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   calmly
         adv 1: with self-possession (especially in times of stress); "he
                  spoke calmly to the rioting students"
         2: in a sedate manner [syn: {sedately}, {calmly}]

English Dictionary: clammy locust by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
calomel
n
  1. a tasteless colorless powder used medicinally as a cathartic
    Synonym(s): calomel, mercurous chloride
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
clammily
adv
  1. in a clammy manner
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
clammy locust
n
  1. small rough-barked locust of southeastern United States having racemes of pink flowers and glutinous branches and seeds
    Synonym(s): clammy locust, Robinia viscosa
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
clean-limbed
adj
  1. having well-proportioned limbs
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
clean-living
adj
  1. morally pure; "led a clean life" [syn: clean, {clean- living}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cleanliness
n
  1. the habit of keeping free of superficial imperfections
  2. diligence in keeping clean
    Antonym(s): uncleanliness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cleanly
adv
  1. in an adroit manner; "he bounced it cleanly off the wall"
    Synonym(s): flawlessly, cleanly
  2. in a manner that minimizes dirt and pollution; "the motor burns cleanly"
  3. without difficulty or distortion; "she played the piano accompaniment cleanly"
adj
  1. habitually clean; "cleanly in their persons and habitations"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
clonal
adj
  1. of or relating to a clone
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
clownlike
adj
  1. like a clown; "a buffoonish walk"; "a clownish face"; "a zany sense of humor"
    Synonym(s): buffoonish, clownish, clownlike, zany
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Colin luther Powell
n
  1. United States general who was the first African American to serve as chief of staff; later served as Secretary of State under President George W. Bush (born 1937)
    Synonym(s): Powell, Colin Powell, Colin luther Powell
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
colonel
n
  1. a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines who ranks above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Colonel Blimp
n
  1. any elderly pompous reactionary ultranationalistic person (after the cartoon character created by Sir David Low)
    Synonym(s): Colonel Blimp, Blimp
  2. a pompous reactionary cartoon character created by Sir David Low
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
colonial
adj
  1. of or relating to or characteristic of or inhabiting a colony
  2. of animals who live in colonies, such as ants
  3. composed of many distinct individuals united to form a whole or colony; "coral is a colonial organism"
    Synonym(s): colonial, compound
n
  1. a resident of a colony
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
colonialism
n
  1. exploitation by a stronger country of weaker one; the use of the weaker country's resources to strengthen and enrich the stronger country
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
colonialist
n
  1. a believer in colonialism
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
columella
n
  1. a small column (or structure resembling a column) that is a part of a plant or animal
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
columnlike
adj
  1. having the form of a column; "trees with columniform trunks"; "columnar forms"; "a columnlike tree trunk"
    Synonym(s): columniform, columnar, columnlike
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Calmly \Calm"ly\, adv.
      In a calm manner.
  
               The gentle stream which calmly flows.      --Denham.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Aquila \[d8]Aq"ui*la\, n.; pl. {Aquil[91]}. [L., an eagle.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) A genus of eagles.
  
      2. (Astron.) A northern constellation southerly from Lyra and
            Cygnus and preceding the Dolphin; the Eagle.
  
      {Aquila alba} [L., white eagle], an alchemical name of
            {calomel}. --Brande & C.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Calomel \Cal"o*mel\, n. [Gr. [?][?][?][?][?] beautiful +
      [?][?][?][?][?] black. So called from its being white, though
      made from a black mixture of mercury and corrosive sublimate.
      Cf. F. calom[82]las.] (Chem.)
      Mild chloride of mercury, {Hg2Cl2}, a heavy, white or
      yellowish white substance, insoluble and tasteless, much used
      in medicine as a mercurial and purgative; mercurous chloride.
      It occurs native as the mineral horn quicksilver.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Aquila \[d8]Aq"ui*la\, n.; pl. {Aquil[91]}. [L., an eagle.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) A genus of eagles.
  
      2. (Astron.) A northern constellation southerly from Lyra and
            Cygnus and preceding the Dolphin; the Eagle.
  
      {Aquila alba} [L., white eagle], an alchemical name of
            {calomel}. --Brande & C.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Calomel \Cal"o*mel\, n. [Gr. [?][?][?][?][?] beautiful +
      [?][?][?][?][?] black. So called from its being white, though
      made from a black mixture of mercury and corrosive sublimate.
      Cf. F. calom[82]las.] (Chem.)
      Mild chloride of mercury, {Hg2Cl2}, a heavy, white or
      yellowish white substance, insoluble and tasteless, much used
      in medicine as a mercurial and purgative; mercurous chloride.
      It occurs native as the mineral horn quicksilver.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   , a scale-shaped insect, the female of which fixes herself on
   the bark, and exudes from the margin of her body this resinous
   substance.
  
      Note: Stick-lac is the substance in its natural state,
               incrusting small twigs. When broken off, and the
               coloring matter partly removed, the granular residuum
               is called seed-lac. When melted, and reduced to a thin
               crust, it is called shell-lac or shellac. Lac is an
               important ingredient in sealing wax, dyes, varnishes,
               and lacquers.
  
      {Ceylon lac}, a resinous exudation of the tree {Croton
            lacciferum}, resembling lac.
  
      {Lac dye}, a scarlet dye obtained from stick-lac.
  
      {Lac lake}, the coloring matter of lac dye when precipitated
            from its solutions by alum.
  
      {Mexican lac}, an exudation of the tree {Croton Draco}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Edge \Edge\, n. [OE. eg, egge, AS. ecg; akin to OHG. ekka, G.
      ecke, Icel. & Sw. egg, Dan. eg, and to L. acies, Gr. [?]
      point, Skr. a[?]ri edge. [?][?]. Cf. {Egg}, v. t., {Eager},
      {Ear} spike of corn, {Acute}.]
      1. The thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument; as,
            the edge of an ax, knife, sword, or scythe. Hence,
            figuratively, that which cuts as an edge does, or wounds
            deeply, etc.
  
                     He which hath the sharp sword with two edges. --Rev.
                                                                              ii. 12.
  
                     Slander, Whose edge is sharper than the sword.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      2. Any sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; extreme
            verge; as, the edge of a table, a precipice.
  
                     Upon the edge of yonder coppice.         --Shak.
  
                     In worst extremes, and on the perilous edge Of
                     battle.                                             --Milton.
  
                     Pursue even to the very edge of destruction. --Sir
                                                                              W. Scott.
  
      3. Sharpness; readiness of fitness to cut; keenness;
            intenseness of desire.
  
                     The full edge of our indignation.      --Sir W.
                                                                              Scott.
  
                     Death and persecution lose all the ill that they can
                     have, if we do not set an edge upon them by our
                     fears and by our vices.                     --Jer. Taylor.
  
      4. The border or part adjacent to the line of division; the
            beginning or early part; as, in the edge of evening.
            [bd]On the edge of winter.[b8] --Milton.
  
      {Edge joint} (Carp.), a joint formed by two edges making a
            corner.
  
      {Edge mill}, a crushing or grinding mill in which stones roll
            around on their edges, on a level circular bed; -- used
            for ore, and as an oil mill. Called also {Chilian mill}.
           
  
      {Edge molding} (Arch.), a molding whose section is made up of
            two curves meeting in an angle.
  
      {Edge plane}.
            (a) (Carp.) A plane for edging boards.
            (b) (Shoemaking) A plane for edging soles.
  
      {Edge play}, a kind of swordplay in which backswords or
            cutlasses are used, and the edge, rather than the point,
            is employed.
  
      {Edge rail}. (Railroad)
            (a) A rail set on edge; -- applied to a rail of more depth
                  than width.
            (b) A guard rail by the side of the main rail at a switch.
                  --Knight.
  
      {Edge railway}, a railway having the rails set on edge.
  
      {Edge stone}, a curbstone.
  
      {Edge tool}.
            (a) Any tool instrument having a sharp edge intended for
                  cutting.
            (b) A tool for forming or dressing an edge; an edging
                  tool.
  
      {To be on edge}, to be eager, impatient, or anxious.
  
      {To set the teeth on edge}, to cause a disagreeable tingling
            sensation in the teeth, as by bringing acids into contact
            with them. --Bacon.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Claimless \Claim"less\, a.
      Having no claim.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Clammily \Clam"mi*ly\, adv.
      In a clammy manner. [bd]Oozing so clammily.[b8] --Hood.

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]:
   Cleanly \Clean"ly\, a. [Compar. {Cleanlier}; superl.
      {Cleanliest}.] [From {Clean}.]
      1. Habitually clean; pure; innocent. [bd]Cleanly joys.[b8]
            --Glanvill.
  
                     Some plain but cleanly country maid.   --Dryden.
  
                     Displays her cleanly platter on the board.
                                                                              --Goldsmith.
  
      2. Cleansing; fitted to remove moisture; dirt, etc. [Obs.]
            [bd]With cleanly powder dry their hair.[b8] --Prior.
  
      3. Adroit; skillful; dexterous; artful. [Obs.]
  
                     Through his fine handling and his cleanly play.
                                                                              --Spenser.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cleanly \Clean"ly\, a. [Compar. {Cleanlier}; superl.
      {Cleanliest}.] [From {Clean}.]
      1. Habitually clean; pure; innocent. [bd]Cleanly joys.[b8]
            --Glanvill.
  
                     Some plain but cleanly country maid.   --Dryden.
  
                     Displays her cleanly platter on the board.
                                                                              --Goldsmith.
  
      2. Cleansing; fitted to remove moisture; dirt, etc. [Obs.]
            [bd]With cleanly powder dry their hair.[b8] --Prior.
  
      3. Adroit; skillful; dexterous; artful. [Obs.]
  
                     Through his fine handling and his cleanly play.
                                                                              --Spenser.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cleanlily \Clean"li*ly\, adv.
      In a cleanly manner.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Clean-limbed \Clean"-limbed`\, a.
      With well-proportioned, unblemished limbs; as, a clean-limbed
      young fellow. --Dickens.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cleanliness \Clean"li*ness\, n. [From {Cleanly}.]
      State of being cleanly; neatness of person or dress.
  
               Cleanliness from head to heel.               --Swift.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cleanly \Clean"ly\, adv.
      1. In a clean manner; neatly.
  
                     He was very cleanly dressed.               --Dickens.
  
      2. Innocently; without stain. --Shak.
  
      3. Adroitly; dexterously. --Middleton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cleanly \Clean"ly\, a. [Compar. {Cleanlier}; superl.
      {Cleanliest}.] [From {Clean}.]
      1. Habitually clean; pure; innocent. [bd]Cleanly joys.[b8]
            --Glanvill.
  
                     Some plain but cleanly country maid.   --Dryden.
  
                     Displays her cleanly platter on the board.
                                                                              --Goldsmith.
  
      2. Cleansing; fitted to remove moisture; dirt, etc. [Obs.]
            [bd]With cleanly powder dry their hair.[b8] --Prior.
  
      3. Adroit; skillful; dexterous; artful. [Obs.]
  
                     Through his fine handling and his cleanly play.
                                                                              --Spenser.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Colonel \Colo"nel\, n. [F. colonel, It. colonello, prop., the
      chief or commander of a column, fr. colonna column, L.
      columna. See {Column}.] (Mil.)
      The chief officer of a regiment; an officer ranking next
      above a lieutenant colonel and next below a brigadier
      general.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Colonelcy \Colo"nel*cy\, n. (Mil.)
      The office, rank, or commission of a colonel.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Colonelship \Colo"nel*ship\, n.
      Colonelcy. --Swift.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Colonial \Co*lo"ni*al\, a. [Cf. F. colonial.]
      Of or pertaining to a colony; as, colonial rights, traffic,
      wars.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Colonialism \Co*lo"ni*al*ism\, n.
      1. The state or quality of, or the relationship involved in,
            being colonial.
  
                     The last tie of colonialism which bound us to the
                     mother country is broken.                  --Brander
                                                                              Matthews.
  
      2. A custom, idea, feature of government, or the like,
            characteristic of a colony.
  
      3. The colonial system or policy in political government or
            extension of territory.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Columella \Col`u*mel"la\, n. [L., dim. of columen column. See
      {Column}.]
      1. (Bot.)
            (a) An axis to which a carpel of a compound pistil may be
                  attached, as in the case of the geranium; or which is
                  left when a pod opens.
            (b) A columnlike axis in the capsules of mosses.
  
      2. (Anat.) A term applied to various columnlike parts; as,
            the columella, or epipterygoid bone, in the skull of many
            lizards; the columella of the ear, the bony or
            cartilaginous rod connecting the tympanic membrane with
            the internal ear.
  
      3. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The upright pillar in the axis of most univalve
                  shells.
            (b) The central pillar or axis of the calicles of certain
                  corals.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Columelliform \Col`u*mel"li*form\, a. [Columella + -form.]
      Shaped like a little column, or columella.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cullionly \Cul"lion*ly\, a.
      Mean; base. --Shak.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Clam Lake, WI
      Zip code(s): 54517

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Colonial Beach, VA (town, FIPS 18400)
      Location: 38.25480 N, 76.97069 W
      Population (1990): 3132 (1924 housing units)
      Area: 4.0 sq km (land), 0.6 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Colonial Heights, TN (CDP, FIPS 16500)
      Location: 36.47957 N, 82.51183 W
      Population (1990): 6716 (2613 housing units)
      Area: 17.2 sq km (land), 0.6 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 37663
   Colonial Heights, VA (city, FIPS 570)
      Location: 37.26400 N, 77.39879 W
      Population (1990): 16064 (6592 housing units)
      Area: 19.3 sq km (land), 0.8 sq km (water)
   Colonial Heights, VA (city, FIPS 18448)
      Location: 37.26400 N, 77.39879 W
      Population (1990): 16064 (6592 housing units)
      Area: 19.3 sq km (land), 0.8 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 23834

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Colonial Park, PA (CDP, FIPS 15328)
      Location: 40.29988 N, 76.80640 W
      Population (1990): 13777 (6546 housing units)
      Area: 12.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 17109

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Colonial Pine Hills, SD (CDP, FIPS 13355)
      Location: 44.00775 N, 103.31497 W
      Population (1990): 1553 (540 housing units)
      Area: 45.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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