caliber | (noun) a degree or grade of excellence or worth | Synonyms: calibre, quality |
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(noun) diameter of a tube or gun barrel | Synonyms: bore, calibre, gauge |
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 | - |
calibrated | (adjective) marked with or divided into degrees | Synonyms: graduated |
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calibration | (noun) the act of checking or adjusting (by comparison with a standard) the accuracy of a measuring instrument | Synonyms: standardisation, standardization |
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calibre | (noun) a degree or grade of excellence or worth | Synonyms: caliber, quality |
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(noun) diameter of a tube or gun barrel | Synonyms: bore, caliber, gauge |
caliche | (noun) nitrate-bearing rock or gravel of the sodium nitrate deposits of Chile and Peru | - |
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(noun) crust or layer of hard subsoil encrusted with calcium-carbonate occurring in arid or semiarid regions | Synonyms: hardpan |
calico | (adjective) made of calico or resembling calico in being patterned | - |
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(adjective) having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly | Synonyms: motley, multi-color, multi-colored, multi-colour, multi-coloured, multicolor, multicolored, multicolour, multicoloured, painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied, varicolored, varicoloured |
(noun) coarse cloth with a bright print | - |
calicular | (adjective) relating to or resembling a calyculus | Synonyms: calycular |
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caliculus | (noun) a small cup-shaped structure (as a taste bud or optic cup or cavity of a coral containing a polyp) | Synonyms: calycle, calyculus |
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calif | (noun) the civil and religious leader of a Muslim state considered to be a representative of Allah on earth | Synonyms: caliph, kalif, kaliph, khalif, khalifah |
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californium | (noun) a radioactive transuranic element; discovered by bombarding curium with alpha particles | Synonyms: atomic number 98, Cf |
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caliginous | (adjective) dark and misty and gloomy | - |
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caliper | (noun) an instrument for measuring the distance between two points | Synonyms: calliper |
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(verb) measure the diameter of something with calipers | Synonyms: calliper |
caliph | (noun) the civil and religious leader of a Muslim state considered to be a representative of Allah on earth | Synonyms: calif, kalif, kaliph, khalif, khalifah |
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caliphate | (noun) the office of a caliph | - |
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(noun) the territorial jurisdiction of a caliph | - |
calisaya | (noun) Peruvian shrub or small tree having large glossy leaves and cymes of fragrant yellow to green or red flowers; cultivated for its medicinal bark | Synonyms: Cinchona calisaya, Cinchona ledgeriana, Cinchona officinalis |
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calisthenic | (adjective) of or relating to calisthenics | - |
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calisthenics | (noun) the practice of calisthenic exercises | Synonyms: callisthenics |
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(noun) light exercises designed to promote general fitness | Synonyms: callisthenics |