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Calculi
- noun - a hard lump produced by the concretion of mineral salts; found in hollow organs or ducts of the body; "renal calculi can be very painful"
- an incrustation that forms on the teeth and gums
- the branch of mathematics that is concerned with limits and with the differentiation and integration of functions
Calques
- noun - an expression introduced into one language by translating it from another language; "`superman' is a calque for the German `Ubermensch'"
Canfuls
- noun - the quantity contained in a can
Cangues
- noun - an instrument of punishment formerly used in China for petty criminals; consists of a heavy wooden collar enclosing the neck and arms
Cannula
- noun - a small flexible tube inserted into a body cavity for draining off fluid or introducing medication
Capfuls
- noun - the quantity that a cap will hold
Capsule
- noun - a dry dehiscent seed vessel or the spore-containing structure of e.g. mosses
- a pill in the form of a small rounded gelatinous container with medicine inside
- a pilot's seat in an airplane that can be forcibly ejected in the case of an emergency; then the pilot descends by parachute
- a shortened version of a written work
- a small container
- a spacecraft designed to transport people and support human life in outer space
- a structure that encloses a body part
- enclose in a capsule
- put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume; "capsulize the news"
Capture
- noun - a process whereby a star or planet holds an object in its gravitational field
- any process in which an atomic or nuclear system acquires an additional particle
- attract; cause to be enamored; "She captured all the men's hearts"
- bring about the capture of an elementary particle or celestial body and causing it enter a new orbit; "This nucleus has captured the slow-moving neutrons"; "The star captured a comet"
- capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping; "I caught a rabbit in the trap today"
- succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase; "We finally got the suspect"; "Did you catch the thief?"
- succeed in representing or expressing something intangible; "capture the essence of Spring"; "capture an idea"
- take possession of by force, as after an invasion; "the invaders seized the land and property of the inhabitants"; "The army seized the town"; "The militia captured the castle"
- the act of forcibly d