Calostomataceae
— Noun
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~ a family of fungi belonging to the order Tulostomatales
calpac
— Noun
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~ a high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus
calpack
— Noun
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~ a high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus
calpe
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~ 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
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~ an expression introduced into one language by translating it from another language; "`superman' is a calque for the German `Ubermensch'"
caltrop
— Noun
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~ a plant of the genus Trapa bearing spiny four-pronged edible nutlike fruits
caltrop
— Noun
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~ tropical annual procumbent poisonous subshrub having fruit that splits into five spiny nutlets; serious pasture weed
caltrop
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~ Mediterranean annual or biennial herb having pinkish to purple flowers surrounded by spine-tipped scales; naturalized in America
calumet
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~ a highly decorated ceremonial pipe of Amerindians; smoked on ceremonial occasions (especially as a token of peace)
calumniation
— Noun
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~ a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions
calumny
— Noun
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~ an abusive attack on a person's character or good name
calumny
— Noun
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~ a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions
Amia calva
— Noun
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~ primitive long-bodied carnivorous freshwater fish with a very long dorsal fin; found in sluggish waters of North America
Calvados
— Noun
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~ dry apple brandy made in Normandy
calvary
— Noun
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~ a hill near Jerusalem where Jesus was crucified
calvary
— Noun
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~ any experience that causes intense suffering
Calvatia
— Noun
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~ genus of puffballs having outer casings whose upper parts break at maturity into angular pieces to expose the spores
Calvin
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~ Swiss theologian (born in France) whose tenets (predestination and the irresistibility of grace and justification by faith) defined Presbyterianism (1509-1564)