Skip to content A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z civilisated Non-Oxford British spelling of civilizated. civilisation UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Hong Kong, and Commonwealth spelling of civilization. civilise To educate or enlighten a person or people to a perceived higher standard of behaviour. civilised Non-Oxford British English spelling of civilized. civilish somewhat civil civilist One who studies or works with the civil law. civility Speech or behaviour that is fit for civil interactions; politeness, courtesy. civilizability The quality or degree of being able to become civilized. civilizable Capable of, or suitable for, being civilized. civilizate To civilize. civilizated Civilized. civilization An organized culture encompassing many communities, often on the scale of a nation or a people; a stage or system of social, political, or technical development. civilizational Pertaining to or arising from civilization civilizationally In terms of civilization. civilizationism An ideology that highlights a perceived threat to a civilization from external influence. civilizationist A proponent of civilizationism. civilizatory That tends to civilize civilize American and Oxford British standard spelling of civilise. civilized Having a highly developed society or culture; belonging to civilization. civilizedly In a civilized manner. civilizedness The quality of being civilized. civilizee One who becomes civilized, or is brought into civilization from barbarity. civilizer Someone or something that civilizes. civilly In a civil manner; politely. civilness The state or quality of being civil. civilogue A civil discussion, especially one in which participants avoid insults, hostility, and negative characterizations of those with whom they disagree. civils civil engineering civionics The combination of civil engineering with electronics engineering. civision The use of encryption when broadcasting television signals. civism Good citizenship, civic-mindedness. Civitan A member of Civitan International, an association of community service clubs founded in 1917 and based in Birmingham, Alabama. civitas the social body of the citizens united by law Civitavecchia A comune and port in the Metropolitan City of Rome, Lazio region, Italy. civnat A civic nationalist; one who subscribes to the ideology of civic nationalism. civvies Civilian clothes. civvy A civilian; someone who is not in the military. ciwujianoside Any of a group of saponins found in a number of plants including Eleutherococcus senticosus and Acanthopanax henryi. Cixi A county-level city of Ningbo, Zhejiang, China, formerly a county. cixiid Any planthopper in the family Cixiidae. Cixousian Of or relating to Hélène Cixous (born 1937), French feminist writer, philosopher, and literary critic. cixutumumab A monoclonal antibody used in the treatment of solid tumours. Cizek A surname from Czech. Cizik A surname from Slovak. cizolirtine An analgesic drug. cizye Synonym of jizya (“Islamic poll tax”). CKJV Synonym of CJKV. CKs Calvin Klein underwear. CL A cluster. Claar A surname. Claassen A surname. Clabaugh A surname from German. clabber Sour or curdled milk. clabbered Thickened or curdled. Claborn A surname. clachan A small village or hamlet, especially in the Highlands or Western Scotland. Clachnaharry A suburb of Inverness, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NH6446). clack An abrupt, sharp sound, especially one made by two hard objects colliding repetitively; a sound midway between a click and a clunk. Clackamas A member of a Native American people of Oregon clacker A percussion instrument that makes a clacking noise. clackerbag The scrotum. clackers A toy consisting of two plastic spheres suspended on string which, when swung up and down, banged against each other, making a clacking sound clacket To move with a clackety sound. clackety That is characterized by clacketing. clacking A sound that clacks. clackity Nonce variation of the word clack, usually indicating one of a series of clacking sounds. Clackmannan A town in Clackmannanshire council area, Scotland, which was the county town of the historic county of Clackmannanshire until 1822 (OS grid ref NS9192). Clackmannanshire A historical county of Scotland (abolished in 1975). clacks Clackmannanshire (in postal addresses) clacky Being or making a clack sound. clactonian Of or from Clacton, especially Clacton-on-Sea. clad Wearing clothing or some other covering (for example, an armour) on the body; clothed, dressed. cladal Pertaining to a clade or clades. cladality The condition of being cladal cladanthous Synonym of pleurocarpous. cladautoicous that has the male inflorescence on a special branch Claddagh An area of Galway. cladder One who applies cladding, or insulation. cladding Clothing; clothes. clade A group of animals or other organisms derived from a common ancestor species. cladeless That is not a member of a clade cladial Pertaining to the cladium. cladic Of, relating to, or being part of a clade. cladid Any member of the Cladida parvclass of crinoids. cladiellane Any of a class of diterpenes found in the coral Cladiella australis. cladiellin Any of a group of oxacyclic diterpenes found in certain soft corals cladification classification into clades cladinose A deoxy sugar, (4R,5S,6S)-4-methoxy-4,6-dimethyl-tetrahydropyran-2,5-diol, that is a component of some antibiotics cladinosyl A univalent radical derived from cladinose cladiosis A skin disease caused by fungi of the genus Scopulariopsis. cladism A form of systematics based on hierarchies that can be represented by branching cladograms. cladist A biologist who studies clades, an evolutionary biologist who studies the pattern of species interrelationships according to the principles of cladistics. cladistian Any ray-finned fish of the subclass Cladistia. cladistic Relating to a clade. cladistically Regarding or in terms of cladistics. cladistics An approach to biological systematics in which organisms are grouped based upon synapomorphies (shared derived characteristics) only, and not upon symplesiomorphies (shared ancestral characteristics); a method of classifying organisms based on their evolutionary relationships instead of superficial characteristics. cladium A branch in a colony of graptolites. cladobranch Any nudibranch of the clade Cladobranchia. cladocarpic Synonym of cladocarpous. cladocarpous Having fruit at the end of branches cladoceran Any of the small crustaceans of the order Cladocera, now often Diplostraca cladocerous Of or pertaining to the order Cladocera. cladochytriaceous Of or relating to the Cladochytriaceae. cladode A flattened organ arising from the stem of a plant, often replacing the leaves in photosynthetic function, as leaves in such plants (such as asparagus or butcher's broom) are typically reduced to scales. cladodial Having or relating to a cladode. cladodium Synonym of cladode. cladodont Any of a group of sharklike Devonian fish that had distinctive, multicusped teeth. cladodromous Having a single, central vein from which secondary veins radiate on each side cladofulvin The anthraquinone dimer derivative 1,7,8-trihydroxy-3-methyl-2-(4,5,6-trihydroxy-2-methyl-9,10-dioxoanthracen-1-yl)anthracene-9,10-dione cladogenesis An evolutionary splitting event in which each branch and its smaller branches forms a clade. cladogenetically By means of cladogenesis. cladogenic Relating to, or causing cladogenesis cladogram A branching treelike graphical representation of the phylogenetic relationships between organisms showing which taxa have branched from common ancestors. cladomania The production of an abnormally large number of branches. cladome A collection of cladi cladoniaceous Belonging to the family Cladoniaceae of fungi. cladoniamide Any of a group of indolotryptoline alkaloids found in an actinomycete strain of Streptomyces cladonioid Relating to the genus Cladonia of cup lichen. cladonychiid Any harvestman of the family Cladonychiidae cladophleboid Any fern of the genus Cladophlebis. cladophoraceous Of or relating to the Cladophoraceae. cladophoralean Relating to green algae of the order Cladophorales cladophore Any green alga of the order Cladophorales. cladophyll A phyllode cladoptosis The regular shedding of branches by a plant, for clonal reproduction or growth management, or in response to stress. cladose Bearing a cladus or cladi. cladoselachian Any of the genus †Cladoselache of extinct cartilaginous fish. cladoselachid Any cartilaginous fish in the family Cladoselachidae. cladosiphonic Having a tubular stele interrupted at the insertion of branches. cladosporin The isocoumarin (3R)-6,8-dihydroxy-3-[[(2R,6S)-6-methyloxan-2-yl]methyl]-3,4-dihydroisochromen-1-one cladosporiosis chromoblastomycosis cladothere Any mammal of the clade Cladotheria cladotherian Synonym of cladothere. cladoxylalean A plant of the order †Cladoxylales. cladoxylopsid Any of several plants, known only as fossils, that are thought to be ancestors of ferns and horsetails. cladribine A particular drug used in chemotherapy. cladus A branch of a ramose spicule, which collectively form the cladome. Clady A village east of Maghera, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, situated on the Clady River (Irish grid ref C 9503). claes clothes Claffey A surname from Irish. Claflin A surname. clafoutis A French dessert made by baking fresh fruit (traditionally cherries) with a batter. clag A glue or paste made from starch. Clagett A surname. Clagg A surname. Claggett A surname. claggum bonfire toffee claggy Sticky or tacky. Claghorn A surname. clagnut A dingleberry (clinging piece of feces). Claiborne A surname.