| calorimeter |
a device for measuring heat given off or absorbed. |
| calque |
a word adopted into one language from another through the translation of each root or morpheme of the foreign word. |
| caltrop |
a metal device with four sharp spikes set so that one of them always points upward, used to injure or hinder cavalry horses or vehicles with pneumatic tires. [2 definitions] |
| 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] |