9-letter words containing cal
- callbacks — Plural form of callback.
- callboard — a notice board listing opportunities for performers
- caller id — A telephone that has caller ID displays the telephone number and name of the person who is calling you.
- callidity — cunning or slyness
- calligram — a poem in which words are positioned so as to create a visual image of the subject on the page
- calliopes — Plural form of calliope.
- callipash — the part of a turtle next to the upper shield, consisting of a greenish gelatinous substance, considered a delicacy.
- callipers — an instrument for measuring internal or external dimensions, consisting of two steel legs hinged together
- callippus — flourished 4th century b.c, Greek astronomer.
- callosity — hardheartedness
- calloused — A foot or hand that is calloused is covered in calluses.
- callouses — made hard; hardened.
- callously — made hard; hardened.
- callowest — Superlative form of callow.
- callusing — Pathology, Physiology. a hardened or thickened part of the skin; a callosity. a new growth of osseous matter at the ends of a fractured bone, serving to unite them.
- calm down — If you calm down, or if someone calms you down, you become less angry, upset, or excited.
- calmative — (of a remedy or agent) sedative
- calmingly — in a calming manner
- calor gas — Calor gas is gas in liquid form which is sold in special containers so that people can use it in places which are not connected to the gas supply, such as tents or caravans.
- calorific — The calorific value of something, or its calorific content, is the number of calories it contains.
- calotypes — Plural form of calotype.
- calpurnia — flourished 1st century b.c, third wife of Julius Caesar 59–44. Compare Cornelia (def 2), Pompeia.
- calumnies — Plural form of calumny.
- calvarial — relating to or belonging to the calvaria
- calvarian — calvarial
- calvaries — Plural form of calvary.
- calvarium — the upper, domed part of the skull
- calvinism — the theological system of John Calvin and his followers, characterized by emphasis on the doctrines of predestination, the irresistibility of grace, and justification by faith
- calvinist — Calvinist means belonging or relating to a strict Protestant church started by John Calvin.
- calvities — baldness
- calyculus — a small, cuplike part, as a taste bud, or a cuplike depression, as in a coral skeleton
- canonical — If something has canonical status, it is accepted as having all the qualities that a thing of its kind should have.
- caracalla — real name Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, original name Bassianus. 188–217 ad, Roman emperor (211–17): ruled with cruelty and extravagance; assassinated
- cardiacal — cardiac
- catcalled — a shrill, whistlelike sound or loud raucous shout made to express disapproval at a theater, meeting, etc.
- catcaller — a shrill, whistlelike sound or loud raucous shout made to express disapproval at a theater, meeting, etc.
- centrical — pertaining to or situated at the center; central.
- chemicals — the commercial production and sale of chemical products
- chicalote — a poppy, Argemone platyceras, of the southwestern US and Mexico with prickly leaves and white or yellow flowers
- chronical — relating to or controlled by time
- civically — of or relating to a city; municipal: civic problems.
- classical — You use classical to describe something that is traditional in form, style, or content.
- clergical — (obsolete) Of or pertaining to the clergy; clerical; learned.
- clericals — the distinctive dress of a member of the clergy
- cold call — If someone makes a cold call, they telephone or visit someone they have never contacted, without making an appointment, in order to try and sell something.
- cold-call — a visit or telephone call to a prospective customer without an appointment or a previous introduction.
- comedical — of, relating to, or of the nature of comedy.
- comically — producing laughter; amusing; funny: a comical fellow.
- conically — Also, conical. having the form of, resembling, or pertaining to a cone.
- criticals — Plural form of critical.