clarain
noun
clar·ain
ˈkla(a)ˌrān
plural -s
: one of the materials composing the lustrous layers present in some coals compare durain, fusain, vitrain
Word History
Etymology
French, from Latin clarus bright + French -ain (as in fusain, durain)
- on the bone
- on the books
- on the brain
- on the bright side
- on the brink of
- on the bubble
- on the bum
- on the button
- on the cards
- on the carpet
- on the cheap
- on the chopping block
- on the condition that
- on the contrary
- on the couch
- on the credit side
- on the critical list
- on the cuff
- on the cusp
- on the cutting-room floor
- on the day
- on the debit side
- on the decline
- on the decrease
- on the defensive