Nouns in english starting with C

• calorie — Noun – English ～ a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water by one degree at one atmosphere pressure; used by nutritionists to characterize the energy-producing potential in food
• calorimeter — Noun – English ～ a measuring instrument that determines quantities of heat
• calorimetry — Noun – English ～ measurement of quantities of heat
• calosoma — Noun – English ～ any beetle of the genus Calosoma
• Calostomataceae — Noun – English ～ a family of fungi belonging to the order Tulostomatales
• calpac — Noun – English ～ a high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus
• calpack — Noun – English ～ a high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus
• calpe — Noun – English ～ 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 of the Pillars of Hercules
• calque — Noun – English ～ an expression introduced into one language by translating it from another language; "`superman' is a calque for the German `Ubermensch'"
• Caltha — Noun – English ～ a genus of Caltha
• caltrop — Noun – English ～ a plant of the genus Trapa bearing spiny four-pronged edible nutlike fruits
• caltrop — Noun – English ～ tropical annual procumbent poisonous subshrub having fruit that splits into five spiny nutlets; serious pasture weed
• caltrop — Noun – English ～ Mediterranean annual or biennial herb having pinkish to purple flowers surrounded by spine-tipped scales; naturalized in America
• calumet — Noun – English ～ a highly decorated ceremonial pipe of Amerindians; smoked on ceremonial occasions (especially as a token of peace)
• calumniation — Noun – English ～ a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions
• calumny — Noun – English ～ an abusive attack on a person's character or good name
• calumny — Noun – English ～ a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions
• Calvados — Noun – English ～ dry apple brandy made in Normandy
• calvaria — Noun – English ～ the dome of the skull
• calvary — Noun – English ～ a hill near Jerusalem where Jesus was crucified

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