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circle, v. encircle.
circuitous, a. roundabout, devious, indirect.
circulate, v. disseminate, promulgate, diffuse.
circulation, n. dissemination, diffusion, promulgation, propagation.
circ.u.mference, n. periphery, circ.u.mscription, girth.
cistern, n. reservoir; impluvium.
cite, v. quote; specify, mention, name, refer to.
citizen, n. resident.
city, n. munic.i.p.ality.--a. munic.i.p.al, urban.
civil, a. civic, political, munic.i.p.al; courteous, obliging, polite.
Antonyms: See uncivil.
civility, n. courtesy, politeness. Antonyms: incivility, discourtesy.
claim, v. demand, pretend; (Colloq.) a.s.sert, maintain.
claim, n. pretension, demand, requisition; t.i.tle, right.
claimant, n. claimer, pretender, pretendant.
clamor, n. uproar, tumult, hubbub, racket, din.
clamorous, a. noisy, uproarious, bawling, obstreperous.
clandestine, a. hidden, stealthy, surrept.i.tious, furtive, secret.
clannish, a. narrow, exclusive.
clap, n. gonorrhea.
clapboards, n. pl. siding, weatherboarding.
claptrap, a. humbug, stage trick, _coupe de theatre_.
clarity, n. clearness.
clash, v. collide, hurtle, crash together; contend, disagree; clatter, clang.
clash, n. collision, crash; opposition, interference, contrariety; clangor, clang.
clasp, v. grasp, grapple, clutch, seize; embrace, hug.
clasp, n. hook, hasp, fibula, morse, catch; embrace.
cla.s.s, n. rank, order, category, species, variety.
cla.s.s, v. cla.s.sify, dispose, categorize.
cla.s.sification, n. disposition, grouping; taxonomy.
clause, n. article, stipulation, proviso, provision.
claw, n. talon; dewclaw. a.s.sociated Words: ungual, unguicular, retract, retractile, unguiculate, pounced, unguiform.
claw, v. scratch, laniate, lacerate.
clay, n. argillaceous earth; pug, argil, hole, marl, kaolin.
a.s.sociated Words: potter, pottery, figuline, fictile, pug, puddle.
clayey, a. argillaceous, argillous, argilliferous, luteous, cledgy.
clean, a. unsoiled, unsullied, immaculate, cleanly, neat; chaste, pure, virtuous, undefiled, incorrupt, uncontaminated; shapely, well-proportioned; kosher (Jewish).
clean, adv. wholly, perfectly, completely, quite, entirely, thoroughly.
clean, v. cleanse.
cleanse, v. purify, deterge, absterge, wash, disinfect, fumigate, depurate.
cleanser, n. abstergent, detergent, purifier, detersive.
cleansing, a. detergent, abstergent, abstersive, detersive, purifying.
cleansing, n. purification, detersion, purgation, abstersion, l.u.s.tration, expurgation.
clear, a. transparent, diaphanous, pellucid, limpid, relucent, crystalline, lucid, crystal; unmistakable, plain, evident, obvious, unambiguous, distinct, explicit, manifest, palpable, patent, decipherable, express, comprehensible, graphic; serene, cloudless, unclouded, undimmed; clarion, sonorous, resonant, canorous, audible, piercing; pure, unmixed, unadulterated, unalloyed; in full, net; pa.s.sable, unimpeded, un.o.bstructed, open; acquitted; unburdened, exempt; clarified. Antonyms: opaque, obscure, indecipherable, ambiguous, equivocal, vague, cryptic, abstruse, inexplicable, roily, turbid, enigmatical, inexplicit, inaudible, adulterated, cloudy, befogged, unintelligible, doubtful.
clear, v. clarify; explain, interpret, elucidate, eclaircise; acquit, absolve, exonerate, vindicate; disengage, extricate, disentangle, disperse.
clearer, n. clarifier.
clearing, n. clarification, clearance, dispersion; interpretation, explanation, eclairciss.e.m.e.nt, denouement; exoneration, acquittal; a.s.sart.
clearness, n. clarity, distinctness; transparency, limpidity, lucidity, perspicuity, translucency; serenity. Antonyms: opacity, ambiguity, vagueness, intransparency.
cleave, v. adhere, cling, be loyal; split, rive, separate.
cleft, a. riven, split, divided.
clergy, n. ministers, the cloth, ecclesiastics, clergymen, clerisy.
Antonym: laity.
