Clam (v. t.) A bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially those that are edible |
Clam (v. t.) Strong pinchers or forceps. |
Clam (v. t.) A kind of vise, usually of wood. |
Clam (v. t.) To clog, as with glutinous or viscous matter. |
Clam (v. i.) To be moist or glutinous |
Clam (n.) Claminess |
Clam (n.) A crash or clangor made by ringing all the bells of a chime at once. |
Clam (v. t. & i.) To produce, in bell ringing, a clam or clangor |
Hard (superl.) Not easily penetrated, cut, or separated into parts |
Hard (superl.) Difficult, mentally or judicially |
Hard (superl.) Difficult to accomplish |
Hard (superl.) Difficult to resist or control |
Hard (superl.) Difficult to bear or endure |
Hard (superl.) Difficult to please or influence |
Hard (superl.) Not easy or agreeable to the taste |
Hard (superl.) Rough |
Hard (superl.) Abrupt or explosive in utterance |
Hard (superl.) Wanting softness or smoothness of utterance |
Hard (superl.) Rigid in the drawing or distribution of the figures |
Hard (superl.) Having disagreeable and abrupt contrasts in the coloring or light and shade. |
Hard (adv.) With pressure |
Hard (adv.) With difficulty |
Hard (adv.) Uneasily |
Hard (adv.) So as to raise difficulties. |
Hard (adv.) With tension or strain of the powers |
Hard (adv.) Close or near. |
Hard (v. t.) To harden |
Hard (n.) A ford or passage across a river or swamp. |
Hard-favored (a.) Hard-featured |
Hard-featured (a.) Having coarse, unattractive or stern features. |
Hard-fisted (a.) Having hard or strong hands |
Hard-fisted (a.) Close-fisted |
Hard-fought (a. Vigorously) contested |
Hard grass () A name given to several different grasses, especially to the Roltbollia incurvata, and to the species of Aegilops, from one of which it is contended that wheat has been derived. |
Hard-handed (a.) Having hard hands, as a manual laborer. |
Hard-headed (a.) Having sound judgment |
Hard-hearted (a.) Unsympathetic |
Hard-labored (a.) Wrought with severe labor |
Hard-mouthed (a.) Not sensible to the bit |
Hard-shell (a.) Unyielding |
Hard-tack (n.) A name given by soldiers and sailors to a kind of hard biscuit or sea bread. |
Hard-visaged (a.) Of a harsh or stern countenance |
Merry-go-round (n.) Any revolving contrivance for affording amusement |
Quarter round () An ovolo. |
Round (v. i. & t.) To whisper. |
Round (a.) Having every portion of the surface or of the circumference equally distant from the center |
Round (a.) Having the form of a cylinder |
Round (a.) Having a curved outline or form |
Round (a.) Full |
Round (a.) Not inconsiderable |
round trip | a trip to some place and back again |
round daily round | the usual activities in your day, the doctor made his rounds |
round of golf round | the activity of playing holes of golf, a round of golf takes about hours |
round dance round dancing | a ballroom dance characterized by revolving movement |
round dance ring dance | a folk dance, dancers form a circle |
round-thelock patrol | a continuous nonstop patrol |
round | (often plural) a series of professional calls (usually in a set order), the doctor goes on his rounds first thing every morning, the postman's rounds, we enjoyed our round of the local bars |
hard sell | forceful and insistent advertising |
hard tick ixodid | ticks having a hard shield on the back and mouth parts that project from the head |
clam | burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud, the shell closes with viselike firmness |
soft-shell clam steamer steamer clam long-neck clam Mya arenaria | an edible clam with thin oval-shaped shell found in coastal regions of the United States and Europe |
quahog quahaug hard-shell clam hard clam round clam Venus mercenaria Mercenaria mercenaria | an edible American clam, the heavy shells were used as money by some American Indians |
littleneck littleneck clam | a young quahog |
cherrystone cherrystone clam | a half-grown quahog |
razor clam jackknife clam knife-handle | marine clam having a long narrow curved thin shell |
giant clam Tridacna gigas | a large clam inhabiting reefs in the southern Pacific and weighing up to pounds |
blood clam | red-blooded clam |
freshwater mussel freshwater clam | bivalve mollusk abundant in rivers of central United States |
hard-shell crab | edible crab that has not recently molted and so has a hard shell |
round-tailed muskrat Florida water rat Neofiber alleni | of Florida wetlands |
round whitefish Menominee whitefish Prosopium cylindraceum | a whitefish with a bronze back, of northern North America and Siberia |
round scad cigarfish quiaquia Decapterus punctatus | small fusiform fish of western Atlantic |
arena theater theater in the round | a theater arranged with seats around at least three sides of the stage |
cannonball cannon ball round shot | a solid projectile that in former times was fired from a cannon |
circle round | any circular or rotating mechanism, the machine punched out metal circles |
circus tent big top round top top | a canvas tent to house the audience at a circus performance, he was afraid of a fire in the circus tent, they had the big top up in less than an hour |
disk drive disc drive hard drive Winchester drive | computer hardware that holds and spins a magnetic or optical disk and reads and writes information on it |
hard disc hard disk fixed disk | a rigid magnetic disk mounted permanently in a drive unit |
hard drug | a narcotic that is considered relatively strong and likely to cause addiction |
hard hat tin hat safety hat | a lightweight protective helmet (plastic or metal) worn by construction workers |
hard shoulder | a paved strip beside a motorway (for stopping in emergencies) |
ovolo thumb quarter round | a convex molding having a cross section in the form of a quarter of a circle or of an ellipse |
round unit of ammunition one shot | a charge of ammunition for a single shot |
round arch | an arch formed in a continuous curve, characteristic of Roman architecture |
round-bottom flask | a spherical flask with a narrow neck |
round file | a file with a circular cross section, used to file the inside of holes |
Round Table King Arthur's Round Table | (legend) the circular table for King Arthur and his knights |
rung round stave | a crosspiece between the legs of a chair |
round bone | bones that are round in shape |
round ligament of the uterus ligamentum teres uteri | ligament attached to the uterus on either side in front of and below the opening of the Fallopian tube and passing through the inguinal canal to the labia majora |
hard palate | the bony part of the roof of the mouth |
fenestra rotunda fenestra cochleae round window fenestra of the cochlea | fenestra leading into the cochlea |
hard line | a firm and uncompromising stance or position, the governor took a hard line on drugs |
round hand | a clearly written style of longhand with large round curves |
hard copy | (computer science) matter that is held in a computer and is typed or printed on paper, he ran off a hard copy of the report |
round-trip ticket return ticket | a ticket to a place and back (usually over the same route) |
round robin | a letter signed by a number of people |
hard news | news that deals with serious topics or events |
round | an outburst of applause, there was a round of applause |
round troll | a partsong in which voices follow each other, one voice starts and others join in one after another until all are singing different parts of the song at the same time, they enjoyed singing rounds |