becalm | (verb) make steady | Synonyms: calm, steady |
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calcify | (verb) turn into lime; become calcified | - |
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(verb) convert into lime | - |
(verb) become impregnated with calcium salts | - |
(verb) become inflexible and unchanging | - |
calcimine | (verb) cover with calcimine | - |
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calcine | (verb) heat a substance so that it oxidizes or reduces | - |
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calculate | (verb) make a mathematical calculation or computation | Synonyms: cipher, compute, cypher, figure, reckon, work out |
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(verb) specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public | Synonyms: aim, direct |
(verb) judge to be probable | Synonyms: count on, estimate, figure, forecast, reckon |
(verb) have faith or confidence in | Synonyms: bank, bet, count, depend, look, reckon, rely, swear |
(verb) predict in advance | Synonyms: forecast |
(verb) keep an account of | Synonyms: account |
calendar | (verb) enter into a calendar | - |
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calender | (verb) press between rollers or plates so as to smooth, glaze, or thin into sheets | - |
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calibrate | (verb) make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring | Synonyms: fine-tune, graduate |
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(verb) measure the caliber of | - |
(verb) mark (the scale of a measuring instrument) so that it can be read in the desired units | - |
caliper | (verb) measure the diameter of something with calipers | Synonyms: calliper |
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calk | (verb) injure with a calk | - |
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(verb) seal with caulking | Synonyms: caulk |
(verb) provide with calks | - |
call | (verb) rouse somebody from sleep with a call | - |
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(verb) challenge the sincerity or truthfulness of | - |
(verb) consider or regard as being | - |
(verb) utter in a loud voice or announce | - |
(verb) ascribe a quality to or give a name of a common noun that reflects a quality | - |
(verb) get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone | Synonyms: call up, phone, ring, telephone |
(verb) assign a specified (usually proper) name to | Synonyms: be known as, know as, name |
(verb) utter a characteristic note or cry | - |
(verb) send a message or attempt to reach someone by radio, phone, etc.; make a signal to in order to transmit a message | - |
(verb) order, request, or command to come | Synonyms: send for |
(verb) indicate a decision in regard to | - |
(verb) challenge (somebody) to make good on a statement; charge with or censure for an offense | - |
(verb) declare in the capacity of an umpire or referee | - |
(verb) utter a sudden loud cry | Synonyms: cry, holler, hollo, scream, shout, shout out, squall, yell |
(verb) make a prediction about; tell in advance | Synonyms: anticipate, forebode, foretell, predict, prognosticate, promise |
(verb) lure by imitating the characteristic call of an animal | - |
(verb) present for redemption before maturation | - |
(verb) read aloud to check for omissions or absentees | - |
(verb) order, summon, or request for a specific duty or activity, work, role | - |
(verb) order or request or give a command for | - |
(verb) give the calls (to the dancers) for a square dance | Synonyms: call off |
(verb) make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands | Synonyms: bid |
(verb) demand payment of (a loan) | Synonyms: call in |
(verb) pay a brief visit | Synonyms: call in, visit |
(verb) call a meeting; invite or command to meet | - |
(verb) make a stop in a harbour | - |
(verb) greet, as with a prescribed form, title, or name | Synonyms: address |
(verb) stop or postpone because of adverse conditions, such as bad weather | - |
calligraph | (verb) write beautifully and ornamentally | - |
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calliper | (verb) measure the diameter of something with calipers | Synonyms: caliper |
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callous | (verb) make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals | Synonyms: cauterise, cauterize |
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callus | (verb) form a callus or calluses | - |
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(verb) cause a callus to form on | - |
calm | (verb) cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to | Synonyms: sedate, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize |
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(verb) make steady | Synonyms: becalm, steady |
(verb) make calm or still | Synonyms: calm down, lull, quiet, quieten, still, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize |
(verb) become quiet or calm, especially after a state of agitation | Synonyms: calm down, chill out, cool it, cool off, settle down, simmer down |
calumniate | (verb) charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone | Synonyms: asperse, besmirch, defame, denigrate, slander, smear, smirch, sully |
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calve | (verb) give birth to (a calf) | Synonyms: have young |
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(verb) release ice | Synonyms: break up |
catcall | (verb) utter catcalls at | - |
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decalcify | (verb) remove calcium or lime from | - |
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(verb) lose calcium or calcium compounds | - |
delocalize | (verb) remove from the proper or usual locality | - |
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descale | (verb) remove the scales from | Synonyms: scale |
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escalade | (verb) climb up and over | - |
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escalate | (verb) increase in extent or intensity | Synonyms: intensify, step up |
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escallop | (verb) bake in a sauce, milk, etc., often with breadcrumbs on top | Synonyms: scallop |
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focalise | (verb) become focussed or come into focus | Synonyms: focalize, focus |
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(verb) put (an image) into focus | Synonyms: focalize, focus, sharpen |
(verb) bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions | Synonyms: concenter, concentre, focalize, focus |
(verb) concentrate on a particular place or spot | Synonyms: focalize, localise, localize |
focalize | (verb) become focussed or come into focus | Synonyms: focalise, focus |
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(verb) put (an image) into focus | Synonyms: focalise, focus, sharpen |
(verb) bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions | Synonyms: concenter, concentre, focalise, focus |
(verb) concentrate on a particular place or spot | Synonyms: focalise, localise, localize |
intercalate | (verb) insert (days) in a calendar | - |
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lexicalise | (verb) make or coin into a word or accept a new word into the lexicon of a language | Synonyms: lexicalize |
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lexicalize | (verb) make or coin into a word or accept a new word into the lexicon of a language | Synonyms: lexicalise |
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localise | (verb) locate | Synonyms: localize, place, set |
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(verb) restrict something to a particular area | Synonyms: localize |
(verb) concentrate on a particular place or spot | Synonyms: focalise, focalize, localize |
(verb) identify the location or place of | Synonyms: localize, place |
localize | (verb) locate | Synonyms: localise, place, set |
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(verb) restrict something to a particular area | Synonyms: localise |
(verb) concentrate on a particular place or spot | Synonyms: focalise, focalize, localise |
(verb) identify the location or place of | Synonyms: localise, place |
miscalculate | (verb) calculate incorrectly | Synonyms: misestimate |
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(verb) to reckon wrongly | Synonyms: misestimate |
miscall | (verb) assign in incorrect name to | Synonyms: misname |
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outcall | (verb) make a higher bid than (the previous bid or player); in a card game | - |
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radicalize | (verb) make more radical in social or political outlook | - |
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recalcitrate | (verb) show strong objection or repugnance; manifest vigorous opposition or resistance; be obstinately disobedient | - |
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recalculate | (verb) calculate anew | - |
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recall | (verb) recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection | Synonyms: call back, call up, recollect, remember, retrieve, think |
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(verb) cause one's (or someone else's) thoughts or attention to return from a reverie or digression | - |
(verb) go back to something earlier | Synonyms: come back, hark back, return |
(verb) summon to return | Synonyms: call back |
(verb) cause to be returned | Synonyms: call back, call in, withdraw |
(verb) make unavailable; bar from sale or distribution | - |
(verb) bring to mind | Synonyms: echo |
rescale | (verb) establish on a new scale | - |
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scald | (verb) burn with a hot liquid or steam | - |
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(verb) heat to the boiling point | - |
(verb) treat with boiling water | - |
(verb) subject to harsh criticism | Synonyms: blister, scorch, whip |
scale | (verb) measure with or as if with scales | - |
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(verb) size or measure according to a scale | - |
(verb) remove the scales from | Synonyms: descale |
(verb) pattern, make, regulate, set, measure, or estimate according to some rate or standard | - |
(verb) climb up by means of a ladder | - |
(verb) reach the highest point of | Synonyms: surmount |
(verb) take by attacking with scaling ladders | - |
(verb) measure by or as if by a scale | - |
scallop | (verb) shape or cut in scallops | Synonyms: scollop |
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(verb) fish for scallops | Synonyms: scollop |
(verb) form scallops in | Synonyms: scollop |
(verb) decorate an edge with scallops | - |
(verb) bake in a sauce, milk, etc., often with breadcrumbs on top | Synonyms: escallop |
scalp | (verb) remove the scalp of | - |
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(verb) sell illegally, as on the black market | - |
subvocalise | (verb) articulate without making audible sounds | Synonyms: subvocalize |
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subvocalize | (verb) articulate without making audible sounds | Synonyms: subvocalise |
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topicalize | (verb) emphasize by putting heavy stress on or by moving to the front of the sentence | - |
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vocalise | (verb) pronounce as a vowel | Synonyms: vocalize, vowelise, vowelize |
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(verb) express or state clearly | Synonyms: articulate, enunciate, vocalize |
(verb) utter with vibrating vocal chords | Synonyms: sound, vocalize, voice |
(verb) utter speech sounds | Synonyms: phonate, vocalize |
(verb) sing (each note a scale or in a melody) with the same vowel | Synonyms: vocalize |
vocalize | (verb) pronounce as a vowel | Synonyms: vocalise, vowelise, vowelize |
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(verb) express or state clearly | Synonyms: articulate, enunciate, vocalise |
(verb) utter with vibrating vocal chords | Synonyms: sound, vocalise, voice |
(verb) utter speech sounds | Synonyms: phonate, vocalise |
(verb) sing (each note a scale or in a melody) with the same vowel | Synonyms: vocalise |