Name Report For First Name CLA:
CLA
First name CLA's origin is Other. CLA means "mortal". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with CLA below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of cla.(Brown names are of the same origin (Other) with CLA and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)
Rhymes with CLA - Names & Words
First Names Rhyming CLA
FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES CLA AS A WHOLE:
clady clarimunda thecla claudina claudas claudios barclay claus claefer claennis clair claire clare claressa clareta clarette claribel clarice clarimonda clarimonde clarinda clarisa clarissa clarisse clarita clarrisa claudine decla clach claec claeg claegborne claegtun claiborn claiborne clancy clark clarke claud claude claudio claudius claybourne clayburn clayson clayton declan maclachlan maclaine maclane maclaren sinclair claas clae clayborne clay claris tecla clarimond claudette claresta clarine clarissant clamedeus clarion clara claudia claudelle sinclaireNAMES RHYMING WITH CLA (According to last letters):
Rhyming Names According to Last 2 Letters (la) - Names That Ends with la:
adeola fayola fola hola layla nangila ndila ramla sela adila cala najla donella alula bela ludmila pavla svetla laila arabella sybylla akila jamila karola alala anatola eustella idola iola neola onella pamela panphila phila philomela scylla suadela alaula akela kaikala keala lahela makala ola adiella leela bella borbala gisella akshamala apala behula kamala lajila mahila shitala upala agnella agnola gabriella isabella leola natala paola adsila fala kimimela malila posala sitala soyala takala zitkala angela costela gabriela imanuela ionela izabela mihaela mirela paula petronela stela teofila viorela ludmilla addula abdalla fela jela lusala wanjala xola zola ala' osla connla matsimela sabolaNAMES RHYMING WITH CLA (According to first letters):
Rhyming Names According to First 2 Letters (cl) - Names That Begins with cl:
cleantha cleary cleavon cleirach cleit clematis clemence clementina clementine clementius clennan cleo cleobis cleon cleonie cleopatra cletus cleva cleve cleveland clevon cliantha clianthe cliff clifford cliffton clifland clifton cliftu cliftun clint clinton clinttun clintwood clio clive clodagh clodovea clodoveo cloe cloee cloria cloridan clorinda cloris clotho clotilda clotilde clover clovia clovis clunainach cluny clust clustfeinad clyde clyf clyffton clyfland clyford clyftun clymena clymene clyte clytemnestra clytie clyveNAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH CLA:
First Names which starts with 'c' and ends with 'a':
cacia cadda cadena cadencia cadenza cadha cadhla cadyna caedwalla caersewiella caffara caffaria cahira caira cairistiona calandra calandria calantha caldwiella caliana calida calinda calissa calista calleigha callia calliegha calligenia callista calvina calynda calysta camara cambria camelia camella camellia camila camilla camraya candida candra cantara capeka caprina capucina cara caressa carilla carina carisa carissa carla carlaisa carletta carlita carlota carlotta carma carmela carmelina carmelita carmella carmencita carmia carmina carmita carmya carola caroliana carolina carona carressa carrola cartimandua casandra casimira cassandra cassiopeia cassondra casta castalia catalina catarina caterina cathenna cathia catia catriona cavana caylona ceara cecelia cecilia cedra cedrica cedrina celandina celena celestaEnglish Words Rhyming CLA
ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES CLA AS A WHOLE:
| acclaim | noun (n.) Acclamation. |
| verb (v. t.) To applaud. | |
| verb (v. t.) To declare by acclamations. | |
| verb (v. t.) To shout; as, to acclaim my joy. | |
| verb (v. i.) To shout applause. |
| acclaimer | noun (n.) One who acclaims. |
| acclamation | noun (n.) A shout of approbation, favor, or assent; eager expression of approval; loud applause. |
| noun (n.) A representation, in sculpture or on medals, of people expressing joy. | |
| noun (n.) In parliamentary usage, the act or method of voting orally and by groups rather than by ballot, esp. in elections; | |
| noun (n.) the election of a pope or other ecclesiastic by unanimous consent of the electors, without a ballot. |
| acclamatory | adjective (a.) Pertaining to, or expressing approval by, acclamation. |
| afterclap | noun (n.) An unexpected subsequent event; something disagreeable happening after an affair is supposed to be at an end. |
| anaclastic | adjective (a.) Produced by the refraction of light, as seen through water; as, anaclastic curves. |
| adjective (a.) Springing back, as the bottom of an anaclastic glass. |
| anaclastics | noun (n.) That part of optics which treats of the refraction of light; -- commonly called dioptrics. |
| antanaclasis | noun (n.) A figure which consists in repeating the same word in a different sense; as, Learn some craft when young, that when old you may live without craft. |
| noun (n.) A repetition of words beginning a sentence, after a long parenthesis; as, Shall that heart (which not only feels them, but which has all motions of life placed in them), shall that heart, etc. |
| anticlastic | adjective (a.) Having to opposite curvatures, that is, curved longitudinally in one direction and transversely in the opposite direction, as the surface of a saddle. |
| autoclave | noun (n.) A kind of French stewpan with a steam-tight lid. |
| angusticlave | noun (n.) A narrow stripe of purple worn by the equites on each side of the tunic as a sign of rank. |
| anorthoclase | noun (n.) A feldspar closely related to orthoclase, but triclinic. It is chiefly a silicate of sodium, potassium, and aluminium. Sp. gr., 2.57 -- 2.60. |
| autoclastic | adjective (a.) Broken in place; -- said of rocks having a broken or brecciated structure due to crushing, in contrast to those of brecciated materials brought from a distance. |
| barraclade | noun (n.) A home-made woolen blanket without nap. |
| bonnyclabber | noun (n.) Coagulated sour milk; loppered milk; curdled milk; -- sometimes called simply clabber. |
| ciclatoun | noun (n.) A costly cloth, of uncertain material, used in the Middle Ages. |
| clabber | noun (n.) Milk curdled so as to become thick. |
| verb (v. i.) To become clabber; to lopper. |
| clachan | noun (n.) A small village containing a church. |
| clacking | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Clack |
| clack | noun (n.) To make a sudden, sharp noise, or a succesion of such noises, as by striking an object, or by collision of parts; to rattle; to click. |
| noun (n.) To utter words rapidly and continually, or with abruptness; to let the tongue run. | |
| verb (v. t.) To cause to make a sudden, sharp noise, or succession of noises; to click. | |
| verb (v. t.) To utter rapidly and inconsiderately. | |
| verb (v. t.) A sharp, abrupt noise, or succession of noises, made by striking an object. | |
| verb (v. t.) Anything that causes a clacking noise, as the clapper of a mill, or a clack valve. | |
| verb (v. t.) Continual or importunate talk; prattle; prating. |
| clacker | noun (n.) One who clacks; that which clacks; especially, the clapper of a mill. |
| noun (n.) A claqueur. See Claqueur. |
| cladocera | noun (n. pl.) An order of the Entomostraca. |
| cladophyll | noun (n.) A special branch, resembling a leaf, as in the apparent foliage of the broom (Ruscus) and of the common cultivated smilax (Myrsiphillum). |
| claggy | adjective (a.) Adhesive; -- said of a roof in a mine to which coal clings. |
| claik | noun (n.) See Clake. |
| noun (n.) The bernicle goose; -- called also clack goose. |
| claiming | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Claim |
| claim | noun (n.) A demand of a right or supposed right; a calling on another for something due or supposed to be due; an assertion of a right or fact. |
| noun (n.) A right to claim or demand something; a title to any debt, privilege, or other thing in possession of another; also, a title to anything which another should give or concede to, or confer on, the claimant. | |
| noun (n.) The thing claimed or demanded; that (as land) to which any one intends to establish a right; as a settler's claim; a miner's claim. | |
| noun (n.) A loud call. | |
| verb (v./.) To ask for, or seek to obtain, by virtue of authority, right, or supposed right; to challenge as a right; to demand as due. | |
| verb (v./.) To proclaim. | |
| verb (v./.) To call or name. | |
| verb (v./.) To assert; to maintain. | |
| verb (v. i.) To be entitled to anything; to deduce a right or title; to have a claim. |
| claimable | adjective (a.) Capable of being claimed. |
| claimant | noun (n.) One who claims; one who asserts a right or title; a claimer. |
| claimer | noun (n.) One who claims; a claimant. |
| claimless | adjective (a.) Having no claim. |
| clairvoyance | noun (n.) A power, attributed to some persons while in a mesmeric state, of discering objects not perceptible by the senses in their normal condition. |
| clairvoyant | noun (n.) One who is able, when in a mesmeric state, to discern objects not present to the senses. |
| adjective (a.) Pertaining to clairvoyance; discerning objects while in a mesmeric state which are not present to the senses. |
| clake | noun (n.) Alt. of Claik |
| clamming | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Clam |
| clam | noun (n.) Claminess; moisture. |
| noun (n.) A crash or clangor made by ringing all the bells of a chime at once. | |
| verb (v. t.) A bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially those that are edible; as, the long clam (Mya arenaria), the quahog or round clam (Venus mercenaria), the sea clam or hen clam (Spisula solidissima), and other species of the United States. The name is said to have been given originally to the Tridacna gigas, a huge East Indian bivalve. | |
| verb (v. t.) Strong pinchers or forceps. | |
| verb (v. t.) A kind of vise, usually of wood. | |
| verb (v. t.) To clog, as with glutinous or viscous matter. | |
| verb (v. i.) To be moist or glutinous; to stick; to adhere. | |
| verb (v. t. & i.) To produce, in bell ringing, a clam or clangor; to cause to clang. |
| clamant | adjective (a.) Crying earnestly, beseeching clamorously. |
| clamation | noun (n.) The act of crying out. |
| clamatores | noun (n. pl.) A division of passerine birds in which the vocal muscles are but little developed, so that they lack the power of singing. |
| clamatorial | adjective (a.) Like or pertaining to the Clamatores. |
| clambake | noun (n.) The backing or steaming of clams on heated stones, between layers of seaweed; hence, a picnic party, gathered on such an occasion. |
| clambering | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Clamber |
| clamber | noun (n.) The act of clambering. |
| verb (v. i.) To climb with difficulty, or with hands and feet; -- also used figuratively. | |
| verb (v. t.) To ascend by climbing with difficulty. |
| clamjamphrie | noun (n.) Low, worthless people; the rabble. |
| clamminess | noun (n.) State of being clammy or viscous. |
| clamor | noun (n.) A great outcry or vociferation; loud and continued shouting or exclamation. |
| noun (n.) Any loud and continued noise. | |
| noun (n.) A continued expression of dissatisfaction or discontent; a popular outcry. | |
| verb (v. t.) To salute loudly. | |
| verb (v. t.) To stun with noise. | |
| verb (v. t.) To utter loudly or repeatedly; to shout. | |
| verb (v. i.) To utter loud sounds or outcries; to vociferate; to complain; to make importunate demands. |
| clamoring | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Clamor |
| clamorer | noun (n.) One who clamors. |
| clamorous | adjective (a.) Speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud; turbulent. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH CLA (According to last letters):
Rhyming Words According to Last 2 Letters (la) - English Words That Ends with la:
| acanthocephala | noun (n. pl.) A group of intestinal worms, having the proboscis armed with recurved spines. |
| acephala | noun (n. pl.) That division of the Mollusca which includes the bivalve shells, like the clams and oysters; -- so called because they have no evident head. Formerly the group included the Tunicata, Brachiopoda, and sometimes the Bryozoa. See Mollusca. |
| acicula | noun (n.) One of the needlelike or bristlelike spines or prickles of some animals and plants; also, a needlelike crystal. |
| actinula | noun (n. pl.) A kind of embryo of certain hydroids (Tubularia), having a stellate form. |
| ala | noun (n.) A winglike organ, or part. |
| algarovilla | noun (n.) The agglutinated seeds and husks of the legumes of a South American tree (Inga Marthae). It is valuable for tanning leather, and as a dye. |
| alula | noun (n.) A false or bastard wing. See under Bastard. |
| ametabola | noun (n. pl.) A group of insects which do not undergo any metamorphosis. |
| ampulla | noun (n.) A narrow-necked vessel having two handles and bellying out like a jug. |
| noun (n.) A cruet for the wine and water at Mass. | |
| noun (n.) The vase in which the holy oil for chrism, unction, or coronation is kept. | |
| noun (n.) Any membranous bag shaped like a leathern bottle, as the dilated end of a vessel or duct; especially the dilations of the semicircular canals of the ear. |
| angola | noun (n.) A fabric made from the wool of the Angora goat. |
| anisodactyla | noun (n. pl.) Alt. of Anisodactyls |
| anopla | noun (n. pl.) One of the two orders of Nemerteans. See Nemertina. |
| aquila | noun (n.) A genus of eagles. |
| noun (n.) A northern constellation southerly from Lyra and Cygnus and preceding the Dolphin; the Eagle. |
| archencephala | noun (n. pl.) The division that includes man alone. |
| archiblastula | noun (n.) A hollow blastula, supposed to be the primitive form; a c/loblastula. |
| areola | noun (n.) An interstice or small space, as between the cracks of the surface in certain crustaceous lichens; or as between the fibers composing organs or vessels that interlace; or as between the nervures of an insect's wing. |
| noun (n.) The colored ring around the nipple, or around a vesicle or pustule. |
| argala | noun (n.) The adjutant bird. |
| armilla | noun (n.) An armil. |
| noun (n.) A ring of hair or feathers on the legs. |
| artiodactyla | noun (n. pl.) One of the divisions of the ungulate animals. The functional toes of the hind foot are even in number, and the third digit of each foot (corresponding to the middle finger in man) is asymmetrical and paired with the fourth digit, as in the hog, the sheep, and the ox; -- opposed to Perissodactyla. |
| aureola | noun (n.) Alt. of Aureole |
| auricula | noun (n.) A species of Primula, or primrose, called also, from the shape of its leaves, bear's-ear. |
| noun (n.) A species of Hirneola (H. auricula), a membranaceous fungus, called also auricula Judae, or Jew's-ear. | |
| noun (n.) A genus of air-breathing mollusks mostly found near the sea, where the water is brackish | |
| noun (n.) One of the five arched processes of the shell around the jaws of a sea urchin. |
| avicula | noun (n.) A genus of marine bivalves, having a pearly interior, allied to the pearl oyster; -- so called from a supposed resemblance of the typical species to a bird. |
| axilla | noun (n.) The armpit, or the cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder. |
| noun (n.) An axil. |
| alfilerilla | noun (n.) Same as Alfilaria. |
| amygdala | noun (n.) An almond. |
| noun (n.) One of the tonsils of the pharynx. | |
| noun (n.) One of the rounded prominences of the lower surface of the lateral hemispheres of the cerebellum, each side of the vallecula. |
| arolla | noun (n.) The stone pine (Pinus Cembra). |
| baggala | noun (n.) A two-masted Arab or Indian trading vessel, used in Indian Ocean. |
| bandala | noun (n.) A fabric made in Manilla from the older leaf sheaths of the abaca (Musa textilis). |
| barilla | noun (n.) A name given to several species of Salsola from which soda is made, by burning the barilla in heaps and lixiviating the ashes. |
| noun (n.) The alkali produced from the plant, being an impure carbonate of soda, used for making soap, glass, etc., and for bleaching purposes. | |
| noun (n.) Impure soda obtained from the ashes of any seashore plant, or kelp. |
| bengola | noun (n.) A Bengal light. |
| beteela | noun (n.) An East India muslin, formerly used for cravats, veils, etc. |
| blastula | noun (n.) That stage in the development of the ovum in which the outer cells of the morula become more defined and form the blastoderm. |
| bulla | noun (n.) A bleb; a vesicle, or an elevation of the cuticle, containing a transparent watery fluid. |
| noun (n.) The ovoid prominence below the opening of the ear in the skulls of many animals; as, the tympanic or auditory bulla. | |
| noun (n.) A leaden seal for a document; esp. the round leaden seal attached to the papal bulls, which has on one side a representation of St. Peter and St. Paul, and on the other the name of the pope who uses it. | |
| noun (n.) A genus of marine shells. See Bubble shell. |
| banderilla | noun (n.) A barbed dart carrying a banderole which the banderillero thrusts into the neck or shoulder of the bull in a bullfight. |
| cabala | noun (n.) A kind of occult theosophy or traditional interpretation of the Scriptures among Jewish rabbis and certain mediaeval Christians, which treats of the nature of god and the mystery of human existence. It assumes that every letter, word, number, and accent of Scripture contains a hidden sense; and it teaches the methods of interpretation for ascertaining these occult meanings. The cabalists pretend even to foretell events by this means. |
| noun (n.) Secret science in general; mystic art; mystery. |
| cabrilla | noun (n.) A name applied to various species of edible fishes of the genus Serranus, and related genera, inhabiting the Meditarranean, the coast of California, etc. In California, some of them are also called rock bass and kelp salmon. |
| caffila | noun (n.) See Cafila. |
| cafila | noun (n.) Alt. of Cafileh |
| calcavella | noun (n.) A sweet wine from Portugal; -- so called from the district of Carcavelhos. |
| calendula | noun (n.) A genus of composite herbaceous plants. One species, Calendula officinalis, is the common marigold, and was supposed to blossom on the calends of every month, whence the name. |
| calla | noun (n.) A genus of plants, of the order Araceae. |
| camarilla | noun (n.) The private audience chamber of a king. |
| noun (n.) A company of secret and irresponsible advisers, as of a king; a cabal or clique. |
| campanula | noun (n.) A large genus of plants bearing bell-shaped flowers, often of great beauty; -- also called bellflower. |
| canella | noun (n.) A genus of trees of the order Canellaceae, growing in the West Indies. |
| cannicula | noun (n.) The Dog Star; Sirius. |
| cannula | noun (n.) A small tube of metal, wood, or India rubber, used for various purposes, esp. for injecting or withdrawing fluids. It is usually associated with a trocar. |
| canula | adjective (a.) Alt. of Canulated |
| capella | noun (n.) A brilliant star in the constellation Auriga. |
| capitula | noun (n. pl.) See Capitulum. |
| cappella | noun (n.) See A cappella. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH CLA (According to first letters):
Rhyming Words According to First 2 Letters (cl) - Words That Begins with cl:
| clamp | noun (n.) Something rigid that holds fast or binds things together; a piece of wood or metal, used to hold two or more pieces together. |
| noun (n.) An instrument with a screw or screws by which work is held in its place or two parts are temporarily held together. | |
| noun (n.) A piece of wood placed across another, or inserted into another, to bind or strengthen. | |
| noun (n.) One of a pair of movable pieces of lead, or other soft material, to cover the jaws of a vise and enable it to grasp without bruising. | |
| noun (n.) A thick plank on the inner part of a ship's side, used to sustain the ends of beams. | |
| noun (n.) A mass of bricks heaped up to be burned; or of ore for roasting, or of coal for coking. | |
| noun (n.) A mollusk. See Clam. | |
| noun (n.) A heavy footstep; a tramp. | |
| verb (v. t.) To fasten with a clamp or clamps; to apply a clamp to; to place in a clamp. | |
| verb (v. t.) To cover, as vegetables, with earth. | |
| verb (v. i.) To tread heavily or clumsily; to clump. |
| clamping | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Clamp |
| clamper | noun (n.) An instrument of iron, with sharp prongs, attached to a boot or shoe to enable the wearer to walk securely upon ice; a creeper. |
| clan | noun (n.) A tribe or collection of families, united under a chieftain, regarded as having the same common ancestor, and bearing the same surname; as, the clan of Macdonald. |
| noun (n.) A clique; a sect, society, or body of persons; esp., a body of persons united by some common interest or pursuit; -- sometimes used contemptuously. |
| clancular | adjective (a.) Conducted with secrecy; clandestine; concealed. |
| clandestine | adjective (a.) Conducted with secrecy; withdrawn from public notice, usually for an evil purpose; kept secret; hidden; private; underhand; as, a clandestine marriage. |
| clandestinity | noun (n.) Privacy or secrecy. |
| clanging | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Clang |
| clang | noun (n.) A loud, ringing sound, like that made by metallic substances when clanged or struck together. |
| noun (n.) Quality of tone. | |
| verb (v. t.) To strike together so as to produce a ringing metallic sound. | |
| verb (v. i.) To give out a clang; to resound. |
| clangorous | adjective (a.) Making a clangor; having a ringing, metallic sound. |
| clangous | adjective (a.) Making a clang, or a ringing metallic sound. |
| clanjamfrie | noun (n.) Same as Clamjamphrie. |
| clank | noun (n.) A sharp, brief, ringing sound, made by a collision of metallic or other sonorous bodies; -- usually expressing a duller or less resounding sound than clang, and a deeper and stronger sound than clink. |
| verb (v. t.) To cause to sound with a clank; as, the prisoners clank their chains. | |
| verb (v. i.) To sound with a clank. |
| clanking | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Clank |
| clankless | adjective (a.) Without a clank. |
| clannish | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a clan; closely united, like a clan; disposed to associate only with one's clan or clique; actuated by the traditions, prejudices, habits, etc., of a clan. |
| clanship | noun (n.) A state of being united together as in a clan; an association under a chieftain. |
| clansman | noun (n.) One belonging to the same clan with another. |
| clapping | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Clap |
| clap | noun (n.) A loud noise made by sudden collision; a bang. |
| noun (n.) A burst of sound; a sudden explosion. | |
| noun (n.) A single, sudden act or motion; a stroke; a blow. | |
| noun (n.) A striking of hands to express approbation. | |
| noun (n.) Noisy talk; chatter. | |
| noun (n.) The nether part of the beak of a hawk. | |
| noun (n.) Gonorrhea. | |
| verb (v. t.) To strike; to slap; to strike, or strike together, with a quick motion, so, as to make a sharp noise; as, to clap one's hands; a clapping of wings. | |
| verb (v. t.) To thrust, drive, put, or close, in a hasty or abrupt manner; -- often followed by to, into, on, or upon. | |
| verb (v. t.) To manifest approbation of, by striking the hands together; to applaud; as, to clap a performance. | |
| verb (v. t.) To express contempt or derision. | |
| verb (v. i.) To knock, as at a door. | |
| verb (v. i.) To strike the hands together in applause. | |
| verb (v. i.) To come together suddenly with noise. | |
| verb (v. i.) To enter with alacrity and briskness; -- with to or into. | |
| verb (v. i.) To talk noisily; to chatter loudly. |
| clapboard | noun (n.) A narrow board, thicker at one edge than at the other; -- used for weatherboarding the outside of houses. |
| noun (n.) A stave for a cask. | |
| verb (v. t.) To cover with clapboards; as, to clapboard the sides of a house. |
| clapbread | noun (n.) Alt. of Clapcake |
| clapcake | noun (n.) Oatmeal cake or bread clapped or beaten till it is thin. |
| clape | noun (n.) A bird; the flicker. |
| clapper | noun (n.) A person who claps. |
| noun (n.) That which strikes or claps, as the tongue of a bell, or the piece of wood that strikes a mill hopper, etc. See Illust. of Bell. | |
| noun (n.) A rabbit burrow. |
| claptrap | noun (n.) A contrivance for clapping in theaters. |
| noun (n.) A trick or device to gain applause; humbug. | |
| adjective (a.) Contrived for the purpose of making a show, or gaining applause; deceptive; unreal. |
| claque | noun (n.) A collection of persons employed to applaud at a theatrical exhibition. |
| claqueur | noun (n.) One of the claque employed to applaud at a theater. |
| clare | noun (n.) A nun of the order of St. Clare. |
| clarence | noun (n.) A close four-wheeled carriage, with one seat inside, and a seat for the driver. |
| clarenceux | noun (n.) Alt. of Clarencieux |
| clarencieux | noun (n.) See King-at-arms. |
| clarendon | noun (n.) A style of type having a narrow and heave face. It is made in all sizes. |
| claret | noun (n.) The name first given in England to the red wines of Medoc, in France, and afterwards extended to all the red Bordeaux wines. The name is also given to similar wines made in the United States. |
| claribella | noun (n.) A soft, sweet stop, or set of open wood pipes in an organ. |
| clarichord | noun (n.) A musical instrument, formerly in use, in form of a spinet; -- called also manichord and clavichord. |
| clarification | noun (n.) The act or process of making clear or transparent, by freeing visible impurities; as, the clarification of wine. |
| noun (n.) The act of freeing from obscurities. |
| clarifier | noun (n.) That which clarifies. |
| noun (n.) A vessel in which the process of clarification is conducted; as, the clarifier in sugar works. |
| clarifying | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Clarify |
| clarinet | noun (n.) A wind instrument, blown by a single reed, of richer and fuller tone than the oboe, which has a double reed. It is the leading instrument in a military band. |
| clarino | noun (n.) A reed stop in an organ. |
| clarion | noun (n.) A kind of trumpet, whose note is clear and shrill. |
| clarionet | noun (n.) See Clarinet. |
| clarisonus | adjective (a.) Having a clear sound. |
| claritude | noun (n.) Clearness; splendor. |
| clarity | noun (n.) Clearness; brightness; splendor. |
| clarre | noun (n.) Wine with a mixture of honey and species. |
| clarty | adjective (a.) Sticky and foul; muddy; filthy; dirty. |
| clary | noun (n.) A plant (Salvia sclarea) of the Sage family, used in flavoring soups. |
| verb (v. i.) To make a loud or shrill noise. |
| clashing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Clash |
ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH CLA:
English Words which starts with 'c' and ends with 'a':
| caaba | noun (n.) The small and nearly cubical stone building, toward which all Mohammedans must pray. |
| cabeca | noun (n.) Alt. of Cabesse |
| cacaemia | noun (n.) Alt. of Cachaemia |
| cachaemia | noun (n.) A degenerated or poisoned condition of the blood. |
| noun (n.) Alt. of Cachemia |
| cachexia | noun (n.) Alt. of Cachexy |
| cachucha | noun (n.) An Andalusian dance in three-four time, resembling the bolero. |
| cacochymia | noun (n.) Alt. of Cacochymy |
| noun (n.) A vitiated state of the humors, or fluids, of the body, esp. of the blood. |
| cadenza | noun (n.) A parenthetic flourish or flight of ornament in the course of a piece, commonly just before the final cadence. |
| cadmia | noun (n.) An oxide of zinc which collects on the sides of furnaces where zinc is sublimed. Formerly applied to the mineral calamine. |
| caeca | noun (n. pl.) See Caecum. |
| (pl. ) of Caecum |
| caesura | noun (n.) A metrical break in a verse, occurring in the middle of a foot and commonly near the middle of the verse; a sense pause in the middle of a foot. Also, a long syllable on which the caesural accent rests, or which is used as a foot. |
| calceolaria | noun (n.) A genus of showy herbaceous or shrubby plants, brought from South America; slipperwort. It has a yellow or purple flower, often spotted or striped, the shape of which suggests its name. |
| caledonia | noun (n.) The ancient Latin name of Scotland; -- still used in poetry. |
| calumba | noun (n.) The root of a plant (Jateorrhiza Calumba, and probably Cocculus palmatus), indigenous in Mozambique. It has an unpleasantly bitter taste, and is used as a tonic and antiseptic. |
| calvaria | noun (n.) The bones of the cranium; more especially, the bones of the domelike upper portion. |
| calycozoa | noun (n. pl.) A group of acalephs of which Lucernaria is the type. The body is cup-shaped with eight marginal lobes bearing clavate tentacles. An aboral sucker serves for attachment. The interior is divided into four large compartments. See Lucernarida. |
| calyptra | noun (n.) A little hood or veil, resembling an extinguisher in form and position, covering each of the small flasklike capsules which contain the spores of mosses; also, any similar covering body. |
| cambria | noun (n.) The ancient Latin name of Wales. It is used by modern poets. |
| camellia | noun (n.) An Asiatic genus of small shrubs, often with shining leaves and showy flowers. Camellia Japonica is much cultivated for ornament, and C. Sassanqua and C. oleifera are grown in China for the oil which is pressed from their seeds. The tea plant is now referred to this genus under the name of Camellia Thea. |
| noun (n.) An ornamental greenhouse shrub (Thea japonica) with glossy evergreen leaves and roselike red or white double flowers. |
| camera | noun (n.) A chamber, or instrument having a chamber. Specifically: The camera obscura when used in photography. See Camera, and Camera obscura. |
| campagna | noun (n.) An open level tract of country; especially "Campagna di Roma." The extensive undulating plain which surrounds Rome. |
| campana | noun (n.) A church bell. |
| noun (n.) The pasque flower. | |
| noun (n.) Same as Gutta. |
| campania | noun (n.) Open country. |
| ca–ada | noun (n.) A small ca–on; a narrow valley or glen; also, but less frequently, an open valley. |
| canada | noun (n.) A British province in North America, giving its name to various plants and animals. |
| canna | noun (n.) A measure of length in Italy, varying from six to seven feet. See Cane, 4. |
| noun (n.) A genus of tropical plants, with large leaves and often with showy flowers. The Indian shot (C. Indica) is found in gardens of the northern United States. |
| cantata | noun (n.) A poem set to music; a musical composition comprising choruses, solos, interludes, etc., arranged in a somewhat dramatic manner; originally, a composition for a single noise, consisting of both recitative and melody. |
| cantilena | noun (n.) See Cantabile. |
| capibara | noun (n.) See Capybara. |
| capitibranchiata | noun (n. pl.) A division of annelids in which the gills arise from or near the head. See Tubicola. |
| capra | noun (n.) A genus of ruminants, including the common goat. |
| capybara | noun (n.) A large South American rodent (Hydrochaerus capybara) Living on the margins of lakes and rivers. It is the largest extant rodent, being about three feet long, and half that in height. It somewhat resembles the Guinea pig, to which it is related; -- called also cabiai and water hog. |
| caracara | noun (n.) A south American bird of several species and genera, resembling both the eagles and the vultures. The caracaras act as scavengers, and are also called carrion buzzards. |
| caracora | noun (n.) A light vessel or proa used by the people of Borneo, etc., and by the Dutch in the East Indies. |
| carambola | noun (n.) An East Indian tree (Averrhoa Carambola), and its acid, juicy fruit; called also Coromandel gooseberry. |
| carcinoma | noun (n.) A cancer. By some medical writers, the term is applied to an indolent tumor. See Cancer. |
| cardia | noun (n.) The heart. |
| noun (n.) The anterior or cardiac orifice of the stomach, where the esophagus enters it. |
| cardialgla | noun (n.) Alt. of Cardialgy |
| cariama | noun (n.) A large, long-legged South American bird (Dicholophus cristatus) which preys upon snakes, etc. See Seriema. |
| carina | noun (n.) A keel |
| noun (n.) That part of a papilionaceous flower, consisting of two petals, commonly united, which incloses the organs of fructification | |
| noun (n.) A longitudinal ridge or projection like the keel of a boat. | |
| noun (n.) The keel of the breastbone of birds. |
| carinaria | noun (n.) A genus of oceanic heteropod Mollusca, having a thin, glassy, bonnet-shaped shell, which covers only the nucleus and gills. |
| carnauba | noun (n.) The Brazilian wax palm. See Wax palm. |
| carnivora | noun (n. pl.) An order of Mammallia including the lion, tiger, wolf bear, seal, etc. They are adapted by their structure to feed upon flesh, though some of them, as the bears, also eat vegetable food. The teeth are large and sharp, suitable for cutting flesh, and the jaws powerful. |
| carrancha | noun (n.) The Brazilian kite (Polyborus Brasiliensis); -- so called in imitation of its notes. |
| caruncula | noun (n.) A small fleshy prominence or excrescence; especially the small, reddish body, the caruncula lacrymalis, in the inner angle of the eye. |
| noun (n.) An excrescence or appendage surrounding or near the hilum of a seed. | |
| noun (n.) A naked, flesh appendage, on the head of a bird, as the wattles of a turkey, etc. |
| cascarilla | noun (n.) A euphorbiaceous West Indian shrub (Croton Eleutheria); also, its aromatic bark. |
| cassada | noun (n.) See Cassava. |
| cassava | noun (n.) A shrubby euphorbiaceous plant of the genus Manihot, with fleshy rootstocks yielding an edible starch; -- called also manioc. |
| noun (n.) A nutritious starch obtained from the rootstocks of the cassava plant, used as food and in making tapioca. |
| cassia | noun (n.) A genus of leguminous plants (herbs, shrubs, or trees) of many species, most of which have purgative qualities. The leaves of several species furnish the senna used in medicine. |
| noun (n.) The bark of several species of Cinnamomum grown in China, etc.; Chinese cinnamon. It is imported as cassia, but commonly sold as cinnamon, from which it differs more or less in strength and flavor, and the amount of outer bark attached. |
| cassiopeia | noun (n.) A constellation of the northern hemisphere, situated between Cepheus and Perseus; -- so called in honor of the wife of Cepheus, a fabulous king of Ethiopia. |
| castanea | noun (n.) A genus of nut-bearing trees or shrubs including the chestnut and chinquapin. |
| casuarina | noun (n.) A genus of leafless trees or shrubs, with drooping branchlets of a rushlike appearance, mostly natives of Australia. Some of them are large, producing hard and heavy timber of excellent quality, called beefwood from its color. |
| catallacta | noun (n. pl.) A division of Protozoa, of which Magosphaera is the type. They exist both in a myxopod state, with branched pseudopodia, and in the form of ciliated bodies united in free, spherical colonies. |
| catalpa | noun (n.) A genus of American and East Indian trees, of which the best know species are the Catalpa bignonioides, a large, ornamental North American tree, with spotted white flowers and long cylindrical pods, and the C. speciosa, of the Mississipi valley; -- called also Indian bean. |
| catamenia | noun (n. pl.) The monthly courses of women; menstrual discharges; menses. |
| catawba | noun (n.) A well known light red variety of American grape. |
| noun (n.) A light-colored, sprightly American wine from the Catawba grape. |
| catena | noun (n.) A chain or series of things connected with each other. |
| cathedra | noun (n.) The official chair or throne of a bishop, or of any person in high authority. |
| caudata | noun (n. pl.) See Urodela. |
| caudicula | noun (n.) A slender, elastic process, to which the masses of pollen in orchidaceous plants are attached. |
| cauma | noun (n.) Great heat, as of the body in fever. |
| cavatina | noun (n.) Originally, a melody of simpler form than the aria; a song without a second part and a da capo; -- a term now variously and vaguely used. |
| cavicornia | noun (n. pl.) A group of ruminants whose horns are hollow, and planted on a bony process of the front, as the ox. |
| cecidomyia | noun (n.) A genus of small dipterous files, including several very injurious species, as the Hessian fly. See Hessian fly. |
| cedilla | noun (n.) A mark placed under the letter c [thus, c], to show that it is to be sounded like s, as in facade. |
| cella | noun (n.) The part inclosed within the walls of an ancient temple, as distinguished from the open porticoes. |
| centaurea | noun (n.) A large genus of composite plants, related to the thistles and including the cornflower or bluebottle (Centaurea Cyanus) and the star thistle (C. Calcitrapa). |
| cephalalgia | noun (n.) Alt. of Cephalalgy |
| noun (n.) Headache. |
| cephalata | noun (n. pl.) A large division of Mollusca, including all except the bivalves; -- so called because the head is distinctly developed. See Illustration in Appendix. |
| cephalophora | noun (n. pl.) The cephalata. |
| cephalopoda | noun (n. pl.) The highest class of Mollusca. |
| cephaloptera | noun (n.) One of the generic names of the gigantic ray (Manta birostris), known as devilfish and sea devil. It is common on the coasts of South Carolina, Florida, and farther south. Some of them grow to enormous size, becoming twenty feet of more across the body, and weighing more than a ton. |
| cephalotrocha | noun (n.) A kind of annelid larva with a circle of cilia around the head. |
| ceratobranchia | noun (n. pl.) A group of nudibranchiate Mollusca having on the back papilliform or branched organs serving as gills. |
| cercaria | noun (n.) The larval form of a trematode worm having the shape of a tadpole, with its body terminated by a tail-like appendage. |
| cerealia | noun (n. pl.) Public festivals in honor of Ceres. |
| noun (n. pl.) The cereals. |
| ceroma | noun (n.) The unguent (a composition of oil and wax) with which wrestlers were anointed among the ancient Romans. |
| noun (n.) That part of the baths and gymnasia in which bathers and wrestlers anointed themselves. | |
| noun (n.) The cere of birds. |
| cestoidea | noun (n. pl.) A class of parasitic worms (Platelminthes) of which the tapeworms are the most common examples. The body is flattened, and usually but not always long, and composed of numerous joints or segments, each of which may contain a complete set of male and female reproductive organs. They have neither mouth nor intestine. See Tapeworm. |
| cesura | noun (n.) See Caesura. |
| cetacea | noun (n. pl.) An order of marine mammals, including the whales. Like ordinary mammals they breathe by means of lungs, and bring forth living young which they suckle for some time. The anterior limbs are changed to paddles; the tail flukes are horizontal. There are two living suborders: |
| chachalaca | noun (n.) The Texan guan (Ortalis vetula). |
| chacma | noun (n.) A large species of African baboon (Cynocephalus porcarius); -- called also ursine baboon. [See Illust. of Baboon.] |
| chaetognatha | noun (n. pl.) An order of free-swimming marine worms, of which the genus Sagitta is the type. They have groups of curved spines on each side of the head. |
| chaetopoda | noun (n. pl.) A very extensive order of Annelida, characterized by the presence of lateral setae, or spines, on most or all of the segments. They are divided into two principal groups: Oligochaeta, including the earthworms and allied forms, and Polychaeta, including most of the marine species. |
| chaja | noun (n.) The crested screamer of Brazil (Palamedea, / Chauna, chavaria), so called in imitation of its notes; -- called also chauna, and faithful kamichi. It is often domesticated and is useful in guarding other poultry. See Kamichi. |
| chalaza | noun (n.) The place on an ovule, or seed, where its outer coats cohere with each other and the nucleus. |
| noun (n.) A spiral band of thickened albuminous substance which exists in the white of the bird's egg, and serves to maintain the yolk in its position; the treadle. |
| chara | noun (n.) A genus of flowerless plants, having articulated stems and whorled branches. They flourish in wet places. |
| charta | noun (n.) Material on which instruments, books, etc., are written; parchment or paper. |
| noun (n.) A charter or deed; a writing by which a grant is made. See Magna Charta. |
| cheilopoda | noun (n.) See Ch/lopoda. |
| cheiroptera | noun (n. pl.) An order of mammalia, including the bats, having four toes of each of the anterior limbs elongated and connected by a web, so that they can be used like wings in flying. See Bat. |
| chela | noun (n.) The pincherlike claw of Crustacea and Arachnida. |
| noun (n.) In India, a dependent person occupying a position between that of a servant or slave and a disciple; hence, a disciple or novice. |
| chelicera | noun (n.) One of the anterior pair of mouth organs, terminated by a pincherlike claw, in scorpions and allied Arachnida. They are homologous with the falcers of spiders, and probably with the mandibles of insects. |
| chelonia | noun (n. pl.) An order of reptiles, including the tortoises and turtles, peculiar in having a part of the vertebrae, ribs, and sternum united with the dermal plates so as to form a firm shell. The jaws are covered by a horny beak. See Reptilia; also, Illust. in Appendix. |
| chelura | noun (n.) A genus of marine amphipod crustacea, which bore into and sometimes destroy timber. |
| chiasma | noun (n.) A commissure; especially, the optic commissure, or crucial union of the optic nerves. |
| chica | noun (n.) A red coloring matter. extracted from the Bignonia Chica, used by some tribes of South American Indians to stain the skin. |
| noun (n.) A fermented liquor or beer made in South American from a decoction of maize. | |
| noun (n.) A popular Moorish, Spanish, and South American dance, said to be the original of the fandango, etc. |
| chicha | noun (n.) See Chica. |
| chikara | noun (n.) The goat antelope (Tragops Bennettii) of India. |
| noun (n.) The Indian four-horned antelope (Tetraceros quadricornis). |
| chilognatha | noun (n. pl.) One of the two principal orders of myriapods. They have numerous segments, each bearing two pairs of small, slender legs, which are attached ventrally, near together. |
| chiloma | noun (n.) The tumid upper lip of certain mammals, as of a camel. |
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