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   call it a day
         v 1: stop doing what one is doing; "At midnight, the student
               decided to call it quits and closed his books" [syn: {call
               it quits}, {call it a day}]

English Dictionary: collide with by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
call the tune
v
  1. exercise authority or be in charge; "Who is calling the shots in this house?"
    Synonym(s): call the shots, call the tune, wear the trousers
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cell death
n
  1. (physiology) the normal degeneration and death of living cells (as in various epithelial cells)
    Synonym(s): necrobiosis, cell death
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
chelated
adj
  1. relating to or characterized by chelation [syn: chelate, chelated]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
childhood
n
  1. the time of person's life when they are a child
  2. the state of a child between infancy and adolescence
    Synonym(s): childhood, puerility
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ciliated
adj
  1. having a margin or fringe of hairlike projections [syn: ciliate, ciliated]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ciliated protozoan
n
  1. a protozoan with a microscopic appendage extending from the surface of the cell
    Synonym(s): ciliate, ciliated protozoan, ciliophoran
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cladode
n
  1. a flattened stem resembling and functioning as a leaf [syn: cladode, cladophyll, phylloclad, phylloclade]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Claude Debussey
n
  1. French composer who is said to have created Impressionism in music (1862-1918)
    Synonym(s): Debussy, Claude Debussey, Claude Achille Debussy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
clothed
adj
  1. wearing or provided with clothing; sometimes used in combination; "clothed and in his right mind"- Bible; "proud of her well-clothed family"; "nurses clad in white"; "white-clad nurses"
    Synonym(s): clothed, clad
    Antonym(s): unclothed
  2. covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak; "leaf- clothed trees"; "fog-cloaked meadows"; "a beam draped with cobwebs"; "cloud-wrapped peaks"
    Synonym(s): cloaked, clothed, draped, mantled, wrapped
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
clotted
adj
  1. thickened or coalesced in soft thick lumps (such as clogs or clots); "clotted blood"; "seeds clogged together"
    Synonym(s): clogged, clotted
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
clotted cream
n
  1. thick cream made from scalded milk [syn: clotted cream, Devonshire cream]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
clouded
adj
  1. made troubled or apprehensive or distressed in appearance; "his face was clouded with unhappiness"
  2. filled or abounding with clouds
    Synonym(s): cloud-covered, clouded, overcast, sunless
  3. mentally disordered; "a mind clouded by sorrow"
  4. unclear in form or expression; "the blurred aims of the group"; "sometimes one understood clearly and sometimes the meaning was clouded"- H.G.Wells
    Synonym(s): blurred, clouded
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Clyde Tombaugh
n
  1. United States astronomer who discovered the planet Pluto (1906-1997)
    Synonym(s): Tombaugh, Clyde Tombaugh, Clyde William Tombaugh
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cold water
n
  1. disparagement of a plan or hope or expectation; "she poured cold water on the whole idea of going to Africa"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cold weather
n
  1. a period of unusually cold weather
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cold-eyed
adj
  1. unaffected by strong emotion or prejudice; "a journalist should be a dispassionate reporter of fact"
    Synonym(s): dispassionate, cold-eyed
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cold-water flat
n
  1. an apartment without modern conveniences
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
collide with
v
  1. hit against; come into sudden contact with; "The car hit a tree"; "He struck the table with his elbow"
    Synonym(s): hit, strike, impinge on, run into, collide with
    Antonym(s): miss
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
coolheaded
adj
  1. marked by calm self-control (especially in trying circumstances); unemotional; "play it cool"; "keep cool"; "stayed coolheaded in the crisis"; "the most nerveless winner in the history of the tournament"
    Synonym(s): cool, coolheaded, nerveless
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Calidity \Ca*lid"i*ty\, n.
      Heat. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Call \Call\, n.
      1. The act of calling; -- usually with the voice, but often
            otherwise, as by signs, the sound of some instrument, or
            by writing; a summons; an entreaty; an invitation; as, a
            call for help; the bugle's call. [bd]Call of the
            trumpet.[b8] --Shak.
  
                     I rose as at thy call, but found thee not. --Milton.
  
      2. A signal, as on a drum, bugle, trumpet, or pipe, to summon
            soldiers or sailors to duty.
  
      3. (Eccl.) An invitation to take charge of or serve a church
            as its pastor.
  
      4. A requirement or appeal arising from the circumstances of
            the case; a moral requirement or appeal.
  
                     Dependence is a perpetual call upon humanity.
                                                                              --Addison.
  
                     Running into danger without any call of duty.
                                                                              --Macaulay.
  
      5. A divine vocation or summons.
  
                     St. Paul himself believed he did well, and that he
                     had a call to it, when he persecuted the Christians.
                                                                              --Locke.
  
      6. Vocation; employment.
  
      Note: [In this sense, calling is generally used.]
  
      7. A short visit; as, to make a call on a neighbor; also, the
            daily coming of a tradesman to solicit orders.
  
                     The baker's punctual call.                  --Cowper.
  
      8. (Hunting) A note blown on the horn to encourage the
            hounds.
  
      9. (Naut.) A whistle or pipe, used by the boatswain and his
            mate, to summon the sailors to duty.
  
      10. (Fowling) The cry of a bird; also a noise or cry in
            imitation of a bird; or a pipe to call birds by imitating
            their note or cry.
  
      11. (Amer. Land Law) A reference to, or statement of, an
            object, course, distance, or other matter of description
            in a survey or grant requiring or calling for a
            corresponding object, etc., on the land.
  
      12. The privilege to demand the delivery of stock, grain, or
            any commodity, at a fixed, price, at or within a certain
            time agreed on. [Brokers' Cant]
  
      13. See {Assessment}, 4.
  
      {At call}, or {On call}, liable to be demanded at any moment
            without previous notice; as money on deposit.
  
      {Call bird}, a bird taught to allure others into a snare.
  
      {Call boy}
            (a) A boy who calls the actors in a theater; a boy who
                  transmits the orders of the captain of a vessel to
                  the engineer, helmsman, etc.
            (b) A waiting boy who answers a cal, or cames at the
                  ringing of a bell; a bell boy.
  
      {Call note}, the note naturally used by the male bird to call
            the female. It is artificially applied by birdcatchers as
            a decoy. --Latham.
  
      {Call of the house} (Legislative Bodies), a calling over the
            names of members, to discover who is absent, or for other
            purposes; a calling of names with a view to obtaining the
            ayes and noes from the persons named.
  
      {Call to the bar}, admission to practice in the courts.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Callidity \Cal*lid"i*ty\, n. [L. calliditas.]
      Acuteness of discernment; cunningness; shrewdness. [R.]
  
               Her eagly-eyed callidity.                        --C. Smart.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Child \Child\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Childed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Childing}.]
      To give birth; to produce young.
  
               This queen Genissa childing died.            --Warner.
  
               It chanced within two days they childed both.
                                                                              --Latimer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Childed \Child"ed\, a.
      Furnished with a child. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Childhood \Child"hood\ (ch[imac]ld"h[oocr]d), n. [AS.
      cildh[be]d; cild child + -h[be]d. See {Child}, and {-hood}.]
      1. The state of being a child; the time in which persons are
            children; the condition or time from infancy to puberty.
  
                     I have walked before you from my childhood. --1.
                                                                              Sam. xii. 2.
  
      2. Children, taken collectively. [R.]
  
                     The well-governed childhood of this realm. --Sir. W.
                                                                              Scott.
  
      3. The commencement; the first period.
  
                     The childhood of our joy.                  --Shak.
  
      {Second childhood}, the state of being feeble and incapable
            from old age.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ciliate \Cil"i*ate\, Ciliated \Cil"i*a`ted\, a.
      Provided with, or surrounded by, cilia; as, a ciliate leaf;
      endowed with vibratory motion; as, the ciliated epithelium of
      the windpipe.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Clothe \Clothe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Clothed}[or] {Clad}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Clothing}.] [OE. clathen, clothen, clethen, AS.
      cl[be][eb]ian, cl[91][eb]an. See {Cloth}.]
      1. To put garments on; to cover with clothing; to dress.
  
                     Go with me, to clothe you as becomes you. --Shak.
  
      2. To provide with clothes; as, to feed and clothe a family;
            to clothe one's self extravagantly.
  
                     Drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags. --Prov.
                                                                              xxiii. 21.
  
                     The naked every day he clad, When he put on his
                     clothes.                                             --Goldsmith.
  
      3. Fig.: To cover or invest, as with a garment; as, to clothe
            one with authority or power.
  
                     Language in which they can clothe their thoughts.
                                                                              --Watts.
  
                     His sides are clothed with waving wood. --J. Dyer.
  
                     Thus Belial, with with words clothed in reason's
                     garb.                                                --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Clot \Clot\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Clotted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Clotting}.]
      To concrete, coagulate, or thicken, as soft or fluid matter
      by evaporation; to become a cot or clod.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Clotted \Clot"ted\, a.
      Composed of clots or clods; having the quality or form of a
      clot; sticky; slimy; foul. [bd]The clotted glebe.[b8] --J.
      Philips.
  
               When lust . . . Lets in defilement to the inward parts,
               The soul grows clotted by contagion.      --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Clotweed \Clot"weed`\, n. [See {Clote}.]
      Cocklebur.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cloud \Cloud\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Clouded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Clouding}.]
      1. To overspread or hide with a cloud or clouds; as, the sky
            is clouded.
  
      2. To darken or obscure, as if by hiding or enveloping with a
            cloud; hence, to render gloomy or sullen.
  
                     One day too late, I fear me, noble lord, Hath
                     clouded all thy happy days on earth.   --Shak.
  
                     Be not disheartened, then, nor cloud those looks.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
                     Nothing clouds men's minds and impairs their honesty
                     like prejudice.                                 --M. Arnold.
  
      3. To blacken; to sully; to stain; to tarnish; to damage; --
            esp. used of reputation or character.
  
                     I would not be a stander-by to hear My sovereign
                     mistress clouded so, without My present vengeance
                     taken.                                                --Shak.
  
      4. To mark with, or darken in, veins or sports; to variegate
            with colors; as, to cloud yarn.
  
                     And the nice conduct of a clouded cane. --Pope.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tiger \Ti"ger\, n. [OE. tigre, F. tigre, L. tigris, Gr. ti`gris;
      probably of Persian origin; cf. Zend tighra pointed, tighri
      an arrow, Per. t[c6]r; perhaps akin to E. stick, v.t.; --
      probably so named from its quickness.]
      1. A very large and powerful carnivore ({Felis tigris})
            native of Southern Asia and the East Indies. Its back and
            sides are tawny or rufous yellow, transversely striped
            with black, the tail is ringed with black, the throat and
            belly are nearly white. When full grown, it equals or
            exceeds the lion in size and strength. Called also {royal
            tiger}, and {Bengal tiger}.
  
      2. Fig.: A ferocious, bloodthirsty person.
  
                     As for heinous tiger, Tamora.            --Shak.
  
      3. A servant in livery, who rides with his master or
            mistress. --Dickens.
  
      4. A kind of growl or screech, after cheering; as, three
            cheers and a tiger. [Colloq. U. S.]
  
      5. A pneumatic box or pan used in refining sugar.
  
      {American tiger}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The puma.
            (b) The jaguar.
  
      {Clouded tiger} (Zo[94]l.), a handsome striped and spotted
            carnivore ({Felis macrocelis} or {F. marmorata}) native of
            the East Indies and Southern Asia. Its body is about three
            and a half feet long, and its tail about three feet long.
            Its ground color is brownish gray, and the dark markings
            are irregular stripes, spots, and rings, but there are
            always two dark bands on the face, one extending back from
            the eye, and one from the angle of the mouth. Called also
            {tortoise-shell tiger}.
  
      {Mexican tiger} (Zo[94]l.), the jaguar.
  
      {Tiger beetle} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of
            active carnivorous beetles of the family {Cicindelid[91]}.
            They usually inhabit dry or sandy places, and fly rapidly.
           
  
      {Tiger bittern}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Sun bittern}, under {Sun}.
           
  
      {Tiger cat} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of wild
            cats of moderate size with dark transverse bars or stripes
            somewhat resembling those of the tiger.
  
      {Tiger flower} (Bot.), an iridaceous plant of the genus
            {Tigridia} (as {T. conchiflora}, {T. grandiflora}, etc.)
            having showy flowers, spotted or streaked somewhat like
            the skin of a tiger.
  
      {Tiger grass} (Bot.), a low East Indian fan palm
            ({Cham[91]rops Ritchieana}). It is used in many ways by
            the natives. --J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants).
  
      {Tiger lily}. (Bot.) See under {Lily}.
  
      {Tiger moth} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of moths
            of the family {Arctiad[91]} which are striped or barred
            with black and white or with other conspicuous colors. The
            larv[91] are called {woolly bears}.
  
      {Tiger shark} (Zo[94]l.), a voracious shark ({Galeocerdo
            maculatus [or] tigrinus}) more or less barred or spotted
            with yellow. It is found in both the Atlantic and Indian
            Ocean. Called also {zebra shark}.
  
      {Tiger shell} (Zo[94]l.), a large and conspicuously spotted
            cowrie ({Cypr[91]a tigris}); -- so called from its fancied
            resemblance to a tiger in color and markings. Called also
            {tiger cowrie}.
  
      {Tiger wolf} (Zo[94]l.), the spotted hyena ({Hy[91]na
            crocuta}).
  
      {Tiger wood}, the variegated heartwood of a tree
            ({Mach[91]rium Schomburgkii}) found in Guiana.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Clout \Clout\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Clouted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Clouting}.] [OE. clutien. clouten, to patch. See {Clout},
      n.]
      1. To cover with cloth, leather, or other material; to
            bandage; patch, or mend, with a clout.
  
                     And old shoes and clouted upon their feet. --Josh.
                                                                              ix. 5.
  
                     Paul, yea, and Peter, too, had more skill in . . .
                     clouting an old tent than to teach lawyers.
                                                                              --Latimer.
  
      2. To join or patch clumsily.
  
                     If fond Bavius vent his clouted song. --P. Fletcher
  
      3. To quard with an iron plate, as an axletree.
  
      4. To give a blow to; to strike. [Low]
  
                     The . . . queen of Spain took off one of her
                     chopines and clouted Olivarez about the noddle with
                     it.                                                   --Howell.
  
      5. To stud with nails, as a timber, or a boot sole.
  
      {Clouted cream}, clotted cream, i. e., cream obtained by
            warming new milk. --A. Philips.
  
      Note: [bd]Clouted brogues[b8] in Shakespeare and [bd]clouted
               shoon[b8] in Milton have been understood by some to
               mean shoes armed with nails; by others, patched shoes.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Brogue \Brogue\, n. [Ir. & Gael. brog shoe, hoof.]
      1. A stout, coarse shoe; a brogan.
  
      Note: In the Highlands of Scotland, the ancient brogue was
               made of horsehide or deerskin, untanned or tenned with
               the hair on, gathered round the ankle with a thong. The
               name was afterward given to any shoe worn as a part of
               the Highland costume.
  
      {Clouted brogues}, patched brogues; also, brogues studded
            with nails. See under {Clout}, v. t.
  
      2. A dialectic pronunciation; esp. the Irish manner of
            pronouncing English.
  
                     Or take, Hibernis, thy still ranker brogue. --Lloyd.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Clout \Clout\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Clouted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Clouting}.] [OE. clutien. clouten, to patch. See {Clout},
      n.]
      1. To cover with cloth, leather, or other material; to
            bandage; patch, or mend, with a clout.
  
                     And old shoes and clouted upon their feet. --Josh.
                                                                              ix. 5.
  
                     Paul, yea, and Peter, too, had more skill in . . .
                     clouting an old tent than to teach lawyers.
                                                                              --Latimer.
  
      2. To join or patch clumsily.
  
                     If fond Bavius vent his clouted song. --P. Fletcher
  
      3. To quard with an iron plate, as an axletree.
  
      4. To give a blow to; to strike. [Low]
  
                     The . . . queen of Spain took off one of her
                     chopines and clouted Olivarez about the noddle with
                     it.                                                   --Howell.
  
      5. To stud with nails, as a timber, or a boot sole.
  
      {Clouted cream}, clotted cream, i. e., cream obtained by
            warming new milk. --A. Philips.
  
      Note: [bd]Clouted brogues[b8] in Shakespeare and [bd]clouted
               shoon[b8] in Milton have been understood by some to
               mean shoes armed with nails; by others, patched shoes.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Coletit \Cole"tit`\ or Coaltit \Coal"tit\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      A small European titmouse ({Parus ater}), so named from its
      black color; -- called also {coalmouse} and {colemouse}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Colatitude \Co*lat"i*tude\ (?; 134), n. [Formed like cosine. See
      {Cosine}.]
      The complement of the latitude, or the difference between any
      latitude and ninety degrees.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Coletit \Cole"tit`\ or Coaltit \Coal"tit\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      A small European titmouse ({Parus ater}), so named from its
      black color; -- called also {coalmouse} and {colemouse}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Collate \Col*late"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Collated}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Collating}.] [From {Collation}.]
      1. To compare critically, as books or manuscripts, in order
            to note the points of agreement or disagreement.
  
                     I must collage it, word, with the original Hebrew.
                                                                              --Coleridge.
  
      2. To gather and place in order, as the sheets of a book for
            binding.
  
      3. (Eccl.) To present and institute in a benefice, when the
            person presenting is both the patron and the ordinary; --
            followed by to.
  
      4. To bestow or confer. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Collatitious \Col`la*ti"tious\, a. [L. collatitius. See
      {Collation}.]
      Brought together; contributed; done by contributions. [Obs.]
      --Bailey.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Collodiotype \Col*lo"di*o*type\, n.
      A picture obtained by the collodion process; a melanotype or
      ambrotype.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Collude \Col*lude"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Colluded}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Colluding}.] [L. colludere, -lusum; col- + ludere to
      play. See {Ludicrous}.]
      To have secretly a joint part or share in an action; to play
      into each other's hands; to conspire; to act in concert.
  
               If they let things take their course, they will be
               represented as colluding with sedition.   --Burke.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cool-headed \Cool"-head`ed\, a.
      Having a temper not easily excited; free from passion. --
      {Cool"-head`ed*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cool-headed \Cool"-head`ed\, a.
      Having a temper not easily excited; free from passion. --
      {Cool"-head`ed*ness}, n.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Coldwater, KS (city, FIPS 14700)
      Location: 37.25786 N, 99.33684 W
      Population (1990): 939 (503 housing units)
      Area: 6.9 sq km (land), 0.9 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 67029
   Coldwater, MI (city, FIPS 17020)
      Location: 41.94065 N, 85.00455 W
      Population (1990): 9607 (3987 housing units)
      Area: 17.6 sq km (land), 0.6 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 49036
   Coldwater, MS (town, FIPS 14900)
      Location: 34.69024 N, 89.97544 W
      Population (1990): 1502 (539 housing units)
      Area: 1.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 38618
   Coldwater, OH (village, FIPS 16532)
      Location: 40.48273 N, 84.63154 W
      Population (1990): 4335 (1547 housing units)
      Area: 4.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 45828
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