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C — Cloister to Cœliac passion (Part 6 of 11)

Clumsy, a.

    1. Unwieldy, ponderous, heavy, lumbering, ill-shaped, ill-made.
    2. Awkward, unhandy, bungling, blundering, maladroit, inapt, unskilful, without dexterity.

Cluster, n. Clump, bunch, group, assemblage, collection.

Cluster, v. n. Grow in bunches, grow in clusters, collect together, crowd together, throng.

Clutch, v. a. Grasp, gripe, grip, grapple, clasp, clench, seize, catch, snatch, lay hold of, fasten upon.

Clutch, n. Grasp, gripe, grip, clasp, clench, seizure.

Clutches, n. pl.

    1. Paws, talons, claws.
    2. Hands (implying rapacity or cruelty), power, cruel power.

Clutter, n.

    1. Bustle, clatter, clattering, racket, confused noise.
    2. Confused mass, disorder, disarray, confusion.

Clutter, v. a. Disarrange, throw into disorder, lumber, fill full of confused materials, heap into disorder.

Clypeiform, a. Scutate, shield-shaped.

Clyster, n. Injection, enema, lavement.

Coadjutor, n. Helper, collaborator, collaborateur, co-operator, auxiliary, colleague, partner, aider, ally, abettor, co-aid. See Assistant and Accessary.

Coagulate, v. a. and v. n. Curdle, concrete, thicken, clot.

Coagulation, n.

    1. Curdling, concretion.
    2. Clot, coagulum.

Coagulum, n. Clot, coagulation.

Co-aid, n. Assistant coadjutor. See accessary.