Production of heat, esp. animal heat.

Having, or relating to the power of producing heat; -- applied to foods which, being rich in carbon, as the fats, are supposed to give rise to heat in the animal body by oxidation.

An apparatus for measuring the amount of heat contained in bodies or developed by some mechanical or chemical process, as friction, chemical combination, combustion, etc. For combustion processes, a bomb calorimeter may be used.

Of or pertaining to the process of using the calorimeter.

Measurement of the quantities of heat in bodies.

A voltaic battery, having a large surface of plate, and producing powerful heating effects.

An apparatus used in beet-sugar factories to heat the juice in order to aid the diffusion.

A method of taking photographic pictures, on paper sensitized with iodide of silver; -- also called Talbotype, from the inventor, Mr. Fox. Talbot.

A monk of the Greek Church; a cenobite, anchoret, or recluse of the rule of St. Basil, especially, one on or near Mt. Athos.

the Rock of Gibraltar, a limestone promontory at the southern tip of Spain; associated with Britain.

See 2d Calk, v. t.

A genus of herbaceous plants (Tribulus) of the order Zygophylle/, having a hard several-celled fruit, armed with stout spines, and resembling the military instrument of the same name. The species grow in warm countries, and are often very annoying to cattle.

The root of a plant (Jateorrhiza Calumba, and probably Cocculus palmatus), indigenous in Mozambique. It has an unpleasantly bitter taste, and is used as a tonic and antiseptic.

A bitter principle extracted as a white crystalline substance from the calumba root.

A kind of pipe, used by the North American Indians for smoking tobacco. The bowl is usually made of soft red stone, and the tube is a long reed often ornamented with feathers.

To propagate evil reports with a design to injure the reputation of another; to make purposely false charges of some offense or crime.

False accusation of crime or offense, or a malicious and false representation of the words or actions of another, with a view to injure his good name.

One who calumniates.

Containing calumny; slanderous.

Containing or implying calumny; false, malicious, and injurious to reputation; slanderous; as, calumnious reports.

False accusation of a crime or offense, maliciously made or reported, to the injury of another; malicious misrepresentation; slander; detraction.

The bones of the cranium; more especially, the bones of the domelike upper portion.

The place where Christ was crucified, on a small hill outside of Jerusalem.

a genus of puffballs having outer casings whose upper parts break at maturity into angular pieces to expose the spores.

To bring forth a calf.

To bear, or be susceptible of, being calvered; as, grayling's flesh will calver.

Snapdragon.

John Calvin, a French theologian and reformer; born 1509, died 1564.

The theological tenets or doctrines of John Calvin (a French theologian and reformer of the 16th century) and his followers, or of the so-called calvinistic churches.

A follower of Calvin; a believer in Calvinism.

Of or pertaining to Calvin, or Calvinism; following Calvin; accepting or Teaching Calvinism.

To convert to Calvinism.

Like a calf; stupid.

of or pertaining to a calyx.

Having the form or appearance of a calyx.

Pertaining to a calyx; resembling or having the nature of a calyx.

A row of small bracts, at the base of the calyx, on the outside.

Calyculate.

A group of acalephs of which Lucernaria is the type. The body is cup-shaped with eight marginal lobes bearing clavate tentacles. An aboral sucker serves for attachment. The interior is divided into four large compartments. See Lucernarida.

Pertaining to, or resembling, the bracts of a calycle.

Having a set of bracts resembling a calyx.

A genus of trilobites characteristic of the Silurian age.

Flint or pebble stone, used in building walls, etc.

A small and beautiful species of orchid, having a flower variegated with purple, pink, and yellow. It grows in cold and wet localities in the northern part of the United States. The Calypso borealis is the only orchid which reaches 68/ N.

a scalelike structure between the base of the wing and the halter of a two-winged fly.

A little hood or veil, resembling an extinguisher in form and position, covering each of the small flasklike capsules which contain the spores of mosses; also, any similar covering body.

Having the form a calyptra, or extinguisher.

a genus of climbing or scrambling herbs; bindweed.

The covering of a flower. See Flower.

Drawers.

Crooked.

a common thorny tropical American tree (Pithecellobium dulce) having terminal racemes of yellow flowers followed by sickle-shaped or circinate edible pods and yielding good timber and a yellow dye and mucilaginous gum.

A cameo.

A neck guard of chain mall, hanging from the bascinet or other headpiece.

Chamber; house; -- used in Ca"ma*ra dos Pa"res (/), and Ca"ma*ra dos De`pu*ta"dos (/). See Legislature.

Comradeship and loyalty.

A genus of gigantic American Jurassic dinosaurs, having large cavities in the bodies of the dorsal vertebr/.

same as camass.

same as camass.

A small prairie in a forest; a small grassy plain among hills.

To curve upward.

Having the keel arched upwards, but not actually hogged; -- said of a ship.

Belonging to exchanges in commerce; of exchange.

A banker; a money changer or broker; one who deals in bills of exchange, or who is skilled in the science of exchange.

The science of exchange, weight, measures, etc.

A series of formative cells lying outside of the wood proper and inside of the inner bark. The growth of new wood takes place in the cambium, which is very soft.

See Camlet.

See Gamboge.

See Caboose.

A kind of linen cloth made in Egypt, and so named from its resemblance to cambric.

See Gambrel, n., 2.

The ancient Latin name of Wales. It is used by modern poets.

A native of Cambria or Wales.

A fine, thin, and white fabric made of flax or linen.

A Welshman.

imp. of Come.

A slender rod of cast lead, with or without grooves, used, in casements and stained-glass windows, to hold together the panes or pieces of glass.

A large ruminant used in Asia and Africa for carrying burdens and for riding. The camel is remarkable for its ability to go a long time without drinking. Its hoofs are small, and situated at the extremities of the toes, and the weight of the animal rests on the callous. The dromedary (Camelus dromedarius) has one hump on the back, while the Bactrian camel (Camelus Bactrianus) has two. The llama, alpaca, and vicu/a, of South America, belong to a related genus (Auchenia).

Having a back like a camel; humpbacked.

See Chaceleon.

a soft tan cloth made with the hair of a camel.

any of several shrubs or small evergreen trees having solitary white or pink or reddish flowers; the camellia.

a natural family comprising the camels and llamas and vicunas.

a genus of annual and biennial herbs of Mediterranean to Central Asia.

An Asiatic genus of small shrubs, often with shining leaves and showy flowers. Camellia Japonica is much cultivated for ornament, and Camellia Sassanqua and Camellia oleifera are grown in China for the oil which is pressed from their seeds. The tea plant is now referred to this genus under the name of Camellia Thea.

An African ruminant; the giraffe. See Giraffe.

The legendary site of King Arthur's court and castle.

Troops that are mounted on camels.

Of camel's hair.

A kind of rich, soft, unpressed cream cheese made in the vicinity of Camembert, near Argentan, France; also, any cheese of the same type, wherever made.

A carving in relief, esp. one on a small scale used as a jewel for personal adornment, or like.

A chamber, or instrument having a chamber. Specifically: The camera obscura when used in photography. See Camera, and Camera obscura.

See Comrade.

Of or pertaining to finance and public revenue.

The science of finance or public revenue.

To build in the form of a vault; to arch over.

A vaulting or arching over.

The papal chamberlain; the cardinal who presides over the pope's household. He has at times possessed great power.

A follower of the Rev. Richard Cameron, a Scotch Covenanter of the time of Charles II.

A light, loose dress or robe.

A shirt worn by soldiers over their uniform, in order to be able to recognize one another in a night attack. An attack by surprise by soldiers wearing the camisado.

One of the French Protestant insurgents who rebelled against Louis XIV, after the revocation of the edict of Nates; -- so called from the peasant's smock (camise) which they wore.

Dressed with a shirt over the other garments.

A short dressing jacket for women.

A woven fabric originally made of camel's hair, now chiefly of goat's hair and silk, or of wool and cotton.

Wavy or undulating like camlet; veined.

See Camass.

A plant having long hard, crooked roots, the Ononis spinosa; -- called also rest-harrow. The Scandix Pecten-Veneris is also called cammock.

A small mine, sometimes formed in the wall or side of an enemy's gallery, to blow in the earth and cut off the retreat of the miners.

A secret organization formed at Naples, Italy, early in the 19th century, and used partly for political ends and partly for practicing extortion, violence, etc.

Depressed; flattened.

Awry.

Flat; depressed; crooked; -- said only of the nose.

To pitch or prepare a camp; to encamp; to lodge in a camp; -- often with out.

An open level tract of country; especially /Campagna di Roma./ The extensive undulating plain which surrounds Rome.

A mouse (Arvicala agrestis), called also meadow mouse, which often does great damage in fields and gardens, by feeding on roots and seeds.

To serve in a campaign.

One who has served in an army in several campaigns; an old soldier; a veteran.

The campaign of a candidate to be elected.

A church bell.