calceolaria
1: any garden plant of the genus Calceolaria having flowers with large inflated slipper-shaped lower lip [syn: {slipperwort}]
calceolate
1: slipper-shaped; "the calceiform lip of certain orchids" [syn: {calceiform}]
calceus
1: a shoe covering the ankle; worn by ancient Romans
calcic
1: derived from or containing calcium or lime
calcicolous
1: growing or living in soil rich in lime [ant: {calcifugous}]
calciferol
1: a fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets [syn: {vitamin D}, {viosterol}, {ergocalciferol}, {cholecarciferol}, {D}]
calciferous
1: bearing or producing or containing calcium or calcium carbonate or calcite
calcific
1: involving or resulting from calcification
calcification
1: a process that impregnates something with calcium (or calcium salts) 2: tissue hardened by deposition of lime salts 3: an inflexible and unchanging state; "the calcification of negotiations"
calcifugous
1: growing or living in acid soil [ant: {calcicolous}]
calcify
1: become impregnated with calcium salts [ant: {decalcify}] 2: become inflexible and unchanging; "Old folks can calcify" 3: turn into lime; become calcified; "The rock calcified over the centuries" 4:...
calcimine
1: a water-base paint containing zinc oxide and glue and coloring; used as a wash for walls and ceilings v : cover with calcimine; "calcimine the walls"
calcination
1: the conversion of metals into their oxides as a result of heating to a high temperature
calcine
1: heat a substance so that it oxidizes or reduces
calcined lime
1: a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide [syn: {calcium oxide}, {quicklime}, {lime}, {calx}, {fluxing lime}, {unslaked lime}, {burnt lime}]
calcite
1: a common mineral consisting of crystallized calcium carbonate; a major constituent of limestone
calcitic
1: of or relating to or containing calcite
calcitonin
1: thyroid hormone that tends to lower the level of calcium in the blood plasma and inhibit resorption of bone [syn: {thyrocalcitonin}]
calcium
1: a white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light; the fifth most abundant element in the earth's crust; an important component of most plants and animals [syn: {Ca}, {atomic number 20}]
calcium blocker
1: any of a class of drugs that block the flow of the electrolyte calcium (either in nerve cell conduction or smooth muscle contraction of the heart); has been used in the treatment of angina or arrhy...
calcium carbonate
1: a salt found in nature as chalk or calcite or aragonite or limestone
calcium hydrate
1: a caustic substance produced by heating limestone [syn: {calcium hydroxide}, {lime}, {slaked lime}, {hydrated lime}, {caustic lime}, {lime hydrate}]
calcium hydride
1: a salt-like binary compound (CaH2) used as a reducing agent and source of hydrogen [syn: {hydrolith}]
calcium hydroxide
1: a caustic substance produced by heating limestone [syn: {lime}, {slaked lime}, {hydrated lime}, {calcium hydrate}, {caustic lime}, {lime hydrate}]
calcium ion
1: ion of calcium; a factor in the clotting of blood [syn: {factor IV}]
calcium lactate
1: a white crystalline salt made by the action of lactic acid on calcium carbonate; used in foods (as a baking powder) and given medically as a source of calcium
calcium light
1: a lamp consisting of a flame directed at a cylinder of lime with a lens to concentrate the light; formerly used for stage lighting [syn: {limelight}]
calcium nitrate
1: a deliquescent salt that is soluble in water; sometimes used as a source of nitrogen in fertilizers
calcium octadecanoate
1: an insoluble calcium salt of stearic acid and palmitic acid; it is formed when soap is mixed with water that contains calcium ions and is the scum produced in regions of hard water [syn: {calcium s...
calcium oxide
1: a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide [syn: {quicklime}, {lime}, {calx}, {calcined lime}, {fluxing lime}, {unslaked lime}, {burnt lime}]
calcium stearate
1: an insoluble calcium salt of stearic acid and palmitic acid; it is formed when soap is mixed with water that contains calcium ions and is the scum produced in regions of hard water [syn: {calcium o...
calcium-channel blocker
1: any of a class of drugs that block the flow of the electrolyte calcium (either in nerve cell conduction or smooth muscle contraction of the heart); has been used in the treatment of angina or arrhy...
calcium-cyanamide
1: a compound used as a fertilizer and as a source of nitrogen compounds [syn: {cyanamide}]
calculable
1: capable of being calculated or estimated; "a calculable risk"; "calculable odds" [ant: {incalculable}]
calculate
1: make a mathematical calculation or computation [syn: {cipher}, {cypher}, {compute}, {work out}, {reckon}, {figure}] 2: judge to be probable [syn: {estimate}, {reckon}, {count on}, {figure}, {foreca...
calculated
1: carefully thought out in advance; "a calculated insult"; "with measured irony" [syn: {deliberate}, {measured}] 2: determined by mathematical computation; "the calculated velocity of a bullet"; "a d...
calculating
1: used of persons; "the most calculating and selfish men in the community" [syn: {calculative}, {conniving}, {scheming}, {shrewd}]
calculating machine
1: a small machine that is used for mathematical calculations [syn: {calculator}]
calculatingly
1: in a calculating manner; "he looked at her calculatingly"
calculation
1: the procedure of calculating; determining something by mathematical or logical methods [syn: {computation}, {computing}] 2: problem solving that involves numbers or quantities [syn: {computation}, ...
calculative
1: used of persons; "the most calculating and selfish men in the community" [syn: {calculating}, {conniving}, {scheming}, {shrewd}]
calculator
1: a small machine that is used for mathematical calculations [syn: {calculating machine}] 2: an expert at calculation (or at operating calculating machines) [syn: {reckoner}, {figurer}, {estimator}, ...
calculous
1: relating to or caused by or having a calculus or calculi
calculus
1: a hard lump produced by the concretion of mineral salts; found in hollow organs or ducts of the body; "renal calculi can be very painful" [syn: {concretion}] 2: an incrustation that forms on the te...
Calcutta
1: the largest city in India and one of the largest cities in the world; located in eastern India; suffers from poverty and overcrowding [syn: {Kolkata}]
Calcuttan
1: of or relating to or characteristic of Calcutta or its inhabitants
Calder
1: United States sculptor who first created mobiles and stabiles (1898-1976) [syn: {Alexander Calder}]
caldera
1: a large crater caused by the violent explosion of a volcano that collapses into a depression
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Calderon
1: Spanish poet and dramatist considered one of the great Spanish writers (1600-1681) [syn: {Calderon de la Barca}, {Pedro Calderon de la Barca}]
Calderon de la Barca
1: Spanish poet and dramatist considered one of the great Spanish writers (1600-1681) [syn: {Calderon}, {Pedro Calderon de la Barca}]
caldron
1: a very large pot that is used for boiling [syn: {cauldron}]
Caldwell
1: United States author remembered for novels about poverty and degeneration (1903-1987) [syn: {Erskine Caldwell}, {Erskine Preston Caldwell}]
calean
1: an oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water; "a bipolar world with the hookah and Turkish coffee versus hamburgers...
caleche
1: a woman's large folded hooped hood; worn in the 18th century [syn: {calash}] 2: the folding hood of a horse-drawn carriage [syn: {calash}, {calash top}]
Caledonia
1: the geographical area (in Roman times) north of the Antonine Wall; now a poetic name for Scotland
Caledonian Canal
1: a canal in northern Scotland that links North Sea with the Atlantic Ocean; runs diagonally between Moray Firth at the northeastern end and Loch Linnhe at the southwestern end; now little used
calefacient
1: producing the sensation of heat when applied to the body; "a mustard plaster is calefacient" [syn: {warming}]
calefaction
1: the property of being warming [syn: {incalescence}]
calefactive
1: serving to heat; "a heating pad is calefactory" [syn: {calefactory}, {heating}]
calefactory
1: serving to heat; "a heating pad is calefactory" [syn: {calefactive}, {heating}]
calendar
1: a system of timekeeping that defines the beginning and length and divisions of the year 2: a list or register of events (appointments or social events or court cases etc); "I have you on my calenda...
calendar day
1: a day reckoned from midnight to midnight [syn: {civil day}]
calendar method
1: natural family planning in which ovulation is assumed to occur 14 days before the onset of a period (the fertile period would be assumed to extend from day 10 through day 18 of her cycle) [syn: {rh...
calendar method of birth control
1: natural family planning in which ovulation is assumed to occur 14 days before the onset of a period (the fertile period would be assumed to extend from day 10 through day 18 of her cycle) [syn: {rh...
calendar month
1: one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year; "he paid the bill last month" [syn: {month}]
calendar week
1: a period of seven consecutive days starting on Sunday [syn: {week}]
calendar year
1: the year (reckoned from January 1 to December 31) according to Gregorian calendar [syn: {civil year}]
calender
1: a machine that smoothes or glazes paper or cloth by pressing it between plates or passing it through rollers v : press between rollers or plates so as to smooth, glaze, or thin into sheets; "calend...
calendered
1: (of paper and fabric and leather) having a surface made smooth and glossy especially by pressing between rollers; "calendered paper"; "a dress of glossy sateen" [syn: {glossy}]
calendric
1: relating to or characteristic of or used in a calendar or time measurement; "calendric systems"; "solstice is a time of calendric importance" [syn: {calendrical}]
calendrical
1: relating to or characteristic of or used in a calendar or time measurement; "calendric systems"; "solstice is a time of calendric importance" [syn: {calendric}]
calendula
1: any of numerous chiefly annual herbs of the genus Calendula widely cultivated for their yellow or orange flowers; often used for medicinal and culinary purposes
Calendula officinalis
1: the common European annual marigold [syn: {common marigold}, {pot marigold}, {ruddles}, {Scotch marigold}]
Caley pea
1: week-stemmed winter annual native to Mediterranean region for long established in southern United States; cultivated as a cover and pasture crop [syn: {singletary pea}, {rough pea}, {wild winterpea...
calf
1: young of domestic cattle 2: the muscular back part of the shank [syn: {sura}] 3: fine leather from the skin of a calf [syn: {calfskin}] 4: young of various large placental mammals e.g. whale or gir...
calf bone
1: the outer and thinner of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle [syn: {fibula}]
calf love
1: temporary love of an adolescent [syn: {puppy love}, {crush}, {infatuation}]
calf roping
1: capturing a calf with a lasso and binding its feet
calf's liver
1: liver of a calf used as meat [syn: {calves' liver}]
calf's-foot jelly
1: a savory jelly made with gelatin obtained by boiling calves' feet
calfskin
1: fine leather from the skin of a calf [syn: {calf}]
Calgary
1: the largest city in southern Alberta; an oil and gas center and a technology center for Alberta and most of western Canada
Cali
1: city in southwestern Colombia in a rich agricultural area
Cali cartel
1: a drug cartel that seized control of cocaine production in Colombia in 1993; adopted techniques used by terrorist organizations (small cells and sophisticated communications equipment and close tie...
caliber
1: a degree or grade of excellence or worth; "the quality of students has risen"; "an executive of low caliber" [syn: {quality}, {calibre}] 2: diameter of a tube or gun barrel [syn: {bore}, {gauge}, {...
calibrate
1: make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring; "calibrate an instrument"; "graduate a cylinder" [syn: {graduate}, {fine-tune}] 2: mark (the scale of a measuring instru...
calibrated
1: marked with or divided into degrees; "a calibrated thermometer" [syn: {graduated}]
calibration
1: the act of checking or adjusting (by comparison with a standard) the accuracy of a measuring instrument; "the thermometer needed calibration" [syn: {standardization}, {standardisation}]
calibre
1: a degree or grade of excellence or worth; "the quality of students has risen"; "an executive of low caliber" [syn: {quality}, {caliber}] 2: diameter of a tube or gun barrel [syn: {bore}, {gauge}, {...
caliche
1: crust or layer of hard subsoil encrusted with calcium-carbonate occurring in arid or semiarid regions [syn: {hardpan}] 2: nitrate-bearing rock or gravel of the sodium nitrate deposits of Chile and ...
caliche-topped
1: covered with caliche, a hard calcium-carbonate encrusted soil
calico
1: made of calico or resembling calico in being patterned; "calico dresses"; "a calico cat" 2: having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly; "a jester dressed in motley"; "the p...
calico bush
1: a North American evergreen shrub having glossy leaves and white or rose-colored flowers [syn: {mountain laurel}, {wood laurel}, {American laurel}, {Kalmia latifolia}]
calico cat
1: a cat having black and cream and yellowish markings [syn: {tortoiseshell}, {tortoiseshell-cat}]
calico crab
1: brightly spotted crab of sandy beaches of the Atlantic coast of the United States [syn: {American lady crab}, {lady crab}, {Ovalipes ocellatus}]
calicular
1: relating to or resembling a calyculus [syn: {calycular}]
caliculus
1: a small cup-shaped structure (as a taste bud or optic cup or cavity of a coral containing a polyp) [syn: {calyculus}, {calycle}]
Calidris
1: a genus of Scolopacidae [syn: {genus Calidris}]
Calidris canutus
1: a sandpiper that breeds in the arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere [syn: {knot}, {grayback}]
Calidris Ferruginea
1: Old World sandpiper with a curved bill like a curlew [syn: {curlew sandpiper}]
Calidris melanotos
1: American sandpiper that inflates its chest when courting [syn: {pectoral sandpiper}, {jacksnipe}]
calif
1: the civil and religious leader of a Muslim state considered to be a representative of Allah on earth; "many radical Muslims believe a Khalifah will unite all Islamic lands and people and subjugate ...
Calif.
1: a state in the western United States on the Pacific; the 3rd largest state; known for earthquakes [syn: {California}, {Golden State}, {CA}]
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