Clunch: alternatives and connections

Absorbing; swallowing; absorptive.

To charge, bind, or command, solemnly, as if under oath, or under the penalty of a curse; to appeal to in the most solemn or impressiv…

To confide (one's self to, or in); to trust.

One who is bound by indentures or by legal agreement to serve a mechanic, or other person, for a certain time, with a view to learn th…

Clay, or potter's earth; sometimes pure clay, or alumina. See Clay.

Of the nature of clay; consisting of, or containing, argil or clay; clayey.

An earnest; earnest money; money paid to bind a bargain.

A distinct portion of an instrument, discourse, literary work, or any other writing, consisting of two or more particulars, or treatin…

To bind up; to confine; to constrict; to contract.

To bind fast; to constrict; to contract; to cause parts to draw together; to compress.

To strain or move out of a straight line; to crook by straining; to make crooked; to curve; to make ready for use by drawing into a cu…

To tie, or confine with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.; to fetter; to make fast; as, to bind grain in bundles; to bind a prisoner.

The trunk or stem of a tree, or that which is like it.

Hardened; indurated.

medicine consisting of a tablet (trade name Carafate) used to treat peptic ulcers; said to bind to the ulcer site and coat it

A series of links or rings, usually of metal, connected, or fitted into one another, used for various purposes, as of support, of rest…

A venereal sore or ulcer; specifically, the initial lesion of true syphilis, whether forming a distinct ulcer or not; -- called also h…

Consisting of clay; abounding with clay; partaking of clay; like clay.