| clout |
a powerful blow or stroke, esp. with the fist. [3 definitions] |
| clove1 |
the dried flower bud of an East Indian tree, used as a spice. [2 definitions] |
| clove2 |
one of the small plant bulbs formed from the main bulb, esp. in garlic. |
| clove3 |
a past tense of cleave2. |
| cloven |
a past participle of cleave2. [2 definitions] |
| cloven foot |
see "cloven hoof." |
| cloven hoof |
a hoof or foot divided into two parts by a cleft, characteristic of deer, sheep, and goats; cloven foot. [2 definitions] |
| clover |
any of various plants having three-lobed leaves and small, dense flowers, and often used for pasturage or hay. (See four-leaf clover.) [2 definitions] |
| cloverleaf |
a set of interchange roads, patterned like a four-leaf clover, at the intersection of two highways that are on different levels. [2 definitions] |
| Clovis point |
the oldest known type of flint tool in North America, esp. spearheads, dating to approximately 13,500 years ago and found near Clovis, New Mexico. |
| clown |
a comic performer, as in a circus, who wears odd clothes and exaggerated makeup and entertains by jokes, tricks, juggling, and the like. [4 definitions] |
| cloy |
to oversupply with something sweet or pleasant so that the experience of these things becomes sickening or wearisome. [2 definitions] |
| cloying |
sickening or wearisome by being excessively sweet or pleasant. |
| cloze |
of, pertaining to, or being a measure of reading comprehension or language acquisition in which a learner is asked to supply words that are missing from a text. Such words will have been systematically deleted and typically range across various parts of speech. [2 definitions] |
| club |
a heavy stick, esp. of wood, used as a weapon. [7 definitions] |
| clubable |
combined form of club. |
| club car |
a railroad passenger car equipped with lounge chairs, tables, and a buffet or bar. |
| clubfoot |
a congenital deformity or malformation of a foot. [2 definitions] |
| clubhouse |
a building or room owned by a club and used for meetings and other events. |
| clubman |
a man who is a member of a club at which he spends much time or in which he is quite active. |
| club sandwich |
a sandwich of three or more layers of bread, often toasted, that is filled with layers of meat, cheese, tomato, mayonnaise, and the like. |