9-letter words starting with c
- calcarate — having a calcar
- calcarine — resembling, related to, or having a calcar
- calcedony — Alt form chalcedony.
- calcicole — any plant that thrives in lime-rich soils
- calcified — Body tissue that is calcified has become hard because of the presence of substances called calcium salts.
- calcifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of calcify.
- calciform — Having the form of calx, chalk or lime.
- calcifuge — any plant that thrives in acid soils but not in lime-rich soils
- calcimine — a white or pale tinted wash for walls
- calcining — Present participle of calcine.
- calciuria — (pathology) The presence of calcium salts in the urine (especially at an elevated level).
- calculary — calculous
- calculate — If you calculate a number or amount, you discover it from information that you already have, by using arithmetic, mathematics, or a special machine.
- calculose — calculous
- calculous — of or suffering from a calculus
- caldarium — (in ancient Rome) a room for taking hot baths
- caldecott — Randolph1846-86; Eng. artist & illustrator: illustrated many books for children
- caledonia — Scotland
- calembour — a pun
- calendars — Plural form of calendar.
- calenders — Plural form of calender.
- calendric — Of or pertaining to a calendar.
- calendula — any Eurasian plant of the genus Calendula, esp the pot marigold, having orange-and-yellow rayed flowers: family Asteraceae (composites)
- calenture — a mild fever of tropical climates, similar in its symptoms to sunstroke
- calescent — increasing in heat
- calf love — temporary infatuation or love of an adolescent for a member of the opposite sex
- calfdozer — a small bulldozer
- calfskins — Plural form of calfskin.
- caliatour — a tropical dyewood, possibly red sandalwood
- calibered — the diameter of something of circular section, especially that of the inside of a tube: a pipe of three-inch caliber.
- calibrate — If you calibrate an instrument or tool, you mark or adjust it so that you can use it to measure something accurately.
- calicular — Relating to, or resembling, a cup.
- caliculus — calyculus (def 1).
- calimanco — calamanco.
- calimocho — a cocktail popular in Spanish-speaking countries, consisting of a mixture of cola and red wine
- caliology — the study of birds' nests
- calipered — Simple past tense and past participle of caliper.
- caliphate — the office, jurisdiction, or reign of a caliph
- calixtine — a member of a body of Hussites in the 15th century holding that the chalice as well as the bread should be received by the laity in the Eucharist.
- call back — If you call someone back, you telephone them again or in return for a telephone call that they have made to you.
- call down — to request or invoke
- call girl — A call girl is a prostitute who makes appointments by telephone.
- call loan — a loan that is repayable on demand
- call rate — the interest rate on a call loan
- call sign — A call sign is the letters and numbers which identify a person, vehicle, or organization that is broadcasting on the radio or sending messages by radio.
- call slip — a form for requesting a library book by title and call number
- call time — to suspend play temporarily
- call unix — (communications, tool) (cu) The original Unix virtual terminal utility. cu allows a user on one computer to log in to another connected via Ethernet, direct serial line or modem. It shares some configuration files with UUCP in order to be able to use the same connections without conflict.
- call upon — to cry out in a loud voice; shout: He called her name to see if she was home.
- call-down — to cry out in a loud voice; shout: He called her name to see if she was home.