6. hook, claw, talon, pounce; pincer, chela, nipper.
7. clip, clamp, vise, wrench, pliers; forceps, tongs, tweezers, pincers.
clutch2, n. hatch, setting, nest, brood, incubation.
clutter, v. 1. litter, mess, tumble, jumble, scatter, strew about; disarrange, disorder, unsettle, discompose; disorganize, shuffle, dishevel, make a shambles of, Inf. turn topsy-turvy, Inf. muss up.
2. clatter, rattle, racket; chatter, jabber, cackle, clack; prate, gabble, gush, blab, spout, sputter, gibber. -n. 3. heap, mess, jumble, huddle; confused medley, hash, patchwork, olla-podrida, gallimaufry, farrago, hodgepodge, mishmash; motley collection, odds and ends, lumber; litter, trash, Inf. garbage.
4. chaos, confusion, disarray, mix-up, muddle, tangle, tumble, minglement.
5. noise, racket, clatter, rattling, clamor, raucousness; chatter, jabber, prattle, cackle, gibberish, galimatias.
coach, n. 1. stagecoach, carriage, phaeton, landau, brougham, surrey, cabriolet, coupe, victoria, barouche, four-wheeler, hackney, U.S. rockaway, buggy; gig, calash, curricle, chaise, tilbury; bus, mo-torcoach, omnibus; sedan, car, vehicle, conveyance; irailroad) day coach.
2. director, athletic director, Inf. gym teacher; manager, trainer.
3. tutor, private teacher; instructor, teacher, preceptor, mentor; voice or vocal instructor, dance teacher, ballet master.
-v. 4. direct, teach, instruct, train, drill, excercise, Inf. whip into shape, Inf. put [s.o.] through the paces; tutor, guide, prompt, prime, Inf prep, Inf. cram, Inf. brief.
coagulate, v. congeal, clot, gel, gelatinize, jell, jelly, jellify, thicken, Obs. incrassate; curdle, curd, Scot. and North Central U.S. lopper, Pathol, caseate; solidify, concrete, harden, cake, set, crystallize, compress.
coagulation, n. congelation, gelatinization, gel, clot, jellification, thickening, Obs. incrassation, Pathol. caseation; solidification, concretion, crystallization, compression, hardening, setting, caking.
coal, n. 1. anthracite, hard coal, bitumen, soft coal, culm, jet; black diamonds, cobbles, slack; coke, fuel.
2. ember, clinker, cinder, ash; charcoal, briquette.
coalesce, v. 1. unite, join, combine, connect, come together, converge, coincide; ally, league, confederate, join forces, band together; affiliate, associate, intermingle, commingle, mingle, mix; gather, cluster, muster, herd, throng, flock.
2. amalgamate, consolidate, incorporate, merge, blend, fuse.
coalition, n. 1. unification, union, junction, conjugation, combination; fusion, amalgamation, consolidation, incorporation, conglomeration, integration, synthesis, merging, blending, fusing.
2. alliance, league, bloc, Bund, federation, confederacy, entente; partnership, copartnership, affiliation, association; corporation, conglomerate, trust, syndicate, cartel, consortium, combine, machine, SI. plun-derbund; council, junta, conclave, divan, assembly, convention, diet; cabal, conspiracy, junto, camarilla, clique, secret society; faction, party, splinter group.
coarse, adj. 1. rough, uneven, bristly, setaceous, scratchy, prickly, bearded, whiskered; rough-grained, coarse-grained, sandpaper, linsey-woolsey; shaggy, hairy, wrinkled, Bot. rugose; scaly, jagged, broken, craggy, knobbed, knobby, nubbly, lumpy, bumpy; heavy, rugged, thick.
2. crude, unrefined, unmilled, unground, unpurified, impure, unprocessed; flawed, imperfect, unperfected, rudimentary, undeveloped, primitive.