Cyanobacteria
Cyanophyceae noun photosynthetic bacteria found in fresh and salt water, having chlorophyll a and phycobilins; once thought to be algae: blue-green algae

class feeling
noun feelings of envy and resentment of one social or economic class for toward another

class list
honours list noun a list issued by examiners that categorizes students according to the class of honours they achieved in their degree examinations

class structure
noun the organization of classes within a society

class struggle
class war noun conflict between social or economic classes (especially between the capitalist and proletariat classes)

class-conscious
stratified adjective (used of society) socially hierarchical; `American society is becoming increasingly stratified`

classic
adjective characteristic of the classical artistic and literary traditions

classic hemochromatosis
idiopathic hemochromatosis noun inherited form of hemochromatosis

classical
adjective of or characteristic of a form or system felt to be of first significance before modern times

classical architecture
Greco-Roman architecture noun architecture influenced by the ancient Greeks or Romans

classical ballet
noun a style of ballet based on precise conventional steps performed with graceful and flowing movements

classical conditioning
noun conditioning that pairs a neutral stimulus with a stimulus that evokes a reflex; the stimulus that evokes the reflex is given whether or not the conditioned response occurs until eventually the neutral stimulus comes to evoke the reflex

classical Latin
noun the language of educated people in ancient Rome; `Latin is a language as dead as dead can be. It killed the ancient Romans--and now it`s killing me`

classical mechanics
Newtonian mechanics noun the branch of mechanics based on Newton`s laws of motion

classical music
classical noun traditional genre of music conforming to an established form and appealing to critical interest and developed musical taste

classical mythology
noun the system of mythology of the Greeks and Romans together; much of Roman mythology (especially the gods) was borrowed from the Greeks

classical scholar
noun a student of ancient Greek and Latin

classical style
noun the artistic style of ancient Greek art with its emphasis on proportion and harmony

classically
adverb in the manner of Greek and Roman culture; `this exercise develops a classically shaped body`

classicism
classicalism noun a movement in literature and art during the 17th and 18th centuries in Europe that favored rationality and restraint and strict forms; `classicism often derived its models from the ancient Greeks and Romans`

classicist
noun an artistic person who adheres to classicism

classicist
noun a student of ancient Greek and Latin

classicistic
adjective of or relating to classicism; `the classicistic tradition`

classicize
classicise verb make classic or classical

classics
noun study of the literary works of ancient Greece and Rome

classifiable
distinctive adjective capable of being classified

classification
categorization noun the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories

classification system
noun a system for classifying things

classificatory
adjective relating to or involving classification:`classificatory criteria`

classified ad
classified advertisement noun a short ad in a newspaper or magazine (usually in small print) and appearing along with other ads of the same type

classified stock
noun common stock classified as A or B where A has certain advantages (e.g., voting power) that B does not

classifier
noun a word or morpheme used in some languages in certain contexts (such as counting) to indicate the semantic class in which an item belongs

classify
class verb arrange or order by classes or categories; `How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?`

classless
egalitarian adjective favoring social equality; `a classless society`

classroom
schoolroom noun a room in a school where lessons take place

classroom project
noun a school task requiring considerable effort

classwork
noun the part of a student`s work that is done in the classroom

classy
posh adjective elegant and fashionable; `classy clothes`; `a classy dame`; `a posh restaurant`; `a swish pastry shop on the Rue du Bac`- Julia Child

clast
noun (geology) a constituent fragment of a clastic rock

clastic
adjective capable of being taken apart; `the professor had a clastic model of the human brain`

clastic rock
noun (geology) a rock composed of broken pieces of older rocks

Clathraceae
family Clathraceae noun family of fleshy fungi resembling stinkhorns

clathrate
adjective designating or relating to a compound in which one component is physically enclosed within the crystal structure of another

Clathrus
genus Clathrus noun type genus of the Clathraceae

clatter
noun a rattling noise (often produced by rapid movement); `the shutters clattered against the house`; `the clatter of iron wheels on cobblestones`

clattering
clattery adjective a rattling sound as of hard things striking together; `a clattering typewriter`; `the clattering sound of dishes`

Claudius
Claudius I noun Roman Emperor after his nephew Caligula was murdered; consolidated the Empire and conquered southern Britain; was poisoned by his fourth wife Agrippina after her son Nero was named as Claudius` heir (10 BC to AD 54)

clausal
adjective of or relating to or functioning as a clause; `clausal structure`

clause
noun (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence

Clausewitz
Karl von Clausewitz noun Prussian general and military theorist who proposed a doctrine of total war and war as an extension of diplomacy (1780-1831)

claustrophobe
noun a person suffering from claustrophobia

claustrophobia
noun a morbid fear of being closed in a confined space

claustrophobic
adjective suffering from claustrophobia; abnormally afraid of closed-in places