| 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] |
| Cambrian |
of, relating to, or designating the geological period at the start of the Paleozoic Era, from approximately 600 million to 500 million years ago, when marine animals such as trilobites were in abundance. [2 definitions] |
| cambric |
a thin, white, closely woven fabric of cotton or linen. |
| cambric tea |
a drink of hot water, milk, sugar, and a little tea, usu. given to children. |
| Cambridge |
one of the two major English universities, founded in the twelfth century. [2 definitions] |