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Calks
- noun - a metal cleat on the bottom front of a horseshoe to prevent slipping
- injure with a calk
- provide with calks; "calk horse shoes"
- seal with caulking; "caulk the window"
Calla
- noun - South African plant widely cultivated for its showy pure white spathe and yellow spadix
- water arum
Calle
- - A kind of head covering; a caul.
Calli
- noun - (botany) an isolated thickening of tissue, especially a stiff protuberance on the lip of an orchid
- an area of skin that is thick or hard from continual pressure or friction (as the sole of the foot)
- bony tissue formed during the healing of a fractured bone
- hardened skin on feet
Calls
- noun -
- (sports) the decision made by an umpire or referee; "he was ejected for protesting the call"
- a brief social visit; "senior professors' wives no longer make afternoon calls on newcomers"; "the characters in Henry James' novels are forever paying calls on each other, usually in the parlor of some residence"
- a demand by a broker that a customer deposit enough to bring his margin up to the minimum requirement
- a demand for a show of hands in a card game; "after two raises there was a call"
- a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition; "the speaker was interrupted by loud cries from the rear of the audience"
- a request; "many calls for Christmas stories"; "not many calls for buggywhips"
- a special disposition (as if from a divine source) to pursue a particular course; "he was disappointed that he had not heard the Call"
- a telephone connection; "she reported several anonymous calls"; "he placed a phone call to Lo
Calms
- noun - become quiet or calm, especially after a state of agitation; "After the fight both men need to cool off."; "It took a while after the baby was born for things to settle down again."
- cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to; "The patient must be sedated before the operation"
- make calm or still;
- make steady; "steady yourself"
- steadiness of mind under stress; "he accepted their problems with composure and she with equanimity"
- wind moving at less than 1 knot; 0 on the Beaufort scale
Calmy
- - Tranquil; peaceful; calm.
Calpe
- noun - location of a colony of the United Kingdom on a limestone promontory at the southern tip of Spain; strategically important because it can control the entrance of ships into the Mediterranean; one of the Pillars of Hercules
Calve
- verb - birth; "the whales calve at this time of year"
- release ice; "The icebergs and glaciers calve"
Calyx
- noun - (botany) the whorl of sepals of a flower collectively forming the outer floral envelope or layer of the perianth enclosing and supporting the developing bud; usually green