calamint
— Noun
– English
~ perennial aromatic herbs growing in hedgerows or scrub or open woodlands from western Europe to central Asia and in North America
calamitous
— Adjective
– English
~ (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
— Noun
– English
~ an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"; "the earthquake was a disaster"
Calamus australis
— Noun
– English
~ tall scrambling spiny palm of northeastern Queensland, Australia
calamus
— Noun
– English
~ the aromatic root of the sweet flag used medicinally
calamus
— Noun
– English
~ perennial marsh plant having swordlike leaves and aromatic roots
calamus
— Noun
– English
~ the hollow spine of a feather
calamus
— Noun
– English
~ any tropical Asian palm of the genus Calamus; light tough stems are a source of rattan canes
calan
— Noun
– English
~ 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
calando
— Adjective
– English
~ (music) gradually decreasing in tempo and volume
Calandrinia
— Noun
– English
~ large genus of low-growing herbs; widespread throughout tropical and warm temperate regions having usually basal leaves and panicles of purplish ephemeral flowers
calanthe
— Noun
– English
~ any of various showy orchids of the genus Calanthe having white or yellow or rose-colored flowers and broad leaves folded lengthwise
Calapooya
— Noun
– English
~ a member of the North American Indian people of Oregon
Calapuya
— Noun
– English
~ a member of the North American Indian people of Oregon
calash
— Noun
– English
~ the folding hood of a horse-drawn carriage
calash
— Noun
– English
~ a woman's large folded hooped hood; worn in the 18th century