Cleaved (imp.) of Cleave
Clave () of Cleave
Cleaved (p. p.) of Cleave
Cleaving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cleave
Cleave (v. i. ) To adhere closely; to stick; to hold fast; to cling.
Cleave (v. i. ) To unite or be united closely in interest or affection; to adhere with strong attachment.
Cleave (v. i. ) To fit; to be adapted; to assimilate.
Cleft (imp.) of Cleave
Clave () of Cleave
Clove () of Cleave
Cleft (p. p.) of Cleave
Cleaved () of Cleave
Cloven () of Cleave
Cleaving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cleave
Cleave (v. t.) To part or divide by force; to split or rive; to cut.
Cleave (v. t.) To part or open naturally; to divide.
Cleave (v. i.) To part; to open; to crack; to separate; as parts of bodies; as, the ground cleaves by frost.
Cleavelandite (n.) A variety of albite, white and lamellar in structure.
Cleaver (n.) One who cleaves, or that which cleaves; especially, a butcher's instrument for cutting animal bodies into joints or pieces.
Cleavers (n.) A species of Galium (G. Aparine), having a fruit set with hooked bristles, which adhere to whatever they come in contact with; -- called also, goose grass, catchweed, etc.
Cleche (a.) Charged with another bearing of the same figure, and of the color of the field, so large that only a narrow border of the first bearing remains visible; -- said of any heraldic bearing. Compare Voided.
Clechy (a.) See Cleche.
Cledge (n.) The upper stratum of fuller's earth.
Cledgy (a.) Stiff, stubborn, clayey, or tenacious; as, a cledgy soil.
Clee (n.) A claw.
Clee (n.) The redshank.
Clef (n.) A character used in musical notation to determine the position and pitch of the scale as represented on the staff.
Cleft () imp. & p. p. from Cleave.
Cleft (a.) Divided; split; partly divided or split.
Cleft (a.) Incised nearly to the midrib; as, a cleft leaf.
Cleft (n.) A space or opening made by splitting; a crack; a crevice; as, the cleft of a rock.
Cleft (n.) A piece made by splitting; as, a cleft of wood.
Cleft (n.) A disease in horses; a crack on the band of the pastern.
Cleft-footed (a.) Having a cloven foot.
Cleftgraft (v. t.) To ingraft by cleaving the stock and inserting a scion.
Cleg (n.) A small breeze or horsefly.
Cleistogamic (a.) Alt. of Cleistogamous
Cleistogamous (a.) Having, beside the usual flowers, other minute, closed flowers, without petals or with minute petals; -- said of certain species of plants which possess flowers of two or more kinds, the closed ones being so constituted as to insure self-fertilization.
Clem (v. t. & i.) To starve; to famish.
Clematis (n.) A genus of flowering plants, of many species, mostly climbers, having feathery styles, which greatly enlarge in the fruit; -- called also virgin's bower.
Clemence (n.) Clemency.
Clemencies (pl. ) of Clemency
Clemency (n.) Disposition to forgive and spare, as offenders; mildness of temper; gentleness; tenderness; mercy.
Clemency (n.) Mildness or softness of the elements; as, the clemency of the season.
Clement (a.) Mild in temper and disposition; merciful; compassionate.
Clementine (a.) Of or pertaining to Clement, esp. to St. Clement of Rome and the spurious homilies attributed to him, or to Pope Clement V. and his compilations of canon law.
Clench (n. & v. t.) See Clinch.
Cleped (imp. & p. p.) of Clepe
Cleping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Clepe
Ycleped () of Clepe
Clepe (v. t.) To call, or name.
Clepe (v. i.) To make appeal; to cry out.
Clepsine (n.) A genus of fresh-water leeches, furnished with a proboscis. They feed upon mollusks and worms.
Clepsydra (n.) A water clock; a contrivance for measuring time by the graduated flow of a liquid, as of water, through a small aperture. See Illust. in Appendix.
Cleptomania (n.) See Kleptomania.
Clerestory (n.) Same as Clearstory.
Clergeon (n.) A chorister boy.
Clergial (a.) Learned; erudite; clerical.
Clergical (a.) Of or pertaining to the clergy; clerical; clerkily; learned.
Clergy (n.) The body of men set apart, by due ordination, to the service of God, in the Christian church, in distinction from the laity; in England, usually restricted to the ministers of the Established Church.
Clergy (n.) Learning; also, a learned profession.
Clergy (n.) The privilege or benefit of clergy.
Clergyable (a.) Entitled to, or admitting, the benefit of clergy; as, a clergyable felony.
Clergymen (pl. ) of Clergyman
Clergyman (n.) An ordained minister; a man regularly authorized to preach the gospel, and administer its ordinances; in England usually restricted to a minister of the Established Church.
Cleric (n.) A clerk, a clergyman.
Cleric (a.) Same as Clerical.
Clerical (a.) Of or pertaining to the clergy; suitable for the clergy.
Clerical (a.) Of or relating to a clerk or copyist, or to writing.
Clericalism (n.) An excessive devotion to the interests of the sacerdotal order; undue influence of the clergy; sacerdotalism.
Clericity (n.) The state of being a clergyman.
Clerisy (n.) The literati, or well educated class.
Clerisy (n.) The clergy, or their opinions, as opposed to the laity.
Clerk (n.) A clergyman or ecclesiastic.
Clerk (n.) A man who could read; a scholar; a learned person; a man of letters.
Clerk (n.) A parish officer, being a layman who leads in reading the responses of the Episcopal church service, and otherwise assists in it.
Clerk (n.) One employed to keep records or accounts; a scribe; an accountant; as, the clerk of a court; a town clerk.
Clerk (n.) An assistant in a shop or store.
Clerk-ale (n.) A feast for the benefit of the parish clerk.
Clerkless (a.) Unlearned.
Clerklike (a.) Scholarlike.
Clerkliness (n.) Scholarship.
Clerkly (a.) Of or pertaining to a clerk.
Clerkly (adv.) In a scholarly manner.
Clerkship (n.) State, quality, or business of a clerk.
Cleromancy (n.) A divination by throwing dice or casting lots.
Cleronomy (n.) Inheritance; heritage.
Clerstory (n.) See Clearstory.
Clever (a.) Possessing quickness of intellect, skill, dexterity, talent, or adroitness; expert.
Clever (a.) Showing skill or adroitness in the doer or former; as, a clever speech; a clever trick.
Clever (a.) Having fitness, propriety, or suitableness.
Clever (a.) Well-shaped; handsome.
Clever (a.) Good-natured; obliging.
Cleverish (a.) Somewhat clever.
Cleverly (adv.) In a clever manner.
Cleverness (n.) The quality of being clever; skill; dexterity; adroitness.
Clevis (n.) A piece of metal bent in the form of an oxbow, with the two ends perforated to receive a pin, used on the end of the tongue of a plow, wagen, etc., to attach it to a draft chain, whiffletree, etc.; -- called also clavel, clevy.
Clew (n.) Alt. of Clue
Clue (n.) A ball of thread, yarn, or cord; also, The thread itself.
Clue (n.) That which guides or directs one in anything of a doubtful or intricate nature; that which gives a hint in the solution of a mystery.