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Calcar
- - A kind of oven, or reverberatory furnace, used for the calcination of sand and potash, and converting them into frit.
Calced
- adjective - used of certain religious orders who wear shoes
Calces
- noun - a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide
Calcia
- noun - a white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light; the fifth most abundant element in the earth's crust; an important component of most plants and animals
Calcic
- adjective - derived from or containing calcium or lime
Cancan
- noun - a high-kicking dance of French origin performed by a female chorus line
Cancel
- noun - a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat
- declare null and void; make ineffective; "Cancel the election results"; "strike down a law"
- make invalid for use; "cancel cheques or tickets"
- make up for; "His skills offset his opponent's superior strength"
- postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled; "Call off the engagement"; "cancel the dinner party"; "we had to scrub our vacation plans"; "scratch that meeting--the chair is ill"
- remove or make invisible; "Please delete my name from your list"
Cancer
- noun - (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Cancer
- a small zodiacal constellation in the northern hemisphere; between Leo and Gemini
- any malignant growth or tumor caused by abnormal and uncontrolled cell division; it may spread to other parts of the body through the lymphatic system or the blood stream
- the fourth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about June 21 to July 22
- type genus of the family Cancridae
Cancun
- noun - a popular island resort off the northeastern tip of the Yucatan peninsula
Carcel
- - A light standard much used in France, being the light from a Carcel lamp of stated size and construction consuming 42 grams of colza oil per hour with a flame 40 millimeters in height. Its illuminating power is variously stated at from 8.9 to 9.6 British standard candles.