cucurbitaceous
- a of or relating to plants of the family Cucurbitaceae
clanking
- v make a clank
- s having a hard nonresonant metallic sound
clanking chains
the clanking arms of the soldiers near him
clannish
- s characteristic of a clan especially in being unified
clannish loyalty - s befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior
clapped out
- s worn from age or heavy use and no longer able to operate (of cars or machines or people)
clarifying
- v make clear and (more) comprehensible
- v make clear by removing impurities or solids, as by heating
- s that makes clear
a clarifying example
clarion
- n a medieval brass instrument with a clear shrill tone
- v blow the clarion
- v proclaim on, or as if on, a clarion
- s loud and clear
a clarion call