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  • calibre  /ˈkæ lɪ bə/ ?  a degree or grade of excellence or worth

    calibre meaning(s)  Add to My List

    1. (n) a degree or grade of excellence or worth
    2. (n) diameter of a tube or gun barrel
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    Synonym(s)

    quality, bore

    calibre usage(s) Create your Own

    1. Nothing so tests the calibre of a Governor as a serious labor dispute in his State.
    2. Buckley, pierced by eleven big-calibre bullets, was staggering, bleeding profusely.
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  • caliche  crust or layer of hard subsoil encrusted with calcium-carbonate occurring in arid…
  • caliche-topped  covered with caliche, a hard calcium-carbonate encrusted soil
  • calico  /ˈkæ lə ˌkoʊ/ ?  coarse cloth with a bright print
  • calico aster  a variety of aster
  • calico bush  a North American evergreen shrub having glossy leaves and white or rose-colored…
  • calico cat  a cat having black and cream-colored and yellowish markings
  • calico crab  brightly spotted crab of sandy beaches of the Atlantic coast of the United…
  • calicoes  coarse cloth with a bright print
  • calicular  relating to or resembling a calyculus
  • caliculus  a small cup-shaped structure (as a taste bud or optic cup or cavity of a coral…
  • calidris  a genus of Scolopacidae
  • calidris canutus  a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern…
  • calidris ferruginea  Old World sandpiper with a curved bill like a curlew
  • calidris melanotos  American sandpiper that inflates its chest when courting
  • calif  /ˌkæ lə ˈfɔrnjə/ ?  the civil and religious leader of a Muslim state considered to be a representative…
  • calif.  /kæ lɪ ˈfɔrnjə/ ?  a state in the western United States on the Pacific; the 3rd largest state;…
  • california  /ˌkæ lə ˈfɔrnjə/ ?  a state in the western United States on the Pacific; the 3rd…
  • california allspice  straggling aromatic shrub of southwestern United States having…
  • california bay tree  Pacific coast tree having aromatic foliage and small umbellate…
  • california beauty  any of several handsome evergreen shrubs of California and northern…
  • california black oak  large deciduous tree of the Pacific coast having deeply parted…
  • california black walnut  medium-sized tree with somewhat aromatic compound leaves…
  • california bluebell  desert plant of southern California with blue or violet tubular…
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