Vocabulary : Callose to Calm

Callose : Furnished with protuberant or hardened spots.
Callosities : of Callosity
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.
Callosum : The great band commissural fibers which unites the two cerebral hemispheres. See corpus callosum, under Carpus.
Callot : A plant coif or skullcap. Same as Calotte. ;; 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.

Callous : Hardened; indurated. ;; Hardened in mind; insensible; unfeeling; unsusceptible.
Callow : Destitute of feathers; naked; unfledged. ;; Immature; boyish; "green"; as, a callow youth. ;; A kind of duck. See Old squaw.
Callus : Same as Callosity ;; 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.
Callyciflorous : Having the petals and stamens adnate to the calyx; -- applied to a subclass of dicotyledonous plants in the system of the French botanist Candolle.
Calm : Freedom from motion, agitation, or disturbance; a cessation or absence of that which causes motion or disturbance, as of winds or waves; tranquility; stillness; quiet; serenity. ;; To make calm; to render still or quiet, as elements; as, to calm the winds. ;; To deliver from agitation or excitement; to still or soothe, as the mind or passions. ;; 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.

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