English Words: C

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calliditynoun

craftiness, cunning

Calliename

A female given name.

Callie Catname

A nickname for girls named Callie.

calliferousadj

Bearing or producing calluses.

Calligasname

A surname from Greek, equivalent to English Farrier.

calligraffitinoun

Beautiful or masterfully made graffiti.

calligramnoun

A word, phrase or longer text in which the typeface or the layout has some special significance.

calligraphverb

To write using calligraphy.

calligraphernoun

one who practices calligraphy

calligraphicadj

Of or pertaining to calligraphy.

calligraphicallyadv

in a calligraphic manner: using calligraphy

calligraphynoun

The art or practice of writing letters and words in a decorative style; the letters and words so written.

Callihanname

A surname from Irish.

Callimacheanismnoun

The aesthetic philosophy of the Ancient Greek poet Callimachus, favoring refined works dealing with small-scale topics over large and prominent ones.

callingverb

present participle and gerund of call

calling cardnoun

A small printed card which identifies the bearer, traditionally presented for introduction when making a social visit to a home or when attending a formal social event or business meeting.

callinglyadv

So as to call or summon

Callinicumname

city in Syria, corresponding to modern-day Raqqa

Callinusname

An Ancient Greek name, particularly borne by a 7th-century Ancient Greek poet from Ephesus,

calliopenoun

A musical organ, consisting of steam whistles played with a keyboard. Often used with merry-go-rounds.

Calliopeanadj

Of or relating to Calliope.

calliopistnoun

One who plays a calliope.

calliopsisnoun

A flower of the genus Coreopsis.

callipashnoun

Alternative form of calipash.

callipattynoun

A kind of cotton cloth from India.

callipeltinnoun

Any of a certain class of cyclodepsipeptides that are bioactive isolates of marine invertebrates.

callipernoun

Alternative spelling of caliper.

calliphoridnoun

Any fly in the family Calliphoridae.

Callipolisname

Synonym of Kallipolis in its various senses.

Callippicadj

Based upon a common multiple of the year and the month

callipygianadj

Having beautifully shaped buttocks.

callipygousadj

Synonym of callipygian.

callisectionnoun

painless vivisection

Callistanadj

Of, or pertaining to Callisto, the second largest moon of Jupiter.

callistephinnoun

An anthocyanin, the 3-O-glucoside of pelargonidin.

Callistoname

A nymph of Artemis.

Callistoanadj

Of or relating to the nymph Callisto in Greek mythology.

Callistonianadj

Alternative form of Callistoan.

callithamnioidnoun

Any red alga of the family Callithamniaceae

callithumpnoun

A somewhat riotous parade, accompanied with the blowing of tin horns and other discordant noises.

callithumpianadj

Of, relating to, or resembling a callithump; riotous.

callitrichenoun

A green monkey.

callogenesisnoun

The formation of calli in damaged plant tissue

callogenicadj

Misspelling of collagenic.

calloonoun

The long-tailed duck, Clangula hyemalis, an Arctic sea duck.

callopnoun

an Australian freshwater fish, Macquaria ambigua; the golden perch or yellowbelly

callosallyadv

With reference to, or by means of the corpus callosum

calloselyadv

In a callose manner.

callosicadj

Relating to or composed of callose.

callositynoun

A callus.

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