calamitous
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
~ (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin; "the stock market crashed on Black Friday"; "a calamitous defeat"; "the battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign"; "such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my theory"- Charles Darwin; "it is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it"- Douglas MacArthur; "a fateful error"
calamity
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"; "the earthquake was a disaster"
Calamus australis
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ tall scrambling spiny palm of northeastern Queensland, Australia
calamus
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ the aromatic root of the sweet flag used medicinally
calamus
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ perennial marsh plant having swordlike leaves and aromatic roots
calamus
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ the hollow spine of a feather
calamus
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ any tropical Asian palm of the genus Calamus; light tough stems are a source of rattan canes
Calamus
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a genus of Sparidae
calan
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a drug (trade names Calan and Isoptin) used as an oral or parenteral calcium blocker in cases of hypertension or congestive heart failure or angina or migraine
Calandrinia
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ large genus of low-growing herbs; widespread throughout tropical and warm temperate regions having usually basal leaves and panicles of purplish ephemeral flowers