caloric | (adjective) relating to or associated with heat | Synonyms: thermal, thermic |
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(adjective) of or relating to calories in food | - |
calorie | (noun) unit of heat defined as the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 degree centigrade at atmospheric pressure | Synonyms: gram calorie, small calorie |
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calorifacient | (adjective) producing heat; usually used of foods | - |
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calorific | (adjective) heat-generating | - |
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calorimeter | (noun) a measuring instrument that determines quantities of heat | - |
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calorimetric | (adjective) of or relating to the measurement of heat | - |
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calorimetry | (noun) measurement of quantities of heat | - |
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calorisator | (noun) an apparatus used in beet-sugar factories to heat the juice in order to aid the diffusion. | Synonyms: calorizator |
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calorizator | (noun) an apparatus used in beet-sugar factories to heat the juice in order to aid the diffusion. | Synonyms: calorisator |
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calosoma | (noun) any beetle of the genus Calosoma | - |
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calpac | (noun) a high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus | Synonyms: calpack, kalpac |
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calpack | (noun) a high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus | Synonyms: calpac, kalpac |
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calque | (noun) an expression introduced into one language by translating it from another language | Synonyms: calque formation, loan translation |
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caltrop | (noun) tropical annual procumbent poisonous subshrub having fruit that splits into five spiny nutlets; serious pasture weed | Synonyms: devil's weed, Tribulus terestris |
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(noun) Mediterranean annual or biennial herb having pinkish to purple flowers surrounded by spine-tipped scales; naturalized in America | Synonyms: Centauria calcitrapa, star-thistle |
(noun) a plant of the genus Trapa bearing spiny four-pronged edible nutlike fruits | Synonyms: water chestnut, water chestnut plant |
calumet | (noun) a highly decorated ceremonial pipe of Amerindians; smoked on ceremonial occasions (especially as a token of peace) | Synonyms: peace pipe, pipe of peace |
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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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calumniation | (noun) a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions | Synonyms: calumny, defamation, hatchet job, obloquy, traducement |
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calumniatory | (adjective) (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign | Synonyms: calumnious, defamatory, denigrating, denigrative, denigratory, libellous, libelous, slanderous |
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calumnious | (adjective) (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign | Synonyms: calumniatory, defamatory, denigrating, denigrative, denigratory, libellous, libelous, slanderous |
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calumniously | (adverb) in a false and slanderous and defamatory manner; with slander or calumny | Synonyms: slanderously |
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calumny | (noun) an abusive attack on a person's character or good name | Synonyms: aspersion, defamation, denigration, slander |
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(noun) a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions | Synonyms: calumniation, defamation, hatchet job, obloquy, traducement |
calvaria | (noun) the dome of the skull | Synonyms: skullcap |
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calvary | (noun) any experience that causes intense suffering | Synonyms: martyrdom |
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calve | (verb) give birth to (a calf) | Synonyms: have young |
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(verb) release ice | Synonyms: break up |
calving | (noun) giving birth to a calf | - |
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calx | (noun) a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide | Synonyms: burnt lime, calcined lime, calcium oxide, fluxing lime, lime, quicklime, unslaked lime |
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calyceal | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling a calyx | Synonyms: calycinal, calycine |
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calycinal | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling a calyx | Synonyms: calyceal, calycine |
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calycine | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling a calyx | Synonyms: calyceal, calycinal |
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calycle | (noun) a small cup-shaped structure (as a taste bud or optic cup or cavity of a coral containing a polyp) | Synonyms: caliculus, calyculus |
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(noun) a group of bracts simulating a calyx as in a carnation or hibiscus | Synonyms: calyculus, epicalyx, false calyx |
calycled | (adjective) having a calyculus | Synonyms: calyculate |
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calycular | (adjective) relating to or resembling a calyculus | Synonyms: calicular |
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calyculate | (adjective) having a calyculus | Synonyms: calycled |
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calyculus | (noun) a small cup-shaped structure (as a taste bud or optic cup or cavity of a coral containing a polyp) | Synonyms: caliculus, calycle |
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(noun) a group of bracts simulating a calyx as in a carnation or hibiscus | Synonyms: calycle, epicalyx, false calyx |
calypso | (noun) rare north temperate bog orchid bearing a solitary white to pink flower marked with purple at the tip of an erect reddish stalk above 1 basal leaf | Synonyms: Calypso bulbosa, fairy-slipper |
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calypter | (noun) scalelike structure between the base of the wing and the halter of a two-winged fly | Synonyms: alula |
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calyptra | (noun) the hood or cap covering the calyx of certain plants: e.g., the California poppy | - |
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calyptrate | (adjective) having a calyptra | - |
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(adjective) having calypters | - |
calyx | (noun) (botany) the whorl of sepals of a flower collectively forming the outer floral envelope or layer of the perianth enclosing and supporting the developing bud; usually green | - |
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cam | (noun) a rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion | - |
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camachile | (noun) common thorny tropical American tree having terminal racemes of yellow flowers followed by sickle-shaped or circinate edible pods and yielding good timber and a yellow dye and mucilaginous gum | Synonyms: huamachil, manila tamarind, Pithecellobium dulce, wild tamarind |
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camail | (noun) a medieval hood of mail suspended from a basinet to protect the head and neck | Synonyms: aventail, ventail |
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camaraderie | (noun) the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability | Synonyms: chumminess, comradeliness, comradery, comradeship |
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camarilla | (noun) a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue | Synonyms: cabal, faction, junto |
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camas | (noun) any of several plants of the genus Camassia; North and South America | Synonyms: camash, camass, camosh, quamash |
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camash | (noun) any of several plants of the genus Camassia; North and South America | Synonyms: camas, camass, camosh, quamash |
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camass | (noun) any of several plants of the genus Camassia; North and South America | Synonyms: camas, camash, camosh, quamash |
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camber | (noun) the alignment of the wheels of a motor vehicle closer together at the bottom than at the top | - |
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(noun) a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force | Synonyms: bank, cant |
(noun) a slight convexity (as of the surface of a road) | - |
(verb) curve upward in the middle | - |
cambial | (adjective) of or relating to or functioning as a cambium | - |
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cambium | (noun) the inner layer of the periosteum | - |
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(noun) a formative one-cell layer of tissue between xylem and phloem in most vascular plants that is responsible for secondary growth | - |
cambric | (noun) a finely woven white linen | - |
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camcorder | (noun) a portable television camera and videocassette recorder | - |
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camel | (noun) cud-chewing mammal used as a draft or saddle animal in desert regions | - |
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camelhair | (noun) a soft tan cloth made with the hair of a camel | Synonyms: camel's hair |
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camelia | (noun) any of several shrubs or small evergreen trees having solitary white or pink or reddish flowers | Synonyms: camellia |
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camellia | (noun) any of several shrubs or small evergreen trees having solitary white or pink or reddish flowers | Synonyms: camelia |
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camelopard | (noun) tallest living quadruped; having a spotted coat and small horns and very long neck and legs; of savannahs of tropical Africa | Synonyms: Giraffa camelopardalis, giraffe |
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camelpox | (noun) a viral disease of camels closely related to smallpox | - |
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cameo | (noun) engraving or carving in low relief on a stone (as in a brooch or ring) | - |
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camera | (noun) equipment for taking photographs (usually consisting of a lightproof box with a lens at one end and light-sensitive film at the other) | Synonyms: photographic camera |
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(noun) television equipment consisting of a lens system that focuses an image on a photosensitive mosaic that is scanned by an electron beam | Synonyms: television camera, tv camera |
cameraman | (noun) a photographer who operates a movie camera | Synonyms: camera operator, cinematographer |
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camgirl | (noun) a female performer who performs sexual acts by camera on the internet | - |
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camion | (noun) a low heavy horse cart without sides; used for haulage | Synonyms: dray |
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(noun) a large truck designed to carry heavy loads; usually without sides | Synonyms: lorry |
camise | (noun) a loose shirt or tunic; originally worn in the Middle Ages | - |
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camisole | (noun) a short negligee | - |
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(noun) a short sleeveless undergarment for women | Synonyms: underbodice |
camlet | (noun) a fabric of Asian origin; originally made of silk and camel's hair | - |
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(noun) a garment made of camlet fabric | - |
camo | (noun) fabric dyed with splotches of green and brown and black and tan; intended to make the wearer of a garment made of this fabric hard to distinguish from the background | Synonyms: camouflage |
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camomile | (noun) Eurasian plant with apple-scented foliage and white-rayed flowers and feathery leaves used medicinally; in some classification systems placed in genus Anthemis | Synonyms: Anthemis nobilis, Chamaemelum nobilis, chamomile |
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camosh | (noun) any of several plants of the genus Camassia; North and South America | Synonyms: camas, camash, camass, quamash |
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camouflage | (noun) the act of concealing the identity of something by modifying its appearance | Synonyms: disguise |
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(noun) device or stratagem for concealment or deceit | - |
(noun) fabric dyed with splotches of green and brown and black and tan; intended to make the wearer of a garment made of this fabric hard to distinguish from the background | Synonyms: camo |
(noun) an outward semblance that misrepresents the true nature of something | Synonyms: disguise |
(verb) disguise by camouflaging; exploit the natural surroundings to disguise something | - |
camouflaged | (adjective) made invisible by means of protective coloring | - |
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camp | (adjective) providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities | Synonyms: campy |
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(noun) temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers | Synonyms: bivouac, cantonment, encampment |
(noun) temporary lodgings in the country for travelers or vacationers | - |
(noun) a penal institution (often for forced labor) | - |
(noun) a site where care and activities are provided for children during the summer months | Synonyms: summer camp |
(noun) shelter for persons displaced by war or political oppression or for religious beliefs | Synonyms: refugee camp |
(noun) something that is considered amusing not because of its originality but because of its unoriginality | - |
(noun) a group of people living together in a camp | - |
(noun) an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose | Synonyms: clique, coterie, ingroup, inner circle, pack |
(verb) give an artificially banal or sexual quality to | - |
(verb) establish or set up a camp | Synonyms: camp down |
(verb) live in or as if in a tent | Synonyms: bivouac, camp out, encamp, tent |
campaign | (noun) several related operations aimed at achieving a particular goal (usually within geographical and temporal constraints) | Synonyms: military campaign |
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(noun) an overland journey by hunters (especially in Africa) | Synonyms: hunting expedition, safari |
(noun) a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end | Synonyms: cause, crusade, drive, effort, movement |
(noun) a race between candidates for elective office | Synonyms: political campaign, run |
(verb) go on a campaign; go off to war | Synonyms: take the field |
(verb) run, stand, or compete for an office or a position | Synonyms: run |
(verb) exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for | Synonyms: agitate, crusade, fight, press, push |
campaigner | (noun) a politician who is running for public office | Synonyms: candidate, nominee |
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campaigning | (noun) the campaign of a candidate to be elected | Synonyms: candidacy, candidature, electioneering, political campaign |
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campana | (noun) the shape of a bell | Synonyms: bell, bell shape |
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campanile | (noun) a bell tower; usually stands alone unattached to a building | Synonyms: belfry |
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campanula | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Campanula having blue or white bell-shaped flowers | Synonyms: bellflower |
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campanular | (adjective) shaped like a bell or campana | Synonyms: campanulate, campanulated |
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campanulate | (adjective) shaped like a bell or campana | Synonyms: campanular, campanulated |
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campanulated | (adjective) shaped like a bell or campana | Synonyms: campanular, campanulate |
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campeachy | (noun) spiny shrub or small tree of Central America and West Indies having bipinnate leaves and racemes of small bright yellow flowers and yielding a hard brown or brownish-red heartwood used in preparing a black dye | Synonyms: bloodwood tree, Haematoxylum campechianum, logwood, logwood tree |
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camper | (noun) a recreational vehicle equipped for camping out while traveling | Synonyms: camping bus, motor home |
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(noun) someone living temporarily in a tent or lodge for recreation | - |
campestral | (adjective) of fields or open country | - |
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campfire | (noun) a small outdoor fire for warmth or cooking (as at a camp) | - |
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campground | (noun) a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent | Synonyms: bivouac, camping area, camping ground, camping site, campsite, encampment |
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camphor | (noun) a resin obtained from the camphor tree; used in making celluloid and liniment | - |
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camphoraceous | (adjective) being or having the properties of camphor | - |
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camphorate | (verb) treat with camphor | - |
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camphorated | (adjective) impregnated with camphor | - |
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camphoric | (adjective) relating to or derived from or containing camphor | - |
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camphorweed | (noun) aromatic plant of western United States | Synonyms: Trichostema lanceolatum, turpentine camphor weed, vinegarweed |
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camping | (noun) the act of encamping and living in tents in a camp | Synonyms: bivouacking, encampment, tenting |
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campion | (noun) any plant of the genus Silene | Synonyms: catchfly, silene |
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campmate | (noun) someone who lives in the same camp you do | - |
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campong | (noun) a native malay village | Synonyms: kampong |
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campsite | (noun) a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent | Synonyms: bivouac, campground, camping area, camping ground, camping site, encampment |
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campstool | (noun) a folding stool | - |
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campus | (noun) a field on which the buildings of a university are situated | - |
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campy | (adjective) providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities | Synonyms: camp |
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