calming
1: causing to become tranquil [syn: {lulling}, {quietening}] 2: freeing from fear and anxiety [syn: {assuasive}, {pacifying}, {soothing}] n : the act of appeasing (as by acceding to the demonds of) [s...
calmly
1: with self-possession (especially in times of stress); "he spoke calmly to the rioting students" 2: in a sedate manner [syn: {sedately}]
calmness
1: steadiness of mind under stress; "he accepted their problems with composure and she with equanimity" [syn: {composure}, {calm}, {equanimity}] [ant: {discomposure}] 2: an absence of strong winds or ...
Calnada pea
1: common perennial climber of temperate regions of Eurasia and North America having dense elongate clusters of flowers [syn: {tufted vetch}, {bird vetch}, {Vicia cracca}]
Calocarpum
1: a genus of tropical American trees of the family Sapotaceae [syn: {genus Calocarpum}]
Calocarpum zapota
1: tropical American tree having wood like mahogany and sweet edible egg-shaped fruit; in some classifications placed in the genus Calocarpum [syn: {marmalade tree}, {mammee}, {sapote}, {Pouteria zapo...
Calocedrus
1: tall evergreens of western North America and eastern Asia; formerly included in genus Libocedrus [syn: {genus Calocedrus}]
Calocedrus decurrens
1: tall tree of the Pacific coast of North America having foliage like cypress and cinnamon-red bark [syn: {incense cedar}, {red cedar}, {Libocedrus decurrens}]
Calochortus
1: large genus of western North American leafy-stemmed bulbous herbs [syn: {genus Calochortus}]
Calochortus albus
1: globe lily having open branched clusters of egg-shaped white flowers; southern California [syn: {white globe lily}, {white fairy lantern}]
Calochortus amabilis
1: globe lily having open branched clusters of clear yellow egg-shaped flowers; northern California [syn: {yellow globe lily}, {golden fairy lantern}]
Calochortus amoenus
1: globe lily with deep rose-pink or purple egg-shaped flowers on flexuous stems; western slopes of Sierra Nevada in San Joaquin Valley [syn: {rose globe lily}]
Calochortus elegans
1: small plant with slender bent stems bearing branched clusters of a few white star-shaped flowers with petals shaped like cat's ears; southeastern Washington and northeastern Oregon to Montana [syn:...
Calochortus kennedyi
1: mariposa with clusters of bell-shaped vermilion or orange or yellow flowers atop short stems; southern California to Arizona and Mexico [syn: {desert mariposa tulip}]
Calochortus luteus
1: mariposa having clusters of a few large deep yellow bell-shaped flowers atop slender stems; California coastal ranges [syn: {yellow mariposa tulip}]
Calochortus macrocarpus
1: mariposa having loose clusters of one to three handsome lilac flowers resembling umbels atop stout erect stems; arid northwestern North America east of Cascade Mountains from southern British Colum...
Calochortus nuttallii
1: perennial plant having umbellike clusters of one to four showy white bell-shaped flowers atop erect unbranched stems; edible bulbs useful in times of scarcity; eastern Montana and western North Dak...
calomel
1: a tasteless colorless powder used medicinally as a cathartic [syn: {mercurous chloride}]
Calophyllum
1: genus of tropical evergreen trees [syn: {genus Calophyllum}]
Calophyllum calaba
1: West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice [syn: {calaba}, {Santa Maria tree}]
Calophyllum inophyllum
1: East Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers; coastal areas southern India to Malaysia [syn: {Alexandrian laurel}]
Calopogon
1: terrestrial orchids of North America [syn: {genus Calopogon}]
caloric
1: relating to or associated with heat; "thermal movements of molecules"; "thermal capacity"; "thermic energy"; "the caloric effect of sunlight" [syn: {thermal}, {thermic}] [ant: {nonthermal}] 2: of o...
calorie
1: unit of heat defined as the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 degree centigrade at atmospheric pressure [syn: {gram calorie}, {small calorie}] 2: a unit of ...
calorie chart
1: a list of foods and information about their caloric content
calorifacient
1: producing heat; usually used of foods; "calorifacient chili peppers"
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calorific
1: heat-generating; "the calorific properties of fuels"
calorimeter
1: a measuring instrument that determines quantities of heat
Caloscypha fulgens
1: an early spring variety of discomycete with yellow to orange yellow lining of the cup
calosoma
1: any beetle of the genus Calosoma
Calosoma scrutator
1: large metallic blue-green beetle that preys on caterpillars; found in North America [syn: {searcher}, {searcher beetle}]
Calostoma cinnabarina
1: a gasteromycete with a leathery stalk and a fruiting body this globose and has a red spore case
Calostoma lutescens
1: a gasteromycete with a leathery stalk and a fruiting body that is globose and has a pale yellow spore case
Calostoma ravenelii
1: a gasteromycete with a leathery stalk and a fruiting body with a thin gelatinous spore case and elliptical spores
Calostomataceae
1: a family of fungi belonging to the order Tulostomatales [syn: {family Calostomataceae}]
calpac
1: a high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus [syn: {calpack}, {kalpac}]
calpack
1: a high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus [syn: {calpac}, {kalpac}]
Calpe
1: location of a colony of the United Kingdom on a limestone promontory at the southern tip of Spain; strategically important because it can control the entrance of ships into the Mediterranean; one o...
calque
1: an expression introduced into one language by translating it from another language [syn: {loan translation}]
Caltha
1: a genus of Caltha [syn: {genus Caltha}]
Caltha palustris
1: swamp plant of Europe and North America having bright yellow flowers resembling buttercups [syn: {marsh marigold}, {kingcup}, {meadow bright}, {May blob}, {cowslip}, {water dragon}]
caltrop
1: tropical annual procumbent poisonous subshrub having fruit that splits into five spiny nutlets; serious pasture weed [syn: {devil's weed}, {Tribulus terestris}] 2: a plant of the genus Trapa bearin...
calumet
1: a highly decorated ceremonial pipe of Amerindians; smoked on ceremonial occasions (especially as a token of peace) [syn: {peace pipe}, {pipe of peace}]
calumniate
1: charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone; "The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation" [syn: {defame}, {slander...
calumniatory
1: (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign [syn: {calumnious}, {defamatory}, {denigrative}, {denigrating}, {denigratory}, {libellous}, {libelous}, {slanderous}]
calumnious
1: (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign [syn: {calumniatory}, {defamatory}, {denigrative}, {denigrating}, {denigratory}, {libellous}, {libelous}, {slanderous}]
calumniously
1: in a false and slanderous and defamatory manner; with slander or calumny [syn: {slanderously}]
calumny
1: a malicious attack [syn: {defamation}, {obloquy}, {traducement}, {hatchet job}] 2: an abusive attack on a person's character or good name [syn: {aspersion}, {slander}, {defamation}, {denigration}]
Calvados
1: dry apple brandy made in Normandy
calvaria
1: the dome of the skull [syn: {skullcap}]
Calvary
1: a hill near Jerusalem where Jesus was crucified [syn: {Golgotha}] 2: any experience that causes intense suffering [syn: {martyrdom}]
Calvary clover
1: an annual of the Mediterranean area having spiny seed pods and leaves with dark spots [syn: {Medicago intertexta}, {Medicago echinus}]
Calvary cross
1: a Latin cross set on three steps [syn: {cross of Calvary}]
Calvatia
1: genus of puffballs having outer casings whose upper parts break at maturity into angular pieces to expose the spores [syn: {genus Calvatia}]
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