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Calotte
- unknown - Skull cap worn by Catholic priests
Caloyer
- - A monk of the Greek Church; a cenobite, anchoret, or recluse of the rule of St. Basil, especially, one on or near Mt. Athos.
Calpack
- noun - a high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus
Calpacs
- noun - a high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus
Calques
- noun - an expression introduced into one language by translating it from another language; "`superman' is a calque for the German `Ubermensch'"
Caltrap
- - 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.
Caltrop
- noun - a plant of the genus Trapa bearing spiny four-pronged edible nutlike fruits
- an old military weapon consisting of an iron ball with four spikes so arranged that when it is laid upon the ground one spike always stands upright. Used particularly against cavalry.
- Mediterranean annual or biennial herb having pinkish to purple flowers surrounded by spine-tipped scales; naturalized in America
- tropical annual procumbent poisonous subshrub having fruit that splits into five spiny nutlets; serious pasture weed
Calumba
- - 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.
Calumet
- noun - a highly decorated ceremonial pipe of Amerindians; smoked on ceremonial occasions (especially as a token of peace)
Calumny
- noun - a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions
- an abusive attack on a person's character or good name