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  • 71cal|la — «KAL uh», noun. 1. a) a plant with a large, usually white leaf like a petal around a thick spike of small, yellow flowers; Ethiopian lily; calla lily. The calla belongs to the arum family. There are also pink or yellow varieties. b) any of… …

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  • 72cal|o|ry — «KAL uhr ee», noun, plural ries. = calorie. (Cf. ↑calorie) …

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  • 73cal|o|so|ma — «KAL uh SOH muh», noun. any one of a species of ground beetles that feed on the gypsy moth, the brown tail moth, cutworms, and other injurious insects. ╂[< New Latin calosoma < Greek kalós beautiful + sôma body] …

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  • 74cal|va|ri|al — «kal VAIR ee uhl», adjective. of or belonging to the calvarium: »One has a calvarial height index…of 52, or within the range of Cro Magnon man (A. L. Kroeber) …

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  • 75cal|va|ri|an — «kal VAIR ee uhn», adjective. = calvarial. (Cf. ↑calvarial) …

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  • 76cal|vi|ti|es — «kal VIHSH ee eez», noun. baldness. ╂[< Latin calvitiēs < calvus bald] …

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  • 77Cal|y|do|ni|an — «KAL uh DOH nee uhn», adjective. of Calydon, an ancient city in Greece …

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  • 78cal|yp|so|ni|an — «KAL ihp SOH nee uhn», noun, adjective. –n. a person who improvises and sings calypso songs. –adj. of or having to do with calypso: »It slides into an essentially Negro rhythm: African, spasmodic, and calypsonian (Atlantic) …

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  • 79cal|za|da — «kahl SAH thah, THAH », noun. Spanish. 1. a paved road or highway. 2. (in Latin America) a wide street or avenue …

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  • 80cal — abi·o·log·i·cal; adre·no·cor·ti·cal; aero·bi·o·log·i·cal; aero·chem·i·cal; aero·log·i·cal; aero·med·i·cal; aero·nau·ti·cal; aero·phys·i·cal; aero·tech·ni·cal; aes·thet·i·cal·ly; afo·cal; ag·a·tho·kak·o·log·i·cal; ag·nat·i·cal·ly;… …

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