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CALCIGEROUS a.
Holding lime or other earthy salts; as, the calcigerous cells of the teeth.
CALCIMINE v. 2 definitions
To wash or cover with calcimine; as, to calcimine walls.
CALCIMINER n.
One who calcimines.
CALCINABLE a.
That may be calcined; as, a calcinable fossil.
CALCINATE v.
To calcine. [R.]
CALCINATION n. 2 definitions
xpulsion of some volatile matter, as when carbonic and acid is expelled from carbonate of calcium in the burning of limestone in order to make lime.
CALCINATORY n.
A vessel used in calcination.
CALCINE v. 3 definitions
at, as carbonic acid from limestone, and thus (usually) to produce disintegration; as to, calcine bones.
CALCINER n.
One who, or that which, calcines.
CALCISPONGIAE n.
An order of marine sponges, containing calcareous spicules. See Porifera.
CALCITE n.
Calcium carbonate, or carbonate of lime. It is rhombohedral in its crystallization, and thus distinguished from aragonite. It includes common limestone, chalk, and marble. Called also calc-spar and calcareous spar.
CALCITRANT a.
Kicking. Hence: Stubborn; refractory.
CALCITRATE v.
To kick.
CALCITRATION n.
Act of kicking.
CALCIUM n. 2 definitions
An elementary substance; a metal which combined with oxygen forms lime. It is of a pale yellow color, tenacious, and malleable. It is a member of the alkaline earth group of elements. Atomic weight
CALCIVOROUS a.
Eroding, or eating into, limestone.
CALCOGRAPHER n.
One who practices calcography.
CALCOGRAPHIC; CALCOGRAPHICAL a.
Relating to, or in the style of, calcography.
CALCOGRAPHY n.
The art of drawing with chalk.
CALCULABLE a.
That may be calculated or ascertained by calculation.
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