| claudius | (n) Roman Emperor after his nephew Caligula was murdered; consolidated the Roman Empire and conquered southern Britain; was poisoned by his fourth wife Agrippina after her son Nero was named as Claudius' heir (10 BC to AD 54), Syn. Tiberius Claudius Drusus Nero Germanicus, Claudius I |
| intermittent claudication | (n) lameness due to pain in leg muscles because the blood supply is inadequate; pain subsides with rest |
| bernard | (n) French physiologist noted for research on secretions of the alimentary canal and the glycogenic function of the liver (1813-1878), Syn. Claude Bernard |
| colette | (n) French writer of novels about women (1873-1954), Syn. Sidonie-Gabrielle Claudine Colette, Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette |
| debussy | (n) French composer who is said to have created Impressionism in music (1862-1918), Syn. Claude Achille Debussy, Claude Debussey |
| duvalier | (n) son and successor of Francois Duvalier as president of Haiti; he was overthrown by a mass uprising in 1986 (born in 1951), Syn. Jean-Claude Duvalier, Baby Doc |
| fields | (n) United States comedian and film actor (1880-1946), Syn. W. C. Fields, William Claude Dukenfield |
| julian | (n) Roman Emperor and nephew of Constantine; he restored paganism as the official religion of the Roman Empire and destroyed Christian temples but his decision was reversed after his death (331?-363), Syn. Julian the Apostate, Flavius Claudius Julianus |
| lameness | (n) disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet, Syn. gimpiness, gameness, claudication, limping, gimp |
| levi-strauss | (n) French cultural anthropologist who promoted structural analysis of social systems (born in 1908), Syn. Claude Levi-Strauss |
| monet | (n) French impressionist painter (1840-1926), Syn. Claude Monet |
| monteverdi | (n) Italian composer (1567-1643), Syn. Claudio Monteverdi |
| nero | (n) Roman Emperor notorious for his monstrous vice and fantastic luxury (was said to have started a fire that destroyed much of Rome in 64) but the Roman Empire remained prosperous during his rule (37-68), Syn. Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus, Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus |
| ptolemy | (n) Alexandrian astronomer (of the 2nd century) who proposed a geocentric system of astronomy that was undisputed until the late Renaissance, Syn. Claudius Ptolemaeus |
| shannon | (n) United States electrical engineer who pioneered mathematical communication theory (1916-2001), Syn. Claude Shannon, Claude E. Shannon, Claude Elwood Shannon |
| tiberius | (n) son-in-law of Augustus who became a suspicious tyrannical Emperor of Rome after a brilliant military career (42 BC to AD 37), Syn. Tiberius Claudius Nero Caesar Augustus |
| Claude Lorraine glass | [ Its name is supposed to be derived from the similarity of the effects it gives to those of a picture by Claude Lorrain (often written Lorraine). ] A slightly convex mirror, commonly of black glass, used as a toy for viewing the reflected landscape. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Claudent | a. [ L. claudens, p. pr. of claudere to shut. ] Shutting; confining; drawing together; as, a claudent muscle. [ R. ] Jonson [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Claudicant | a. [ L. claudicans, p. pr. of claudicare to limp, fr. claudus lame. ] Limping. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Claudication | n. [ L. claudicatio. ] A halting or limping. [ R. ] Tatler. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Inclaudent | a. Not closing or shutting. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| 托勒密 | [Tuō lè mì, ㄊㄨㄛ ㄌㄜˋ ㄇㄧˋ, 托 勒 密] Ptolemy, kings of Egypt after the partition of Alexander the Great's Empire in 305 BC; Ptolemy or Claudius Ptolemaeus (c. 90-c. 168), Alexandrian Greek astronomer, mathematician and geographer, author of the Almagest 天文學大成|天文学大成, See also: 天文學大成, 天文学大成 #120,850 [Add to Longdo] |
| 托勒玫 | [Tuō lè méi, ㄊㄨㄛ ㄌㄜˋ ㄇㄟˊ, 托 勒 玫] Ptolemy or Claudius Ptolemaeus (c. 90-c. 168), Alexandrian Greek astronomer, mathematician and geographer, author of the Almagest 天文學大成|天文学大成; also written 托勒密, See also: 天文學大成, 天文学大成, 托勒密 [Add to Longdo] |
| 牧神午后 | [mù shén wǔ hòu, ㄇㄨˋ ㄕㄣˊ ㄨˇ ㄏㄡˋ, 牧 神 午 后 / 牧 神 午 後] Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, by Claude Debussy based on poem by by Stéphane Mallarmé [Add to Longdo] |
