| AUTOCLAVE | • autoclave n. A strong, pressurized, heated vessel, as for laboratory experiments, sterilization, cooking or mineral processing. • autoclave v. (Transitive) To sterilize laboratory equipment in an autoclave. • autoclave adj. (Cryptography) autokey. |
| BALACLAVA | • balaclava n. A type of warm headgear covering the neck, head, and often part of the face, with apertures left as… • balaclava n. (Chiefly UK, Canada) A ski mask with holes for the eyes and, sometimes, the nose and mouth, which may… • Balaclava prop.n. A town in St. Elizabeth parish, Jamaica. |
| CLAVATELY | • CLAVATE adv. club-shaped; growing gradually thicker toward the top, also CLAVATED. |
| CLAVATION | • clavation n. (Biology) A becoming clavate or club-like. • clavation n. (Anatomy) articulation in a socket. • CLAVATION n. an articulation in a socket. |
| CLAVECINS | • clavecins n. Plural of clavecin. • CLAVECIN n. (French) a harpsichord. |
| CLAVERING | • clavering v. Present participle of claver. • Clavering prop.n. A surname. • CLAVER v. (Scots) to gossip. |
| CLAVICLES | • clavicles n. Plural of clavicle. • CLAVICLE n. a shoulder bone. |
| CLAVICORN | • clavicorn adj. (Zoology) Having antennas shaped like clubs; used especially of the Clavicornes group of beetles. • clavicorn n. (Zoology) One of the Clavicornes. • CLAVICORN n. a beetle having club-shaped antennae. |
| CLAVICULA | • clavicula n. (Anatomy) Alternative form of clavicle. • CLAVICULA n. (Latin) the collarbone, also CLAVICLE. |
| CLAVIFORM | • claviform adj. (Chiefly biology) Larger at the tip than at the base; club-shaped. • claviform n. (Palaeography) An image or symbol which is club-shaped, that is, larger at the tip than at the base. • claviform adj. (Chiefly biology) Shaped like a nail (“a metallic spike-shaped fastener”). |
| CLAVIGERS | • clavigers n. Plural of claviger. • CLAVIGER n. (Latin) one who carries the keys of any place. |
| CLAVULATE | • clavulate adj. Alternative form of clavate. • CLAVULATE adj. club-shaped, also CLAVATE, CLAVATED. |
| CONCLAVES | • conclaves n. Plural of conclave. • CONCLAVE n. the room in which cardinals meet to elect a pope; any secret assembly. |
| ENCLAVING | • enclaving v. Present participle of enclave. • ENCLAVE v. to surround. |
| LATICLAVE | • laticlave n. (Historical) A badge of two wide purple stripes, worn by senators and certain other high-ranking people… • LATICLAVE n. (historical) a broad stripe of purple on the fore part of the tunic, worn by senators in ancient Rome as an emblem of office. |