Part 12

~Classmate~, _n._ Class-fellow.

~Clatter~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Rattle.

~2.~ Prate, prattle, babble, clack, gabble, clatter, jabber, talk loudly.

~Clatter~, _n._ Rattling, clattering, clutter, confused noise.

~Clattering~, _n._ CLATTER, confused noise.

~Clause~, _n._ ~1.~ Part or subdivision (_of a sentence_).

~2.~ Article, provision, proviso, condition, stipulation.

~Clavate~, _a._ (_Bot._ and _Zoöl._) Claviform, club-shaped.

~Clavated~, _a._ (_Bot._ and _Zoöl._) Claviform, club-shaped.

~Clavicle~, _n._ Collar-bone.

~Claviform~, _a._ (_Bot._) Clavate, clavated, club-shaped.

~Clavis~, _n._ [L. _pl. Claves_; Eng. _pl. Clavises_.] Key, explanation, clew, guide.

~Claw~, _n._ Talon.

~Claw~, _v. a._ Tear (_with the claws_), scratch, lacerate, laniate.

~Clay~, _n._ Argillaceous earth (_consisting principally of alumina and silica_).

~Clean~, _a._ ~1.~ Unstained, unspotted, spotless, unsoiled, unsullied, immaculate, cleanly, neat.

~2.~ Entire, complete, perfect, not defective.

~3.~ Pure, innocent, free from moral impurity.

~Clean~, _ad._ Entirely, completely, perfectly, altogether, wholly, thoroughly, fully, in air respects, in every respect, out and out.

~Clean~, _v. a._ Cleanse, purify, make clean, free from dirt.

~Cleanly~, _a._ CLEAN, neat, tidy.

~Cleanly~, _ad._ Neatly, in a clean or neat manner.

~Cleanse~, _v. a._ Purify, clean, make clean, free from dirt.

~Cleansing~, _n._ Purification, purifying.

~Cleansing~, _a._ Purifying, purgative, abstergent, cathartic.

~Clear~, _a._ ~1.~ Transparent, bright, pellucid, limpid.

~2.~ Unmixed, pure.

~3.~ Unobstructed, unencumbered, free, open.

~4.~ Serene, fair, cloudless, unclouded, sunny, unobscured, undimmed.

~5.~ Net, without deductions.

~6.~ Perspicuous, lucid, distinct, plain, intelligible.

~7.~ Apparent, visible, palpable, evident, obvious, manifest, distinct, conspicuous, patent, unequivocal, unmistakable, indisputable, undeniable, unambiguous, unquestionable, not to be mistaken.

~8.~ Perspicacious, sharp, acute, discerning, prompt, quick.

~9.~ Innocent, unspotted, spotless, guiltless, sinless, irreproachable, unblemished, unsullied, undefiled, immaculate, clean.

~10.~ Musical, silvery, sonorous, mellifluous, euphonious, not harsh, not jarring.

~Clear~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Clarify, purify, refine, cleanse, make clear.

~2.~ Free, loose, liberate, emancipate, disinthrall, set free.

~3.~ Acquit, absolve, exonerate, discharge, justify, vindicate, set right.

~4.~ extricate, disengage, disentangle, disembarrass.

~5.~ Net, get or gain over and above expenses.

~6.~ Pass by or over without touching.

~Clearance~, _n._ ~1.~ Discharge, release, exoneration, acquittal.

~2.~ (_Com._) Permission to leave port, permission to sail.

~Clear away~, _v. n._ Be fair, be fair weather, clear off, clear up.

~Clear-headed~, _a._ INTELLIGENT, discerning, clear-sighted, keen- sighted, shrewd, sagacious, acute, long-headed.

~Clear of~, Rid of, free from.

~Clear off~, Be fair, be fair weather, clear away, clear up.

~Clear-sighted~, _a._ Discerning, INTELLIGENT, shrewd, sagacious, acute, long-headed, keen-sighted, clear-headed.

~Clear up~, (_Neuter._) Be fair, be fair weather, clear off, clear away.

~Clear up~, (_Active._) Explain, expound, make out, make plain.

~Cleave~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Adhere, cohere, stick, hold, be attached.

~2.~ Cling, be united, be joined.

~3.~ Separate, divide, part, open, split, crack, be divided, be sundered, be severed.

~Cleave~, _v. a._ Split, rive, tear asunder.

~Cleavers~, _n._ Hariff, goose-grass, catch-weed, scratch-weed (_Galium aparine_).

~Cleft~, _n._ Crevice, chink, fissure, rift, break, breach, gap, cranny, crack, interstice, opening, fracture, chap, chasm.

~Clemency~, _n._ ~1.~ Lenity, mercy, gentleness, leniency, tenderness, kindness, compassion, fellow-feeling, long-suffering.

~2.~ Mildness, softness.

~Clement~, _a._ Lenient, merciful, compassionate, kind, indulgent, tender, gentle, humane, kind-hearted, tender-hearted.

~Clepsydra~, _n._ Water-clock.

~Clergy~, _n._ Ministers, clergymen, CLOTH, body of ecclesiastics (_in distinction from the laity_).

~Clergyman~, _n._ Minister, divine, priest, pastor, parson, ecclesiastic, churchman.

~Clerk~, _n._ ~1.~ Recorder, registrar, scribe, penman, accountant.

~2.~ Assistant (_in a place of business_).

~Clever~, _a._ ~1.~ Dexterous, skilful, apt, handy, ready, quick, smart, expert, able.

~2.~ [_U. S._] Kind, benign, amiable, obliging, accommodating, well- meaning, well-disposed, good-natured, kind-hearted.

~Cleverness~, _n._ ~1.~ Dexterity, adroitness, skill, aptness, aptitude, readiness, quickness, smartness, expertness, ability.

~2.~ [_U. S._] Benignity, kindness, kindliness, amiability, kind- heartedness, fellow-feeling, good-nature.

~Clew~, _n._ Guide, direction, CLAVIS, clue.

~Click~, _v. n._ Tick, clack, clink, beat.

~Click~, _n._ ~1.~ Tick, clack, clink, beat.

~2.~ Pawl, detent, catch, ratchet.

~Client~, _n._ ~1.~ Dependant.

~2.~ Patron (_of a lawyer_).

~Clientage~, _n._ Body of clients.

~Cliental~, _a._ ~1.~ [_Rare._] Dependent.

~2.~ Of clients.

~Cliff~, _n._ Crag, precipice, high and steep rock.

~Climacteric~, _n._ Critical period of life.

~Climate~, _n._ ~1.~ Clime, zone, region, country.

~2.~ Weather, state of the atmosphere.

~Climax~, _n._ ~1.~ (_Rhet._) Gradation (_in the structure of sentences_), gradual rise.

~2.~ Highest point, greatest degree.

~Climb~, _v. n._ Mount or ascend (_with difficulty_), get up, creep up.

~Climb~, _v. a._ Mount or ascend (_with difficulty_), clamber, scramble.

~Clime~, _n._ Region, country, zone, climate.

~Clinch~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Grasp, gripe, clasp, clutch, grapple, lay hold of.

~2.~ Fasten, secure.

~3.~ Confirm, fix, establish.

~Clinch~, _n._ ~1.~ Pun, ambiguity, quibble, CALEMBOUR, DOUBLE- ENTENDRE, double meaning, play upon words.

~2.~ Clincher, cramp, hold-fast.

~Clincher~, _n._ ~1.~ Cramp, clinch, hold-fast.

~2.~ Conclusive argument.

~Cling~, _v. n._ Adhere, hold, stick, cleave, be attached, hold fast.

~Clink~, _v. n._ CLICK, clack.

~Clink~, _n._ CLICK, clack.

~Clip~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Cut.

~2.~ Prune, curtail, cut short.

~Clip~, _n._ ~1.~ Shearing, cutting.

~2.~ Quantity sheared (_as of wool_).

~3.~ [_Colloquial_, _U. S._] Blow (_with the hand_), rap, knock.

~Clique~, _n._ [Fr.] [_Generally used in a bad sense._] Coterie, club, brotherhood, sodality, clan, junto, CABAL, CAMARILLA, party, gang, set, private or exclusive association.

~Cloak~, _n._ ~1.~ Mantle.

~2.~ Mask, veil, cover, blind.

~Cloak~, _v. a._ Mask, hide, veil, cover.

~Clod~, _n._ ~1.~ Lump of earth.

~2.~ Ground, earth, turf, sod.

~Clodhopper~, _n._ Rustic, peasant, countryman, boor, swain, hind, bumpkin, ploughman, clown.

~Clod-poll~, _n._ Simpleton, fool, DUNCE.

~Clog~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Trammel, shackle, fetter.

~2.~ Obstruct, impede, hinder, restrain, embarrass, cumber, encumber, CLAM.

~Clog~, _n._ ~1.~ Trammel, fetter, shackle, drag weight, dead weight.

~2.~ Impediment, encumbrance, hinderance, obstacle, obstruction, check, drawback.

~Cloister~, _n._ Convent, monastery, abbey, nunnery, priory.

~Cloisteral~, _a._ Recluse, solitary, secluded, sequestered, monastic.

~Close~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Shut, shut up.

~2.~ Stop, obstruct, choke, stop up.

~3.~ Conclude, finish, terminate, end, complete, bring to a period.

~Close~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Unite, coalesce, come together, be brought together.

~2.~ Terminate, end, be concluded.

~Close~, _n._ End, conclusion, termination.

~Close~, _a._ ~1.~ Tight, closed, shut fast.

~2.~ Hidden, secret, private.

~3.~ Reserved, taciturn, reticent, secretive, not communicative, of few words.

~4.~ Retired, withdrawn, concealed, secluded, pent up.

~5.~ Confined, stagnant, motionless.

~6.~ Oppressive, uncomfortable.

~7.~ Dense, compact, solid, compressed, firm, thick.

~8.~ Near, approaching nearly.

~9.~ Intense, intent, unremitting, earnest, fixed.

~10.~ Faithful, accurate, precise, exact, strict, nice.

~11.~ Parsimonious, stingy, penurious, miserly, niggardly, close- fisted, close-handed, mean, illiberal, ungenerous.

~Close by~, Very near, within a short distance, hard by.

~Close-fisted~, _a._ Penurious, parsimonious, stingy, miserly, niggardly, mean, close, grasping, close-handed, with an itching palm.

~Close-handed~, _a._ CLOSE-FISTED.

~Closet~, _n._ Cabinet, small room.

~Close up~, Unite, join, consolidate, bring together.

~Close with~, ~1.~ Accede to, consent to, agree to.

~2.~ Agree with, make an agreement with.

~3.~ Grapple with.

~Clot~, _n._ Concretion, coagulation, crassament, CRASSAMENTUM.

~Clot~, _v. n._ Concrete, coagulate.

~Cloth~, _n._ ~1.~ Woven fabric.

~2.~ [With _The_ prefixed.] Clergy, clerical profession.

~Clothe~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Dress, attire, apparel, array, robe, put garments upon.

~2.~ Provide garments for, provide with clothes, furnish with raiment.

~3.~ Invest (_with authority, &c._).

~Clothes~, _n. pl._ Garments, raiment, apparel, attire, vesture, vestments, dress, clothing, garb, costume, habiliments, habits.

~Clothing~, _n._ Garments, CLOTHES.

~Cloud~, _n._ ~1.~ Nebulosity, haze, mist, fog, vapor, collection of vapor.

~2.~ Dense mass (_as of smoke_).

~3.~ Darkness, obscurity, gloom.

~Cloud~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Darken, obscure, dim, shade, shadow.

~2.~ Variegate (_with dark veins or spots_).

~Cloud-compeller~, _n._ Jupiter, Jove.

~Cloudy~, _a._ ~1.~ Clouded, murky, lowering, lurid, overcast.

~2.~ Obscure, dark, dim, not clear.

~3.~ Gloomy, dismal, not cheerful.

~Clown~, _n._ ~1.~ Rustic, peasant, swain, ploughman, countryman, bumpkin, lout, clodpole, boor, hind.

~2.~ Churl, ill-bred man.

~3.~ Buffoon, fool, mountebank, harlequin, jester, droll, punch, zany, scaramouch, merry Andrew, jack-pudding, pickle-herring.

~Clownish~, _a._ ~1.~ Rustic, boorish, loutish, coarse, rough, awkward, clumsy, ungainly.

~2.~ Rude, impolite, uncivil, ill-bred, ill-mannered.

~Cloy~, _v. a._ Satiate, glut, surfeit, pall, sate.

~Club~, _n._ ~1.~ Bludgeon, cudgel.

~2.~ Association, society, company, set, fraternity, sodality, COTERIE, CLIQUE.

~Club~, _v. n._ Co-operate, unite together, act in concert, club together.

~Club-house~, _n._ CASINO.

~Clue~, _n._ Guide, direction, clew, CLAVIS.

~Clump~, _n._ Cluster, bunch, group, assemblage.

~Clumsy~, _a._ ~1.~ Unwieldy, ponderous, heavy, lumbering, ill-shaped, ill-made.

~2.~ Awkward, unhandy, bungling, maladroit, inapt, unskilful, without dexterity.

~Cluster~, _n._ Clump, bunch, group, assemblage, COMA.

~Cluster~, _v. n._ Grow in bunches, grow in clusters, collect together.

~Clutch~, _v. a._ Grasp, gripe, grapple, seize, catch, snatch, lay hold of, fasten upon.

~Clutch~, _n._ Grasp, gripe, seizure.

~Clutches~, _n. pl._ ~1.~ Paws, talons.

~2.~ Hands (_implying rapacity or cruelly_).

~Clutter~, _n._ ~1.~ Bustle, clatter, clattering, confused noise.

~2.~ Confused mass.

~Clypeiform~, _a._ Scutate, shield-shaped.

~Clyster~, _n._ Injection, enema, lavement.

~Coadjutor~, _n._ Assistant, helper, co-operator, auxiliary, colleague, partner, aider, ally, abettor, co-aid.

~Coagulate~, _v. a. & n._ Curdle, concrete, thicken, clot.

~Coagulation~, _n._ ~1.~ Curdling, concretion.

~2.~ Clot, coagulum.

~Coagulum~, _n._ Clot, coagulation.

~Co-aid~, _n._ Assistant, COADJUTOR.

~Coalesce~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Unite, combine, blend, come together, become consolidated.

~2.~ Concur, fraternize, come to an agreement.

~Coal-fish~, _n._ Cudden (_Gades carbonarius_).

~Coal-hod~, _n._ Coal-scuttle.

~Coalition~ _n._ Union, alliance, confederacy, federation, confederation, league, combination, copartnership, compact, federal compact, federal union.

~Coal-measures~, _n. pl._ Bed of coal, strata of coal, carboniferous group.

~Coal-mine~, _n._ Colliery, coal-pit.

~Coal-pit~, _n._ Colliery, coal-mine.

~Coal-scuttle~, _n._ Coal-hod.

~Coarse~, _a._ ~1.~ Of large size.

~2.~ Of large fibres or particles.

~3.~ Crude, rough, impure, unpurified.

~4.~ Gross, broad, indelicate, indecent, vulgar, not refined.

~5.~ Rude, unpolished, uncivil, impolite, gruff, bluff, bearish, brutal.

~6.~ Mean, vile, inelegant.

~Coast~, _n._ ~1.~ [_Rare._] Border, frontier.

~2.~ Shore, beach, strand, seaboard, seaside, seacoast.

~Coast~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Sail along the coast.

~2.~ Slide down a hill (_on a sled_).

~Coat~, _n._ ~1.~ Outer garment (_of men_).

~2.~ Cover, covering, integument, coating.

~Coat~, _v. a._ Cover, spread a covering over.

~Coating~, _n._ Covering, coat.

~Coax~, _v. a._ Wheedle, cajole, flatter, cog, persuade by fondling, prevail upon by flattery.

~Cob~, _n._ ~1.~ Sea-mew, sea-cob, gull, mew.

~2.~ Horse (_short-legged and stout_).

~3.~ [_U. S._] Spike (_of maize_), corn-cob.

~Cobble~, _v. a._ Botch, tinker, patch up, mend clumsily.

~Cobble~, _n._ Cobble-stone, small round stone.

~Cobble-stone~, _n._ COBBLE.

~Cobbler~, _n._ ~1.~ Mender of shoes.

~2.~ Clumsy workman.

~Cobra~, _n._ Hooded snake, COBRA-DE-CAPELLO.

~Cobra-de-Capello~, _n._ [Port.] Cobra, hooded snake, spectacled snake (_Naja tripudians_).

~Cobweb~, _n._ Spider's web.

~Cochineal~, _n._ Cochineal insect (_killed by boiling water, and dried in the sun_).

~Cochleary~, _a._ COCHLEATE, COCHLEATED, spiral, spiry, screw-shaped.

~Cochleate~, _a._ Spiral, COCHLEARY.

~Cochleated~, _a._ Spiral, COCHLEARY.

~Cock~, _n._ Chanticleer, ROOSTER.

~Cock-a-hoop~, _a._ Boasting, boastful, bragging, vaunting, vaporing, blustering, exulting, triumphant.

~Cock-and-bull story~, Absurd story, exaggerated tale.

~Cockatrice~, _n._ Basilisk.

~Cockchafer~, _n._ May-bug, dor, dor-bug, tree-beetle, dor-beetle, May- beetle, dummador (_Melontha vulgaris_).

~Cock-crowing~, _n._ Dawn, day-break, peep of day, first blush of the morning.

~Cocker~, _v. a._ [_Rare._] Indulge (_unduly_), fondle, pamper.

~Cockerel~, _n._ Young cock or rooster.

~Cockering~, _n._ Indulgence (_to excess_), pampering, humoring.

~Cock-eyed~, _a._ Squint-eyed.

~Cockle~, _v. a._ Wrinkle, corrugate, pucker, gather into folds.

~Cockling~, _a._ Curling, ruffled.

~Cock-loft~, _n._ Garret, loft, attic, upper story.

~Cocksure~, _a._ [_Colloquial._] Very sure, quite sure, quite certain, very confident.

~Cod~, _n._ Codfish (_Morrhua vulgaris_).

~Coddle~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Parboil, boil slightly.

~2.~ Humor, coax, cajole, wheedle, court, STUFF, pay court to, fawn upon, curry favor with, try to win by adulation.

~3.~ Fondle, caress, pet, treat with fondness, make much of.

~Code~, _n._ Digest, collection of laws.

~Codfish~, _n._ COD.

~Codger~, _n._ ~1.~ Miser, niggard, churl, curmudgeon, lick-penny, skinflint, scrimp, hunks, screw, muckworm.

~2.~ Queer old man, eccentric person.

~Codicil~, _n._ Supplement or postscript (_to a will_).

~Codify~, _v. a._ Digest, systematize, reduce to a code or digest.

~Cœliac~, _a._ Of the belly.

~Cœliac passion~, Chronic diarrhœa.

~Co-equal~, _a._ Co-ordinate, on a level, on a par.

~Coerce~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Restrain, curb, check, put under restraint.

~2.~ Compel, force, drive, constrain.

~Coercion~, _n._ ~1.~ Restraint, check, curb.

~2.~ Compulsion, constraint.

~Coercive~, _a._ ~1.~ Coercing, checking, restraining.

~2.~ Constraining, compelling, compulsory.

~Coetaneous~, _a._ COEVAL.

~Coeval~, _a._ Coetaneous, of the same age.

~Co-exist~, _v. n._ Exist together, exist at the same time.

~Coexistent~, _a._ Simultaneous, synchronous.

~Coffer~, _n._ ~1.~ Money-chest, strong-box, safe.

~2.~ [_Arch._] Sunken panel.

~Cog~, _v. a._ ~1.~ COAX, wheedle.

~2.~ Furnish with cogs.

~Cog~, _v. n._ Deceive, CHEAT.

~Cog~, _n._ ~1.~ Trick, deceit, fraud, cheat.

~2.~ Tooth (_of a wheel_).

~Cogency~, _n._ Force, strength, power.

~Cogent~, _a._ Forcible, effective, powerful, urgent, potent, irresistible, resistless, convincing, conclusive.

~Cogitate~, _v. n._ Meditate, think, reflect, consider, ponder, deliberate, ruminate, muse.

~Cogitation~, _n._ Meditation, thought, reflection, deliberation.

~Cognate~, _a._ Allied, akin, kin, related, kindred, similar, analogous, alike, of a piece.

~Cognition~, _n._ Knowledge, cognizance.

~Cognizance~, _n._ Knowledge, cognition, observation.

~Cognizant of~, Aware of, acquainted with, familiar with, conversant with, having knowledge of.

~Cognomen~, _n._ Surname, family name.

~Cohabit~, _v. n._ Live together (_as husband and wife_).

~Co-heir~, _n._ Joint heir.

~Cohere~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Adhere, cleave, unite, hold, stick together, hold together.

~2.~ Suit, fit, agree, square, quadrate, tally, coincide, comport.

~Coherence~, _n._ ~1.~ Cohesion, union, connection, dependence.

~2.~ Consistency, congruity, correspondence, harmony, agreement.

~Coherency~, _n._ ~1.~ Cohesion, union, connection, dependence.

~2.~ Consistency, congruity, correspondence, harmony, agreement.

~Coherent~, _a._ ~1.~ Connected, united, sticking together.

~2.~ Consistent, congruous, logical.

~Cohesion~, _n._ Coherence, sticking together.

~Coiffure~, _n._ Head-dress.

~Coil~, _v. a._ Gather into a coil.

~Coil~, _n._ Convolution, BIGHT, circular heap.

~Coin~, _n._ Specie, cash, metallic money, hard money, stamped money.

~Coin~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Convert (_metal_) into money by stamping.

~2.~ Invent, fabricate, devise, create.

~Coinage~, _n._ ~1.~ Coin.

~2.~ Invention, fabrication, creation.

~Coincide~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Correspond, quadrate, square, tally, cohere.

~2.~ Agree, concur, harmonize, be of the same mind.

~Coincidence~, _n._ ~1.~ Correspondence.

~2.~ Agreement, concurrence, consistency.

~Coincident~, _a._ ~1.~ Correspondent, tallying, squaring.

~2.~ Agreeing, concurring, concurrent.

~Coition~, _n._ Copulation.

~Cold~, _a._ ~1.~ Frigid, GELID, cool, not warm, not hot.

~2.~ Bleak, raw, biting, cutting, nipping, frosty, icy, wintry, hyemal, brumal.

~3.~ Chilly, chill, shivering.

~4.~ Apathetic, phlegmatic, stoical, unfeeling, unsusceptible, unimpressible, passionless, cold-blooded, sluggish, torpid, lukewarm, dead, indifferent, unconcerned.

~5.~ Unaffecting, uninteresting.

~Cold~, _n._ ~1.~ Absence of warmth, privation of heat.

~2.~ Coldness, chilliness.

~3.~ Catarrh, cough (_or other inflammatory disease produced by exposure to cold_).

~Cold-blooded~, _a._ ~1.~ With cold blood.

~2.~ Unfeeling, apathetic, passionless, COLD, cold-hearted, hard- hearted, cruel.

~Cold-hearted~, _a._ Unfeeling, COLD-BLOODED.

~Colewort~, _n._ Kale.

~Colic~, _n._ Belly-ache, pain in the bowels.

~Collapse~, _n._ ~1.~ Falling together, falling in (_as the sides of a flue_).

~2.~ (_Med._) Prostration, exhaustion, extreme depression.

~Collapse~, _v. n._ Fall together, fall in.

~Collar~, _n._ Neck-band.

~Collar-bone~, _n._ Clavicle.

~Collate~, _v. a._ Compare, bring into comparison, estimate relatively.

~Collateral~, _a._ ~1.~ Indirect, subordinate, not directly to the point.

~2.~ Corroboratory, confirmatory, concurrent.

~Collation~, _n._ ~1.~ Comparison.

~2.~ Meal (_less than a feast_), repast, entertainment, treat.

~Colleague~, _n._ Associate (_in some office, especially in that of a clergyman_), coadjutor, co-operator, assistant, helper, alder, co-aid, partner, ally.

~Collect~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Gather, assemble, muster, bring together, scrape together.

~2.~ Accumulate, amass, aggregate, garner, heap up, garner up.

~3.~ Infer, deduce, consider probable.

~Collection~, _n._ ~1.~ Assemblage, group, cluster, gathering, crowd.

~2.~ Accumulation, heap, mass, hoard, store, pile, aggregation.

~3.~ Contribution (_for charitable purposes_).

~Collect one's self~, Recover from surprise, recover one's self- possession, become calm.

~College~, _n._ ~1.~ Society (_of persons engaged in common pursuits_), community, body.

~2.~ University, literary institution or seminary of learning (_of the highest class_).

~3.~ College edifice or building.

~Collide~, _v. n._ Clash, come into collision, strike against each other.

~Colliery~, _n._ Coal-mine, coal-pit.

~Collision~, _n._ ~1.~ Clash, shock, concussion.

~2.~ Opposition, interference, clashing, conflict.

~Collocate~, _v. a._ [_Rare._] Place, set, dispose, arrange.

~Collocation~, _n._ Arrangement, disposition, grouping.

~Collop~, _n._ Slice (_of meat_), RASHER.

~Colloquial~, _a._ Conversational.

~Colloquy~, _n._ Dialogue, conversation, conference, talk, discourse.

~Collude~, _v. n._ Participate in fraud, conspire fraudulently.

~Collusion~, _n._ ~1.~ COVIN, participation in fraud.

~2.~ Artifice (_practised in pursuance of some secret agreement_), fraud, deceit.

~Collusive~, _a._ Deceitful, fraudulent, deceptive, dishonest, covinous.

~Collyrium~, _n._ [L.] (_Med._) Eye-water, wash or lotion for the eyes.

~Colocynth~, _n._ Coloquintida, bitter-apple, bitter-cucumber.

~Cologne~, _n._ EAU-DE-COLOGNE.

~Cologne-water~, _n._ EAU-DE-COLOGNE.

~Coloquintida~, _n._ Colocynth, bitter-apple, bitter-cucumber.

~Color~, _n._ ~1.~ Hue, tint, tinge, shade.

~2.~ Pigment, paint.

~3.~ Plea, pretext, pretence, excuse, guise, disguise, semblance, appearance, make-shift, false show.

~Color~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Tinge, dye, paint, stain.

~2.~ Disguise, varnish, gloss over, make plausible.

~Color~, _v. n._ Redden, blush, show color.

~Color-blindness~, _n._ Daltonism.

~Colorless~, _a._ Uncolored, hueless, untinged, achromatic.

~Color-sergeant~, _n._ Ensign, standard-bearer.

~Colophony~, _n._ Resin (_from the pine_), rosin.

~Colors~, _n. pl._ Flag, standard, ensign, banner.

~Colossal~, _a._ Gigantic, huge, monstrous, immense, enormous, prodigious, Cyclopean, Herculean.

~Colossus~, _n._ Gigantic statue.

~Colporter~, _n._ Pedler (_of religious books_), hawker of tracts.

~Colt~, _n._ Young horse (_male or female_).

~Coltish~, _a._ Frisky, rampant, playful, frolicsome, sportive, gay.

~Columbary~, _n._ Dove-cot, pigeon-house.

~Column~, _n._ ~1.~ Pillar (_that is round_).

~2.~ File, line, row.

~Coma~, _n._ ~1.~ (_Med._) Lethargy, dozing, stupor, drowsiness (_from disease_).

~2.~ (_Astron._) Envelope.

~3.~ (_Bot._) Tuft, cluster, bunch, clump.

~Comatose~, _a._ Lethargic, drowsy (_from disease_), dozing, stupid, stupefied.

~Comatous~, _a._ Lethargic, drowsy (_from disease_), dozing, stupid, stupefied.

~Combat~, _v. n._ Fight, contend, struggle, contest, war.

~Combat~, _v. a._ Oppose, resist, withstand, contend against, battle with, struggle with, war against.

~Combat~, _n._ Battle, fight, conflict, engagement, action, contest, encounter, rencounter, skirmish, brush, affair.

~Combatant~, _n._ Fighter, CHAMPION, warrior.

~Combativeness~, _n._ Propensity to fight.

~Combination~, _n._ ~1.~ Union, conjunction, connection, association.

~2.~ Alliance, coalition, confederacy, league, complot, conspiracy, cabal.

~3.~ Mixture, compound, amalgamation.

~Combine~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Unite, join together.

~2.~ Mix, blend, incorporate, amalgamate, compound, put together.

~Combine~, _v. n._ Coalesce, be united.

~Combustibility~, _n._ Combustibleness, inflammability, inflammableness.

~Combustible~, _a._ Inflammable.

~Combustibleness~, _n._ Combustibility.

~Combustion~, _n._ Conflagration, burning.

~Come~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Approach, advance, draw near, tend hitherward.

~2.~ Arrive, get to, reach or attain any place or point.

~3.~ Proceed, issue, arise, result, follow, flow, ensue, originate, be derived, be due or owing, take rise.

~4.~ Happen, occur, befall, betide, take place, come to pass, fall out.

~Come about~, Happen, come to pass.

~Come at~, Reach, obtain, get at.

~Come by~, Get, obtain, gain, get possession of.

~Comedian~, _n._ Comic actor.

~Come home~, ~1.~ Get home, reach home.

~2.~ Touch closely, interest deeply, concern especially.

~Come in~, ~1.~ Enter.

~2.~ Accrue (_as gain_).

~Come in for~, Make a claim for.

~Come into~, ~1.~ Enter.

~2.~ Comply with, assent to, fall in with.

~Comeliness~, _n._ ~1.~ Propriety, fitness, suitableness.

~2.~ Symmetry, grace, gracefulness, beauty.

~Comely~, _a._ ~1.~ Becoming, fitting, suitable, seemly, decorous, decent.

~2.~ Symmetrical, graceful, handsome, beautiful, PRETTY.

~Come near~, Approximate, approach.

~Come of~, Proceed, issue, grow out of.

~Come on~, ~1.~ Advance.

~2.~ Succeed, thrive.

~Come-outer~, _n._ [_U. S._] Radical, radical reformer.

~Come round~, Change, veer.

~Come short~, Fail, be deficient, be wanting.

~Comet~, _n._ Blazing star.

~Come to~, ~1.~ Consent, yield.

~2.~ Amount to.

~3.~ Recover (_as from fainting_).

~Come to a head~, ~1.~ Mature, suppurate, fester.

~2.~ Come to a crisis.

~Come to grief~, [_Colloquial._] ~1.~ Fail, result disastrously.

~2.~ Be ruined, meet with disaster.

~Come to hand~, Be received.

~Come to one's self~, Recover one's senses.

~Come to pass~, ~1.~ Happen, chance, occur, befall, betide, fall out.

~2.~ Be fulfilled.

~Come to the gallows~, Be hanged.

~Come up~, ~1.~ Rise, ascend.

~2.~ Shoot (_as a plant from the earth_), spring up.

~Come up with~, Overtake.

~Comfit~, _n._ Sweetmeat (_dry_), confection, confect, conserve, preserve.

~Comfort~, _v. a._ Solace, console, cheer, gladden, encourage, inspirit, enliven, animate, revive, refresh, invigorate, relieve, strengthen.

~Comfort~, _n._ ~1.~ Support, assistance, aid, help, succor, countenance.

~2.~ Solace, consolation, encouragement, relief.

~3.~ Ease, enjoyment, satisfaction.

~Comfortable~, _a._ ~1.~ Agreeable, pleasant, pleasurable, grateful, gratifying, acceptable, welcome.

~2.~ Snug, convenient, adapted for comfort.

~3.~ [_U. S._] At ease, free from pain.

~Comforter~, _n._ ~1.~ Consoler.

~2.~ Paraclete, Holy Spirit, Spirit of Truth.

~3.~ [_U. S._] Stuffed coverlet, wadded quilt.

~Comfortless~, _a._ ~1.~ Forlorn, cheerless, desolate, wretched, miserable.

~2.~ Inconsolable, disconsolate, woebegone, heart-broken, broken- hearted.

~Comic~, _a._ Droll, funny, farcical, ludicrous, laughable, diverting, sportive, humorous.

~Comical~, _a._ Droll, funny, farcical, ludicrous, laughable, diverting, sportive, humorous.

~Coming~, _n._ Approach, advent, arrival.

~Coming~, _a._ Future, to come.

~Comity~, _n._ Courtesy, civility, amenity, politeness, suavity, urbanity, affability, good breeding, good manners.

~Command~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Order, direct, bid, charge, require, enjoin.

~2.~ Rule, govern, sway, control, lead, preside over.

~3.~ Claim, challenge.

~4.~ Overlook, have under range of vision.

~Command~, _v. n._ Govern, rule, exercise authority, have control, take the lead, rule the roost.

~Command~, _n._ ~1.~ Order, direction, injunction, mandate, behest, bidding, charge, requisition, commandment, word of command.

~2.~ Rule, sway, authority, power, dominion, government, control, ascendancy, supremacy.

~Commander~, _n._ Chief, chieftain, leader, captain.

~Commandment~, _n._ Mandate, precept, command.

~Comme il faut~, [Fr.] Right, fit, proper, appropriate, seemly, meet, becoming, as it should be.

~Commemorate~, _v. a._ Celebrate, solemnize.

~Commemoration~, _n._ Celebration, solemnization.

~Commemorative~, _a._ Memorial.

~Commence~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Begin, originate, take rise.

~2.~ Take the first step, make a beginning, break ground, break the ice.

~Commence~, _v. a._ Begin, institute, originate, enter upon, set about, set on foot, set in operation.

~Commencement~, _n._ Beginning, outset, opening.

~Commend~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Recommend, bespeak regard for.

~2.~ Commit, intrust, yield.

~3.~ Praise, extol, applaud, laud, eulogize, cry up, speak well of, say a good word for, sing or sound the praises of.

~Commendable~, _a._ Laudable, praiseworthy, to be commended.

~Commendation~, _n._ ~1.~ Recommendation, approval, approbation, good opinion.

~2.~ Praise, encomium, eulogy, panegyric, good word.

~Commendations~, _n. pl._ Regards, compliments, respects.

~Commendatory~, _a._ Commending, laudatory, eulogistic, complimentary, encomiastic, panegyrical.

~Commensurable~, _a._ Commeasurable, commensurate.

~Commensurate~, _a._ ~1.~ Commeasurable, commensurable.

~2.~ Proportionate, equal, coextensive.

~Comment~, _v. n._ Annotate, make notes, make comments or remarks.

~Comment~, _n._ ~1.~ Annotation, note, explanation, elucidation, illustration, exposition, commentary.

~2.~ Remark, observation.

~Commentary~, _n._ ~1.~ COMMENT.

~2.~ Book of comments.

~3.~ Memoir, familiar narrative.

~Commentator~, _n._ Annotator, expositor, writer of comments.

~Commerce~, _n._ ~1.~ Dealing, trade, traffic, business.

~2.~ Intercourse, communication.

~Commercial~, _a._ Trading, MERCANTILE, skilled in commerce.

~Commination~, _n._ Threatening, threat, menace, denunciation.

~Commingle~, _v. a._ Blend, mix, commix, mingle, amalgamate, mingle together.

~Comminute~, _v. a._ Pulverize, triturate, grind, bruise, bray, break to pieces.

~Comminution~, _n._ Pulverization, trituration.

~Commiserate~, _v. a._ Pity, compassionate, have pity for, sympathize with, feel for, feel sorry for, condole with.

~Commiseration~, _n._ Compassion, sympathy, pity, condolence, fellow- feeling.

~Commission~, _n._ ~1.~ Perpetration.

~2.~ Warrant of authority.

~3.~ Trust, charge, office, care, duty, task, employment, errand.

~4.~ Allowance, fee, compensation.

~5.~ Delegation, body of commissioners.

~Commission~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Authorize, empower, give a commission to.

~2.~ Depute, delegate, send on a commission.

~Commissioner~, _n._ Agent.

~Commissure~, _n._ Seam, joint.

~Commit~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Intrust, consign, confide, give in trust.

~2.~ Deposit, put, place, lay.

~3.~ Perpetrate, enact, do, perform.

~4.~ Imprison, send to prison.

~5.~ Engage, pledge, implicate.

~6.~ Compromit, endanger, bring into danger, put at hazard, put in jeopardy.

~Commitment~, _n._ Imprisonment, committal.

~Committal~, _n._ Commitment.

~Committee~, _n._ Board.

~Commix~, _v. a._ Blend, mingle, commingle, mix, amalgamate.

~Commixture~, _n._ Intermixture, admixture, mixture, composition, compound, amalgamation.

~Commode~, _n._ Small sideboard.

~Commodious~, _a._ Convenient, useful, advantageous, suitable, fit, proper.

~Commodity~, _n._ Article of merchandise.

~Commodities~, _n. pl._ Merchandise, wares, goods, produce.

~Common~, _a._ ~1.~ Public, belonging to all, for the use of all.

~2.~ General, universal, used by all.

~3.~ Usual, frequent, habitual, customary, every-day, often met with.

~4.~ Trite, stale, threadbare, hackneyed, commonplace, not new, worn out.

~5.~ Ordinary, vulgar, low, inferior, not distinguished (_by high birth, attainments or character_).

~Commonalty~, _n._ The common people (_below the orders of nobility_), the lower classes.

~Commoner~, _n._ Middle-man.

~Common-law~, _n._ Unwritten law.

~Commonplace~, _a._ Trite, stale, hackneyed, ordinary, common, threadbare, not new, worn out.

~Common run~, ~1.~ Common or ordinary course.

~2.~ Generality, mass, ordinary class.

~Commons~, _n. pl._ ~1.~ Lower house of Parliament, House of Commons.

~2.~ Provisions, food, fare.

~Common-sense~, _n._ Wisdom, good sense, plain sense, sound judgment, natural sagacity.

~Commonwealth~, _n._ ~1.~ State, realm, nation, republic, body politic, popular government, representative government.

~2.~ The public, the people, the community, body of the people.

~Commotion~, _n._ ~1.~ Agitation, disturbance, perturbation.

~2.~ Turmoil, turbulence, tumult, disorder, violence, bustle, pother, ado, TO-DO.

~Commune~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Converse, communicate, discourse, speak, talk, hold intercourse.

~2.~ [_U. S._] Receive the communion, partake of the Lord's Supper.

~Communicant~, _n._ Partaker, sharer, participator.

~Communicate~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Impart, give, bestow, CONFER.

~2.~ Disclose, reveal, divulge, declare, announce, make known.

~Communicate~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Have connection (_by a passage_).