calumet |
a long-stemmed, decorated tobacco pipe used by North American Indians in ceremonies, esp. promoting peace and friendship; peace pipe. |
calumniate |
to make harmful and false statements about (someone). |
calumnious |
of or containing harmful untruths; slanderous; defamatory. |
calumny |
a harmful statement, known by the maker to be false. [2 definitions] |
Calvary |
according to the New Testament, the place near Jerusalem where Jesus Christ was crucified; Golgotha. [2 definitions] |
calve |
to give birth to a calf. [4 definitions] |
calves |
pl. of calf. |
Calvinism |
the teachings of John Calvin and his followers, which emphasized predestination, salvation by God's grace alone, and the authority of the Scriptures. [2 definitions] |
calx |
the crumbly ash remaining after a metal or mineral has undergone controlled heating. |
calypso |
(cap.) in The Odyssey by Homer, a sea nymph who detained Odysseus for seven years. [3 definitions] |
calyx |
the outermost part of a flower, composed of usu. green sepals. [2 definitions] |
calzone |
an Italian dish consisting of a pizza-dough shell filled with meat, cheese, vegetables, or the like. |
CAM |
acronym of "computer-aided manufacturing." |
cam |
in machinery, a noncircular disc or cylinder that, when rotated, imparts an up-and-down or start-and-stop motion to a connected part. |
camaraderie |
friendship, good humor, and closeness among a group; comradeship. |
camarilla |
a group of advisors, esp. secret or unofficial ones; cabal. |
camas |
any of various North American plants of the lily family that bear clusters of blue or white flowers and have a sweet edible bulb. [2 definitions] |
camber |
to arch or cause to arch upward slightly. [4 definitions] |
cambium |
a thin layer of cells occurring between the bark and wood of a vascular plant, and producing the growth of both. |
Cambodia |
a Southeast Asian country between Vietnam and Thailand; Kampuchea. |
Cambodian |
of or pertaining to Cambodia or its people, culture, language, or the like. [3 definitions] |