| alvine | (adj) of or relating to the intestines |
| bivalvia | (n) oysters; clams; scallops; mussels, Syn. class Pelecypoda, class Lamellibranchia, class Bivalvia, Lamellibranchia |
| calvin | (n) United States chemist noted for discovering the series of chemical reactions in photosynthesis (1911-), Syn. Melvin Calvin |
| calvin | (n) Swiss theologian (born in France) whose tenets (predestination and the irresistibility of grace and justification by faith) defined Presbyterianism (1509-1564), Syn. Jean Cauvin, John Calvin, Jean Caulvin, Jean Chauvin |
| calving | (n) giving birth to a calf |
| calvinism | (n) the theological system of John Calvin and his followers emphasizing omnipotence of God and salvation by grace alone |
| calvinist | (n) an adherent of the theological doctrines of John Calvin, Syn. Genevan |
| calvinist | (adj) of or relating to or characteristic of Calvinism or its adherents, Syn. Calvinistic, Calvinistical |
| calvinistic baptist | (n) group of Baptist congregations believing the teachings of the French theologian John Calvin who believed in strict predetermination, Syn. Particular Baptist |
| calvino | (n) Italian writer of novels and short stories (born in Cuba) (1923-1987), Syn. Italo Calvino |
| genus salvia | (n) large genus of shrubs and subshrubs of the mint family varying greatly in habit: sage |
| salvific | (adj) pertaining to the power of salvation or redemption |
| salvinia | (n) type genus of the Salviniaceae: water ferns, Syn. genus Salvinia |
| salviniaceae | (n) water ferns, Syn. family Salviniaceae |
| salvinorin | (n) a hallucinogen obtained from Salvia divinorum |
| ailey | (n) United States choreographer noted for his use of African elements (born in 1931), Syn. Alvin Ailey |
| blue sage | (n) sage of western North America to Central America having violet-blue flowers; widespread in cultivation, Syn. Salvia reflexa, Salvia lancifolia |
| blue sage | (n) Texas sage having intensely blue flowers, Syn. Salvia farinacea, mealy sage |
| blue sage | (n) blue-flowered sage of dry prairies of the eastern United States, Syn. Salvia azurea |
| cancerweed | (n) sage of eastern United States, Syn. Salvia lyrata, cancer weed |
| checkerbloom | (n) perennial purple-flowered wild mallow of western North America that is also cultivated, Syn. Sidalcea malviflora, wild hollyhock |
| clary | (n) aromatic herb of southern Europe; cultivated in Great Britain as a potherb and widely as an ornamental, Syn. Salvia sclarea |
| clary sage | (n) stout Mediterranean sage with white or pink or violet flowers; yields oil used as a flavoring and in perfumery, Syn. Salvia clarea |
| common sage | (n) shrubby plant with aromatic greyish-green leaves used as a cooking herb, Syn. ramona, Salvia officinalis |
| coolidge | (n) elected vice president and succeeded as 30th President of the United States when Harding died in 1923 (1872-1933), Syn. Calvin Coolidge, President Coolidge |
| demulcent | (adj) having a softening or soothing effect especially to the skin, Syn. salving, emollient, softening |
| floating-moss | (n) free-floating aquatic ferns, Syn. Salvinia auriculata, Salvinia rotundifolia |
| hoffman | (n) United States sculptor (1887-1966), Syn. Malvina Hoffman |
| kendall | (n) United States biochemist who discovered cortisone (1886-1972), Syn. Edward Kendall, Edward Calvin Kendall |
| klein | (n) United States fashion designer noted for understated fashions (born in 1942), Syn. Calvin Richard Klein, Calvin Klein |
| meadow clary | (n) tall perennial Old World salvia with violet-blue flowers; found in open grasslands, Syn. Salvia pratensis |
| mexican mint | (n) an herb from Oaxaca that has a powerful hallucinogenic effect; the active ingredient is salvinorin, Syn. Salvia divinorum |
| pitcher sage | (n) California erect and sparsely branched perennial, Syn. Salvia spathacea |
| purple sage | (n) silvery-leaved California herb with purple flowers, Syn. Salvia leucophylla, chaparral sage |
| sage | (n) any of various plants of the genus Salvia; a cosmopolitan herb, Syn. salvia |
| sandarac | (n) large coniferous evergreen tree of North Africa and Spain having flattened branches and scalelike leaves yielding a hard fragrant wood; bark yields a resin used in varnishes, Syn. Tetraclinis articulata, sandarac tree, Callitris quadrivalvis |
| wild sage | (n) Eurasian sage with blue flowers and foliage like verbena; naturalized in United States, Syn. Salvia verbenaca, wild clary, vervain sage |
