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Pertaining to the calcaneum; as, calcaneal arteries.

Pertaining to, or situated near, the calcar of the brain.

Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, calcium or lime.

Calciferous. Specifically: (Zoöl.) of or pertaining to hte portion of the which forms the eggshell in birds and reptiles. Huxley.

Of or pertaining to calculi.

Of or pertaining to mathematical calculations; performing or able to perform mathematical calculations.

Of or pertaining to calculation; involving calculation. Long habits of calculative dealings. Burke.

Of or pertaining to Caledonia or Scotland; Scottish; Scotch. -- n.

Of or pertaining to the calendar or a calendar.

Of or pertaining to a calendar.

Of or pertaining to California. -- n.

Of or pertaining to Calippus, an Athenian astronomer. Calippic period, a period of seventy-six years, proposed by Calippus, as an improvement on the Metonic cycle, since the 6940 days of the Metonic cycle exceeded 19 years by about a quarter of a day, and exceeded 235 lunations by something more.

Of or pertaining to calisthenics.

Of or pertaining to calligraphy. Excellence in the calligraphic act. T. Warton.

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a callithump. [U. S.]

Of or pertaining to caloric. Caloric engine, a kind of engine operated air.

Of or pertaining to process of using the calorimeter. Satisfactory calorimetric results. Nichol.

Of or pertaining to Calvin, or Calvinism; following Calvin; accepting or Teaching Calvinism. "Calvinistic training." Lowell.

Pertaining to a calyx; having the nature of a calyx.

Pertaining to, or resembling, the bracts of a calycle.