claustration
Shutting up or enclosing, usually in a religious cloister.
A method used by emperors to keep their harems and to guarantee their virginity.

claustrations
plural of claustration

claustrofobia
Alternative form of claustrophobia.

claustrophilia
The love of, or arousal from, enclosed, tight places.

claustrophobia
The abnormal fear of closed, tight places.

claustrophobias
plural of claustrophobia

claustrum
A thin, irregular sheet of grey matter underneath the inner part of the neocortex on both sides of the brains of mammals; its exact function is not understood, but it is believed to facilitate coordination between senses

clausula
The conclusion of a passage; cadence.
The close or end of a historical period; clause.

clausulae
plural of clausula

clausure
The act of shutting up or confining; confinement.

clavation
A becoming clavate or club-like.
articulation in a socket

clavations
plural of clavation

clavicymbal
An early form of harpsichord.

clavicymbals
plural of clavicymbal

claviol
Alternative form of claviola.

claviola
A form of melodica that was worn in the style of an accordion

claviolas
plural of claviola

claviols
plural of claviol

clavuncula
In the Apocynaceae, an enlarged, drum-shaped stigma whose sides and lower surface are the receptive zones.

clawback
A rule that permits a party to take back evidentiary materials that were mistakenly turned over to the other party but to which the other party would not have been entitled.
Money that a party is entitled to keep under one tax provision but is taken by another tax provision.
Any recovery of a performance-related payment based on discovery that the performance was not genuine.
A flatterer or sycophant.

clawbacks
plural of clawback

clawfeet
plural of clawfoot

clawfoot
A condition of the human foot in which the sole of the foot is distinctly hollow when bearing weight, i.e. it has a fixed plantar flexion.
A foot of this kind.
A decorative foot on a bathtub etc. resembling a claw.

clawful
As much as is held in one's claws or (expressively) in one's hand.

clawfuls
plural of clawful

clawlessness
Absence of claws.

clawsful
plural of clawful

clayeyness
The quality of being clayey.

clayiness
Alternative spelling of clayeyness.

clayishness
The quality of being clayish.

claytronics
A proposed system of programmable matter consisting of very many nanoscale robots (termed catoms) that would interact to form structures

clayuda
Alternative form of tlayuda.

clayudas
plural of clayuda

cleanabilities
plural of cleanability

cleanability
The state of being cleanable.
The degree to which something is cleanable.

cleanhandedness
Alternative form of clean-handedness.

cleanliness
The property of being cleanly, or habitually clean; good hygiene.
Ritual purity.

cleanlinesses
plural of cleanliness

cleanness
Moral purity; innocence.
The state of being physically clean and free of contamination or dirt; cleanliness.

cleannesses
plural of cleanness

cleantech
Technologies that support increased productivity or profitability while also reducing resource consumption or pollution.

cleanth
The condition or state of being clean; cleanliness

cleanup
The act of cleaning or tidying something; the act of finishing something off.
Fourth in the batting order; a cleanup hitter.

cleanups
plural of cleanup

clearage
The act of clearing or removing; clearance
A piece of land that has been cleared.

clearages
plural of clearage

clearance
The act of clearing or something (such as a space) cleared.
The distance between two moving objects, especially between parts of a machine
The height or width of a tunnel, bridge or other passage, or the distance between a vehicle and the walls or roof of such passage; a gap, headroom.
A permission for a vehicle to proceed, or for a person to travel.
A permission to have access to sensitive or secret documents or other information.
A permission to use something, usually intellectual property, that is legally, but not otherwise, protected.
A sale of merchandise, especially at significantly reduced prices, usually in order to make room for new merchandise or updated versions of the same merchandise; sometimes as a closeout.
The settlement of transactions involving securities or means of payment such as checks by means of a clearing house.
The removal of harmful substances from the blood; renal clearance.
The act of potting all the remaining balls on a table at one visit.
The act of kicking a ball away from the goal one is defending.
Removal of pieces from a rank, file or diagonal so that a bishop, rook or queen is free to move along it.
Clear or net profit.
The first disposal in a chain that leaves the area of a stoppage, or a disposal that leaves the area of a stoppage itself.
The act of leaving the area of a stoppage.

clearances
plural of clearance

clearcutness
The state of being clearcut

clearcutting
A forestry practice in which most or all trees in a harvest area are cut down.

clearcuttings
plural of clearcutting

cleardown
The termination of a call.

clearedness
The quality of being cleared.

clearence
Misspelling of clearance.

clearfelling
Synonym of clearcutting.

clearfellings
plural of clearfelling

clearheadedness
The quality of being clearheaded.

clearness
Brightness, brilliancy.
Mental or sensory distinctness; clarity of understanding, perception etc.
The state of being free from obscurities or opacity; distinctness of light, colour etc.
The state of being free from obstruction or interference.

clearnesses
plural of clearness

clearout
Alternative form of clear-out.

clearouts
plural of clearout

clearsach
Alternative form of clarsach.

clearsachs
plural of clearsach

clearsightedness
Alternative spelling of clear-sightedness.

clearspan
A span between e.g. roof timbers that is clear of obstructions.

clearspans
plural of clearspan

clearway
A road or other path that is kept free of obstructions, or on which stopping is strictly regulated, in order to maintain free flow of movement.
An area projecting from the end of a runway that is kept clear of obstructions exceeding a height that increases with distance from the end of the runway.

clearways
plural of clearway

cleavabilities
plural of cleavability

cleavability
Quality or degree of being cleavable.

cleavage
The act of cleaving or the state of being cleft.
The hollow or separation between a woman's breasts, especially as revealed by a low neckline.
Any similar separation between two body parts, such as the buttocks or toes.
The repeated division of a cell into daughter cells after mitosis.
The splitting of a large molecule into smaller ones.
The tendency of a crystal to split along specific planes; schistosity.
The division of voters into voting blocs.

cleavages
plural of cleavage

cleavase
A form of endonuclease that cleaves at the junctions between single- and double-stranded DNA

cleavases
plural of cleavase

cledge
The upper layer of fuller's earth.

cleftkarren
Synonym of kluftkarren.

cleidotomies
plural of cleidotomy

cleidotomy
Intentional fracturing of the clavicle of a fetus for the management of shoulder dystocia during vaginal delivery.

cleistogamy
The production of flowers which do not open and are self-fertilized in the bud.

cleithrophobia
fear of being trapped

clemencies
plural of clemency

clemency
The gentle or kind exercise of power; leniency, mercy; compassion in judging or punishing.
A pardon, commutation, or similar reduction, removal, or postponement of legal penalties by an executive officer of a state.
Mildness of weather.

cleptobioses
plural of cleptobiosis

cleptobiosis
The action of a cleptobiont

cleptocracies
plural of cleptocracy

cleptocracy
Alternative form of kleptocracy.

clergyism
Synonym of clericalism.

clericalism
Political or secular power invested in members of the clergy.

clericalisms
plural of clericalism

clericality
The condition of being clerical

clericalization
The process of making clerical.

clericature
The function of a cleric