| CLE | a small slip noose made with seizing |
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| CLE | squeeze together tightly, as of one's fists |
| CLE | hold in a tight grasp |
| CLE | closed or squeezed together tightly |
| CLE | a hand with the fingers clenched in the palm (as for hitting) |
| CLE | any of various often strong-smelling plants of the genus Cleome having showy spider-shaped flowers |
| CLE | native to South America but naturalized in warm parts of United States |
| CLE | perennial of southwestern United States having leathery blue-green pinnatifid leaves and thick plumelike spikes of yellow flowers |
| CLE | plant of western North America having trifoliate leaves and white or pink spider-shaped flowers |
| CLE | beautiful and charismatic queen of Egypt |
| CLE | clock that measures time by the escape of water |
| CLE | part of an interior wall rising above the adjacent roof with windows admitting light |