13-letter words containing cl
- a clean slate — If you start with a clean slate, you do not take account of previous mistakes or failures and make a fresh start.
- a clean sweep — If you make a clean sweep of something such as a series of games or tournaments, you win them all.
- a close shave — If you describe a situation as a close shave, you mean that there was nearly an accident or a disaster but it was avoided.
- a closed book — If you say that someone or something is a closed book, you mean that you do not know anything about them.
- acclimatation — the action of becoming used to a different climate
- acclimatement — (rare) Acclimation.
- acclimatising — Present participle of acclimatise.
- acclimatizing — Present participle of acclimatize.
- adverb clause — a subordinate clause that functions as an adverb within a main clause.
- all-inclusive — All-inclusive is used to indicate that a price, especially the price of a holiday, includes all the charges and all the services offered.
- alsike clover — a European clover, Trifolium hybridum, having pink flowers, grown in the U.S. for forage.
- ammonia clock — an atomic clock based on the frequency of inversion of the ammonia molecule
- annular clock — a clock in the form of a vase, ball, etc., having the hours painted on a ring rotating beneath a pointer.
- anticlassical — against the trend of the classical period
- anticlimactic — of, having, or like an anticlimax
- anticlinorium — a vast elongated anticline with its strata further folded into anticlines and synclines
- anticlockwise — If something is moving anticlockwise, it is moving in the opposite direction to the direction in which the hands of a clock move.
- antiparticles — Plural form of antiparticle.
- arctic circle — The Arctic Circle is an imaginary line drawn around the northern part of the world at approximately 66° North.
- astroparticle — (astrophysics) A subatomic particle of cosmic origin.
- back clipping — a word formed by omitting the last part of the form from which it is derived.
- baggage claim — At an airport, the baggage claim is the area where you collect your baggage at the end of your trip.
- balloon clock — a bracket clock of the late 18th century, having a round dial on a short case with concave sides resting on bracket feet.
- baritone clef — an F clef locating F below middle C on the third line of the staff.
- barnacle code — (programming, humour) Any piece of code (usually a static method) that has been appended to a class where it doesn't logically belong, due to a lack of anywhere else to put it.
- baroclinicity — a common state of fluid stratification in which surfaces of constant pressure and others of constant density are not parallel but intersect.
- basket clause — an all-inclusive or comprehensive clause in a contract
- bass clarinet — a clarinet with the lowest range, in the octave below the B-flat clarinet
- beta particle — a high-speed electron or positron emitted by a nucleus during radioactive decay or nuclear fission
- bicycle chain — a chain that transmits power from the pedals to the driving wheel of a bicycle
- billing cycle — the schedule of recurrent times in any regular system of preparing or sending bills.
- black treacle — molasses
- bolting cloth — a sturdy fabric, usually of fine silk or nylon mesh, used chiefly in serigraphy, embroidery, and as a foundation fabric for wigs.
- booking clerk — A booking clerk is a person who sells tickets, especially in a railway station.
- bracket clock — a small clock designed to be placed on a bracket or shelf.
- buffalo cloth — a heavyweight woolen fabric constructed in twill weave and having a shaggy pile.
- caesium clock — a type of atomic clock that uses the frequency of radiation absorbed in changing the spin of electrons in caesium atoms
- card clothing — a very sturdy fabric with a leather or rubber fillet imbedded with wire teeth for disentangling and cleaning textile fibers, used to cover the rollers or flats of a carding machine.
- cardiac cycle — one complete heartbeat, consisting of one contraction and relaxation of the heart.
- chestnut clam — Astarte (def 2).
- claddagh ring — any of various elaborately designed rings, esp one in the shape of two hands embracing a heart, given as a token of lasting affection
- cladistically — from a cladistic point of view
- claim to fame — Someone's claim to fame is something quite important or interesting that they have done or that is connected with them.
- claim-jumping — a person who seizes another's claim of land, especially for mineral rights.
- claiming race — a race in which each owner declares beforehand the price at which his or her horse will be offered for sale after the race
- claims farmer — a middleman who encourages people to make compensation claims and who then sells these claims on to a lawyer
- clair de lune — a work for the piano by Claude Debussy, third movement of the Suite bergamasque.
- clair-de-lune — a work for the piano by Claude Debussy, third movement of the Suite bergamasque.
- clair-obscure — chiaroscuro.
- clairaudience — the postulated ability to hear sounds beyond the range of normal hearing
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