10-letter words starting with cal
- call alarm — an electronic device that sends an alarm signal, usually to a distant monitoring centre
- call forth — to cause (something) to come into action or existence
- call house — a house or apartment used by prostitutes for arranging or keeping assignations.
- call money — money loaned by banks and recallable on demand
- call names — to speak of or to in an abusive manner
- call-board — a bulletin board, as in a theater, on which notices are posted announcing rehearsals, changes in the cast, etc.
- calla lily — any southern African plant of the aroid genus Zantedeschia, esp Z. aethiopica, which has a white funnel-shaped spathe enclosing a yellow spadix
- calla-lily — Also called calla lily, arum lily. any of several plants belonging to the genus Zantedeschia, of the arum family, especially Z. aethiopica, having arrow-shaped leaves and a large white spathe enclosing a yellow spike.
- callathump — a shivaree.
- calligraph — to produce by means of calligraphy: The love letter was calligraphed in a delicate hand.
- calliopean — resembling a calliope in sound; piercingly loud: a calliopean voice.
- calliopsis — coreopsis
- callithump — a noisy band or parade
- callowness — immature or inexperienced: a callow youth.
- calmodulin — a protein found in most living cells; it regulates many enzymic processes that are dependent on calcium
- caloricity — Ectothermy.
- calorifier — a water tank fitted with a coil, or coils, that can be heated in order to heat the water
- calotypist — a person who produces photographs using the calotype process
- calumniate — to slander
- calumnious — of or using calumny
- calyciform — having the form of a calyx
- calyculate — having a calycule