अंग्रेजी अंग्रेजी शब्दकोश

Furnished with protuberant or hardened spots.

of Callosity

A hard or thickened spot or protuberance; a hardening and thickening of the skin or bark of a part, eps. as a result of continued pressure or friction.

The great band commissural fibers which unites the two cerebral hemispheres. See corpus callosum, under Carpus.

A close cap without visor or brim.

Such a cap, worn by English serjeants at law.

Such a cap, worn by the French cavalry under their helmets.

Such a cap, worn by the clergy of the Roman Catholic Church.

A plant coif or skullcap. Same as Calotte.

Hardened in mind; insensible; unfeeling; unsusceptible.

Hardened; indurated.

Immature; boyish; "green"; as, a callow youth.

Destitute of feathers; naked; unfledged.

A kind of duck. See Old squaw.

The material of repair in fractures of bone; a substance exuded at the site of fracture, which is at first soft or cartilaginous in consistence, but is ultimately converted into true bone and unites the fragments into a single piece.

The new formation over the end of a cutting, before it puts out rootlets.

Same as Callosity

Having the petals and stamens adnate to the calyx; -- applied to a subclass of dicotyledonous plants in the system of the French botanist Candolle.

Not stormy; without motion, as of winds or waves; still; quiet; serene; undisturbed.

Undisturbed by passion or emotion; not agitated or excited; tranquil; quiet in act or speech.