a. Capable of being acclimated. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. acclimation. See Acclimate. ] Acclimatization. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Acclimated p. pr. & vb. n. Acclimating. ] [ F. acclimater; à (l. ad) + climat climate. See Climate. ] To habituate to a climate not native; to acclimatize. J. H. Newman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Acclimation. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The process of becoming, or the state of being, acclimated, or habituated to a new climate; acclimatization. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being acclimatized. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of acclimatizing; the process of inuring to a new climate, or the state of being so inured. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Acclimatized p. pr. & vb. n. Acclimatizing ] To inure or habituate to a climate different from that which is natural; to adapt to the peculiarities of a foreign or strange climate; said of man, the inferior animals, or plants. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of acclimating, or the state of being acclimated. [ R. ] Caldwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Acclivous. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Acclivous. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Acclivities [ L. acclivitas, fr. acclivis, acclivus, ascending; ad + clivus a hill, slope, fr. root kli to lean. See Lean. ] A slope or inclination of the earth, as the side of a hill, considered as ascending, in opposition to declivity, or descending; an upward slope; ascent. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. acclivis and acclivus. ] Sloping upward; rising as a hillside; -- opposed to declivous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'a priv. + kli`nein to incline. ] (Physics.) Without inclination or dipping; -- said of the imaginary line near the earth's equator on which the magnetic needle balances itself horizontally, having no dip. The aclinic line is also termed the magnetic equator. Prof. August. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 a genus of herbs and shrubs of Australia and Southern Africa, with an everlasting flower; most species are usually placed in genus Helipterum.
Syn. -- genus Acroclinium [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Pref. a- not + cyclic. ] Not cyclic; not disposed in cycles or whorls; as: (a) (Bot.) Of a flower, having its parts inserted spirally on the receptacle. (b) (Org. Chem.) Having an open-chain structure; aliphatic. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. (Org. Chem.) pertaining to compounds that have a ring in the structure, but are not aromatic, as cyclohexane or cyclohexene. Compare aliphatic and aromatic. [ PJC. ]

n. (Rhet.) A sentence in which the ideas fall, or become less important and striking, at the close; -- the opposite of climax. It produces a ridiculous effect. Example: Next comes Dalhousie, the great god of war,
Lieutenant-colonel to the Earl of Mar. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Geol.) The crest or line in which strata slope or dip in opposite directions. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. anti- + Gr. kli`nein to incline. ] 1. Inclining or dipping in opposite directions. See Synclinal. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) occurring at right angles to the surface of a plant organ. [ PJC ]

Anticlinal line,
Anticlinal axis (Geol.), a line from which strata dip in opposite directions, as from the ridge of a roof. --
Anticlinal vertebra (Anat.), one of the dorsal vertebræ, which in many animals has an upright spine toward which the spines of the neighboring vertebræ are inclined. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Anticlinal. ] (Geol.) A structure of bedded rocks in which the beds on both sides of an axis or axial plane dip away from the axis; an anticlinal. Contrassted with syncline. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n.; pl. Anticlinoria [ NL., fr. Gr. 'anti` against + kli`nein to incline + 'o`ros mountain. ] (Geol.) The upward elevation of the crust of the earth, resulting from a geanticlinal. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Beclipped (&unr_;). ] [ AS. beclyppan; pref. be + clyppan to embrace. ] To embrace; to surround. [ Obs. ] Wyclif. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Relating to bicycles. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The use of a bicycle; the act or practice of riding a bicycle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The art of riding a bicycle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A bicycler. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. (Geol) running in the direction of the dip in surrounding rock strata; -- of valleys and rivers. Opposite of anaclinal. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a yellow crystalline antibacterial antibiotic used to treat certain bacterial and rickettsial diseases. Aureomycin is one common trademark for chlortetracycline.
Syn. -- Aureomycin. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a natural family of birds comprising the water ouzels, also called dippers, which dive under water in flowing streams.
Syn. -- family Cinclidae. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

‖n. [ F. cliché, from clicher to stereotype. ] 1. A stereotype plate or any similar reproduction of ornament, or lettering, in relief. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. a trite or obvious remark.
Syn. -- platitude, banality, commonplace, bromide. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

Cliché casting, a mode of obtaining an impression from a die or woodcut, or the like, by striking it suddenly upon metal which has been fused and is just becoming solid; also, the casting so obtained. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. repeated regularly without thought or originality.
Syn. -- ready-made, routine, stock(prenominal). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Clicked p. pr. & vb. n. Clicking. ] [ Prob. an onomatopoetic word: cf. OF. cliquier. See Clack, and cf. Clink, Clique. ] To make a slight, sharp noise (or a succession of such noises), as by gentle striking; to tick. [ 1913 Webster ]

The varnished clock that clicked behind the door. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To move with the sound of a click. [ 1913 Webster ]

She clicked back the bolt which held the window sash. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To cause to make a clicking noise, as by striking together, or against something. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Jove ] clicked all his marble thumbs. Ben Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

When merry milkmaids click the latch. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A slight sharp noise, such as is made by the cocking of a pistol. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A kind of articulation used by the natives of Southern Africa, consisting in a sudden withdrawal of the end or some other portion of the tongue from a part of the mouth with which it is in contact, whereby a sharp, clicking sound is produced. The sounds are four in number, and are called cerebral, palatal, dental, and lateral clicks or clucks, the latter being the noise ordinarily used in urging a horse forward. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ OE. kleken, clichen. Cf. Clutch. ] To snatch. [ Prov. Eng. ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. 4th Click, and OF. clique latch. ] 1. A detent, pawl, or ratchet, as that which catches the cogs of a ratchet wheel to prevent backward motion. See Illust. of Ratched wheel. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The latch of a door. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

(Zool.) See Elater. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who stands before a shop door to invite people to buy. [ Low, Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Print.) One who as has charge of the work of a companionship. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. cliquet the latch of a door. See 5th Click. ] 1. The knocker of a door. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A latch key. [ Eng. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a fast and rhythmic clicking sound, as of “click-clack”; as, the clickety-clack of the typewriters.
Syn. -- clickety-clack. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Resembling a click; abounding in clicks. “Their strange clicky language.” The Century. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., prob. from Gr. klei`s key. ] (Paleon.) A genus of extinct marine reptiles, allied to the Mosasaurus. See Illust. in Appendix. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. State of being a client. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. cliens, -emtis, for cluens, one who hears (in relation to his protector), a client, fr. L. cluere to be named or called; akin to Gr. &unr_; to hear, Skr. çry, and E. loud: cf. F. client. See Loud. ] 1. (Rom. Antiq.) A citizen who put himself under the protection of a man of distinction and influence, who was called his patron. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A dependent; one under the protection of another. [ 1913 Webster ]

I do think they are your friends and clients,
And fearful to disturb you. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Law) One who consults a legal adviser, or submits his cause to his management. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. State of being client. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A body of clients. E. Everett. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to a client. [ 1913 Webster ]

A dependent and cliental relation. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

I sat down in the cliental chair. Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Supplied with clients. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The least cliented pettifiggers. R. Carew. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Clientele, n., 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. clientela: cf. F. clientèle. ] 1. The condition or position of a client; clientship. [ Obs. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The clients or dependents of a nobleman of patron. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The persons who make habitual use of the services of another person; one's clients, collectively; as, the clientele of a lawyer, doctor, notary, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]