Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- abbr. centiliter.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- The chemical symbol of chlorin.
- An abbreviation of centiliter
- of clause
- of clerk
- of cloth (in bookbinding)
- of clergyman.
Wiktionary
- n. metrology Symbol for the centiliter (centilitre), an SI unit of fluid measure equal to 10−2 liters (litres).
- n. A Roman numeral representing one hundred and fifty (150).
WordNet 3.0
- n. a common nonmetallic element belonging to the halogens; best known as a heavy yellow irritating toxic gas; used to purify water and as a bleaching agent and disinfectant; occurs naturally only as a salt (as in sea water)
- adj. being ten more than one hundred forty
- n. a metric unit of volume equal to one hundredth of a liter
Examples
“I know that 1 cl is 100mL .. and please don't shoot me but any Aussies know where we can get/what is fresh yeast?”
“Clápham London = cláp 'em clap them cláptrap one word cláret cf. Clãre clāssroom one word clåuse words = clåws claw = Clåus”
“Clápham London = cláp 'em clap them cláptrap one word clāssroom one word clåuse words = clåws claw = Clåus Santa claustrophôbia clós clêan cléanliness cléanse clërk AmE; BrE = Clàrk = Clàrke persons clìchè * clêeshây clîmb up = clîme weather clìque * clêek, cf. clíck clóckwörk one word clôse shut”
“Clàrk = Clàrke persons clìchè * clêeshây clìque * clêek, cf. clíck clóckwörk one word clôse shut = clôze test clôser end - z - clôser more - s clôse-up near, - ss -, cf. clôse up shut, - z - clóth unvoiced th clôthe voiced th clôthes voiced th côach transport, trainer côalésce cŏarse rough = cŏurse sport, eduation côal mine = Côle person côalman coal = Côleman person cŏarse crude = cŏurse route, study côast cf. cóst côastguard one word côax cóbra or côbra cóchineal”
“There's a little more class on the Giants side and some Jets fans take the 'cl' out of class.”
“Oh never mind -- in my pop-up window, there was a break after the "cl" in the "classof2k7".”
“How we was kep 'cl'ar of the rocks was a miracle, _out_ an' out.”
“-- To-night, after leaving the Hospital, at 10 o'cl'k, (I had been on self-imposed duty some five hours, pretty closely confined,) I wander'd a long time around Washington.”
“Miami Dolphins, has clashed with Jets fans in the past, famously saying they took the "cl" out of class.”
“He's also had plenty of rhetorical run-ins with the team's vocal fan base, once saying, "There's a little more class on the Giants side ... some Jets fans take the 'cl' out of class.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘cl’.
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Programming Languages
The last time someone tried this theme, it was a closed list with only two words; time to make amends. Scripting languages, etc. are also fair game...
c, c++, java, pascal, delphi, python, perl, lisp, algol, cobol, ada, apl and 121 more...
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Chemical Element Abbreviations
Name Sym # Wt
actinium Ac 89 (227)
aluminum Al 13 26.98
americium Am 95 (243)
antimony Sb 51 121.7
argon Ar 18 39.94
arsenic As 33 74.92
asta...zr, zn, yb, y, xe, w, v, uuu, uut, uus, uuq, uup and 108 more...
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1943
Interesting words from the ebook project 1943, by Sergio Lepri, an 89-year-old Italian journalist. See here for a (google-translated) description of the project.
borsa nera, lanital, cafioc, cuoital, sapsa, caffeol, caffè-caffè, orti di guerra, sfollato, rifugio antiaereo, capofabbricato, carta annonaria and 3 more...
Tweets
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Prolagus Morse code abbreviation (-·-··-··) for "Clear" ("Going off the air", "I am closing my station"). Jan 20, 2009
oroboros Cl. Chemical element symbol for Chlorine. Dec 15, 2007