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   caller ID
         n 1: a small display that will show you the telephone number of
               the party calling you

English Dictionary: Chlor- Trimeton by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
caller-out
n
  1. a person who announces the changes of steps during a dance; "you need a fiddler and a caller for country dancing"
    Synonym(s): caller, caller-out
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Callirhoe digitata
n
  1. perennial poppy mallow of United States southern plains states having rose-red or rose-purple flowers
    Synonym(s): fringed poppy mallow, Callirhoe digitata
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Callirhoe triangulata
n
  1. densely hairy perennial having mostly triangular basal leaves and rose-purple flowers in panicled clusters
    Synonym(s): clustered poppy mallow, Callirhoe triangulata
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
celerity
n
  1. a rate that is rapid [syn: celerity, quickness, rapidity, rapidness, speediness]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
celery top pine
n
  1. medium tall celery pine of Tasmania [syn: {celery top pine}, celery-topped pine, Phyllocladus asplenifolius]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
celery-topped pine
n
  1. medium tall celery pine of Tasmania [syn: {celery top pine}, celery-topped pine, Phyllocladus asplenifolius]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cellaret
n
  1. sideboard with compartments for holding bottles [syn: minibar, cellaret]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Chlor-Trimeton
n
  1. an antihistamine (trade names Coricidin and Chlor-Trimeton)
    Synonym(s): chlorpheniramine maleate, Coricidin, Chlor- Trimeton
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
chlorate
n
  1. any salt of chloric acid
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
chlordiazepoxide
n
  1. a tranquilizer (trade names Librium and Libritabs) used in the treatment of alcoholism
    Synonym(s): chlordiazepoxide, Librium, Libritabs
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
chloride
n
  1. any compound containing a chlorine atom
  2. any salt of hydrochloric acid (containing the chloride ion)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
chloride of lime
n
  1. a white powder comprised of calcium hydroxide and chloride and hypochlorite and used to bleach and/or disinfect
    Synonym(s): bleaching powder, chlorinated lime, chloride of lime
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
chlorite
n
  1. a generally green or black mineral; it occurs as a constituent of many rocks typically in the form of a flat crystal
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
chlorohydric acid
n
  1. an aqueous solution of hydrogen chloride; a strongly corrosive acid
    Synonym(s): hydrochloric acid, chlorohydric acid
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
chlorothiazide
n
  1. a diuretic drug (trade name Diuril) used in the treatment of edema and hypertension
    Synonym(s): chlorothiazide, Diuril
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
chlorotic
adj
  1. of or pertaining to or suffering from chlorosis [syn: chlorotic, greensick]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
chlortetracycline
n
  1. a yellow crystalline antibiotic (trade name Aureomycin) used to treat certain bacterial and rickettsial diseases
    Synonym(s): chlortetracycline, Aureomycin
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
chlorthalidone
n
  1. a diuretic (trade names Hygroton and Thalidone) used to control hypertension and conditions that cause edema; effective in lowering blood pressure to prevent heart attacks
    Synonym(s): chlorthalidone, Hygroton, Thalidone
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
claret
n
  1. a dark purplish-red color
  2. dry red Bordeaux or Bordeaux-like wine
    Synonym(s): claret, red Bordeaux
v
  1. drink claret; "They were clareting until well past midnight"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
claret cup
n
  1. a punch made of claret and brandy with lemon juice and sugar and sometimes sherry or curacao and fresh fruit
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
clarity
n
  1. free from obscurity and easy to understand; the comprehensibility of clear expression
    Synonym(s): clarity, lucidity, lucidness, pellucidity, clearness, limpidity
    Antonym(s): abstruseness, obscureness, obscurity, reconditeness, unclearness
  2. the quality of clear water; "when she awoke the clarity was back in her eyes"
    Synonym(s): clearness, clarity, uncloudedness
    Antonym(s): opacity, opaqueness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
clear out
v
  1. move out and leave nothing behind
  2. clear out the chest and lungs; "This drug expectorates quickly"
    Synonym(s): expectorate, clear out, drive out
  3. empty completely; "We cleaned out all the drawers"
    Synonym(s): clean out, clear out
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
clear the air
v
  1. dispel differences or negative emotions; "The group called a meeting to finally clear the air"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
clear the throat
v
  1. clear mucus or food from one's throat; "he cleared his throat before he started to speak"
    Synonym(s): clear the throat, hawk
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
clear-eyed
adj
  1. mentally acute or penetratingly discerning; "too clear- eyed not to see what problems would follow"; "chaos could be prevented only by clear-sighted leadership"; "much too perspicacious to be taken in by so spurious an argument"
    Synonym(s): clear-eyed, clear-sighted, perspicacious
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
clear-thinking
adj
  1. not mentally confused; able to think clearly and act intelligently
    Synonym(s): clearheaded, clear-thinking
    Antonym(s): confused
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cleared
adj
  1. rid of objects or obstructions such as e.g. trees and brush; "cleared land"; "cleared streets free of fallen trees and debris"; "a cleared passage through the underbrush"; "played poker on the cleared dining room table"
    Antonym(s): uncleared
  2. freed from any question of guilt; "is absolved from all blame"; "was now clear of the charge of cowardice"; "his official honor is vindicated"
    Synonym(s): absolved, clear, cleared, exculpated, exonerated, vindicated
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
clearheaded
adj
  1. not mentally confused; able to think clearly and act intelligently
    Synonym(s): clearheaded, clear-thinking
    Antonym(s): confused
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
clearweed
n
  1. a plants of the genus Pilea having drooping green flower clusters and smooth translucent stems and leaves
    Synonym(s): richweed, clearweed, dead nettle, Pilea pumilla
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
clerid
n
  1. predacious on other insects; usually brightly colored or metallic
    Synonym(s): clerid beetle, clerid
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
clerid beetle
n
  1. predacious on other insects; usually brightly colored or metallic
    Synonym(s): clerid beetle, clerid
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Cleridae
n
  1. beetles that prey on other insects [syn: Cleridae, family Cleridae]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Coleridge
n
  1. English romantic poet (1772-1834) [syn: Coleridge, Samuel Taylor Coleridge]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Coleridgean
adj
  1. of or relating to Samuel Taylor Coleridge or his writings
    Synonym(s): Coleridgian, Coleridgean
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Coleridgian
adj
  1. of or relating to Samuel Taylor Coleridge or his writings
    Synonym(s): Coleridgian, Coleridgean
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
colewort
n
  1. a hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head
    Synonym(s): kale, kail, cole, borecole, colewort, Brassica oleracea acephala
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
collard
n
  1. variety of kale having smooth leaves
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
collard greens
n
  1. kale that has smooth leaves [syn: collards, {collard greens}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
collards
n
  1. kale that has smooth leaves [syn: collards, {collard greens}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
collared lizard
n
  1. any of several robust long-tailed lizards with collars of two dark bands; of central and western United States and northern Mexico
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
collared peccary
n
  1. dark grey peccary with an indistinct white collar; of semi desert areas of Mexico and southwestern United States
    Synonym(s): collared peccary, javelina, Tayassu angulatus, Tayassu tajacu, Peccari angulatus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
collared pika
n
  1. similar to little chief hare and may be same species [syn: collared pika, Ochotona collaris]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
color television
n
  1. a television that transmits images in color [syn: {color television}, colour television, color television system, colour television system, color TV, colour TV]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
color television system
n
  1. a television that transmits images in color [syn: {color television}, colour television, color television system, colour television system, color TV, colour TV]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
color television tube
n
  1. a television tube that displays images in full color [syn: color tube, colour tube, color television tube, colour television tube, color TV tube, colour TV tube]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
color tube
n
  1. a television tube that displays images in full color [syn: color tube, colour tube, color television tube, colour television tube, color TV tube, colour TV tube]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
color TV
n
  1. a television that transmits images in color [syn: {color television}, colour television, color television system, colour television system, color TV, colour TV]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
color TV tube
n
  1. a television tube that displays images in full color [syn: color tube, colour tube, color television tube, colour television tube, color TV tube, colour TV tube]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Coloradan
n
  1. a native or resident of Colorado
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
coloradillo
n
  1. handsome shrub with showy orange to scarlet or crimson flowers; Florida and West Indies to Mexico and Brazil
    Synonym(s): scarlet bush, scarlet hamelia, coloradillo, Hamelia patens, Hamelia erecta
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Colorado
n
  1. a state in west central United States in the Rocky Mountains
    Synonym(s): Colorado, Centennial State, CO
  2. a river in Texas; flows southeast into the Gulf of Mexico
    Synonym(s): Colorado, Colorado River
  3. an important river in the southwestern United States; rises in the Rocky Mountains of northern Colorado and flows southwest through Utah into Arizona (where it flows through the Grand Canyon) and then southward through the southern tip of Nevada, then forming the border between California and Arizona and finally into Mexico where it empties into the Gulf of California; the main source of water in the southwestern United States
    Synonym(s): Colorado, Colorado River
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Colorado beetle
n
  1. black-and-yellow beetle that feeds in adult and larval stages on potato leaves; originally of eastern Rocky Mountains; now worldwide
    Synonym(s): Colorado potato beetle, Colorado beetle, potato bug, potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Colorado blue spruce
n
  1. tall spruce with blue-green needles and dense conic crown; older trees become columnar with lower branches sweeping downward
    Synonym(s): Colorado spruce, Colorado blue spruce, silver spruce, Picea pungens
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Colorado Desert
n
  1. an arid region of southeastern California
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Colorado fir
n
  1. medium to tall fir of central to western United States having a narrow erect crown and soft wood
    Synonym(s): white fir, Colorado fir, California white fir, Abies concolor, Abies lowiana
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Colorado four o'clock
n
  1. wildflower having vibrant deep pink tubular evening- blooming flowers; found in sandy and desert areas from southern California to southern Colorado and into Mexico
    Synonym(s): desert four o'clock, Colorado four o'clock, maravilla, Mirabilis multiflora
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Colorado Plateau
n
  1. a large plateau to the south and west of the Rocky Mountains; abuts mountains on the north and east and ends in an escarpment overlooking lowlands to the south and west; the Grand Canyon is carved out of the southwestern corner
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Colorado potato beetle
n
  1. black-and-yellow beetle that feeds in adult and larval stages on potato leaves; originally of eastern Rocky Mountains; now worldwide
    Synonym(s): Colorado potato beetle, Colorado beetle, potato bug, potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Colorado River
n
  1. a river in Texas; flows southeast into the Gulf of Mexico
    Synonym(s): Colorado, Colorado River
  2. an important river in the southwestern United States; rises in the Rocky Mountains of northern Colorado and flows southwest through Utah into Arizona (where it flows through the Grand Canyon) and then southward through the southern tip of Nevada, then forming the border between California and Arizona and finally into Mexico where it empties into the Gulf of California; the main source of water in the southwestern United States
    Synonym(s): Colorado, Colorado River
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Colorado River hemp
n
  1. tall-growing annual of southwestern United States widely grown as green manure; yields a strong tough bast fiber formerly used by Indians for cordage
    Synonym(s): Colorado River hemp, Sesbania exaltata
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Colorado Springs
n
  1. a city in east central Colorado on the eastern edge of the Rocky Mountains; popular tourist center and site of the United States Air Force Academy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Colorado spruce
n
  1. tall spruce with blue-green needles and dense conic crown; older trees become columnar with lower branches sweeping downward
    Synonym(s): Colorado spruce, Colorado blue spruce, silver spruce, Picea pungens
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
coloration
n
  1. the timbre of a musical sound; "the recording fails to capture the true color of the original music"
    Synonym(s): color, colour, coloration, colouration
  2. appearance with regard to color; "her healthy coloration"
    Synonym(s): coloration, colouration
  3. choice and use of colors (as by an artist)
    Synonym(s): coloration, colouration
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
coloratura
n
  1. a lyric soprano who specializes in coloratura vocal music
    Synonym(s): coloratura, coloratura soprano
  2. singing with florid ornamentation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
coloratura soprano
n
  1. a lyric soprano who specializes in coloratura vocal music
    Synonym(s): coloratura, coloratura soprano
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
colored
adj
  1. having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination; "colored crepe paper"; "the film was in color"; "amber-colored heads of grain"
    Synonym(s): colored, coloured, colorful
    Antonym(s): uncolored, uncoloured
  2. having skin rich in melanin pigments; "National Association for the Advancement of Colored People"; "dark-skinned peoples"
    Synonym(s): colored, coloured, dark, dark-skinned, non-white
  3. favoring one person or side over another; "a biased account of the trial"; "a decision that was partial to the defendant"
    Synonym(s): biased, colored, coloured, one-sided, slanted
  4. (used of color) artificially produced; not natural; "a bleached blonde"
    Synonym(s): bleached, colored, coloured, dyed
n
  1. a United States term for Blacks that is now considered offensive
    Synonym(s): colored person, colored
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
colored audition
n
  1. a form of chromesthesia in which experiences of color accompany auditory stimuli
    Synonym(s): colored hearing, colored audition
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
colored hearing
n
  1. a form of chromesthesia in which experiences of color accompany auditory stimuli
    Synonym(s): colored hearing, colored audition
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
colored person
n
  1. a United States term for Blacks that is now considered offensive
    Synonym(s): colored person, colored
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
colour television
n
  1. a television that transmits images in color [syn: {color television}, colour television, color television system, colour television system, color TV, colour TV]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
colour television system
n
  1. a television that transmits images in color [syn: {color television}, colour television, color television system, colour television system, color TV, colour TV]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
colour television tube
n
  1. a television tube that displays images in full color [syn: color tube, colour tube, color television tube, colour television tube, color TV tube, colour TV tube]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
colour tube
n
  1. a television tube that displays images in full color [syn: color tube, colour tube, color television tube, colour television tube, color TV tube, colour TV tube]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
colour TV
n
  1. a television that transmits images in color [syn: {color television}, colour television, color television system, colour television system, color TV, colour TV]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
colour TV tube
n
  1. a television tube that displays images in full color [syn: color tube, colour tube, color television tube, colour television tube, color TV tube, colour TV tube]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
colouration
n
  1. the timbre of a musical sound; "the recording fails to capture the true color of the original music"
    Synonym(s): color, colour, coloration, colouration
  2. appearance with regard to color; "her healthy coloration"
    Synonym(s): coloration, colouration
  3. choice and use of colors (as by an artist)
    Synonym(s): coloration, colouration
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
coloured
adj
  1. having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination; "colored crepe paper"; "the film was in color"; "amber-colored heads of grain"
    Synonym(s): colored, coloured, colorful
    Antonym(s): uncolored, uncoloured
  2. favoring one person or side over another; "a biased account of the trial"; "a decision that was partial to the defendant"
    Synonym(s): biased, colored, coloured, one-sided, slanted
  3. (used of color) artificially produced; not natural; "a bleached blonde"
    Synonym(s): bleached, colored, coloured, dyed
  4. having skin rich in melanin pigments; "National Association for the Advancement of Colored People"; "dark-skinned peoples"
    Synonym(s): colored, coloured, dark, dark-skinned, non-white
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
coolwart
n
  1. stoloniferous white-flowered spring-blooming woodland plant
    Synonym(s): foamflower, coolwart, false miterwort, false mitrewort, Tiarella cordifolia
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Caloriduct \Ca*lor"i*duct\, n. [L. calor heat (fr. calere to
      warm) + E. duct.]
      A tube or duct for conducting heat; a caliduct.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Celerity \Ce*ler"i*ty\, n. [L. celeritas, from celer swiftm
      speedy: sf. F. c[82]l[82]rit[82].]
      Rapidity of motion; quickness; swiftness.
  
               Time, with all its celerity, moves slowly to him whose
               whole employment is to watch its flight. --Johnson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cellaret \Cel`lar*et"\, n. [Dim of cellar.]
      A receptacle, as in a dining room, for a few bottles of wine
      or liquor, made in the form of a chest or coffer, or a deep
      drawer in a sideboard, and usually lined with metal.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Chelerythrine \Chel`e*ryth"rine\, n. [Gr. [?] celandine +
      'eryqro`s red.] (Chem.)
      An alkaloidal principle obtained from the celandine, and
      named from the red color of its salts. It is a colorless
      crystalline substance, and acts as an acrid narcotic poison.
      It is identical with {sanguinarine}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wood \Wood\, n. [OE. wode, wude, AS. wudu, wiodu; akin to OHG.
      witu, Icel. vi[?]r, Dan. & Sw. ved wood, and probably to Ir.
      & Gael. fiodh, W. gwydd trees, shrubs.]
      1. A large and thick collection of trees; a forest or grove;
            -- frequently used in the plural.
  
                     Light thickens, and the crow Makes wing to the rooky
                     wood.                                                --Shak.
  
      2. The substance of trees and the like; the hard fibrous
            substance which composes the body of a tree and its
            branches, and which is covered by the bark; timber. [bd]To
            worship their own work in wood and stone for gods.[b8]
            --Milton.
  
      3. (Bot.) The fibrous material which makes up the greater
            part of the stems and branches of trees and shrubby
            plants, and is found to a less extent in herbaceous stems.
            It consists of elongated tubular or needle-shaped cells of
            various kinds, usually interwoven with the shinning bands
            called silver grain.
  
      Note: Wood consists chiefly of the carbohydrates cellulose
               and lignin, which are isomeric with starch.
  
      4. Trees cut or sawed for the fire or other uses.
  
      {Wood acid}, {Wood vinegar} (Chem.), a complex acid liquid
            obtained in the dry distillation of wood, and containing
            large quantities of acetic acid; hence, specifically,
            acetic acid. Formerly called {pyroligneous acid}.
  
      {Wood anemone} (Bot.), a delicate flower ({Anemone nemorosa})
            of early spring; -- also called {windflower}. See Illust.
            of {Anemone}.
  
      {Wood ant} (Zo[94]l.), a large ant ({Formica rufa}) which
            lives in woods and forests, and constructs large nests.
  
      {Wood apple} (Bot.). See {Elephant apple}, under {Elephant}.
           
  
      {Wood baboon} (Zo[94]l.), the drill.
  
      {Wood betony}. (Bot.)
            (a) Same as {Betony}.
            (b) The common American lousewort ({Pedicularis
                  Canadensis}), a low perennial herb with yellowish or
                  purplish flowers.
  
      {Wood borer}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The larva of any one of numerous species of boring
                  beetles, esp. elaters, longicorn beetles,
                  buprestidans, and certain weevils. See {Apple borer},
                  under {Apple}, and {Pine weevil}, under {Pine}.
            (b) The larva of any one of various species of
                  lepidopterous insects, especially of the clearwing
                  moths, as the peach-tree borer (see under {Peach}),
                  and of the goat moths.
            (c) The larva of various species of hymenopterous of the
                  tribe Urocerata. See {Tremex}.
            (d) Any one of several bivalve shells which bore in wood,
                  as the teredos, and species of Xylophaga.
            (e) Any one of several species of small Crustacea, as the
                  {Limnoria}, and the boring amphipod ({Chelura
                  terebrans}).
  
      {Wood carpet}, a kind of floor covering made of thin pieces
            of wood secured to a flexible backing, as of cloth.
            --Knight.
  
      {Wood cell} (Bot.), a slender cylindrical or prismatic cell
            usually tapering to a point at both ends. It is the
            principal constituent of woody fiber.
  
      {Wood choir}, the choir, or chorus, of birds in the woods.
            [Poetic] --Coleridge.
  
      {Wood coal}, charcoal; also, lignite, or brown coal.
  
      {Wood cricket} (Zo[94]l.), a small European cricket
            ({Nemobius sylvestris}).
  
      {Wood culver} (Zo[94]l.), the wood pigeon.
  
      {Wood cut}, an engraving on wood; also, a print from such an
            engraving.
  
      {Wood dove} (Zo[94]l.), the stockdove.
  
      {Wood drink}, a decoction or infusion of medicinal woods.
  
      {Wood duck} (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A very beautiful American duck ({Aix sponsa}). The
                  male has a large crest, and its plumage is varied with
                  green, purple, black, white, and red. It builds its
                  nest in trees, whence the name. Called also {bridal
                  duck}, {summer duck}, and {wood widgeon}.
            (b) The hooded merganser.
            (c) The Australian maned goose ({Chlamydochen jubata}).
  
      {Wood echo}, an echo from the wood.
  
      {Wood engraver}.
            (a) An engraver on wood.
            (b) (Zo[94]l.) Any of several species of small beetles
                  whose larv[91] bore beneath the bark of trees, and
                  excavate furrows in the wood often more or less
                  resembling coarse engravings; especially, {Xyleborus
                  xylographus}.
  
      {Wood engraving}.
            (a) The act or art engraving on wood; xylography.
            (b) An engraving on wood; a wood cut; also, a print from
                  such an engraving.
  
      {Wood fern}. (Bot.) See {Shield fern}, under {Shield}.
  
      {Wood fiber}.
            (a) (Bot.) Fibrovascular tissue.
            (b) Wood comminuted, and reduced to a powdery or dusty
                  mass.
  
      {Wood fretter} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of
            beetles whose larv[91] bore in the wood, or beneath the
            bark, of trees.
  
      {Wood frog} (Zo[94]l.), a common North American frog ({Rana
            sylvatica}) which lives chiefly in the woods, except
            during the breeding season. It is drab or yellowish brown,
            with a black stripe on each side of the head.
  
      {Wood germander}. (Bot.) See under {Germander}.
  
      {Wood god}, a fabled sylvan deity.
  
      {Wood grass}. (Bot.) See under {Grass}.
  
      {Wood grouse}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The capercailzie.
            (b) The spruce partridge. See under {Spruce}.
  
      {Wood guest} (Zo[94]l.), the ringdove. [Prov. Eng.]
  
      {Wood hen}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) Any one of several species of Old World short-winged
                  rails of the genus {Ocydromus}, including the weka and
                  allied species.
            (b) The American woodcock.
  
      {Wood hoopoe} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of Old
            World arboreal birds belonging to {Irrisor} and allied
            genera. They are closely allied to the common hoopoe, but
            have a curved beak, and a longer tail.
  
      {Wood ibis} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large,
            long-legged, wading birds belonging to the genus
            {Tantalus}. The head and neck are naked or scantily
            covered with feathers. The American wood ibis ({Tantalus
            loculator}) is common in Florida.
  
      {Wood lark} (Zo[94]l.), a small European lark ({Alauda
            arborea}), which, like, the skylark, utters its notes
            while on the wing. So called from its habit of perching on
            trees.
  
      {Wood laurel} (Bot.), a European evergreen shrub ({Daphne
            Laureola}).
  
      {Wood leopard} (Zo[94]l.), a European spotted moth ({Zeuzera
            [91]sculi}) allied to the goat moth. Its large fleshy
            larva bores in the wood of the apple, pear, and other
            fruit trees.
  
      {Wood lily} (Bot.), the lily of the valley.
  
      {Wood lock} (Naut.), a piece of wood close fitted and
            sheathed with copper, in the throating or score of the
            pintle, to keep the rudder from rising.
  
      {Wood louse} (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) Any one of numerous species of terrestrial isopod
                  Crustacea belonging to {Oniscus}, {Armadillo}, and
                  related genera. See {Sow bug}, under Sow, and {Pill
                  bug}, under {Pill}.
            (b) Any one of several species of small, wingless,
                  pseudoneuropterous insects of the family {Psocid[91]},
                  which live in the crevices of walls and among old
                  books and papers. Some of the species are called also
                  {book lice}, and {deathticks}, or {deathwatches}.
  
      {Wood mite} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous small mites of
            the family {Oribatid[91]}. They are found chiefly in
            woods, on tree trunks and stones.
  
      {Wood mote}. (Eng. Law)
            (a) Formerly, the forest court.
            (b) The court of attachment.
  
      {Wood nettle}. (Bot.) See under {Nettle}.
  
      {Wood nightshade} (Bot.), woody nightshade.
  
      {Wood nut} (Bot.), the filbert.
  
      {Wood nymph}. (a) A nymph inhabiting the woods; a fabled
            goddess of the woods; a dryad. [bd]The wood nymphs, decked
            with daisies trim.[b8] --Milton.
            (b) (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of handsomely
                  colored moths belonging to the genus {Eudryas}. The
                  larv[91] are bright-colored, and some of the species,
                  as {Eudryas grata}, and {E. unio}, feed on the leaves
                  of the grapevine.
            (c) (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of handsomely
                  colored South American humming birds belonging to the
                  genus {Thalurania}. The males are bright blue, or
                  green and blue.
  
      {Wood offering}, wood burnt on the altar.
  
                     We cast the lots . . . for the wood offering. --Neh.
                                                                              x. 34.
  
      {Wood oil} (Bot.), a resinous oil obtained from several East
            Indian trees of the genus {Dipterocarpus}, having
            properties similar to those of copaiba, and sometimes
            substituted for it. It is also used for mixing paint. See
            {Gurjun}.
  
      {Wood opal} (Min.), a striped variety of coarse opal, having
            some resemblance to wood.
  
      {Wood paper}, paper made of wood pulp. See {Wood pulp},
            below.
  
      {Wood pewee} (Zo[94]l.), a North American tyrant flycatcher
            ({Contopus virens}). It closely resembles the pewee, but
            is smaller.
  
      {Wood pie} (Zo[94]l.), any black and white woodpecker,
            especially the European great spotted woodpecker.
  
      {Wood pigeon}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) Any one of numerous species of Old World pigeons
                  belonging to {Palumbus} and allied genera of the
                  family {Columbid[91]}.
            (b) The ringdove.
  
      {Wood puceron} (Zo[94]l.), a plant louse.
  
      {Wood pulp} (Technol.), vegetable fiber obtained from the
            poplar and other white woods, and so softened by digestion
            with a hot solution of alkali that it can be formed into
            sheet paper, etc. It is now produced on an immense scale.
           
  
      {Wood quail} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of East
            Indian crested quails belonging to {Rollulus} and allied
            genera, as the red-crested wood quail ({R. roulroul}), the
            male of which is bright green, with a long crest of red
            hairlike feathers.
  
      {Wood rabbit} (Zo[94]l.), the cottontail.
  
      {Wood rat} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of American
            wild rats of the genus {Neotoma} found in the Southern
            United States; -- called also {bush rat}. The Florida wood
            rat ({Neotoma Floridana}) is the best-known species.
  
      {Wood reed grass} (Bot.), a tall grass ({Cinna arundinacea})
            growing in moist woods.
  
      {Wood reeve}, the steward or overseer of a wood. [Eng.]
  
      {Wood rush} (Bot.), any plant of the genus {Luzula},
            differing from the true rushes of the genus {Juncus}
            chiefly in having very few seeds in each capsule.
  
      {Wood sage} (Bot.), a name given to several labiate plants of
            the genus {Teucrium}. See {Germander}.
  
      {Wood screw}, a metal screw formed with a sharp thread, and
            usually with a slotted head, for insertion in wood.
  
      {Wood sheldrake} (Zo[94]l.), the hooded merganser.
  
      {Wood shock} (Zo[94]l.), the fisher. See {Fisher}, 2.
  
      {Wood shrike} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of Old
            World singing birds belonging to {Grallina},
            {Collyricincla}, {Prionops}, and allied genera, common in
            India and Australia. They are allied to the true shrikes,
            but feed upon both insects and berries.
  
      {Wood snipe}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The American woodcock.
            (b) An Asiatic snipe ({Gallinago nemoricola}).
  
      {Wood soot}, soot from burnt wood.
  
      {Wood sore}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Cuckoo spit}, under {Cuckoo}.
  
      {Wood sorrel} (Bot.), a plant of the genus Oxalis ({Oxalis
            Acetosella}), having an acid taste. See Illust. (a) of
            {Shamrock}.
  
      {Wood spirit}. (Chem.) See {Methyl alcohol}, under {Methyl}.
           
  
      {Wood stamp}, a carved or engraved block or stamp of wood,
            for impressing figures or colors on fabrics.
  
      {Wood star} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small
            South American humming birds belonging to the genus
            {Calothorax}. The male has a brilliant gorget of blue,
            purple, and other colors.
  
      {Wood sucker} (Zo[94]l.), the yaffle.
  
      {Wood swallow} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of Old
            World passerine birds belonging to the genus {Artamus} and
            allied genera of the family {Artamid[91]}. They are common
            in the East Indies, Asia, and Australia. In form and
            habits they resemble swallows, but in structure they
            resemble shrikes. They are usually black above and white
            beneath.
  
      {Wood tapper} (Zo[94]l.), any woodpecker.
  
      {Wood tar}. See under {Tar}.
  
      {Wood thrush}, (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) An American thrush ({Turdus mustelinus}) noted for the
                  sweetness of its song. See under {Thrush}.
            (b) The missel thrush.
  
      {Wood tick}. See in Vocabulary.
  
      {Wood tin}. (Min.). See {Cassiterite}.
  
      {Wood titmouse} (Zo[94]l.), the goldcgest.
  
      {Wood tortoise} (Zo[94]l.), the sculptured tortoise. See
            under {Sculptured}.
  
      {Wood vine} (Bot.), the white bryony.
  
      {Wood vinegar}. See {Wood acid}, above.
  
      {Wood warbler}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) Any one of numerous species of American warblers of
                  the genus {Dendroica}. See {Warbler}.
            (b) A European warbler ({Phylloscopus sibilatrix}); --
                  called also {green wren}, {wood wren}, and {yellow
                  wren}.
  
      {Wood worm} (Zo[94]l.), a larva that bores in wood; a wood
            borer.
  
      {Wood wren}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The wood warbler.
            (b) The willow warbler.

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   Chlorate \Chlo"rate\, n. [Cf. F. chlorate. See {Chlorine}.]
      (Chem.)
      A salt of chloric acid; as, chlorate of potassium.

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   Chlorhydric \Chlor`hy"dric\, a. [Chlorine + hydrogen + -ic.]
      (Chem.)
      Same as {Hydrochloric}.

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   Chlorhydrin \Chlor`hy"drin\, n. (Chem.)
      One of a class of compounds formed from certain polybasic
      alcohols (and especially glycerin) by the substitution of
      chlorine for one or more hydroxyl groups.

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   Chloridate \Chlo"ri*date\, v. t.
      To treat or prepare with a chloride, as a plate with chloride
      of silver, for the purposes of photography. --R. Hunt.

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   Chloride \Chlo"ride\, n. (Chem.)
      A binary compound of chlorine with another element or
      radical; as, chloride of sodium (common salt).
  
      {Chloride of ammonium}, sal ammoniac.
  
      {Chloride of lime}, bleaching powder; a grayish white
            substance, {CaOCl2}, used in bleaching and disinfecting;
            -- called more properly {calcium hypochlorite}. See
            {Hypochlorous acid}, under {Hypochlorous}.
  
      {Mercuric chloride}, corrosive sublimate.

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   Ammoniac \Am*mo"ni*ac\, Ammoniacal \Am`mo*ni"a*cal\, a.
      Of or pertaining to ammonia, or possessing its properties;
      as, an ammoniac salt; ammoniacal gas.
  
      {Ammoniacal engine}, an engine in which the vapor of ammonia
            is used as the motive force.
  
      {Sal ammoniac} [L. sal ammoniacus], the salt usually called
            {chloride of ammonium}, and formerly {muriate of ammonia}.

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   Chloride \Chlo"ride\, n. (Chem.)
      A binary compound of chlorine with another element or
      radical; as, chloride of sodium (common salt).
  
      {Chloride of ammonium}, sal ammoniac.
  
      {Chloride of lime}, bleaching powder; a grayish white
            substance, {CaOCl2}, used in bleaching and disinfecting;
            -- called more properly {calcium hypochlorite}. See
            {Hypochlorous acid}, under {Hypochlorous}.
  
      {Mercuric chloride}, corrosive sublimate.

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   Ammoniac \Am*mo"ni*ac\, Ammoniacal \Am`mo*ni"a*cal\, a.
      Of or pertaining to ammonia, or possessing its properties;
      as, an ammoniac salt; ammoniacal gas.
  
      {Ammoniacal engine}, an engine in which the vapor of ammonia
            is used as the motive force.
  
      {Sal ammoniac} [L. sal ammoniacus], the salt usually called
            {chloride of ammonium}, and formerly {muriate of ammonia}.

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   Chloride \Chlo"ride\, n. (Chem.)
      A binary compound of chlorine with another element or
      radical; as, chloride of sodium (common salt).
  
      {Chloride of ammonium}, sal ammoniac.
  
      {Chloride of lime}, bleaching powder; a grayish white
            substance, {CaOCl2}, used in bleaching and disinfecting;
            -- called more properly {calcium hypochlorite}. See
            {Hypochlorous acid}, under {Hypochlorous}.
  
      {Mercuric chloride}, corrosive sublimate.

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   Chloride \Chlo"ride\, n. (Chem.)
      A binary compound of chlorine with another element or
      radical; as, chloride of sodium (common salt).
  
      {Chloride of ammonium}, sal ammoniac.
  
      {Chloride of lime}, bleaching powder; a grayish white
            substance, {CaOCl2}, used in bleaching and disinfecting;
            -- called more properly {calcium hypochlorite}. See
            {Hypochlorous acid}, under {Hypochlorous}.
  
      {Mercuric chloride}, corrosive sublimate.

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   Chloridic \Chlo*rid"ic\, a.
      Of or pertaining to a chloride; containing a chloride.

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   Chloridize \Chlo"rid*ize\, v. t.
      See {Chloridate}.

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   Chloriodic \Chlor`i*od"ic\, a.
      Compounded of chlorine and iodine; containing chlorine and
      iodine.

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   Chloriodine \Chlor`i"o*dine\, n.
      A compound of chlorine and iodine. [R.]

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   Chlorite \Chlo"rite\, n. [Gr. [?] (sc. [?]), fr. [?] light
      green.] (Min.)
      The name of a group of minerals, usually of a green color and
      micaceous to granular in structure. They are hydrous
      silicates of alumina, iron, and magnesia.
  
      {Chlorite slate}, a schistose or slaty rock consisting of
            alumina, iron, and magnesia.

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   Chlorite \Chlo"rite\, n. [Chlorous + -ite.] (Chem.)
      Any salt of chlorous acid; as, chlorite of sodium.

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   Chlorite \Chlo"rite\, n. [Gr. [?] (sc. [?]), fr. [?] light
      green.] (Min.)
      The name of a group of minerals, usually of a green color and
      micaceous to granular in structure. They are hydrous
      silicates of alumina, iron, and magnesia.
  
      {Chlorite slate}, a schistose or slaty rock consisting of
            alumina, iron, and magnesia.

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   Chloritic \Chlo*rit"ic\, a. [From 1st {Chlorite}.]
      Pertaining to, or containing, chlorite; as, chloritic sand.

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   Chlorodyne \Chlo"ro*dyne\, n. [From chlorine, in imitation of
      anodyne.] (Med.)
      A patent anodyne medicine, containing opium, chloroform,
      Indian hemp, etc.

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   Chlorotic \Chlo*rot"ic\, a. [Cf. F. chlorotique.]
      Pertaining to, or affected by, chlorosis.

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   Choleroid \Chol"er*oid\, a. [Cholera + -oid.]
      Choleriform.

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   Clairaudience \Clair*au"di*ence\, n. [F. clair clear + F. & E.
      audience a hearing. See {Clear}.]
      Act of hearing, or the ability to hear, sounds not normally
      audible; -- usually claimed as a special faculty of
      spiritualistic mediums, or the like.

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   Clairaudient \Clair*au"di*ent\, a.
      Pertaining to, or characterized by, clairaudience.

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   Clairaudient \Clair*au"di*ent\, n.
      One alleged to have the power of clairaudience.

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   Claret \Clar"et\ (kl[acr]r"[ecr]t), n. [OE. claret, clare,
      clarry, OF. claret, clar[82], fr. cler, F. clair, clear, fr.
      L. clarus clear. See {Clear}.]
      The name first given in England to the red wines of M[82]doc,
      in France, and afterwards extended to all the red Bordeaux
      wines. The name is also given to similar wines made in the
      United States.

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   Claritude \Clar"i*tude\, n. [L. claritudo, fr. clarus clear.]
      Clearness; splendor. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.

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   Clarity \Clar"i*ty\, n. [L. claritas, fr. clarus clear: cf. F.
      clart[82].]
      Clearness; brightness; splendor.
  
               Floods, in whose more than crystal clarity, Innumerable
               virgin graces row.                                 --Beaumont.

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   Clart \Clart\, v. t. [Cf. Armor. kalar mud, mire, kalara to
      dirt, Sw. lort mud.]
      To daub, smear, or spread, as with mud, etc. [Prov. Eng.]
      --Halliwell.

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   Clarty \Clart"y\, a.
      Sticky and foul; muddy; filthy; dirty. [Prov. Eng.]
      --Halliwell.

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   Clary \Cla"ry\, n. [Cf. LL. sclarea, scarlea, D. & G. scharlei,
      F. sclar[82]e.] (Bot.)
      A plant ({Salvia sclarea}) of the Sage family, used in
      flavoring soups.
  
      {Clary water}, a composition of clary flowers with brandy,
            etc., formerly used as a cardiac.

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   Clear \Clear\ (kl[emac]r), a. [Compar. {Clearer} (-[etil]r);
      superl. {Clearest}.] [OE. cler, cleer, OF. cler, F. clair,
      fr.L. clarus, clear, broght, loud, distinct, renownwd; perh.
      akin to L. clamare to call, E. claim. Cf. {Chanticleer},
      {Clairvoyant}, {Claret}, {Clarufy}.]
      1. Free from opaqueness; transparent; bright; light;
            luminous; unclouded.
  
                     The stream is so transparent, pure, and clear.
                                                                              --Denham.
  
                     Fair as the moon, clear as the sun.   --Canticles
                                                                              vi. 10.
  
      2. Free from ambiguity or indistinctness; lucid; perspicuous;
            plain; evident; manifest; indubitable.
  
                     One truth is clear; whatever is, is right. --Pope.
  
      3. Able to perceive clearly; keen; acute; penetrating;
            discriminating; as, a clear intellect; a clear head.
  
                     Mother of science! now I feel thy power Within me
                     clear, not only to discern Things in their causes,
                     but to trace the ways Of highest agents. --Milton.
  
      4. Not clouded with passion; serene; cheerful.
  
                     With a countenance as clear As friendship wears at
                     feasts.                                             --Shak.
  
      5. Easily or distinctly heard; audible; canorous.
  
                     Hark! the numbers soft and clear Gently steal upon
                     the ear.                                             --Pope.
  
      6. Without mixture; entirely pure; as, clear sand.
  
      7. Without defect or blemish, such as freckles or knots; as,
            a clear complexion; clear lumber.
  
      8. Free from guilt or stain; unblemished.
  
                     Statesman, yet friend to truth! in soul sincere, In
                     action faithful, and in honor clear.   --Pope.
  
      9. Without diminution; in full; net; as, clear profit.
  
                     I often wished that I had clear, For life, six
                     hundred pounds a-year.                        --Swift
                     .
  
      10. Free from impediment or obstruction; unobstructed; as, a
            clear view; to keep clear of debt.
  
                     My companion . . . left the way clear for him.
                                                                              --Addison.
  
      11. Free from embarrassment; detention, etc.
  
                     The cruel corporal whispered in my ear, Five
                     pounds, if rightly tipped, would set me clear.
                                                                              --Gay.
  
      {Clear breach}. See under {Breach}, n., 4.
  
      {Clear days} (Law.), days reckoned from one day to another,
            excluding both the first and last day; as, from Sunday to
            Sunday there are six clear days.
  
      {Clear stuff}, boards, planks, etc., free from knots.
  
      Syn: Manifest; pure; unmixed; pellucid; transparent;
               luminous; obvious; visible; plain; evident; apparent;
               distinct; perspicuous. See {Manifest}.

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   Clear \Clear\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cleared}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Clearing}.]
      1. To render bright, transparent, or undimmed; to free from
            clouds.
  
                     He sweeps the skies and clears the cloudy north.
                                                                              --Dryden.
  
      2. To free from impurities; to clarify; to cleanse.
  
      3. To free from obscurity or ambiguity; to relive of
            perplexity; to make perspicuous.
  
                     Many knotty points there are Which all discuss, but
                     few can clear.                                    --Prior.
  
      4. To render more quick or acute, as the understanding; to
            make perspicacious.
  
                     Our common prints would clear up their
                     understandings.                                 --Addison
  
      5. To free from impediment or incumbrance, from defilement,
            or from anything injurious, useless, or offensive; as, to
            clear land of trees or brushwood, or from stones; to clear
            the sight or the voice; to clear one's self from debt; --
            often used with of, off, away, or out.
  
                     Clear your mind of cant.                     --Dr. Johnson.
  
                     A statue lies hid in a block of marble; and the art
                     of the statuary only clears away the superfluous
                     matter.                                             --Addison.
  
      6. To free from the imputation of guilt; to justify,
            vindicate, or acquit; -- often used with from before the
            thing imputed.
  
                     I . . . am sure he will clear me from partiality.
                                                                              --Dryden.
  
                     How! wouldst thou clear rebellion?      --Addison.
  
      7. To leap or pass by, or over, without touching or failure;
            as, to clear a hedge; to clear a reef.
  
      8. To gain without deduction; to net.
  
                     The profit which she cleared on the cargo.
                                                                              --Macaulay.
  
      {To clear a ship at the customhouse}, to exhibit the
            documents required by law, give bonds, or perform other
            acts requisite, and procure a permission to sail, and such
            papers as the law requires.
  
      {To clear a ship for action}, or {To clear for action}
            (Naut.), to remove incumbrances from the decks, and
            prepare for an engagement.
  
      {To clear the land} (Naut.), to gain such a distance from
            shore as to have sea room, and be out of danger from the
            land.
  
      {To clear hawse} (Naut.), to disentangle the cables when
            twisted.
  
      {To clear up}, to explain; to dispel, as doubts, cares or
            fears.

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   Clearedness \Clear"ed*ness\, n.
      The quality of being cleared.
  
               Imputed by his friends to the clearedness, by his foes
               to the searedness, of his conscience.      --T. Fuller.

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   Clear-headed \Clear"-head`ed\, a.
      Having a clear understanding; quick of perception;
      intelligent. [bd]He was laborious and clear-headed.[b8]
      --Macaulay. -- {Clear"-head`ed*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Clear-headed \Clear"-head`ed\, a.
      Having a clear understanding; quick of perception;
      intelligent. [bd]He was laborious and clear-headed.[b8]
      --Macaulay. -- {Clear"-head`ed*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Richweed \Rich"weed`\, n. (Bot.)
      An herb ({Pilea pumila}) of the Nettle family, having a
      smooth, juicy, pellucid stem; -- called also {clearweed}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Coleridgian \Cole*ridg"i*an\, a.
      Pertaining to Samuel Taylor Coleridge, or to his poetry or
      metaphysics.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Colewort \Cole"wort`\, n. [AS. cawlwyrt; cawl cole + wyrt wort.
      Cf. {Collards}.]
      1. A variety of cabbage in which the leaves never form a
            compact head.
  
      2. Any white cabbage before the head has become firm.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Collar \Col"lar\, n. [OE. coler, coller, OF. colier, F. collier,
      necklace, collar, fr. OF. col neck, F. cou, fr. L. collum;
      akin to AS. heals, G. & Goth. hals. Cf. {Hals}, n.]
      1. Something worn round the neck, whether for use, ornament,
            restraint, or identification; as, the collar of a coat; a
            lady's collar; the collar of a dog.
  
      2. (Arch.)
            (a) A ring or cincture.
            (b) A collar beam.
  
      3. (Bot.) The neck or line of junction between the root of a
            plant and its stem. --Gray.
  
      4. An ornament worn round the neck by knights, having on it
            devices to designate their rank or order.
  
      5. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A ringlike part of a mollusk in connection with
                  esophagus.
            (b) A colored ring round the neck of a bird or mammal.
  
      6. (Mech.) A ring or round flange upon, surrounding, or
            against an object, and used for restraining motion within
            given limits, or for holding something to its place, or
            for hiding an opening around an object; as, a collar on a
            shaft, used to prevent endwise motion of the shaft; a
            collar surrounding a stovepipe at the place where it
            enters a wall. The flanges of a piston and the gland of a
            stuffing box are sometimes called collars.
  
      7. (Naut.) An eye formed in the bight or bend of a shroud or
            stay to go over the masthead; also, a rope to which
            certain parts of rigging, as dead-eyes, are secured.
  
      8. (Mining) A curb, or a horizontal timbering, around the
            mouth of a shaft. --Raymond.
  
      {Collar beam} (Arch.), a horizontal piece of timber
            connecting and tying together two opposite rafters; --
            also, called simply {collar}.
  
      {Collar of brawn}, the quantity of brawn bound up in one
            parcel. [Eng.] --Johnson.
  
      {Collar day}, a day of great ceremony at the English court,
            when persons, who are dignitaries of honorary orders, wear
            the collars of those orders.
  
      {To slip the collar}, to get free; to disentangle one's self
            from difficulty, labor, or engagement. --Spenser.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Collards \Col"lards\, n. pl. [Corrupted fr. colewort.]
      Young cabbage, used as [bd]greens[b8]; esp. a kind cultivated
      for that purpose; colewort. [Colloq. Souther U. S.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Collar \Col"lar\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Collared}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Collaring}.]
      1. To seize by the collar.
  
      2. To put a collar on.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Collared \Col"lared\, a.
      1. Wearing a collar. [bd]Collared with gold.[b8] --Chaucer.
  
      2. (Her.) Wearing a collar; -- said of a man or beast used as
            a bearing when a collar is represented as worn around the
            neck or loins.
  
      3. Rolled up and bound close with a string; as, collared
            beef. See {To collar beef}, under {Collar}, v. t.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Macavahu \[d8]Ma`ca*va"hu\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      A small Brazilian monkey ({Callithrix torquatus}), -- called
      also {collared teetee}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Collaret \Col`lar*et"\, d8Collarette \[d8]Col`la*rette"\, n. [F.
      collerette, dim. of collier. See {Collar}.]
      A small collar; specif., a woman's collar of lace, fur, or
      other fancy material.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Colorado \Col`o*ra"do\, a. [Sp., red.]
      1. Reddish; -- often used in proper names of rivers or
            creeks. [Southwestern U. S.]
  
      2. Medium in color and strength; -- said of cigars. [Cant]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Colorado beetle \Col`o*ra"do bee"tle\ (Zo[94]l.)
      A yellowish beetle ({Doryphora decemlineata}), with ten
      longitudinal, black, dorsal stripes. It has migrated
      eastwards from its original habitat in Colorado, and is very
      destructive to the potato plant; -- called also {potato
      beetle} and {potato bug}. See {Potato beetle}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Colorado group \Col`o*ra"do group\ (Geol.)
      A subdivision of the cretaceous formation of western North
      America, especially developed in Colorado and the upper
      Missouri region.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Potato \Po*ta"to\, n.; pl. {Potatoes}. [Sp. patata potato,
      batata sweet potato, from the native American name (probably
      batata) in Hayti.] (Bot.)
            (a) A plant ({Solanum tuberosum}) of the Nightshade
                  family, and its esculent farinaceous tuber, of which
                  there are numerous varieties used for food. It is
                  native of South America, but a form of the species is
                  found native as far north as New Mexico.
            (b) The sweet potato (see below).
  
      {Potato beetle}, {Potato bug}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A beetle ({Doryphora decemlineata}) which feeds, both
                  in the larval and adult stages, upon the leaves of the
                  potato, often doing great damage. Called also
                  {Colorado potato beetle}, and {Doryphora}. See
                  {Colorado beetle}.
            (b) The {Lema trilineata}, a smaller and more slender
                  striped beetle which feeds upon the potato plant, bur
                  does less injury than the preceding species.
  
      {Potato fly} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of
            blister beetles infesting the potato vine. The black
            species ({Lytta atrata}), the striped ({L. vittata}), and
            the gray ({L. cinerea, [or] Fabricii}) are the most
            common. See {Blister beetle}, under {Blister}.
  
      {Potato rot}, a disease of the tubers of the potato, supposed
            to be caused by a kind of mold ({Peronospora infestans}),
            which is first seen upon the leaves and stems.
  
      {Potato weevil} (Zo[94]l.), an American weevil ({Baridius
            trinotatus}) whose larva lives in and kills the stalks of
            potato vines, often causing serious damage to the crop.
  
      {Potato whisky}, a strong, fiery liquor, having a hot, smoky
            taste, and rich in amyl alcohol (fusel oil); it is made
            from potatoes or potato starch.
  
      {Potato worm} (Zo[94]l.), the large green larva of a sphinx,
            or hawk moth ({Macrosila quinquemaculata}); -- called also
            {tomato worm}. See Illust. under {Tomato}.
  
      {Seaside potato} (Bot.), {Ipom[d2]a Pes-Capr[91]}, a kind of
            morning-glory with rounded and emarginate or bilobed
            leaves. [West Indies]
  
      {Sweet potato} (Bot.), a climbing plant ({Ipom[d2]a Balatas})
            allied to the morning-glory. Its farinaceous tubers have a
            sweetish taste, and are used, when cooked, for food. It is
            probably a native of Brazil, but is cultivated extensively
            in the warmer parts of every continent, and even as far
            north as New Jersey. The name potato was applied to this
            plant before it was to the {Solanum tuberosum}, and this
            is the [bd]potato[b8] of the Southern United States.
  
      {Wild potato}. (Bot.)
            (a) A vine ({Ipom[d2]a pandurata}) having a pale purplish
                  flower and an enormous root. It is common in sandy
                  places in the United States.
            (b) A similar tropical American plant ({I. fastigiata})
                  which it is thought may have been the original stock
                  of the sweet potato.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Coloradoite \Col`o*ra"do*ite\, n. (Min.)
      Mercury telluride, an iron-black metallic mineral, found in
      Colorado.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Colorate \Col"or*ate\, a. [L. coloratus, p. p. of colorare to
      color.]
      Colored. [Obs.] --Ray.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Coloration \Col`or*a"tion\, n.
      The act or art of coloring; the state of being colored.
      --Bacon.
  
               The females . . . resemble each other in their general
               type of coloration.                                 --Darwin.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Colorature \Col"or*a*ture\ (?; 135), n. [Cf. G. coloratur, fr.
      LL. coloratura.] (Mus.)
      Vocal music colored, as it were, by florid ornaments, runs,
      or rapid passages.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Colored \Col"ored\, a.
      1. Having color; tinged; dyed; painted; stained.
  
                     The lime rod, colored as the glede.   --Chaucer.
  
                     The colored rainbow arched wide.         --Spenser.
  
      2. Specious; plausible; adorned so as to appear well; as, a
            highly colored description. --Sir G. C. Lewis.
  
                     His colored crime with craft to cloke. --Spenser.
  
      3. Of some other color than black or white.
  
      4. (Ethnol.) Of some other color than white; specifically
            applied to negroes or persons having negro blood; as, a
            colored man; the colored people.
  
      5. (Bot.) Of some other color than green.
  
                     Colored, meaning, as applied to foliage, of some
                     other color than green.                     --Gray.
  
      Note: In botany, green is not regarded as a color, but white
               is. --Wood.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Color \Col"or\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Colored}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Coloring}.] [F. colorer.]
      1. To change or alter the hue or tint of, by dyeing,
            staining, painting, etc.; to dye; to tinge; to paint; to
            stain.
  
                     The rays, to speak properly, are not colored; in
                     them there is nothing else than a certain power and
                     disposition to stir up a sensation of this or that
                     color.                                                --Sir I.
                                                                              Newton.
  
      2. To change or alter, as if by dyeing or painting; to give a
            false appearance to; usually, to give a specious
            appearance to; to cause to appear attractive; to make
            plausible; to palliate or excuse; as, the facts were
            colored by his prejudices.
  
                     He colors the falsehood of [92]neas by an express
                     command from Jupiter to forsake the queen. --Dryden.
  
      3. To hide. [Obs.]
  
                     That by his fellowship he color might Both his
                     estate and love from skill of any wight. --Spenser.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Clairton, PA (city, FIPS 13704)
      Location: 40.29645 N, 79.88547 W
      Population (1990): 9656 (4676 housing units)
      Area: 7.2 sq km (land), 0.6 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Clearwater, FL (city, FIPS 12875)
      Location: 27.97940 N, 82.76555 W
      Population (1990): 98784 (53833 housing units)
      Area: 64.4 sq km (land), 32.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 34615, 34616, 34619, 34620, 34621, 34623, 34624, 34625, 34630
   Clearwater, ID
      Zip code(s): 83539
   Clearwater, KS (city, FIPS 13925)
      Location: 37.50563 N, 97.50127 W
      Population (1990): 1875 (697 housing units)
      Area: 2.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 67026
   Clearwater, MN (city, FIPS 11800)
      Location: 45.41016 N, 94.04269 W
      Population (1990): 597 (237 housing units)
      Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 55320
   Clearwater, NE (village, FIPS 9445)
      Location: 42.17063 N, 98.18857 W
      Population (1990): 401 (188 housing units)
      Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 68726
   Clearwater, SC (CDP, FIPS 14860)
      Location: 33.50545 N, 81.90774 W
      Population (1990): 4731 (1905 housing units)
      Area: 13.1 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Clearwater County, ID (county, FIPS 35)
      Location: 46.66801 N, 115.65764 W
      Population (1990): 8505 (3805 housing units)
      Area: 6375.4 sq km (land), 69.2 sq km (water)
   Clearwater County, MN (county, FIPS 29)
      Location: 47.57297 N, 95.37999 W
      Population (1990): 8309 (4008 housing units)
      Area: 2576.4 sq km (land), 90.9 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Coleridge, NC
      Zip code(s): 27316
   Coleridge, NE (village, FIPS 9865)
      Location: 42.50635 N, 97.20234 W
      Population (1990): 596 (284 housing units)
      Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 68727

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Colorado City, AZ (town, FIPS 14870)
      Location: 36.98084 N, 112.98250 W
      Population (1990): 2426 (307 housing units)
      Area: 27.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 86021
   Colorado City, CO (CDP, FIPS 15935)
      Location: 37.94404 N, 104.84629 W
      Population (1990): 1149 (552 housing units)
      Area: 91.2 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
   Colorado City, TX (city, FIPS 16120)
      Location: 32.39975 N, 100.85756 W
      Population (1990): 4749 (2166 housing units)
      Area: 13.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 79512

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Colorado County, TX (county, FIPS 89)
      Location: 29.62176 N, 96.51873 W
      Population (1990): 18383 (8537 housing units)
      Area: 2494.3 sq km (land), 27.6 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Colorado Springs, CO (city, FIPS 16000)
      Location: 38.86320 N, 104.75990 W
      Population (1990): 281140 (124442 housing units)
      Area: 474.5 sq km (land), 1.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 80903, 80904, 80905, 80906, 80907, 80908, 80909, 80910, 80911, 80915, 80916, 80917, 80918, 80919, 80920, 80921, 80922, 80925, 80926, 80928, 80929, 80930

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Cool Ridge, WV
      Zip code(s): 25825

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Caller ID
  
      (CID) A feature of some {modem}s.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   colour depth
  
      {bits per pixel}
  
  
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