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Call
- 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
Calm
- adjective - (of weather) free from storm or wind; "calm seas"
- 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"
- collected
- Laid back
- make calm or still;
- make steady; "steady yourself"
- not agitated; without losing self-possession; "spoke in a calm voice"; "remained calm throughout the uproar"; "he remained serene in the midst of turbulence"; "a serene expression on her face"; "she became more tranquil"; "tranquil life in the country"
- 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
Calx
- noun - a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide
Cell
- noun - (biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals
- a device that delivers an electric current as the result of a chemical reaction
- a hand-held mobile radiotelephone for use in an area divided into small sections, each with its own short-range transmitter/receiver
- a room where a prisoner is kept
- a small unit serving as part of or as the nucleus of a larger political movement
- any small compartment; "the cells of a honeycomb"
- small room in which a monk or nun lives
Celt
- noun - a member of a European people who once occupied Britain and Spain and Gaul prior to Roman times
Cill
- - See Sill., n. a foundation.
Col-
- - A prefix signifying with, together. See Com-.
Cola
- noun - a port city at the Caribbean entrance to the Panama Canal
- a punctuation mark (:) used after a word introducing a series or an example or an explanation (or after the salutation of a business letter)
- carbonated drink flavored with extract from kola nuts (`dope' is a southernism in the United States)
- large genus of African trees bearing kola nuts
- the basic unit of money in Costa Rica; equal to 100 centimos
- the basic unit of money in El Salvador; equal to 100 centavos
- the part of the large intestine between the cecum and the rectum; it extracts moisture from food residues before they are excreted
Cold
- adjective - having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration;
- (color) giving no sensation of warmth;
- a mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs);
- extended meanings; especially of psychological coldness; without human warmth or emotion;
- feeling or showing no enthusiasm;
- having lost freshness through passage of time;
- lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new;
- lacking the warmth of life;
- marked by errorless familiarity;
- of a seeker; far from the object sought
- sexually unresponsive;
- so intense as to be almost uncontrollable;
- the absence of heat;
- the sensation produced by low temperatures;
- unconscious from a blow or shock or intoxication;
- without compunction or human feeling;
Cole
- noun - a hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head
- coarse curly-leafed cabbage