Calvatia gigantea
1: huge edible puffball up to 2 feet diameter and 25 pounds in weight [syn: {giant puffball}]
calve
1: release ice; "The icebergs and glaciers calve" [syn: {break up}] 2: birth; "the whales calve at this time of year" [syn: {have young}]
calved
1: (used of cattle especially domestic cattle) born
Calvert Vaux
1: United States landscape architect (born in England) who designed Central Park (1824-1895) [syn: {Vaux}]
calves' feet
1: feet of calves used as food; usually jellied
calves' liver
1: liver of a calf used as meat [syn: {calf's liver}]
Calvin
1: United States chemist noted for discovering the series of chemical reactions in photosynthesis (1911-) [syn: {Melvin Calvin}] 2: Swiss theologian (born in France) whose tenets (predestination and t...
Calvin Coolidge
1: elected Vice President and succeeded as 30th President of the United States when Harding died in 1923 (1872-1933) [syn: {Coolidge}, {President Coolidge}]
Calvin Klein
1: United States fashion designer noted for understated fashions (born in 1942) [syn: {Klein}, {Calvin Richard Klein}]
Calvin Richard Klein
1: United States fashion designer noted for understated fashions (born in 1942) [syn: {Klein}, {Calvin Klein}]
Calvinism
1: the theological system of John Calvin and his followers emphasizing omnipotence of God and salvation by grace alone
Calvinist
1: of or relating to or characteristic of Calvinism or its adherents [syn: {Calvinistic}, {Calvinistical}] n : an adherent of the theological doctrines of John Calvin
Calvinistic
1: of or relating to or characteristic of Calvinism or its adherents [syn: {Calvinist}, {Calvinistical}]
Calvinistic Baptist
1: group of Baptist congregations believing the teachings of the French theologian John Calvin who believed in strict predetermination [syn: {Particular Baptist}]
Calvinistical
1: of or relating to or characteristic of Calvinism or its adherents [syn: {Calvinist}, {Calvinistic}]
Calvino
1: Italian writer of novels and short stories (born in Cuba) (1923-1987) [syn: {Italo Calvino}]
calx
1: a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide [syn: {calcium oxide}, {quicklime}, {lime}, {calcined lime}, {fluxing lime}, {unslaked lime}, {burnt lime}] [also: {calces} (pl...
Calycanthaceae
1: shrubs or small trees having aromatic bark; the eastern United States and eastern Asia [syn: {family Calycanthaceae}, {calycanthus family}, {strawberry-shrub family}]
Calycanthus
1: a magnoliid dicot genus of the family Calycanthaceae including: allspice [syn: {genus Calycanthus}]
calycanthus family
1: shrubs or small trees having aromatic bark; the eastern United States and eastern Asia [syn: {Calycanthaceae}, {family Calycanthaceae}, {strawberry-shrub family}]
Calycanthus floridus
1: hardy shrub of southeastern United States having clove-scented wood and fragrant red-brown flowers [syn: {Carolina allspice}, {strawberry shrub}, {strawberry bush}, {sweet shrub}]
Calycanthus occidentalis
1: straggling aromatic shrub of southwestern United States having fragrant brown flowers [syn: {spicebush}, {California allspice}]
calyceal
1: of or relating to or resembling a calyx [syn: {calycine}, {calycinal}]
calycinal
1: of or relating to or resembling a calyx [syn: {calyceal}, {calycine}]
calycine
1: of or relating to or resembling a calyx [syn: {calyceal}, {calycinal}]
calycle
1: a group of bracts simulating a calyx as in a carnation or hibiscus [syn: {epicalyx}, {false calyx}, {calyculus}] 2: a small cup-shaped structure (as a taste bud or optic cup or cavity of a coral co...
calycled
1: having a calyculus [syn: {calyculate}]
Calycophyllum
1: medium to large tropical American trees having shiny reddish-brown shredding bark [syn: {genus Calycophyllum}]
calycular
1: relating to or resembling a calyculus [syn: {calicular}]
calyculate
1: having a calyculus [syn: {calycled}]
calyculus
1: a group of bracts simulating a calyx as in a carnation or hibiscus [syn: {epicalyx}, {false calyx}, {calycle}] 2: a small cup-shaped structure (as a taste bud or optic cup or cavity of a coral cont...
Calymmatobacterium
1: a genus of bacterial rods containing only the one species that causes granuloma inguinale [syn: {genus Calymmatobacterium}]
calypso
1: rare north temperate bog orchid bearing a solitary white to pink flower marked with purple at the tip of an erect reddish stalk above 1 basal leaf [syn: {fairy-slipper}, {Calypso bulbosa}] 2: (Gree...
Calypso bulbosa
1: rare north temperate bog orchid bearing a solitary white to pink flower marked with purple at the tip of an erect reddish stalk above 1 basal leaf [syn: {calypso}, {fairy-slipper}]
calypter
1: scale-like structure between the base of the wing and the halter of a two-winged fly [syn: {alula}]
calyptra
1: the hood or cap covering the calyx of certain plants: e.g., the California poppy
calyptrate
1: having calypters 2: having a calyptra
Calyptridium umbellatum
1: pink clusters of densely packed flowers on prostrate stems resemble upturned pads of cats' feet; grow in coniferous forests of western North America [syn: {pussy-paw}, {pussy-paws}, {pussy's-paw}, ...
Calystegia
1: climbing or scrambling herbs: bindweed [syn: {genus Calystegia}]
Calystegia sepium
1: common Eurasian and American wild climber with pink flowers; sometimes placed in genus Convolvulus [syn: {hedge bindweed}, {wild morning-glory}, {Convolvulus sepium}]
calyx
1: (botany) the whorl of sepals of a flower collectively forming the outer floral envelope or layer of the perianth enclosing and supporting the developing bud; usually green [also: {calyces} (pl)]
calyx tube
1: the cuplike or ringlike or tubular structure of a flower which bears the sepals and stamens and calyx (as in Rosaceae) [syn: {hypanthium}, {floral cup}]
Cam
1: a river in east central England that flows past Cambridge to join the Ouse River [syn: {River Cam}, {Cam River}] 2: a rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion
Cam River
1: a river in east central England that flows past Cambridge to join the Ouse River [syn: {Cam}, {River Cam}]
cam stroke
1: the maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a cam [syn: {throw}, {stroke}]
camachile
1: common thorny tropical American tree having terminal racemes of yellow flowers followed by sickle-shaped or circinate edible pods and yielding good timber and a yellow dye and mucilaginous gum [syn...
camail
1: a medieval hood of mail suspended from a basinet to protect the head and neck [syn: {aventail}, {ventail}]
camaraderie
1: the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability [syn: {chumminess}, {comradeliness}, {comradery}, {comradeship}]
camarilla
1: a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue [syn: {cabal}, {faction}, {junto}]
camas
1: any of several plants of the genus Camassia; North and South America [syn: {camass}, {quamash}, {camosh}, {camash}]
camash
1: any of several plants of the genus Camassia; North and South America [syn: {camas}, {camass}, {quamash}, {camosh}]
camass
1: any of several plants of the genus Camassia; North and South America [syn: {camas}, {quamash}, {camosh}, {camash}]
Camassia
1: genus of scapose herbs of North and South America having large edible bulbs [syn: {genus Camassia}, {Quamassia}, {genus Quamassia}]
Camassia quamash
1: plant having a large edible bulb and linear basal leaves and racemes of light to deep violet-blue star-shaped flowers on tall green scapes; western North America [syn: {common camas}]
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Camassia scilloides
1: eastern camas; eastern and central North America [syn: {wild hyacinth}, {indigo squill}]
Cambarus
1: a genus of Astacidae [syn: {genus Cambarus}]
camber
1: a slight convexity (as of the surface of a road) 2: a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force [syn: {bank}, {...
camber arch
1: an arch with a straight horizontal extrados and a slightly arched intrados
Camberwell beauty
1: of temperate regions; having dark purple wings with yellow borders [syn: {mourning cloak}, {mourning cloak butterfly}, {Nymphalis antiopa}]
cambial
1: of or relating to or functioning as a cambium
cambium
1: formative one-cell-thick layer of tissue between xylem and phloem in most vascular plants that is responsible for secondary growth 2: the inner layer of the periosteum [also: {cambia} (pl)]
Cambodia
1: a nation in southeastern Asia; was part of Indochina under French rule until 1946 [syn: {Kingdom of Cambodia}, {Kampuchea}]
Cambodian
1: of or relating to or characteristic of Cambodia or its people or language [syn: {Kampuchean}] n : a native or inhabitant of Cambodia [syn: {Kampuchean}]
Cambodian capital
1: the capital and largest city of Kampuchea [syn: {Phnom Penh}, {Pnom Penh}]
Cambria
1: one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; during Roman times the region was known as Cambria [syn: {Wales}, {Cymru}]
Cambrian
1: of or relating to or characteristic of Wales or its people or their language; "the Welsh coast"; "Welsh syntax" [syn: {Welsh}] n 1: from 544 million to about 500 million years ago; marine invertebr...
Cambrian period
1: from 544 million to about 500 million years ago; marine invertebrates [syn: {Cambrian}]
cambric
1: a finely woven white linen
cambric tea
1: a beverage for children containing hot water and milk and sugar and a small amount of tea
Cambridge
1: a university in England [syn: {Cambridge University}] 2: a city in Massachusetts just north of Boston; site of Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology 3: a city in eastern ...
camcorder
1: a portable television camera and videocassette recorder
Camden
1: a city in southwestern New Jersey on the Delaware River near Pittsburgh
camel
1: cud-chewing mammal used as a draft or saddle animal in desert regions
camel's hair
1: a soft tan cloth made with the hair of a camel [syn: {camelhair}]
camelhair
1: a soft tan cloth made with the hair of a camel [syn: {camel's hair}]
camelia
1: any of several shrubs or small evergreen trees having solitary white or pink or reddish flowers [syn: {camellia}]
Camelidae
1: camels and llamas and vicunas [syn: {family Camelidae}]
Camelina
1: annual and biennial herbs of Mediterranean to central Asia [syn: {genus Camelina}]
Camelina sativa
1: annual European false flax having small white flowers; cultivated since Neolithic times as a source of fiber and for its oil-rich seeds; widely naturalized in North America [syn: {gold of pleasure}...
camellia
1: any of several shrubs or small evergreen trees having solitary white or pink or reddish flowers [syn: {camelia}]
Camellia japonica
1: greenhouse shrub with glossy green leaves and showy fragrant roselike flowers; cultivated in many varieties [syn: {japonica}]
Camellia sinensis
1: a tropical evergreen shrub or small tree extensively cultivated in e.g. China and Japan and India; source of tea leaves; "tea has fragrant white flowers" [syn: {tea}]
Camellia State
1: a state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War [syn: {Alabama}, {Heart of Dixie}, {AL}]
camelopard
1: tallest living quadruped; having a spotted coat and small horns and very long neck and legs; of savannahs of tropical Africa [syn: {giraffe}, {Giraffa camelopardalis}]
Camelot
1: (Arthurian legend) the capital of King Arthur's kingdom; according to the legend, truth and goodness and beauty reigned there
camelpox
1: a viral disease of camels closely related to smallpox; "with a little genetic engineering camelpox could be used as a bioweapon"
Camelus
1: type genus of the Camelidae: camels [syn: {genus Camelus}]
Camelus bactrianus
1: two-humped camel of the cold deserts of central Asia [syn: {Bactrian camel}]
Camelus dromedarius
1: one-humped camel of the hot deserts of northern Africa and southwestern Asia [syn: {Arabian camel}, {dromedary}]
cameo
1: engraving or carving in low relief on a stone (as in a brooch or ring)
camera
1: equipment for taking photographs (usually consisting of a lightproof box with a lens at one end and light-sensitive film at the other) [syn: {photographic camera}] 2: television equipment consistin...
camera lens
1: a lens that focuses the image in a camera [syn: {optical lens}]
camera lucida
1: an optical device consisting of an attachment that enables an observer to view simultaneously the image and a drawing surface for sketching it
camera obscura
1: a darkened enclosure in which images of outside objects are projected through a small aperture or lens onto a facing surface
camera operator
1: a photographer who operates a movie camera [syn: {cameraman}, {cinematographer}]
cameraman
1: a photographer who operates a movie camera [syn: {camera operator}, {cinematographer}]
Cameroon
1: an inactive volcano in western Cameroon; highest peak on the West African coast 2: a republic on the western coast of central Africa; was under French and British control until 1960 [syn: {Republic...
Cameroonian
1: of or relating to or characteristic of Cameroon or its people; "the Cameroonian capital" n : a native or inhabitant of Cameroon
Cameroun
1: a republic on the western coast of central Africa; was under French and British control until 1960 [syn: {Cameroon}, {Republic of Cameroon}]
Camillo Golgi
1: Italian histologist noted for work on the structure of the nervous system and for his discovery of Golgi bodies (1844-1926) [syn: {Golgi}]
camion
1: a large truck designed to carry heavy loads; usually without sides [syn: {lorry}] 2: a low heavy horse cart without sides; used for haulage [syn: {dray}]
camise
1: a loose shirt or tunic; originally worn in the Middle Ages
camisole
1: a short sleeveless undergarment for women [syn: {underbodice}] 2: a short negligee
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