Dictionary: CALM – CAMH

• CALM
adj. 1. 1808 Sc. – of ice: smooth, even
adj. 2. 1888 colloq. – quietly insolent; unabashed, impudent
 
• CALMATIVE
adj. 1871 – having a calming effect
n. 1870 – anything which has a calming effect
 
• CALMER
n. 1999 UK sl. – a barbiturate or other central nervous system depressant
 
• CALM OF DAY
n. 1939 Amer. dial. – daylight
 
• CALMY
adj. 1587 arch., poetic usage – characterized by calm; tranquil, peaceful
 
• CALO
n. 1617 obs. rare – a camp-servant
 
• CALODEMONIAL
adj. 1522 obs. – pert. to beautiful or good spirits
 
• CALOGRAM
n. 1868 – a suggested substitute for ‘cablegram’
 
• CALOGRAPHY
n. 1804 rare – calligraphy 
 
• CALONKUS
n. L19 Aust. sl. – a fool
 
• CALOOP
vb. 1942 Amer. sl. – to neck, to pet; to go courting; to kiss and cuddle
 
• CALOPHANTIC
adj. 1596 obs. – pretending or making a show of excellence; hypocritical 
 
• CALOR
n. 1599 obs. – heat, warmth 
 
• CALORIC
adj. 1865 – pert. to heat
n. 1794 – heat
 
• CALORICALLY
adv. 1869 rare – in the manner of heat, as heat 
 
• CALORIDUCT
n. 1864 – a tube or channel for conducting heat
 
• CALORIFIANT
adj. 1860 – producing heat
 
• CALORIFICAL
adj. 1620 obs. – producing heat
 
• CALORIFY
vb. 1841 – to make hot 
 
• CALOROUS
adj. 1737 obs. rare – warm 
 
• CALOTTE
n. 1894 – a snowcap; an ice-cap 
 
• CALOUR
n. 1599 obs. – heat, warmth 
 
• CALP
n. Bk1891 sl. – a hat 
 
• CALSAY-PAIKER
n. 1879 Sc. – a street walker 
 
• CALSHIE
adj. 1790 Sc. – crabbed, ill-tempered, ill-humoured, surly, rude 
 
• CALTROP
n. a1300 obs. – a trap or snare to catch the feet of beasts, of horses or men in war, and the like 
vb. c1440 obs. – to catch or trap with a ‘caltrop’ 
 
• CALUMET FEVER
n. 1964 Ottawa valley lumbermen sl. – fear of riding logs down the slide at Calumet, Quebec  
 
• CALUMNER
n. 1614 obs. – a calumniator; a slanderer
 
• CALUMNIATE
vb. 1554 – to slander, to defame; to make false charges against
 
• CALUMNIATION
n. 1. 1548 – slandering; malicious detraction
n. 2. 1588 – a libellous report; a slander, calumny
 
• CALUMNIATOR
n. 1549 – a slanderer
 
• CALUMNIATORY
adj. 1625 – slanderous
 
• CALUMNIE
vb. 1827 Sc. obs. – to calumniate 
 
• CALUMNIER
n. 1586 obs. rare – a slanderer 
 
• CALUMNIOUS
adj. 1490 – slanderous; defamatory 
 
• CALUMNIZE
vb. 1606 obs. – to slander; to defame 
 
• CALUMNY
n. 1564 – malicious representation; slander; libel; a false charge; a slanderous or libellous statement or report 
vb. 1563  – to calumniate, to slander 
 
• CALUTED
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – idiotic, stupid, dull of comprehension 
 
• CALVAIR
n. c1420 obs. rare – a skull 
 
• CALVE
n. 1873 Eng. dial. – a fall of earth, a landslip, a bulging or falling in of a wall, etc.
vb. 1. 1755 Eng. dial. – to fall in as an undermined bank or side of a cutting
vb. 2. 1837 – of a glacier or iceberg: to detach and throw off a mass of ice 
vb. 3. 1847 Amer. sl. – to vomit
 
• CALVEN
adj. 1863 – that has calved
 
• CALVES GONE TO GRASS
phr. 1813 – said of slender, undeveloped legs, with lack of calves 
 
• CALVES’ HEADS ARE BEST HOT
phr. Bk1891 sl. – a sarcastic apology for one sitting down to eat with his hat on 
 
• THE CALVES’ LESSON IN CURVES
n. Bk1942 Amer. college sl. – an attractive girl 
 
• CALVES’-SNOUT
n. 1548 – an old name of snapdragon, esp. of Antirrhinum Orontium, or Antirrhinum minus 
 
• CALVIN KLEIN
n. 1. 1998 rhyming sl. – a judicial fine 
n. 2. 1998 rhyming sl. – wine 
n. 3. 2000s rhyming sl. – nine 
 
• CALVIN KLEIN SPECIAL
n. 1995 US sl. – a mixture of cocaine and the recreational drug ketamine
 
• CALVISH
adj. 1570 – doltish, stupid
 
• CALVITY
n. 1623 rare – baldness
 
• CALWART
adj. 1866 Sc. – of weather: coldish, fresh and bracing 
 
• CALZOONS
n. 1615 obs. – in Turkey and the Middle East: drawers, hose, trousers
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• CAM
adj. 1. a1600 Eng. dial. – perverse, obstinate, cross 
adj. 2. 1642 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – crooked, twisted, bent from the straight 
adv. 1. 1579 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – away from the straight line, awry, askew 
adv. 2. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – awkwardly, crookedly 
n. 1. 1788 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. – the crest of a hill, a ridge; a long narrow earthen mound
n. 2. 1875 Eng. dial. – contradiction, perverse argument 
n. 3. World War II Amer. sl. – camouflage 
n. 4. 1969 sl. – a camera 
n. 5. 1970s sl. – Cambodian marijuana, usually very strong 
n. 6. 20C sl. – a camisole or underbodice 
n. 7. 20C sl. – cami-knickers 
vb. 1. 1748 Eng. dial. – to make crooked; to tread shoes out of shape 
vb. 2. 1875 Eng. dial. – to contradict; to oppose vexatiously; to quarrel 
 
• CAMAC
n. 19C Irish sl. – anything that is over-complex or over-expensive to achieve its essentially simple purpose 
 
• CAMACHAL
n. 1934 Sc. – a troublesome boy 
 
• CAMARADA
n. 1598 obs. – a company of soldiers messing or lodging together
 
• CAMARADA DE AQUELLA
n. 1960s US sl. – a term of high praise; a ‘number-one guy’ 
 
• CAMARINE
n. 1576 obs. – a fetid marsh or swamp 
 
• CAMBAUTE
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – a crooked bat or stick 
 
• CAMBER
adj. a1387 obs. – curved
n. 1. a1618 – the condition of being slightly arched or convex above 
n. 2. 1910 – the curvature of the wings of an aeroplane
vb. 1. 1627 – to be or become slightly arched or curved so that the centre is higher than the ends 
vb. 2. 1852 – to bend a beam, etc. upwards in the middle; to arch slightly
 
• CAMBER-NOSE
n. Bk1888 – an aquiline nose 
 
• CAMBERWELL CARROT
n. 1987 UK sl. – an exceptionally long and fat marijuana cigarette
 
• CAMBIAL
adj. 1864 – relating to exchange in commerce
 
• CAMBIO
n. 1. 1645 obs. – a bill of exchange
n. 2. 1656 obs. – a place of exchange
 
• CAMBISM
n. 1837 rare – the theory and practice of exchanges 
 
• CAMBIST
n. 1809 – one who is skilled in the science or practice of exchanges; one who deals in bills of exchange 
 
• CAMBISTRY
n. Bk1888 – the science or operations of the ‘cambist’ 
 
• CAMBIUM
n. 1. 1708 obs. – exchange, barter
n. 2. 1708 obs. – a place of exchange 
 
• CAMBO
adj. 1972 Amer. sl. – Cambodian 
n. 1. 1979 Amer. sl. – a Cambodian 
n. 2. 1985 Amer. sl. – Cambodia 
 
• CAMBODE
adj. 1986 US military sl. – Cambodian
n. 1964 US military sl. – a Cambodian 
 
• CAMBODIAN RED
n. 1973 drug culture sl. – a slightly reddish variety of marijuana grown in Cambodia
 
• CAMBODIAN TRIP
n. 1960s drug culture sl. – a very potent, almost hallucinogenic, variety of marijuana
 
• CAMBOOSE
n. 1848 Amer. dial. – a cook’s galley on a vessel 
 
• CAMBORNE
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – a drubbing, a beating 
 
• CAMBRA
n. 18C sl. – a dog 
 
• CAMBREL
n. c1450 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – a bent piece of wood or iron used by butchers to hang carcasses of animals on
 
• CAMBREN
n. 1656 obs. rare – a bent piece of wood or iron used by butchers to hang carcasses of animals on
 
• CAMBRIAN
adj. 1627 – pert. to Wales; Welsh 
n. 1780 – a Welshman 
 
• CAMBRIC COFFEE
n. 1968 Amer. dial. – very weak coffee 
 
• CAMBRIDGE FORTUNE
n. L17 sl. – a woman who has no fortune of her own and must rely for attraction on her personal charms alone 
 
• CAMBRIDGE NIGHTINGALE
n. 1880 sl. – a frog 
 
• CAMBRIDGE-OAK
n. 1790 Eng. dial. sl. – the willow tree
 
• CAMBRIDGESHIRE CAMEL
n. M17 – a native of Cambridgeshire 
 
• CAMBRIDGESHIRE NIGHTINGALE
n. 1844 sl. – a frog 
 
• CAMBRIDGESHIRE OAK
n. 1826 Eng. dial. sl. – the willow tree 
 
• CAMCREEK
n. c1920 Cambridge undergraduates’ usage – Cambridge 
 
• CAMDEN TOWN
n. 1. 1859 rhyming sl. for ‘brown’ – halfpenny 
n. 2. 1920 rhyming sl. for ‘brown’ – a penny 
 
• CAMEIST
n. 1866 rare – a maker or connoisseur of cameos
 
• CAMEL
n. 1. 1606 – a great, awkward, hulking fellow 
n. 2. 1637 – anything large and difficult to ‘swallow’ or do away with
n. 3. M19 S. African colloq. esp. hunters’ usage – a giraffe 
n. 4. 1882 US sl. – a bustle, or dress-improver 
n. 5. 1898 Amer. sl. – in horse racing: an old or worthless horse 
n. 6. 1990s Aust. prison sl. – a prisoner who neglects personal hygiene 
 
• CAMELBACK
n. 1. 1969 Amer. dial. – a bony or poor-looking horse 
n. 2. 1941 Amer. dial. – a house which is higher in back than in front, as one having two stories at the back and one in front 
 
• CAMEL-BIRD
n. 1771 – the ostrich 
 
• CAMEL-BREATH
adj. 1960s sl. – a derogatory adjective 
 
• CAMELCADE
n. 1886 – a train of people on camels; a caravan with camels 
 
• CAMEL CHASER
n. 1968 Amer. sl. – a native of any country here camels are believed to be customarily ridden; an Arab; used contemptuously 
 
• THE CAMEL CORPS
n. 1915 military jocular usage – the infantry 
 
• CAMEL-DRIVER
n. 1. 1920s US sl. – a Jew 
n. 2. 1927 US military sl. – a pilot of a Sopwith Camel pursuit plane 
n. 3. 1975 Amer. sl. – a native of any country here camels are believed to be customarily ridden; an Arab; used contemptuously 
 
• CAMEL-DUNG
n. 20C sl., derogatory – unpleasant-tasting cigarettes, orig. made from Egyptian tobacco 
 
• CAMELEER
n. a1785 – a camel-driver 
 
• CAMEL FLAGS
n. Amer. World War I sl. – camouflage 
 
• CAMEL-FUCKER
n. 1960s US sl., derogatory – an Arab, a native of the Middle East 
 
• CAMELHEAD
n. 2000s US sl., derogatory – an Arab, a native of the Middle East 
 
• CAMELINE
adj. 1865 – belonging to a camel 
 
• CAMELION
n. 1382 obs. – a giraffe 
 
• CAMELISH
adj. Bk1888 – obstinate as a camel 
 
• CAMELIST
n. 1863 nonce word – a partisan of the camel 
 
• CAMEL JOCK
n. 1. 1960s US sl., derogatory – an Arab, a native of the Middle East 
n. 2. 1966 US college sl. – a foreign student from the near East 
n. 3. 1967 Amer. dial.. derogatory – an Indian 
 
• CAMEL JOCKEY
n. 1. 1965 US sl.. derogatory – an Arab, a native of the Middle East 
n. 2. 1968 Amer. dial., derogatory – a Syrian 
 
• CAMEL-KNEED
adj. 1801 – having hard or callous knees like those of a camel, caused by much kneeling
 
• CAMELLER
n. 1615 obs. rare – a camel-driver 
 
• CAMEL-MERCHANT
n. 1926 US military sl. – a pilot of a Sopwith Camel pursuit plane 
 
• CAMELOPARD
n. 1398 – the giraffe 
 
• CAMELOPARD HOUSE
n. 1981 Amer. dial. – one having two stories in the front and one behind 
 
• CAMEL-PUNCHER
n. 1910s Aust. sl. – a camel-driver 
 
• CAMEL RIDER
n. 1. 1930s US criminals’ sl. – an Asian 
n. 2. 1967 Amer. dial.. derogatory – a Syrian 
 
• CAMEL-RIGG’D
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – of animals: having a high, crooked back
 
• CAMEL’S COMPLAINT
n. Bk1891 sl. – depression, low spirits; the ‘hump’
 
• CAMEL’S FOOT
n. 1990s sl., orig. US – the vulva as seen through a tight pair of jeans or trousers
 
• CAMEL TOE
n. 1990s sl., orig. US – the vulva as seen through a tight pair of jeans or trousers
 
• CAMEO
n. 20C teen & high school sl. – a type of haircut popular among young Black males; the hair is trimmed short on the side and flat or angular on top
 
• CAMEO CUT
n. 1980s African-American sl. – a short-cropped Black haircut, pioneered by the hip-hop culture
 
• CAME OVER WITH AN ICE-CREAM BARROW
phr. 20C Brit. sl. – said of Italians
 
• CAME OVER WITH THE CATTLE BOAT
phr. 20C Brit. sl. – said of foreigners
 
• CAME OVER WITH THE MORMONS
phr. 20C Brit. sl. – said of foreigners
 
• CAME OVER WITH THE MORONS
phr. 20C Brit. sl. – said of foreigners
 
• CAME OVER WITH THE ONION BOAT
phr. 20C Brit. sl. – said of foreigners
 
• CAMERA CLICKER
n. 1966 Amer. sl. – a photographer
 
• CAMERAL
n. 1825 Sc. – a large, ill-shaped, awkward person
 
• CAMERA OBSCURA
n. L19 sl. – the buttocks; the anus
 
• CAMERATE
vb. 1623 obs. – to make an arch, to vault
 
• CAMERER CUSS
n. 1910s rhyming sl. – a London bus
 
• CAMERIST
n. 1838 nonce word – a chamber-woman, a lady’s maid
 
• CAMESA
n. M17 sl. – a shirt
 
• CAM EWES
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – seagulls
 
• CAM-HANDED
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – awkward, clumsy