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   calamari
         n 1: (Italian cuisine) squid prepared as food [syn: {squid},
               {calamari}, {calamary}]

English Dictionary: call mark by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
calamary
n
  1. (Italian cuisine) squid prepared as food [syn: squid, calamari, calamary]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
call mark
n
  1. a mark consisting of characters written on a book; used to indicate shelf location
    Synonym(s): call mark, call number, pressmark
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Callimorpha
n
  1. cinnabar moths
    Synonym(s): Callimorpha, genus Callimorpha
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Callimorpha jacobeae
n
  1. large red-and-black European moth; larvae feed on leaves of ragwort; introduced into United States to control ragwort
    Synonym(s): cinnabar, cinnabar moth, Callimorpha jacobeae
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
calm air
n
  1. wind moving at less than 1 knot; 0 on the Beaufort scale
    Synonym(s): calm air, calm
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Chilean rimu
n
  1. about the hardiest Podocarpaceae species; prostrate spreading shrub similar to mountain rimu; mountains of southern Chile
    Synonym(s): Chilean rimu, Lepidothamnus fonkii
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cholinergic
adj
  1. releasing or activated by acetylcholine or a related compound
    Antonym(s): anticholinergic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
clamor
n
  1. a loud harsh or strident noise [syn: blare, blaring, cacophony, clamor, din]
  2. loud and persistent outcry from many people; "he ignored the clamor of the crowd"
    Synonym(s): clamor, clamoring, clamour, clamouring, hue and cry
v
  1. make loud demands; "he clamored for justice and tolerance"
    Synonym(s): clamor, clamour
  2. utter or proclaim insistently and noisily; "The delegates clamored their disappointment"
    Synonym(s): clamor, clamour
  3. compel someone to do something by insistent clamoring; "They clamored the mayor into building a new park"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
clamoring
n
  1. loud and persistent outcry from many people; "he ignored the clamor of the crowd"
    Synonym(s): clamor, clamoring, clamour, clamouring, hue and cry
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
clamorous
adj
  1. conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry; "blatant radios"; "a clamorous uproar"; "strident demands"; "a vociferous mob"
    Synonym(s): blatant, clamant, clamorous, strident, vociferous
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
clamorously
adv
  1. in manner that attracts attention; "obstreperously, he demanded to get service"
    Synonym(s): obstreperously, loudly, clamorously
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
clamour
n
  1. loud and persistent outcry from many people; "he ignored the clamor of the crowd"
    Synonym(s): clamor, clamoring, clamour, clamouring, hue and cry
v
  1. utter or proclaim insistently and noisily; "The delegates clamored their disappointment"
    Synonym(s): clamor, clamour
  2. make loud demands; "he clamored for justice and tolerance"
    Synonym(s): clamor, clamour
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
clamouring
n
  1. loud and persistent outcry from many people; "he ignored the clamor of the crowd"
    Synonym(s): clamor, clamoring, clamour, clamouring, hue and cry
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
claw hammer
n
  1. a hammer with a cleft at one end for pulling nails [syn: carpenter's hammer, claw hammer, clawhammer]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
clawhammer
n
  1. a hammer with a cleft at one end for pulling nails [syn: carpenter's hammer, claw hammer, clawhammer]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
claymore
n
  1. a large double-edged broadsword; formerly used by Scottish Highlanders
  2. an antipersonnel land mine whose blast is aimed at the oncoming enemy
    Synonym(s): claymore mine, claymore
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
claymore mine
n
  1. an antipersonnel land mine whose blast is aimed at the oncoming enemy
    Synonym(s): claymore mine, claymore
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
clean room
n
  1. a room that is virtually free of dust or bacteria; used in laboratory work and in assembly or repair of precision equipment
    Synonym(s): clean room, white room
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cleaner
n
  1. a preparation used in cleaning something [syn: {cleansing agent}, cleanser, cleaner]
  2. the operator of dry-cleaning establishment
    Synonym(s): cleaner, dry cleaner
  3. someone whose occupation is cleaning
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cleaners
n
  1. shop where dry cleaning is done [syn: cleaners, {dry cleaners}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Clinoril
n
  1. a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Clinoril)
    Synonym(s): sulindac, Clinoril
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
clown around
v
  1. act as or like a clown [syn: clown, clown around, antic]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
collinear
adj
  1. lying on the same line
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
columnar
adj
  1. having the form of a column; "trees with columniform trunks"; "columnar forms"; "a columnlike tree trunk"
    Synonym(s): columniform, columnar, columnlike
  2. characterized by columns; "columnar construction"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
columnar cell
n
  1. an epithelial cell that is shaped like a column; some have cilia
    Synonym(s): columnar cell, columnar epithelial cell
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
columnar epithelial cell
n
  1. an epithelial cell that is shaped like a column; some have cilia
    Synonym(s): columnar cell, columnar epithelial cell
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
culinary
adj
  1. of or relating to or used in cooking
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
culinary art
n
  1. the practice or manner of preparing food or the food so prepared
    Synonym(s): cuisine, culinary art
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Calamar \Cal"a*mar\ (k[acr]l"[adot]*m[aum]r), Calamary
   \Cal"a*ma*ry\, (-m[asl]*r[ycr]r)n. [LL. calamarium inkstand, fr.
      L. calamus a reed pen: cf. F. calmar, calemar, pen case,
      calamar.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A cephalopod, belonging to the genus {Loligo} and related
      genera. There are many species. They have a sack of inklike
      fluid which they discharge from the siphon tube, when pursued
      or alarmed, in order to confuse their enemies. Their shell is
      a thin horny plate, within the flesh of the back, shaped very
      much like a quill pen. In America they are called {squids}.
      See {Squid}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Calamar \Cal"a*mar\ (k[acr]l"[adot]*m[aum]r), Calamary
   \Cal"a*ma*ry\, (-m[asl]*r[ycr]r)n. [LL. calamarium inkstand, fr.
      L. calamus a reed pen: cf. F. calmar, calemar, pen case,
      calamar.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A cephalopod, belonging to the genus {Loligo} and related
      genera. There are many species. They have a sack of inklike
      fluid which they discharge from the siphon tube, when pursued
      or alarmed, in order to confuse their enemies. Their shell is
      a thin horny plate, within the flesh of the back, shaped very
      much like a quill pen. In America they are called {squids}.
      See {Squid}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Calmer \Calm"er\, n.
      One who, or that which, makes calm.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Calm \Calm\ (k[aum]m), a. [Compar. {Calmer} (-[etil]r); super.
      {Calmest} (-[ecr]st)]
      1. Not stormy; without motion, as of winds or waves; still;
            quiet; serene; undisturbed. [bd]Calm was the day.[b8]
            --Spenser.
  
                     Now all is calm, and fresh, and still. --Bryant.
  
      2. Undisturbed by passion or emotion; not agitated or
            excited; tranquil; quiet in act or speech. [bd]Calm and
            sinless peace.[b8] --Milton. [bd]With calm attention.[b8]
            --Pope.
  
                     Such calm old age as conscience pure And
                     self-commanding hearts ensure.            --Keble.
  
      Syn: Still; quiet; undisturbed; tranquil; peaceful; serene;
               composed; unruffled; sedate; collected; placid.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Claimer \Claim"er\, n.
      One who claims; a claimant.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Clammy \Clam"my\, a. [Compar. {Clammier}; superl. {Clammiest}.]
      [Cf. AS. cl[be]m clay. See {Clam} to clog, and cf. {Clay}.]
      Having the quality of being viscous or adhesive; soft and
      sticky; glutinous; damp and adhesive, as if covered with a
      cold perspiration.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Clamor \Clam"or\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Clamored}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Clamoring}.]
      1. To salute loudly. [R.]
  
                     The people with a shout Rifted the air, clamoring
                     their god with praise.                        --Milton
                     .
  
      2. To stun with noise. [R.] --Bacon.
  
      3. To utter loudly or repeatedly; to shout.
  
                     Clamored their piteous prayer incessantly.
                                                                              --Longfellow.
  
                     To clamor bells, to repeat the strokes quickly so as
                     to produce a loud clang.                     --Bp.
                                                                              Warbur[?]ion.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Clamor \Clam"or\, v. i.
      To utter loud sounds or outcries; to vociferate; to complain;
      to make importunate demands.
  
               The obscure bird Clamored the livelong night. --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Clamor \Clam"or\, n. [OF. clamour, clamur, F. clameur, fr. L.
      clamor, fr. clamare to cry out. See {Claim}.]
      1. A great outcry or vociferation; loud and continued
            shouting or exclamation. --Shak.
  
      2. Any loud and continued noise. --Addison.
  
      3. A continued expression of dissatisfaction or discontent; a
            popular outcry. --Macaulay.
  
      Syn: Outcry; exclamation; noise; uproar.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Clamor \Clam"or\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Clamored}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Clamoring}.]
      1. To salute loudly. [R.]
  
                     The people with a shout Rifted the air, clamoring
                     their god with praise.                        --Milton
                     .
  
      2. To stun with noise. [R.] --Bacon.
  
      3. To utter loudly or repeatedly; to shout.
  
                     Clamored their piteous prayer incessantly.
                                                                              --Longfellow.
  
                     To clamor bells, to repeat the strokes quickly so as
                     to produce a loud clang.                     --Bp.
                                                                              Warbur[?]ion.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Clamorer \Clam"or*er\, n.
      One who clamors.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Clamor \Clam"or\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Clamored}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Clamoring}.]
      1. To salute loudly. [R.]
  
                     The people with a shout Rifted the air, clamoring
                     their god with praise.                        --Milton
                     .
  
      2. To stun with noise. [R.] --Bacon.
  
      3. To utter loudly or repeatedly; to shout.
  
                     Clamored their piteous prayer incessantly.
                                                                              --Longfellow.
  
                     To clamor bells, to repeat the strokes quickly so as
                     to produce a loud clang.                     --Bp.
                                                                              Warbur[?]ion.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Clamorous \Clam"or*ous\, a. [LL. clamorosus, for L. Clamosus:
      cf. OF. clamoreux.]
      Speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or
      demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling;
      loud; turbulent. [bd]My young ones were clamorous for a
      morning's excursion.[b8] --Southey. -- {Clam"or*ous*ly}, adv.
      -- {Clam"or*ous*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Clamorous \Clam"or*ous\, a. [LL. clamorosus, for L. Clamosus:
      cf. OF. clamoreux.]
      Speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or
      demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling;
      loud; turbulent. [bd]My young ones were clamorous for a
      morning's excursion.[b8] --Southey. -- {Clam"or*ous*ly}, adv.
      -- {Clam"or*ous*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Clamorous \Clam"or*ous\, a. [LL. clamorosus, for L. Clamosus:
      cf. OF. clamoreux.]
      Speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or
      demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling;
      loud; turbulent. [bd]My young ones were clamorous for a
      morning's excursion.[b8] --Southey. -- {Clam"or*ous*ly}, adv.
      -- {Clam"or*ous*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Claw \Claw\, n. [AS. clawu, cl[be], cle[a2]; akin to D. klaauw,
      G. Klaue, Icel. kl[d3], SW. & Dan. klo, and perh. to E.
      clew.]
      1. A sharp, hooked nail, as of a beast or bird.
  
      2. The whole foot of an animal armed with hooked nails; the
            pinchers of a lobster, crab, etc.
  
      3. Anything resembling the claw of an animal, as the curved
            and forked end of a hammer for drawing nails.
  
      4. (Bot.) A slender appendage or process, formed like a claw,
            as the base of petals of the pink. --Gray.
  
      {Claw hammer}, a hammer with one end of the metallic head
            cleft for use in extracting nails, etc.
  
      {Claw hammer coat}, a dress coat of the swallowtail pattern.
            [Slang]
  
      {Claw sickness}, foot rot, a disease affecting sheep.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Claw \Claw\, n. [AS. clawu, cl[be], cle[a2]; akin to D. klaauw,
      G. Klaue, Icel. kl[d3], SW. & Dan. klo, and perh. to E.
      clew.]
      1. A sharp, hooked nail, as of a beast or bird.
  
      2. The whole foot of an animal armed with hooked nails; the
            pinchers of a lobster, crab, etc.
  
      3. Anything resembling the claw of an animal, as the curved
            and forked end of a hammer for drawing nails.
  
      4. (Bot.) A slender appendage or process, formed like a claw,
            as the base of petals of the pink. --Gray.
  
      {Claw hammer}, a hammer with one end of the metallic head
            cleft for use in extracting nails, etc.
  
      {Claw hammer coat}, a dress coat of the swallowtail pattern.
            [Slang]
  
      {Claw sickness}, foot rot, a disease affecting sheep.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Clay \Clay\ (kl[amac]), n. [AS. cl[d6]g; akin to LG. klei, D.
      klei, and perh. to AS. cl[be]m clay, L. glus, gluten glue,
      Gr. gloio`s glutinous substance, E. glue. Cf. {Clog}.]
      1. A soft earth, which is plastic, or may be molded with the
            hands, consisting of hydrous silicate of aluminium. It is
            the result of the wearing down and decomposition, in part,
            of rocks containing aluminous minerals, as granite. Lime,
            magnesia, oxide of iron, and other ingredients, are often
            present as impurities.
  
      2. (Poetry & Script.) Earth in general, as representing the
            elementary particles of the human body; hence, the human
            body as formed from such particles.
  
                     I also am formed out of the clay.      --Job xxxiii.
                                                                              6.
  
                     The earth is covered thick with other clay, Which
                     her own clay shall cover.                  --Byron.
  
      {Bowlder clay}. See under {Bowlder}.
  
      {Brick clay}, the common clay, containing some iron, and
            therefore turning red when burned.
  
      {Clay cold}, cold as clay or earth; lifeless; inanimate.
  
      {Clay ironstone}, an ore of iron consisting of the oxide or
            carbonate of iron mixed with clay or sand.
  
      {Clay marl}, a whitish, smooth, chalky clay.
  
      {Clay mill}, a mill for mixing and tempering clay; a pug
            mill.
  
      {Clay pit}, a pit where clay is dug.
  
      {Clay slate} (Min.), argillaceous schist; argillite.
  
      {Fatty clays}, clays having a greasy feel; they are chemical
            compounds of water, silica, and aluminia, as {halloysite},
            {bole}, etc.
  
      {Fire clay}, a variety of clay, entirely free from lime,
            iron, or an alkali, and therefore infusible, and used for
            fire brick.
  
      {Porcelain clay}, a very pure variety, formed directly from
            the decomposition of feldspar, and often called {kaolin}.
           
  
      {Potter's clay}, a tolerably pure kind, free from iron.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Claymore \Clay"more`\, n. [Gael. claidheamhmor a broadsword;
      Gael. claidheamh sword + mor great, large. Cf. {Claymore}.]
      A large two-handed sword used formerly by the Scottish
      Highlanders.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Clean \Clean\, a. [Compar. {Cleaner}; superl. {Cleanest}.] [OE.
      clene, AS. cl[?]ne; akin to OHG. chleini pure, neat,
      graceful, small, G. klein small, and perh. to W. glan clean,
      pure, bright; all perh. from a primitive, meaning bright,
      shining. Cf. {Glair}.]
      1. Free from dirt or filth; as, clean clothes.
  
      2. Free from that which is useless or injurious; without
            defects; as, clean land; clean timber.
  
      3. Free from awkwardness; not bungling; adroit; dexterous;
            as, aclean trick; a clean leap over a fence.
  
      4. Free from errors and vulgarisms; as, a clean style.
  
      5. Free from restraint or neglect; complete; entire.
  
                     When ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt
                     not make clean riddance of corners of thy field.
                                                                              --Lev. xxiii.
                                                                              22.
  
      6. Free from moral defilement; sinless; pure.
  
                     Create in me a clean heart, O God.      --Ps. li. 10
  
                     That I am whole, and clean, and meet for Heaven
                                                                              --Tennyson.
  
      7. (Script.) Free from ceremonial defilement.
  
      8. Free from that which is corrupting to the morals; pure in
            tone; healthy. [bd]Lothair is clean.[b8] --F. Harrison.
  
      9. Well-proportioned; shapely; as, clean limbs.
  
      {A clean bill of health}, a certificate from the proper
            authority that a ship is free from infection.
  
      {Clean breach}. See under {Breach}, n., 4.
  
      {To make a clean breast}. See under {Breast}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cleaner \Clean"er\, n.
      One who, or that which, cleans.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Clinorhombic \Cli`no*rhom"bic\, a. [Gr. kli`nein to incline + E.
      rhombic: cf. F. clinorhombique.] (Crystallog.)
      Possessing the qualities of a prism, obliquely inclined to a
      rhombic base; monoclinic.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Clownery \Clown"er*y\ (-[etil]r*[ycr]), n.
      Clownishness. --L'Estrange.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Coloner \Col"o*ner\, n.
      A colonist. [Obs.] --Holland

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Column \Col"umn\, n. [L. columna, fr. columen, culmen, fr.
      cellere (used only in comp.), akin to E. excel, and prob. to
      holm. See {Holm}, and cf. {Colonel}.]
      1. (Arch.) A kind of pillar; a cylindrical or polygonal
            support for a roof, ceiling, statue, etc., somewhat
            ornamented, and usually composed of base, shaft, and
            capital. See {Order}.
  
      2. Anything resembling, in form or position, a column in
            architecture; an upright body or mass; a shaft or obelisk;
            as, a column of air, of water, of mercury, etc.; the
            Column Vend[93]me; the spinal column.
  
      3. (Mil.)
            (a) A body of troops formed in ranks, one behind the
                  other; -- contradistinguished from {line}. Compare
                  {Ploy}, and {Deploy}.
            (b) A small army.
  
      4. (Naut.) A number of ships so arranged as to follow one
            another in single or double file or in squadrons; -- in
            distinction from [bd]line[b8], where they are side by
            side.
  
      5. (Print.) A perpendicular set of lines, not extending
            across the page, and separated from other matter by a rule
            or blank space; as, a column in a newspaper.
  
      6. (Arith.) A perpendicular line of figures.
  
      7. (Bot.) The body formed by the union of the stamens in the
            Mallow family, or of the stamens and pistil in the
            orchids.
  
      {Attached column}. See under {Attach}, v. t.
  
      {Clustered column}. See under {Cluster}, v. t.
  
      {Column rule}, a thin strip of brass separating columns of
            type in the form, and making a line between them in
            printing.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Columnar \Co*lum"*nar\, a. [L. columnaris, fr. columna.]
      Formed in columns; having the form of a column or columns;
      like the shaft of a column.
  
      {Columnar epithelium} (Anat.), epithelium in which the cells
            are prismatic in form, and set upright on the surface they
            cover.
  
      {Columnar structure} (Geol.), a structure consisting of more
            or less regular columns, usually six-sided, but sometimes
            with eight or more sides. The columns are often fractured
            transversely, with a cup joint, showing a concave surface
            above. This structure is characteristic of certain igneous
            rocks, as basalt, and is due to contraction in cooling.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Columnar \Co*lum"*nar\, a. [L. columnaris, fr. columna.]
      Formed in columns; having the form of a column or columns;
      like the shaft of a column.
  
      {Columnar epithelium} (Anat.), epithelium in which the cells
            are prismatic in form, and set upright on the surface they
            cover.
  
      {Columnar structure} (Geol.), a structure consisting of more
            or less regular columns, usually six-sided, but sometimes
            with eight or more sides. The columns are often fractured
            transversely, with a cup joint, showing a concave surface
            above. This structure is characteristic of certain igneous
            rocks, as basalt, and is due to contraction in cooling.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Structure \Struc"ture\, n. [L. structura, from struere,
      structum, to arrange, build, construct; perhaps akin to E.
      strew: cf. F. structure. Cf. {Construe}, {Destroy},
      {Instrument}, {Obstruct}.]
      1. The act of building; the practice of erecting buildings;
            construction. [R.]
  
                     His son builds on, and never is content Till the
                     last farthing is in structure spent.   --J. Dryden,
                                                                              Jr.
  
      2. Manner of building; form; make; construction.
  
                     Want of insight into the structure and constitution
                     of the terraqueous globe.                  --Woodward.
  
      3. Arrangement of parts, of organs, or of constituent
            particles, in a substance or body; as, the structure of a
            rock or a mineral; the structure of a sentence.
  
                     It [basalt] has often a prismatic structure. --Dana.
  
      4. (Biol.) Manner of organization; the arrangement of the
            different tissues or parts of animal and vegetable
            organisms; as, organic structure, or the structure of
            animals and plants; cellular structure.
  
      5. That which is built; a building; esp., a building of some
            size or magnificence; an edifice.
  
                     There stands a structure of majestic frame. --Pope.
  
      {Columnar structure}. See under {Columnar}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Columnar \Co*lum"*nar\, a. [L. columnaris, fr. columna.]
      Formed in columns; having the form of a column or columns;
      like the shaft of a column.
  
      {Columnar epithelium} (Anat.), epithelium in which the cells
            are prismatic in form, and set upright on the surface they
            cover.
  
      {Columnar structure} (Geol.), a structure consisting of more
            or less regular columns, usually six-sided, but sometimes
            with eight or more sides. The columns are often fractured
            transversely, with a cup joint, showing a concave surface
            above. This structure is characteristic of certain igneous
            rocks, as basalt, and is due to contraction in cooling.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Columnarity \Col`um*nar"i*ty\, n.
      The state or quality of being columnar.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Culinarily \Cu"li*na*ri*ly\ (k?`l?-n?-r?-l?), adv.
      In the manner of a kitchen; in connection with a kitchen or
      cooking.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Culinary \Cu"li*na*ry\ (k?"l?-n?-r?), a. [L. culinarius, fr.
      culina kitchen, perh. akin to carbo coal: cf. F. culinare.]
      Relating to the kitchen, or to the art of cookery; used in
      kitchens; as, a culinary vessel; the culinary art.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Locust \Lo"cust\, n. [L. locusta locust, grasshopper. Cf.
      {Lobster}.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of long-winged,
            migratory, orthopterous insects, of the family
            {Acridid[91]}, allied to the grasshoppers; esp.,
            ({Edipoda, [or] Pachytylus, migratoria}, and {Acridium
            perigrinum}, of Southern Europe, Asia, and Africa. In the
            United States the related species with similar habits are
            usually called {grasshoppers}. See {Grasshopper}.
  
      Note: These insects are at times so numerous in Africa and
               the south of Asia as to devour every green thing; and
               when they migrate, they fly in an immense cloud. In the
               United States the harvest flies are improperly called
               locusts. See {Cicada}.
  
      {Locust beetle} (Zo[94]l.), a longicorn beetle ({Cyllene
            robini[91]}), which, in the larval state, bores holes in
            the wood of the locust tree. Its color is brownish black,
            barred with yellow. Called also {locust borer}.
  
      {Locust bird} (Zo[94]l.) the rose-colored starling or pastor
            of India. See {Pastor}.
  
      {Locust hunter} (Zo[94]l.), an African bird; the beefeater.
  
      2. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Bot.) The locust tree. See {Locust
            Tree} (definition, note, and phrases).
  
      {Locust bean} (Bot.), a commercial name for the sweet pod of
            the carob tree.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Calmar, IA (city, FIPS 10045)
      Location: 43.17940 N, 91.86690 W
      Population (1990): 1026 (438 housing units)
      Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 52132

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Chalmers, IN (town, FIPS 11944)
      Location: 40.66254 N, 86.86759 W
      Population (1990): 525 (205 housing units)
      Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 47929

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Chilmark, MA
      Zip code(s): 02535

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Clymer, NY
      Zip code(s): 14724
   Clymer, PA (borough, FIPS 14520)
      Location: 40.66829 N, 79.01402 W
      Population (1990): 1499 (647 housing units)
      Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 15728

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Colmar, IL
      Zip code(s): 62367
   Colmar, PA
      Zip code(s): 18915

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Colmar Manor, MD (town, FIPS 18850)
      Location: 38.93050 N, 76.94342 W
      Population (1990): 1249 (424 housing units)
      Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Chalmers University of Technology
  
      A Swedish university founded in 1829 offering master of
      science and doctoral degrees.   Research is carried out in the
      main engineering sciences as well as in technology related
      mathematical and natural sciences.   Five hundred faculty
      members work in more than 100 departments organised in nine
      schools.   Chalmers collaborates with the University of
      Göteborg.
  
      Around 8500 people work and study on the Chalmers campus,
      including around 500 faculty members and some 600 teachers and
      doctoral students.   About 4800 students follow the master
      degree programs.   Every year 700 Masters of Science in
      Engineering and in Architecture graduate from Chalmers, and
      about 190 PhDs and licentiates are awarded.   Some 40% of
      Sweden's engineers and architects are Chalmers graduates.
  
      About a thousand research projects are in progress and more
      than 1500 scientific articles and research reports are
      published every year.   Chalmers is a partner in 80 EC research
      projects.
  
      {Home (http://www.chalmers.se/Home-E.html)}.
  
      Address: S-412 96 Göteborg, SWEDEN.
  
      Telephone: +46 (31) 772 10 00.   Fax: +46 (31) 772 38 72.
  
      (1995-02-16)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Cleanroom
  
      A software development approach aimed at producing software
      with the minimum number of errors.
  
      (1994-12-12)
  
  
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