A kind of vise, usually of wood.
One who clams up; a taciturn person, one who refuses to speak.
clamminess; moisture
A vagina.
A bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially those that are edible; for example soft-shell clams (Mya arenaria), hard clams (Mercenaria mercenaria), sea clams or hen clam (Spisula solidissima), and other species. The name is said to have been given originally to the Tridacna gigas, a huge East Indian bivalve.
Strong pincers or forceps.
A dollar.
A crash or clangor made by ringing all the bells of a chime at once.
A Scientologist.
In musicians' parlance, a wrong or misplaced note.
To dig for clams.
To produce, in bellringing, a clam or clangor; to cause to clang.
To be moist or glutinous; to stick; to adhere.
To clog, as with glutinous or viscous matter.
A visible pattern as in wood or cloth.
A number, an amount.
A drawing or diagram conveying information.
A human figure, which dress or corset must fit to; the shape of a human body.
A form of melody or accompaniment kept up through a strain or passage; a motif; a florid embellishment.
The form of a syllogism with respect to the relative position of the middle term.
A figure of speech.
The appearance or impression made by the conduct or career of a person.
A person or thing representing a certain consciousness.
A numeral.
A horoscope; the diagram of the aspects of the astrological houses.
Any short succession of notes, either as melody or as a group of chords, which produce a single complete and distinct impression.
The representation of any form, as by drawing, painting, modelling, carving, embroidering, etc.; especially, a representation of the human body.
A shape.
Any complex dance moveᵂ.
To represent by a metaphor; to signify or symbolize.
To write over or under the bass, as figures or other characters, in order to indicate the accompanying chords.
To calculate, to solve a mathematical problem.
To enter into; to be a part of.
To think, to assume, to suppose, to reckon.
To embellish with design; to adorn with figures.
To embellish.
To come to understand.
To be reasonable.