English words: Clodfelter to close-set
300 English words, part 99 of 202 of the words starting with C, A to Z. 25 have a page of their own.
English words Clodfelter to close-set
- Clodfelter proper noun: A surname.
- clodhopper noun /ˈklɑdˌhɑpɚ/: A strong shoe for heavy-duty use; a boot.
- clodhopperish adjective: Characteristic of a clodhopper
- clodhopping adjective: boorish; rude or awkward.
- clodhoppingly adverb: In a clodhopping manner.
- clodknocker noun: Synonym of clodhopper.
- clodlet noun: A small clod or clump.
- clodpate noun: A blockhead; an idiot or fool.
- clodpated adjective: stupid; idiotic: foolish
- clodpolish adjective: Awkward.
- clodronate noun: The conjugate base, or any salt or ester, of clodronic acid.
- clodronated adjective: Reacted with a clodronate or clodronic acid
- clodronic acid noun: The chlorinated phosphonic acid CCl₂(PO(OH)₂)₂.
- clodrosome noun: liposomal clodronate
- Cloe proper noun /ˈkloʊ.i/: A female given name from Ancient Greek, an alternative spelling of Chloe.
- clofarabine noun: A purine nucleoside antimetabolite used in the treatment of leukaemia.
- clofazimine noun /kloʊˈfæz.ɪˌmin/: A reddish brown fat-soluble powdered dye C₂₇H₂₂Cl₂N₄ that is a derivative of riminophenazine used especially to treat lepromatous leprosy.
- clofedanol noun: A particular cough suppressant.
- -clofenac suffix /ˈkləʊ.fən.æk/: Used to form names of ibufenac derivatives used as anti-inflammatory agents.
- clofenamide noun: A sulfonamide diuretic.
- clofenapate noun: An antilipaemic agent for dogs and rats.
- clofenciclan noun: A dopamine-releasing agent.
- clofenotane noun: The pesticide 1,1,1-Trichloro-bis-2,2(4-chlorophenyl)ethane (DDT)
- clofentezine noun: The pesticide 3,6-bis(2-chlorophenyl)-1,2,4,5-tetrazine
- clofenvinfos noun: An organophosphorus compound once widely used as an insecticide.
- clofeverine noun: An anticholinergic drug.
- clofexamide noun: An antidepressant drug.
- clofezone noun: A combination of clofexamide and phenylbutazone, formerly used to treat joint and muscular pain.
- cloff noun: An allowance of two pounds in every three hundredweight after the tare and tret are subtracted; now used only in a general sense, of small deductions from...
- cloffice noun /ˈklɒ.fɪs/: A small workspace or home office that is set up within a closet.
- clofibrate noun /kloʊˈfaɪˌbɹeɪt/: A compound C₁₂H₁₅ClO₃ used especially to lower abnormally high concentrations of fats and cholesterol in the blood.
- clofibric adjective: Pertaining to clofibrate or clofibric acid.
- clofibric acid noun: A herbicide that functions as a plant growth regulator against the plant hormone auxin.
- clofibride noun: A particular fibrate.
- clofoctol noun: A bacteriostatic antibiotic.
- cloforex noun: An amphetamine anorectic that is a prodrug to chlorphentermine.
- clog noun, verb /klɒɡ/: A type of shoe with an inflexible, often wooden sole sometimes with an open heel.
- clog almanac noun: An early form of almanac having the indicating characters notched on wood, horn, etc.
- clog dance noun: Any dance performed while wearing clogs, producing a percussive sound.
- clog up verb: To block something completely and physically.
- clogdance noun: A dance peformed by people wearing clogs.
- clogestone noun: A therapeutic progestin.
- cloggable adjective: Capable of becoming clogged.
- cloggage noun: The condition of being clogged.
- clogged adjective, verb: Having an obstructed flow; blocked.
- clogger noun: One who, or that which, clogs.
- cloggily adverb: in a cloggy fashion
- clogginess noun: The state or quality of being cloggy.
- clogging noun, verb: The situation of something being clogged.
- cloggy adjective: Tending to cause clogging due to its texture; lumpy; sticky.
- Clogher proper noun: A village in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.
- clogless adjective: Resistant to clogging.
- cloglike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a clog (type of shoe).
- clogmaker noun: A manufacturer of clogs (type of shoe).
- clogmaking noun: The manufacture of clogs (type of shoe).
- clogs to clogs in three generations proverb: Wealth earned in one generation seldom lasts through the third (grandchild's) generation.
- clogweed noun: Synonym of pigweed (“Heracleum sphondylium”).
- clogwheel noun: A solid cartwheel (rather than one with spokes)
- clogwood noun: The wood (typically alder) used for making clogs.
- clogwyn noun /ˈklɒɡˌwiːn/: cliff, precipice
- cloison noun: A partition, dividing fillet or band.
- cloisonless adjective: Not made in the cloisonne style.
- cloisonnage noun: The process of making cloisonne work.
- cloisonne noun: A decorative technique for metalwork, especially brass, whereby colored enamel is baked in partitions (cloisons) between raised ridges of the metal.
- cloisonnism noun: A school of postimpressionist painting
- cloisonnist noun: An artist who works in the cloisonnism style.
- cloister noun, verb /ˈklɔɪstə/: such an arcade in a monastery;
- cloister vault noun: A vault resulting from the intersection of two barrel vaults crossing in a right angle. The angles of intersection are groins with projecting angles at the...
- cloisteral adjective: Alternative form of cloistral.
- cloistered adjective, verb: Dwelling or raised in, or as if in, cloisters; solitary.
- cloisterer noun: One belonging to, or living in, a cloister; a recluse.
- cloisteress noun: Alternative form of cloistress.
- cloisterism noun: A cloistered attitude or policy; a tendency to isolate oneself from others and their needs and problems.
- cloisterless adjective: Without a cloister.
- cloisterlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a cloister.
- cloisterly adjective: Characteristic of, or suitable for, a cloister.
- cloistral adjective: Of, pertaining to, resembling or living in a cloister.
- cloistress noun: A nun.
- cloit verb: To fall heavily
- Clojure proper noun: A dialect of the Lisp programming language that runs on the JVM.
- clom noun: A mixture of earth, straw, etc. used in traditional Welsh construction.
- clomacran noun: A sedative and hypnotic drug.
- clomazone noun: The herbicide 2-[(2-chlorophenyl)methyl]-4,4-dimethyl-3-isoxazolidinone
- clome adjective, noun, verb: Alternative form of cloam.
- clome oven noun: A type of masonry oven with a removable door made of clay or alternatively a cast iron door built into the side of a chimney.
- clometacin noun: A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug.
- clometerone noun: A synthetic steroid and progesterone derivative.
- clometherone noun: Alternative form of clometerone.
- clomethiazole noun: A sedative and hypnotic that is widely used in treating and preventing symptoms of acute alcohol withdrawal, structurally related to thiamine.
- clometocillin noun: A penicillin.
- clomidazole noun /kloʊˈmɪd.ə.zoʊl/: The drug chlormidazole.
- clomifene noun /ˈkləʊ.mɪ.fiːn/: A synthetic non-steroidal drug used to treat infertility in women by stimulating ovulation.
- clominorex noun: A centrally-acting sympathomimetic drug, related to other drugs such as aminorex and pemoline.
- clomiphene noun: UK and US spelling of clomifene.
- clomipramine noun: A tricyclic, heterocyclic drug used to treat depression, anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
- clomocycline noun: A tetracycline antibiotic.
- clomoxir noun: An enzyme inhibitor.
- clomp noun, verb /klɒmp/: The sound of feet hitting the ground loudly.
- clomper noun /ˈklɒmpə/: A heavy, ungainly shoe or boot.
- clomping adjective, noun, verb: That clomps.
- clompingly adverb: In a clomping manner
- clompy adjective: That makes clomps or clomping sounds.
- clonability noun: The quality of being clonable.
- clonable adjective: Able to be cloned.
- clonadine noun: Alternative form of clonidine.
- Clonakilty proper noun: A coastal town in County Cork, Ireland.
- clonal adjective /ˈkləʊnəl/: Relating to, or created by asexual reproduction (cloning)
- clonal selection noun: The process by which a specific antigen only activates its counter-specific lymphocyte, usually a B cell, so that particular cell is induced to produce many...
- clonality noun: The condition of being a clone.
- clonalization noun: The process, or the result of cloning or of clonalizing
- clonalize verb: Alternative form of clone.
- clonalized adjective, verb: Alternative form of cloned.
- clonally adverb: By means of asexual reproduction.
- clonazepam noun /ˌkləʊˈneɪ.zɪ.pam/: A benzodiazepine with potent anticonvulsant used especially in the treatment of epilepsy and other seizure disorders; C₁₅H₁₀ClN₃O₃. It is the generic name...
- clonazolam noun: A particularly potent benzodiazepine, not approved for medical use or otherwise specifically outlawed in many countries.
- Cloncurry proper noun: A river in north-west Queensland, Australia, which joins the Flinders River named after Lady Cloncurry in Ireland; in full, the Cloncurry River.
- Clondalkin proper noun: A suburban town in South Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland (Irish grid ref O 0731).
- clone noun, verb /kloʊn/: A living organism (originally a plant) produced asexually from a single ancestor, to which it is genetically identical.
- clone town noun: A town whose major shopping areas are dominated by chain stores at the expense of local diversity.
- cloneable adjective: Able to be cloned.
- cloneless adjective: Lacking a clone
- clonelike adjective: Resembling clones; identical to one another
- clonemate noun: An individual that has undergone only clonal reproduction since its most recent ancestor in common with another.
- cloner noun: Someone who clones something.
- clonewheel noun: A copy of a tonewheel
- clonewheel organ noun: Any kind of electronic musical instrument which can emulate the sound of any of the tonewheel-based Hammond organs.
- clong noun /ˈklɒŋ/: Synonym of conlang.
- clonic adjective /ˈklɒn.ɪk/: Pertaining to clonus; having irregular, convulsive spasms.
- clonicity noun: The quality of being clonic.
- clonicotonic adjective: Both clonic and tonic
- clonidine noun /ˈklɒn.ɪd.iːn/: A drug that acts as an α₂-adrenoreceptor agonist, used in the treatment of hypertension, opiate withdrawal, and a variety of other conditions.
- cloning noun, verb /ˈkloʊnɪŋ/: The production of an exact copy of an object.
- Cloninger proper noun: A surname.
- clonish adjective: Characteristic of a clone.
- clonism noun: clonus; clonic spasm
- clonitazene noun: A particular narcotic painkiller.
- clonitrate noun: A vasodilator related to nitroglycerin.
- clonixin noun: A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug.
- clonk noun, verb /klɒŋk/: The abrupt sound of two hard objects coming into contact.
- clonky adjective: Alternative form of clunky (“ungainly; awkward”).
- Clonmel proper noun: The county town of County Tipperary, Ireland (Irish grid ref S1922).
- clono- prefix: Relating to clones or cloning.
- clonogen noun: A clonogenic cell, especially a tumorigenic one
- clonogenesis noun: The production of a colony of clones (cells)
- clonogenic adjective: Having the ability to form clones
- clonogenical adjective: Alternative form of clonogenic.
- clonogenically adverb: In a clonogenic manner
- clonogenicity noun: The ability of a cell to form clones
- clonogenics noun: The (study of the) formation of clones
- clonological adjective: Of or pertaining to clonology (or to clones themselves)
- clonology noun: The science or study of cloning and clones.
- clonorchiasis noun: An infectious disease caused by the Chinese liver fluke, Clonorchis sinensis.
- clonotype noun, verb: A herbarium specimen made from plants vegetatively propagated from (and thus clones of) the same plant from which a type specimen was made
- clonotypic adjective: Of or pertaining to a clonotype
- clonotypically adverb: In a clonotypic manner
- clonotyping noun: The preparation, analysis or separation of clonotypes
- Clontarf proper noun: A coastal suburb of Dublin, Ireland (Irish grid ref O 2036).
- clonus noun /ˈkloʊnəs/: A muscular spasm with regular contractions.
- cloof noun: Alternative form of kloof.
- cloom verb /kluːm/: To close with glutinous matter.
- Cloonan proper noun: A surname from Irish.
- Clooney proper noun /ˈkluːni/: A surname from Irish.
- Clooneyesque adjective: Reminiscent of George Clooney (born 1961), American actor and film director.
- cloop noun, verb /kluːp/: A slightly hollow, percussive sound.
- cloor noun, verb: To claw, scratch.
- clootie noun: A piece of rag.
- clootie dumpling noun: A traditional Scottish pudding, typically made with flour, breadcrumbs, suet, and dried fruit. It is boiled for several hours in a clootie, which is a Scots...
- clop noun, verb /klɒp/: The sound of a horse's shod hoof striking the ground.
- clopamide noun: A piperidine diuretic.
- clopen adjective, noun /ˈkləʊ̯.pən/: Both open and closed.
- clopenthixol noun /kloʊˈpɛn.θɪkˌsɔl/: A typical antipsychotic drug of the thioxanthene class.
- clopentixol noun: Alternative form of clopenthixol.
- cloperastine noun: A cough suppressant that acts on the central nervous system.
- clopfic noun: Erotic fanfiction based on My Little Pony.
- clophedianol noun: A particular cough suppressant.
- clopidogrel noun /klə(ʊ)ˈpɪd.əɡ.ɹɛl/: An oral antiplatelet agent used to inhibit blood clots in coronary artery disease, peripheral vascular disease, and cerebrovascular disease, having the...
- clopidol noun: A coccidiostat used in veterinary medicine, prepared from dehydroacetic acid.
- clopimozide noun: A typical antipsychotic drug of the diphenylbutylpiperidine class.
- clopipazan noun: A particular antipsychotic drug.
- clopirac noun: A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug.
- cloponone noun: A topical antiinfective drug.
- clopper noun: One who clops; a horse.
- cloppety noun: Alternative form of clippety-cloppety.
- cloppety-clop noun: Alternative form of clippety-cloppety.
- clopping noun, verb: The sound or action of something that clops.
- cloppity noun: Alternative form of clippety-cloppety.
- cloppity-clop noun: Alternative form of clippety-cloppety.
- cloppy adjective /ˈklɒpi/: Making or resembling a clopping sound.
- clopradone noun: The drug etoperidone.
- cloprednol noun: A synthetic glucocorticoid.
- cloprostenol noun: A particular prostaglandin analogue.
- cloprothiazole noun: An antifungal drug.
- Clopton proper noun: A deserted medieval village in Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL303487).
- clopyralid noun: The selective herbicide 3,6-dichloro-2-pyridinecarboxylic acid used to control thistles and clover etc.
- cloque noun /ˈklɒ.keɪ/: Alternative form of cloque.
- Cloquet proper noun: A surname from French.
- Cloquet's node noun: The uppermost of the deep inguinal lymph nodes located in the femoral canal.
- cloquinate noun: An antiprotozoal drug.
- cloquintocet noun: A herbicide safener with chemical formula C₁₁H₈ClNO₃.
- cloranolol noun: A beta blocker.
- clorazepate noun /klɔɹˈæz.əˌpeɪt/: A benzodiazepine tranquilizer taken orally in the form of its dipotassium salt C₁₆H₁₀ClKN₂O₃·KOH to treat anxiety, partial seizures, and acute alcohol...
- Clore proper noun: A surname.
- clorexolone noun: A sulfonamide diuretic.
- clorgiline noun /ˈklɔɹ.d͡ʒɪˌlin/: An irreversible and selective inhibitor of monoamine oxidase A, used in scientific research, and structurally related to pargyline.
- clorgyline noun: Alternative form of clorgiline.
- cloricromen noun: A platelet aggregation inhibitor.
- cloridarol noun: A particular vasodilator.
- Clorinda proper noun: A female given name from Italian, of rare usage.
- clorindione noun: A vitamin K antagonist derived from phenindione.
- clorixin noun: The disinfectant chlorhexidine
- clorobiocin noun: A particular aminocoumarin
- cloroqualone noun: A synthetic analogue of methaqualone with sedative and antitussive properties.
- clorotepine noun: A potent atypical neuroleptic and central depressant of the tricyclic series, derived from perathiepin.
- Clorox noun, verb: Bleach of the Clorox brand.
- clorprenaline noun: A beta-adrenergic agonist 1-(2-chlorophenyl)-2-(propan-2-ylamino)ethanol.
- clorsulon noun: An anthelminthic drug.
- clortermine noun: An anorectic amphetamine drug.
- clorty adjective: Alternative form of clarty.
- closability noun: The property of being closable.
- closable adjective: Alternative spelling of closeable.
- closant noun: A consonant-like sound such as uttered by a preverbal infant.
- closantel noun: A particular anthelminthic drug.
- close adjective, adverb, noun, verb /ˈkləʊz/: To move a thing, or part of a thing, nearer to another so that the gap or opening between the two is removed.
- close as wax adjective: miserly, tight, or secretive
- close at hand phrase: Near spatially or temporally.
- close-back adjective: Synonym of closed-back.
- close-bodied adjective: Fitting the body exactly; setting close, as a garment.
- close borough noun /ˈkləʊs ˈbʌɹə/: Synonym of pocket borough.
- close but no cigar phrase /ˈkləʊs bʌt nəʊ sɪˈɡɑː/: Used to indicate that one is almost correct or has almost succeeded, but not quite.
- close by adjective, adverb, preposition: Close, near, nearby: in proximity (to).
- close call noun /kləʊs ˈkɔːl/: A situation in which an injury or other undesirable outcome is narrowly avoided.
- close captioning noun: Alternative form of closed captioning.
- close chair noun: A piece of furniture that encloses a chamber pot.
- close combat noun: violent physical confrontation between two or more opponents at short range
- close communion noun: Alternative form of closed communion.
- close-coupled adjective /kləʊsˈkʌpəld/: Attached, coupled or fixed close together.
- close-cropped adjective: Cut very short.
- close down verb /kləʊzˈdaʊn/: To stop trading as a business.
- close-ear adjective: Synonym of closed-back (“completely covering the ears”).
- close-eared adjective: Alternative form of closed-eared (“reluctant or unwilling to listen to new styles of music; uninterested in listening to others”).
- close encounter noun: A supposed observation, or observation of evidence, of extraterrestrial beings or their craft.
- close-ended question noun: Alternative form of closed-ended question
- close enough adjective: Synonym of good enough: acceptable, imperfect but adequate for the purpose.
- close enough for government work adjective: Adequate; acceptable as government work, imperfect but not worth the time nor effort of improving.
- close enough for horseshoes and hand grenades adjective: Synonym of close enough for government work.
- close fertilization noun: Synonym of self-fertilization.
- close-fights noun /ˈkləʊs ˈfaɪts/: close quarters
- close-fisted adjective /ˌkləʊsˈfɪstɪd/: tight-fisted, stingy
- close-fitting adjective: Snug, tight, form-fitting.
- close for press verb: To finalise the editing of a publication, such as a magazine or newspaper, so it is ready for printing.
- close-grained adjective: Of material, especially wood or stone, having a dense, compact structure featuring fine texture and narrow growth rings or small cells.
- close-grainedness noun: The state or quality of being close-grained.
- close-handed adjective: Alternative form of closehanded.
- close-handedness noun: Alternative form of closehandedness.
- close harmony noun: A style of music where the chords are arranged within a narrow range, and the vocal styles of two or more singers either complement or are similar to each...
- close-hauled adjective, adverb: with the sails trimmed as close to the wind as possible with all sails full and not shivering
- close helm noun: Synonym of close helmet.
- close helmet noun /ˈkləʊs ˈhɛlmət/: A helmet that entirely covers the head, including the face.
- close in verb: To enclose, lock up inside something.
- close in on verb: To enclose around; to tighten or shrink; to collapse.
- close in upon verb: Synonym of close in on.
- close-knit adjective /kləʊs ˈnɪt/: Of a group: closely connected or linked, as by a common bond, culture, or identity.
- close-mid adjective: pronounced with the tongue in a position approximately two-thirds of the way between an open and a close vowel
- close-minded adjective: Unreceptive to new ideas or information; stubbornly set in one's ways.
- close-mindedly adverb: In a close-minded manner; without being receptive to other points of view.
- close-mindedness noun: The characteristic or state of being close-minded.
- close of business noun: The end of a business day.
- close of play noun: The end of a day's play.
- close off verb: To seal or block the entrance to a road, an area, or a building so that people cannot enter.
- close on the heels of adjective: Near in time or place; very close.
- close one noun: A near relative, romantic partner or intimate friend of a person.
- close one eye verb: to look the other way, to deliberately ignore or overlook (a mistake or transgression).
- close one's doors verb: To close down.
- close one's ears verb: Not to listen.
- close one's eyes verb: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see close, one's, eyes.
- close one's eyes and think of England verb: To accept one's duty patriotically, particularly (idiomatic, euphemistic) to endure sex (sexual activity) under a concept of sex as solely a marital and...
- close one's eyes for the last time verb: To die; to pass away.
- close one's mind verb: To refuse to understand things.
- close only counts in horseshoes proverb: Coming close to achieving a goal is not good enough.
- close only counts in horseshoes and darts proverb: Synonym of close only counts in horseshoes.
- close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades proverb: Alternative form of close only counts in horseshoes.
- close order adjective: in an arrangement in compact units at close intervals and distances, as for marching and/or drill.
- close order drill noun: Practice in marching, formations, and formal handling of arms carried out standing shoulder-to-shoulder and at attention.
- close out verb: To terminate; to call the end of.
- close-packed adjective: Arranged according to close-packing.
- close-packing noun: The ordered arrangement of objects such as to create the greatest density (e.g. of atoms in a crystal).
- close protection noun: professionally trained bodyguards.
- close quarter adjective, noun /ˌkləʊs ˈkwɔː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)/: any of several strong wooden barriers erected across the deck of a merchant sailing ship, having loopholes through which muskets could be fired to resist...
- close quarters noun /ˌkləʊs ˈkwɔː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)z/: Very near proximity; cramped conditions.
- close range adjective, noun: Capable of operating at a short distance.
- close ranks verb: To close the spacing between lines (ranks) of troops, as they are deployed across a battlefield, thereby decreasing the depth of the formation as it faces...
- close reach noun, verb: The point of sail where the wind is blowing just ahead of the beam of the vessel
- close reading noun: The careful, sustained interpretation of a brief passage of a text.
- close-reef verb: To reef a sail as tightly as possible by taking in all available reefs, thereby reducing the sail area maximally for strong winds.
- close-reefed adjective, verb: Of a sail, fully reefed; using all the reefs.
- close round verb: To surround (someone, something); to form a circle.
- close-run adjective: Hotly contested; won or achieved only by a small margin.
- close season noun /ˈkləʊz ˈsiːzən/: The time of year when no competition takes place.
- close-serried adjective: crowded tightly together
- close-set adjective: set close together
Part 98 · Part 100 · English words: C
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under C: 60,525 words, in 202 parts.