Matching Words
665 ResultsBelow are the words that matched your query.
Clews
- noun - a ball of yarn or cord or thread
- evidence that helps to solve a problem
- roll into a ball
- the cords used to suspend a hammock
Click
- noun -
- a hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward
- a short light metallic sound
- a stop consonant made by the suction of air into the mouth (as in Bantu)
- become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions; "It dawned on him that she had betrayed him"; "she was penetrated with sorrow"
- click repeatedly or uncontrollably; "Chattering teeth"
- depression of a button on a computer mouse; "a click on the right button for example"
- make a clicking or ticking sound; "The clock ticked away"
- make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens
- move or strike with a noise; "he clicked on the light"; "his arm was snapped forward"
- produce a click; "Xhosa speakers click"
Cliff
- noun - a steep high face of rock; "he stood on a high cliff overlooking the town"; "a steep drop"
Climb
- noun - an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.)
- an upward slope or grade (as in a road); "the car couldn't make it up the rise"
- go up or advance; "Sales were climbing after prices were lowered"
- go upward with gradual or continuous progress; "Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?"
- improve one's social status; "This young man knows how to climb the social ladder"
- increase in value or to a higher point; "prices climbed steeply"; "the value of our house rose sharply last year"
- move with difficulty, by grasping
- slope upward; "The path climbed all the way to the top of the hill"
- the act of climbing something; "it was a difficult climb to the top"
Clime
- noun - the weather in some location averaged over some long period of time; "the dank climate of southern Wales"; "plants from a cold clime travel best in winter"
Cline
- noun - American geneticist who succeeded in transferring a functioning gene from one mouse to another (born in 1934)
Cling
- noun - come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation; "The dress clings to her body"; "The label stuck to the box"; "The sushi rice grains cohere"
- fruit (especially peach) whose flesh adheres strongly to the pit
- hold on tightly or tenaciously; "hang on to your father's hands"; "The child clung to his mother's apron"
- to remain emotionally or intellectually attached; "He clings to the idea that she might still love him."
Clink
- noun - a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)
- a short light metallic sound
- make a high sound typical of glass; "champagne glasses clinked to make a toast"
- make or emit a high sound; "tinkling bells"
Clint
- unknown - any small surface exposure of hard or flinty rock, as on a hillside or in a stream bed