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Clematis
- noun - any of various ornamental climbing plants of the genus Clematis usually having showy flowers
Clenches
- noun - a small slip noose made with seizing
- hold in a tight grasp; "clench a steering wheel"
- squeeze together tightly; "clench one's jaw"
- 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"
Clergies
- noun - in Christianity, clergymen collectively (as distinguished from the laity)
Climates
- noun - the prevailing psychological state; "the climate of opinion"; "the national mood had changed radically since the last election"
- the weather in some location averaged over some long period of time; "the dank climate of southern Wales"; "plants from a cold clime travel best in winter"
Climaxes
- noun - arrangement of clauses in ascending order of forcefulness
- end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage; "The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace"
- the decisive moment in a novel or play; "the deathbed scene is the climax of the play"
- the highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding; "the climax of the artist's career"; "in the flood tide of his success"
- the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse
- the most severe stage of a disease
Climbers
- noun - a vine or climbing plant that readily grows up a support or over other plants
- an iron spike attached to the shoe to prevent slipping on ice when walking or climbing
- someone seeking social prominence by obsequious behavior
- someone who ascends on foot; "a solitary mounter of the staircase"
- someone who climbs as a sport; especially someone who climbs mountains; "the lead climber looked strong still but his partner often slumped in his ropes"
Clinches
- noun - (boxing) the act of one boxer holding onto the other to avoid being hit and to rest momentarily
- a device (generally used by carpenters) that holds things firmly together
- a small slip noose made with seizing
- a tight or amorous embrace; "come here and give me a big hug"
- embrace amorously
- flatten the ends (of nails and rivets); "the nails were clinched"
- hold a boxing opponent with one or both arms so as to prevent punches
- hold in a tight grasp; "clench a steering wheel"
- secure or fasten by flattening the ends of nails or bolts; "The girder was clinched into the wall"
- settle conclusively; "clinch a deal"
- the flattened part of a nail or bolt or rivet
Clinkers
- noun - a fragment of incombustible matter left after a wood or coal or charcoal fire
- a hard brick used as a paving stone
- clear out the cinders and clinker from; "we clinkered the fire frequently"
- turn to clinker or form clinker under excessive heat in burning
Clippers
- noun - (electronics) a nonlinear electronic circuit whose output is limited in amplitude; used to limit the instantaneous amplitude of a waveform (to clip off the peaks of a waveform); "a limiter introduces amplitude distortion"
- a fast sailing ship used in former times
- scissors for cutting hair or finger nails (often used in the plural)
- shears for cutting grass or shrubbery (often used in the plural)
Clitoris
- noun - a female sexual organ homologous to the penis