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Clenching
- verb - hold in a tight grasp; "clench a steering wheel"
- squeeze together tightly; "clench one's jaw"
Clinchers
- noun - a point or fact or remark that settles something conclusively
- a tool used to clinch nails or bolts or rivets
- an argument that is conclusive
Clinching
- verb - 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"
Clutching
- verb - affect; "Fear seized the prisoners"; "The patient was seized with unbearable pains"; "He was seized with a dreadful disease"
- hold firmly, usually with one's hands; "She clutched my arm when she got scared"
- take hold of; grab; "The sales clerk quickly seized the money on the counter"; "She clutched her purse"; "The mother seized her child by the arm"; "Birds of prey often seize small mammals"
Coarctate
- adjective - (of an insect pupa) enclosed in a rigid case
Cockcroft
- noun - British physicist who (with Ernest Walton in 1931) first split an atom (1897-1967)
Cockcrows
- noun - the first light of day; "we got up before dawn"; "they talked until morning"
Coercible
- - Capable of being coerced.
Coercions
- noun - the act of compelling by force of authority
- using force to cause something to occur; "though pressed into rugby under compulsion I began to enjoy the game"; "they didn't have to use coercion"
Cofactors
- noun - a substance (as a coenzyme) that must join with another to produce a given result