Merriam-Webster's Dictionary and Thesaurus - Merriam-Webster [183]
3 : a hardened or compacted substance 4 : something easily done 2cake verb caked; cak·ing 1 : to cover or overlay with or as if with a crust : ENCRUST 2 : to form or harden into a cake cake·walk noun 1 : a stage dance typically involving a high prance with backward tilt 2 : a one-sided contest or an easy task cal abbreviation 1 calendar 2 caliber Cal abbreviation 1 California 2 calorie cal·a·bash noun : the fruit of a gourd; also : a utensil made from its hard shell cal·a·boose noun [ORIGIN: Sp calabozo dungeon] : JAIL ca·la·di·um noun : any of a genus of tropical American ornamental plants related to the arums cal·a·mari noun [ORIGIN: It] : squid used as food cal·a·mine noun : a lotion of oxides of zinc and iron ca·lam·i·tous adjective : being, causing, or accompanied by calamity — ca·lam·i·tous·ly adverb — ca·lam·i·tous·ness noun Synonyms cataclysmic, catastrophic, destructive, disastrous, fatal, fateful, ruinous, unfortunate—more at FATAL ca·lam·i·ty noun, plural -ties 1 : great distress or misfortune 2 : an event causing great harm or loss and affliction : DISASTER Synonyms cataclysm, catastrophe, debacle, disaster, tragedy—more at DISASTER calc abbreviation calculate; calculated cal·car·e·ous adjective : resembling calcium carbonate in hardness; also : containing calcium or calcium carbonate cal·cif·er·ous adjective : producing or containing calcium carbonate cal·ci·fy verb -fied; -fy·ing : to make or become calcareous — cal·ci·fi·ca·tion noun cal·ci·mine noun : a thin water paint used esp. on plastered surfaces — calcimine verb cal·cine verb cal·cined; cal·cin·ing : to heat to a high temperature but without fusing to drive off volatile matter and often to reduce to powder — cal·ci·na·tion noun cal·cite noun : a crystalline mineral consisting of calcium carbonate — cal·cit·ic adjective cal·ci·um noun : a silver-white soft metallic chemical element occurring only in combination calcium carbonate noun : a substance found in nature as limestone and marble and in plant ashes, bones, and shells cal·cu·late verb -lat·ed; -lat·ing [ORIGIN: L calculare, fr. calculus pebble (used in reckoning)] 1 : to determine by mathematical processes : COMPUTE 2 : to reckon by exercise of practical judgment : ESTIMATE 3 : to design or adapt for a purpose by forethought or careful plan 4 : COUNT, RELY — cal·cu·la·ble adjective — cal·cu·la·tor noun Synonyms [1] compute, figure, reckon, work out; also conjecture, estimate, guess, judge, suppose; add up, sum, tally, total; add, cipher, divide, multiply, subtract; calibrate, gauge, measure, scale; ascertain, discover, dope (out), figure out, find out; recompute, refigure [2] call, conjecture, estimate, figure, gauge, guess, judge, make, place, put, reckon, suppose—more at ESTIMATE [3] arrange, blueprint, chart, design, frame, lay out, map, plan, project, scheme—more at PLAN cal·cu·lat·ed adjective 1 : undertaken after estimating the probability of success or failure 2 : planned purposefully : DELIBERATE Synonyms [1, 2] advised, deliberate, measured, reasoned, studied, thoughtful—more at DELIBERATE cal·cu·lat·ing adjective : marked by shrewd consideration esp. of self-interest — cal·cu·lat·ing·ly adverb cal·cu·la·tion noun 1 : the process or an act of calculating 2 : the result of an act of calculating 3 : studied care; also : cold heartless planning to promote self-interest Synonyms arithmetic, computation, reckoning; also mathematics; addition, division, multiplication, subtraction; appraisal, assessment, estimation, evaluation, judgment cal·cu·lus noun, plural -li also -lus·es [ORIGIN: L, pebble (used in reckoning)] 1 : a method of computation or calculation in a special notation (as of logic) 2 : a branch of mathematics concerned with the rate of change of functions and with methods of finding