CPage 19
- English Word Caladium Definition A genus of aroideous plants, of which some species are cultivated for their immense leaves (which are often curiously blotched with white and red), and others (in Polynesia) for food.
- English Word Calaite Definition A mineral. See Turquoise.
- English Word Calamanco Definition A glossy woolen stuff, plain, striped, or checked.
- English Word Calamander wood Definition A valuable furniture wood from India and Ceylon, of a hazel-brown color, with black stripes, very hard in texture. It is a species of ebony, and is obtained from the Diospyros quaesita. Called also Coromandel wood.
- English Word Calamar Definition Alt. of Calamary
- English Word Calamary Definition A cephalopod, belonging to the genus Loligo and related genera. There are many species. They have a sack of inklike fluid which they discharge from the siphon tube, when pursued or alarmed, in order to confuse their enemies. Their shell is a thin horny plate, within the flesh of the back, shaped very much like a quill pen. In America they are called squids. See Squid.
- English Word Calambac Definition A fragrant wood; agalloch.
- English Word Calambour Definition A species of agalloch, or aloes wood, of a dusky or mottled color, of a light, friable texture, and less fragrant than calambac; -- used by cabinetmakers.
- English Word Calami Definition of Calamus
- English Word Calamiferous Definition Producing reeds; reedy.
- English Word Calamine Definition A mineral, the hydrous silicate of zinc.
- English Word Calamint Definition A genus of perennial plants (Calamintha) of the Mint family, esp. the C. Nepeta and C. Acinos, which are called also basil thyme.
- English Word Calamist Definition One who plays upon a reed or pipe.
- English Word Calamistrate Definition To curl or friz, as the hair.
- English Word Calamistration Definition The act or process of curling the hair.
- English Word Calamistrum Definition A comblike structure on the metatarsus of the hind legs of certain spiders (Ciniflonidae), used to curl certain fibers in the construction of their webs.
- English Word Calamite Definition A fossil plant of the coal formation, having the general form of plants of the modern Equiseta (the Horsetail or Scouring Rush family) but sometimes attaining the height of trees, and having the stem more or less woody within. See Acrogen, and Asterophyllite.
- English Word Calamities Definition of Calamity
- English Word Calamitous Definition Suffering calamity; wretched; miserable.
- English Word Calamitous Definition Producing, or attended with distress and misery; making wretched; wretched; unhappy.