Index of English words, starting with "ca"

(1) - Calamity (n.) A state or time of distress or misfortune; misery.
(2) - Calamity (n.) Any great misfortune or cause of misery; -- generally applied to events or disasters which produce extensive evil, either to communities or individuals.

(1) - Calamus (n.) The horny basal portion of a feather; the barrel or quill.
(2) - Calamus (n.) A species of Acorus (A. calamus), commonly called calamus, or sweet flag. The root has a pungent, aromatic taste, and is used in medicine as a stomachic; the leaves have an aromatic odor, and were formerly used instead of rushes to strew on floors.
(3) - Calamus (n.) The indian cane, a plant of the Palm family. It furnishes the common rattan. See Rattan, and Dragon's blood.

(1) - Calando (a.) Gradually diminishing in rapidity and loudness.