English English Dictionary

English English Dictionary

The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg

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Climatologist (n.)

One versed in, or who studies, climatology.

Climatology (n.)

The science which treats of climates and investigates their phenomena and causes.

Climature (n.)

A climate.

Climax (v. i.)

Upward movement; steady increase; gradation; ascent.

Climax (v. i.)

A figure in which the parts of a sentence or paragraph are so arranged that each succeeding one rises above its predecessor in impressiveness.

Climax (v. i.)

The highest point; the greatest degree.

Climb (v. i.)

To ascend or mount laboriously, esp. by use of the hands and feet.

Climb (v. i.)

To ascend as if with effort; to rise to a higher point.

Climb (v. i.)

To ascend or creep upward by twining about a support, or by attaching itself by tendrils, rootlets, etc., to a support or upright surface.

Climb (v. t.)

To ascend, as by means of the hands and feet, or laboriously or slowly; to mount.

Climb (n.)

The act of one who climbs; ascent by climbing.

Climbable (a.)

Capable of being climbed.

Climbed (imp. & p. p.)

of Climb

Climber (n.)

One who, or that which, climbs

Climber (n.)

A plant that climbs.

Climber (n.)

A bird that climbs, as a woodpecker or a parrot.

Climber (v. i.)

To climb; to mount with effort; to clamber.

Climbing (p. pr. & vb. n.)

of Climb

Climbing

p. pr. & vb. n. of Climb.

Clime (n.)

A climate; a tract or region of the earth. See Climate.