अंग्रेजी अंग्रेजी शब्दकोश

Possessing the quality of producing heat; heating.

Production of heat, esp. animal heat.

Having, or relating to the power of producing heat; -- applied to foods which, being rich in carbon, as the fats, are supposed to give rise to heat in the animal body by oxidation.

An apparatus for measuring the proportion of unevaporated water contained in steam.

An apparatus for measuring the amount of heat contained in bodies or developed by some mechanical or chemical process, as friction, chemical combination, combustion, etc.

Of or pertaining to the process of using the calorimeter.

Measurement of the quantities of heat in bodies.

A voltaic battery, having a large surface of plate, and producing powerful heating effects.

Alt. of Callot

A method of taking photographic pictures, on paper sensitized with iodide of silver; -- also called Talbotype, from the inventor, Mr. Fox. Talbot.

A monk of the Greek Church; a cenobite, anchoret, or recluse of the rule of St. Basil, especially, one on or near Mt. Athos.

See 2d Calk, v. t.

An instrument with four iron points, so disposed that, any three of them being on the ground, the other projects upward. They are scattered on the ground where an enemy's cavalry are to pass, to impede their progress by endangering the horses' feet.

A genus of herbaceous plants (Tribulus) of the order Zygophylleae, having a hard several-celled fruit, armed with stout spines, and resembling the military instrument of the same name. The species grow in warm countries, and are often very annoying to cattle.

Alt. of Caltrap

The root of a plant (Jateorrhiza Calumba, and probably Cocculus palmatus), indigenous in Mozambique. It has an unpleasantly bitter taste, and is used as a tonic and antiseptic.

A bitter principle extracted as a white crystalline substance from the calumba root.

A kind of pipe, used by the North American Indians for smoking tobacco. The bowl is usually made of soft red stone, and the tube is a long reed often ornamented with feathers.

To propagate evil reports with a design to injure the reputation of another; to make purposely false charges of some offense or crime.

To accuse falsely and maliciously of a crime or offense, or of something disreputable; to slander; to libel.