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Calquenounan expression introduced into one language by translating it from another languageverified
Calque FormationnounMWEan expression introduced into one language by translating it from another languageverified
Caltropnountropical annual procumbent poisonous subshrub having fruit that splits into five spiny nutletsverified
Calumniationnouna false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actionsverified
Calumnynouna false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actionsverified
Calyclenouna small cup-shaped structure (as a taste bud or optic cup or cavity of a coral containing a polyp)verified
Calyculusnouna small cup-shaped structure (as a taste bud or optic cup or cavity of a coral containing a polyp)verified
Calypsonounrare 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 leafverified
Calypternounscalelike structure between the base of the wing and the halter of a two-winged flyverified
Calyptranounthe hood or cap covering the calyx of certain plants: e.g., the California poppyverified
Calyxnoun(botany) the whorl of sepals of a flower collectively forming the outer floral envelope or layer of the perianth enclosing and supporting the developing budverified
Calyx TubenounMWEthe cuplike or ringlike or tubular structure of a flower which bears the sepals and stamens and calyx (as in Rosaceae)verified
Cam StrokenounMWEthe maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a camverified
Camachilenouncommon 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 gumverified
Camber ArchnounMWEan arch with a straight horizontal extrados and a slightly arched intradosverified
Cambiumnouna formative one-cell layer of tissue between xylem and phloem in most vascular plants that is responsible for secondary growthverified
Cambric TeanounMWEa beverage for children containing hot water and milk and sugar and a small amount of teaverified
Camelianounany of several shrubs or small evergreen trees having solitary white or pink or reddish flowersverified
Camellianounany of several shrubs or small evergreen trees having solitary white or pink or reddish flowersverified
Cameranountelevision equipment consisting of a lens system that focuses an image on a photosensitive mosaic that is scanned by an electron beamverified
Camera LucidanounMWEan optical device consisting of an attachment that enables an observer to view simultaneously the image and a drawing surface for sketching itverified
Camera ObscuranounMWEa darkened enclosure in which images of outside objects are projected through a small aperture or lens onto a facing surfaceverified
CamomilenounEurasian plant with apple-scented foliage and white-rayed flowers and feathery leaves used medicinallyverified
Camp MeetingnounMWEreligious (usually evangelistic) meeting held in a large tent or outdoors and lasting several daysverified
Campanulanounany of various plants of the genus Campanula having blue or white bell-shaped flowersverified
Campeachynounspiny 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 dyeverified
Camphor BallnounMWEa small sphere of camphor or naphthalene used to keep moths away from stored clothingverified
Camphor DaisynounMWEannual of southern United States and Mexico having bristly leaves and pale yellow flowersverified