<B>calceolaria, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any plant of a tropicalAmerican genus of herbs and shrubs of the figwort family, grown for their slipper-shaped flowers; slipperwort. </DL>
<A NAME="calceolate">
<B>calceolate, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Botany.) shaped like a shoe or slipper, as the corolla of a calceolaria; calceiform. </DL>
<A NAME="calces">
<B>calces, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> calxes; a plural of <B>calx.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="calceus">
<B>calceus, </B>noun, pl. <B>-cei.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a kind of shoe worn by ancient Romans, consisting of a sole with straps fastened to the foot and laced around the ankle. Different styles of calcei showed the rank of the wearer. </DL>
<A NAME="calchas">
<B>Calchas, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Greek Legend.) the priest of Apollo who accompanied the Greeks in the Trojan War. He was an augur and a seer. </DL>
<A NAME="calci">
<B>calci-,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (combining form.) <DD><B> 1. </B>lime, calcium, or salts of lime or calcium. <BR> <I>Ex. Calcification = forming or becoming hard like lime.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>limestone. <BR> <I>Ex. Calcicole = growing on limestone.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="calcic">
<B>calcic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or derived from lime or calcium. </DL>
<A NAME="calcicole">
<B>calcicole, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Botany.) <DD><I>adj. </I> growing on limestone or on chalky soil. <DD><I>noun </I> a plant growing on limestone. </DL>
<B>calciferol, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a fat-soluble alcohol, present in fish-liver oils, milk, and eggs, and produced by irradiating ergosterol; vitamin D-2. It prevents rickets. </DL>
<B>calcification, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1a. </B>the process of calcifying, especially hardening of a structure, tissue, or the like, by the deposit of calcium salts. <DD><B> b. </B>(Figurative.) hardening. <BR> <I>Ex. True to his conviction that bigness usually leads to calcification ... (Time).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a calcified part. <DD><B> 3. </B>the accumulation of calcium in certain soils, especially soils of cool temperate regions where leaching takes place very slowly. </DL>
<A NAME="calciform">
<B>calciform, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having the form of chalk or lime. </DL>
<A NAME="calcifuge">
<B>calcifuge, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a plant which will not grow on limestone. <BR> <I>Ex. Most heaths and certain lichens are calcifuges.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="calcify">
<B>calcify, </B>transitive verb, intransitive verb, <B>-fied,</B> <B>-fying.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to make or become hard or bony by the deposit of calcium salts; convert or be converted into lime. <BR> <I>Ex. Cartilage often calcifies in older people.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) to harden. <BR> <I>Ex. In recent years, ghetto boundaries have calcified (New Yorker).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="calcigerous">
<B>calcigerous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> producing or containing calcium salts. </DL>
<A NAME="calcimine">
<B>calcimine, </B>noun, verb, <B>-mined,</B> <B>-mining.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a white or colored lime solution containing glue, used as a wash on ceilings and walls. It can be tinted any color. <DD><I>v.t. </I> to cover with calcimine. Also, <B>kalsomine.</B> </DL>
<B>calcination, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the act or operation of calcining. <DD><B> 2. </B>anything formed by calcining. <DD><B> 3. </B>the state of being calcined. </DL>
<A NAME="calcinator">
<B>calcinator, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a furnace or incinerator used to reduce radioactive waste by calcination in order to render it less dangerous and cumbersome when brought out of a nuclear reactor plant, research laboratory, or the like. </DL>
<A NAME="calcinatory">
<B>calcinatory, </B>adjective, noun, pl. <B>-ries.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> serving for calcination. <DD><I>noun </I> a vessel used for calcination. </DL>
<A NAME="calcine">
<B>calcine, </B>verb, <B>-cined,</B> <B>-cining.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to burn (something) to ashes or powder. <BR> <I>Ex. to calcine bones. It was destroyed by a fire so intense that some of its foundations were calcined into a white powder (Scientific American).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to change to lime by heating. <BR> <I>Ex. to calcine limestone.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B><B>=oxidize.</B> <DD><B> 4. </B><B>=frit.</B> <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to burn to ashes or powder. <DD><B> 2. </B>to fuse partially. noun <B>calciner.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="calcino">
<B>calcino, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a disease of silkworms, caused by the development of a vegetable parasite or fungus in the body of the caterpillar. </DL>
<A NAME="calcinosis">
<B>calcinosis, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ses.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> calcification of the subcutaneous and connective tissues. </DL>
<A NAME="calcite">
<B>calcite, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a mineral made up chiefly of calcium carbonate. It is the chief substance in limestone, chalk, and marble. </DL>
<A NAME="calcitonin">
<B>calcitonin, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a hormone that regulates the level of calcium in body fluids, secreted by the thyroid gland; thyrocalcitonin. </DL>
<A NAME="calcium">
<B>calcium, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a soft, silvery-white chemical element. It is a part of limestone, chalk, milk, bones, shells, teeth, and many other things. Calcium is a metal used in alloys and its compounds are used in making plaster, in cooking, and as bleaching agents. <BR> <I>Ex. You need calcium in your food to grow strong, healthy bones. In the order of their abundance in the earth's crust, calcium stands fifth among the elements and third among the metals (W. N. Jones).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="calciumacetate">
<B>calcium acetate,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a substance derived in large quantity as a by-product in the manufacture of wood alcohol, and employed in making acetone, acetic acid, and the acetates of aluminum and iron used as dyers' mordants. </DL>
<A NAME="calciumarsenate">
<B>calcium arsenate,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a white, powdery compound, slightly soluble in water and in dilute acids, used as an insecticide, and extremely poisonous to human beings. </DL>
<A NAME="calciumcarbide">
<B>calcium carbide,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a heavy, gray substance that reacts with water to form acetylene gas. </DL>
<A NAME="calciumcarbonate">
<B>calcium carbonate,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a compound of calcium occurring in rocks such as marble and limestone, in animal bones, shells, and teeth, and to some extent in plants. It is used in the manufacture of toothpastes, white paint, and cleaning powder. </DL>
<A NAME="calciumchloride">
<B>calcium chloride,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a compound of calcium and chlorine, used in making artificial ice and spread on roads to settle dust or melt ice. </DL>
<A NAME="calciumcyanamide">
<B>calcium cyanamide</B> or <B>cyanamid,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a grayish powder obtained by heating calcium carbide to a very high temperature in the presence of dry nitrogen. It is used in fertilizers and for making other nitrogen compounds. </DL>
<A NAME="calciumfluoride">
<B>calcium fluoride,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a white powder occurring naturally as fluorspar and produced synthetically from sodium fluoride and a salt of calcium, used as a flux in metallurgy, in making ceramics, in optical instruments, and electrodes. </DL>
<A NAME="calciumgluconate">
<B>calcium gluconate,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> white, odorless powder or granules produced from gluconic acid, used as an antidote for various poisons, and in the treatment of rickets, colic, and allergies. </DL>
<B>calcium nitrate,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a white crystalline compound used to make matches, explosives, and other chemicals; lime saltpeter; Norwegian saltpeter. </DL>
<A NAME="calciumoxalate">
<B>calcium oxalate,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a white crystalline substance present in plant cells and urine, used in making oxalic acid and various oxalates. </DL>
<B>calcium permanganate,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a violet, crystalline salt used as a disinfectant and deodorizer, in sterilizing water, and as aningredient in liquid rocket fuels. </DL>
<A NAME="calciumphosphate">
<B>calcium phosphate,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a compound of calcium and phosphoric acid, used in medicine and in making enamels. It is found in bones and as rock. </DL>
<A NAME="calciumsulfate">
<B>calcium sulfate,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a white powder found in natural form as gypsum, used in making plaster of Paris and paper and as a polishing powder and in paints. </DL>
<A NAME="calciumsulfide">
<B>calcium sulfide,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a yellow or grayish powder produced by heating calcium sulfate and charcoal, used as a depilatory and in luminous paints. </DL>
<A NAME="calciumtungstate">
<B>calcium tungstate,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a white powder occurring naturally as scheelite and produced synthetically from calcium chloride and a tungstate of sodium, used in luminous paint, fluorescent lamps, and X-ray photography and treatment. </DL>
<A NAME="calcrete">
<B>calcrete, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a large calcareous mass formed on the sea-bottom by marine animals which cement the sand and other loose material together. </DL>
<A NAME="calcsinter">
<B>calc-sinter, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Mineralogy.) a hard, crystalline limestone deposited by springs; travertine. </DL>
<A NAME="calcspar">
<B>calc-spar</B> or <B>calcspar, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Mineralogy.) calcareous spar or rhombohedral crystallized calcite. </DL>
<B>calculability, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the quality of being calculable. </DL>
<A NAME="calculable">
<B>calculable, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>that can be calculated. <BR> <I>Ex. The connexion of physical causes and effects is known and calculable (I. Taylor).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>reliable; dependable. adv. <B>calculably.</B> </DL>
