CALICES | • calices n. Plural of calix. • CALIX n. (Latin) a cup; esp. an ecclesiastical chalice. |
CALICHE | • caliche n. (Mineralogy) A crude form of sodium nitrate from South America; used as a fertilizer. • caliche n. A layer of hard clay subsoil or sedimentary rock; hardpan. • CALICHE n. (Spanish) gravel, sand, or desert debris cemented by calcium carbonate, an accumulated product of chemical weathering in a dry climate. |
CALICHES | • caliches n. Plural of caliche. • CALICHE n. (Spanish) gravel, sand, or desert debris cemented by calcium carbonate, an accumulated product of chemical weathering in a dry climate. |
CALICLE | • calicle n. (Zoology) Any cup-shaped depression. • calicle n. (Botany, zoology) A calyculus. • CALICLE n. a cup-shaped anatomical structure. |
CALICLES | • calicles n. Plural of calicle. • CALICLE n. a cup-shaped anatomical structure. |
CALICO | • calico n. (Textiles) A kind of rough cloth made from unbleached and not fully processed cotton, often printed… • calico n. (Countable, zoology) Ellipsis of calico cat.; a cat with fur of the colors black, white and orange. • calico n. (Uncountable) The plant disease caused by Tobacco mosaic virus. |
CALICOES | • calicoes n. Plural of calico. • CALICO n. a brightly printed coarse cotton cloth. |
CALICOS | • calicos n. Plural of calico. • CALICO n. a brightly printed coarse cotton cloth. |
CALICULAR | • calicular adj. Relating to, or resembling, a cup. • CALICULAR adj. like a calicle, a row of small bracts at the base of the calyx. |
DIDASCALIC | • didascalic adj. Of or relating to education or teaching; didactic. • DIDASCALIC adj. didactic; pertaining to education or teaching. |
INTERVOCALIC | • intervocalic adj. (Phonetics) Existing or occurring between vowels. • INTERVOCALIC adj. immediately preceded and immediately followed by a vowel. |
PEDOCALIC | • pedocalic adj. Of or relating to a pedocal. • PEDOCALIC adj. of or like pedocal, a generic term used to describe the soils typically found in an arid or semiarid region. |
POSTVOCALIC | • postvocalic adj. (Phonetics) (Of a phoneme) occurring after a vowel. • POSTVOCALIC adj. after a vowel. |
PREVOCALIC | • prevocalic adj. (Phonetics) Immediately preceding a vowel or vowel sound. • PREVOCALIC adj. before a vowel. |
PREVOCALICALLY | • prevocalically adv. Immediately preceding a vowel or vowel sound. • PREVOCALIC adv. before a vowel. |
SEMIVOCALIC | • semivocalic adj. Of or pertaining to a semivowel. • SEMIVOCALIC adj. of or relating to a semivowel, also SEMIVOCAL. |
VOCALIC | • vocalic adj. Pertaining to a vowel. • VOCALIC adj. of or pertaining to vowel sounds. • VOCALIC n. a vowel sound. |
VOCALICALLY | • vocalically adv. In terms of, or by means of, a vowel. • VOCALIC adv. of or pertaining to vowel sounds. |
VOCALICS | • vocalics n. Vocal elements of communication. • VOCALIC n. a vowel sound. |