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Type Words
Synonyms alfilaria, alfileria, erodium cicutarium, filaree, filaria, pin clover, pin grass, redstem storksbill
Type of heron's bill, storksbill

Examples of clocks

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In math, students are learning how to tell time using analog and digital clocks.
From the desmoinesregister.com
The changes were evident in both the bees'behavior and in their internal clocks.
From the sciencedaily.com
The clocks went forward last week creating the illusion that spring had arrived.
From the telegraph.co.uk
In size and shape, the Dash looks roughly like other current radio alarm clocks.
From the washingtonpost.com
Above the screen, a row of clocks record the time in distant parts of the world.
From the time.com
Three always-on outlets allow items such as clocks and chargers to stay powered.
From the washingtonpost.com
Any time a sector clocks a gain of more than 60% in a year, it's due for a fall.
From the usatoday.com
His wife, in whose presence clocks may fail to function, shows up with a pistol.
From the thestate.com
Inner clocks tell people when to wake up and plants when to unfurl their leaves.
From the fresnobee.com
More examples
  • A timepiece that shows the time of day
  • Measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time; "he clocked the runners"
  • (clocks) redstem storksbill: European weed naturalized in southwestern United States and Mexico having reddish decumbent stems with small fernlike leaves and small deep reddish-lavender flowers followed by slender fruits that stick straight up; often grown for forage
  • A clock is an instrument used to indicate, keep, and co-ordinate time. The word clock is derived ultimately (via Dutch, Northern French, and Medieval Latin) from the Celtic words clagan and clocca meaning "bell". ...
  • Circadian Locomotor Output Cycles Kaput, or CLOCK is a gene which encodes proteins regulating circadian rhythm. The CLOCK protein seems to affect both the persistence and length of the circadian cycle. CLOCK forms part of a basic-helix-loop-helix transcription factor. ...
  • Clock is a band featuring Def Leppard guitarist Vivian Campbell and P.J. Smith, who sang backing vocals on Def Leppard's cover of the Sweet song "Action" on Def Leppard's Retro Active album.
  • The Clock is a fictional masked crime-fighter published during the Golden Age of Comic Books. According to the Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide, the Clock was the first masked hero to appear in American comic books.
  • In cryptography, the clock was a method devised by Polish mathematician-cryptologist Jerzy Ru00F3u017Cycki, at the Polish General Staff's Cipher Bureau, to facilitate decrypting German Enigma ciphers.
  • Clock were primarily Stu Allan and Pete Pritchard, who were the nucleus of this house, turned eurodance, turned disco act. ...