Definitions for calix

calix ca·lix

Spelling: [key-liks, kal-iks]
IPA: /ˈkeɪ lɪks, ˈkæl ɪks/

Calix is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 44 anagrams from letters in calix (acilx).

Definitions for calix

noun

  1. cup.

Origin of calix

From Latin; See origin at chalice

Examples for calix

And if we wish to penetrate the secret we must not forget the Hebrew psalmist, with his calix meus inebrians quam prclarus est.

You will observe that in some flowers the calix is composed of four or more parts.

If either of these whorls is absent in a flower, it is the calix.

The capsule is sometimes shorter and sometimes longer than the calix, on the same plant, in Andrés specimens.

The clove used for domestic purposes is the calix and flower-bud of a plant belonging to the order of Myrtaceæ.

I have cried 'Pater mi, si possibile est, transeat a me calix iste!'

Most all of them had rough blotches or rings about the calix or around the body.

calix vero et alia necessaria praeparentur in credentia cooperta linteo, antequam sacerdos veniat ad altare.

Philip, and so for faute of vitaile yeldid calix up to king Edwarde the .

The lurid colouring of the young leaves is recalled in the flower-stems and calix, and enhances the colour effect of the whole.

Word Value for calix
Scrable

14

Words with friends

16

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