Nouns in english

• clawback — Noun – English ～ finding a way to take money back from people that they were given in another way; "the Treasury will find some clawback for the extra benefits members received"
• clawfoot — Noun – English ～ a deformity of the foot characterized by an abnormally high arch and hyperextension of the toes which gives the foot the appearance of a claw
• clawhammer — Noun – English ～ a hammer with a cleft at one end for pulling nails
• claxon — Noun – English ～ a kind of loud horn formerly used on motor vehicles
• Cassius Clay — Noun – English ～ United States prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942)
• clay — Noun – English ～ a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired
• clay — Noun – English ～ water soaked soil; soft wet earth
• clay — Noun – English ～ the dead body of a human being; "the cadaver was intended for dissection"; "the end of the police search was the discovery of a corpse"; "the murderer confessed that he threw the stiff in the river"; "honor comes to bless the turf that wraps their clay"
• Clay — Noun – English ～ United States general who commanded United States forces in Europe from 1945 to 1949 and who oversaw the Berlin airlift (1897-1978)
• Clay — Noun – English ～ United States politician responsible for the Missouri Compromise between free and slave states (1777-1852)
• china clay — Noun – English ～ a fine usually white clay formed by the weathering of aluminous minerals (as feldspar); used in ceramics and as an absorbent and as a filler (e.g., in paper)
• bleaching clay — Noun – English ～ an adsorbent clay that will remove coloring from oils
• boulder clay — Noun – English ～ unstratified soil deposited by a glacier; consists of sand and clay and gravel and boulders mixed together
• claymore — Noun – English ～ a large double-edged broadsword; formerly used by Scottish Highlanders
• claymore — Noun – English ～ an antipersonnel land mine whose blast is aimed at the oncoming enemy
• claystone — Noun – English ～ fine-grained rock consisting of compacted clay particles
• Claytonia — Noun – English ～ genus of mainly North American succulent herbs with white or pink flowers usually in terminal racemes
• Claytonia caroliniana — Noun – English ～ similar to Claytonia virginica but having usually pink flowers; eastern North America
• clayware — Noun – English ～ ceramic ware made from clay and baked in a kiln
• clean bomb — Noun – English ～ an atom bomb leaving little or no radioactive contamination

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