Baryto-calcite :: Baryto-calcite (n.) A mineral of a white or gray color, occurring massive or crystallized. It is a compound of the carbonates of barium and calcium..

Calcic :: Calcic (a.) Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, calcium or lime..

Calciden :: Calciden (imp. & p. p.) of Calcin.

Calciferous :: Calciferous (a.) Bearing, producing, or containing calcite, or carbonate of lime..

Calcific :: Calcific (a.) Calciferous. Specifically: (Zool.) of or pertaining to the portion of the oviduct which forms the eggshell in birds and reptiles.

Calcification :: Calcification (n.) The process of change into a stony or calcareous substance by the deposition of lime salt; -- normally, as in the formation of bone and of teeth; abnormally, as in calcareous degeneration of tissue..

Calcified :: Calcified (a.) Consisting of, or containing, calcareous matter or lime salts; calcareous..

Calcified :: Calcified (imp. & p. p.) of Calcif.

Calciform :: Calciform (a.) In the form of chalk or lime.

Calcify :: Calcify (v. t.) To make stony or calcareous by the deposit or secretion of salts of lime.

Calcify :: Calcify (v. i.) To become changed into a stony or calcareous condition, in which lime is a principal ingredient, as in the formation of teeth..

Calcifying :: Calcifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Calcif.

Calcigenous :: Calcigenous (a.) Tending to form, or to become, a calx or earthlike substance on being oxidized or burnt; as magnesium, calcium. etc..

Calcigerous :: Calcigerous (a.) Holding lime or other earthy salts; as, the calcigerous cells of the teeth..

Calcimine :: Calcimine (n.) A white or colored wash for the ceiling or other plastering of a room, consisting of a mixture of clear glue, Paris white or zinc white, and water..

Calcimine :: Calcimine (v. t.) To wash or cover with calcimine; as, to calcimine walls..

Calcimined :: Calcimined (imp. &p. p.) of Calcimin.

Calciminer :: Calciminer (n.) One who calcimines.

Calcimining :: Calcimining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Calcimin.

Calcinable :: Calcinable (a.) That may be calcined; as, a calcinable fossil..

Calcinate :: Calcinate (v. i.) To calcine.

Calcination :: Calcination (n.) The act or process of disintegrating a substance, or rendering it friable by the action of heat, esp. by the expulsion 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..

Calcination :: Calcination (n.) The act or process of reducing a metal to an oxide or metallic calx; oxidation.

Calcinatory :: Calcinatory (n.) A vessel used in calcination.

Calcine :: Calcine (v. i.) To reduce to a powder, or to a friable state, by the action of heat; to expel volatile matter from by means of heat, as carbonic acid from limestone, and thus (usually) to produce disintegration; as to, calcine bones..

Calcine :: Calcine (v. i.) To oxidize, as a metal by the action of heat; to reduce to a metallic calx..

Calcine :: Calcine (v. i.) To be converted into a powder or friable substance, or into a calx, by the action of heat..

Calciner :: Calciner (n.) One who, or that which, calcines..

Calcining :: Calcining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Calcin.

Calcispongiae :: Calcispongiae (n. pl.) An order of marine sponges, containing calcareous spicules. See Porifera..

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