Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Calaverite

Ca′la‐ve″rite (�), n.(Min.) A bronze-yellow massive mineral with metallic luster; a telluride of gold; — first found in Calaveras County California.

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Calc-sinter

Calc″–sin′ter (?), n. [G. kalk (L. calx, calcis) lime + E. sinter.] See under Calcite.

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Calc-spar

Calc″–spar′ (?), n. [G. kalk (L. calx) lime E. spar.] Same as Calcite.

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Calc-tufa

Calc″–tu′fa (?), n. [G. kalk (l. calx) lime + E. tufa.] See under Calcite.

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Calcaneal

Cal‐ca″ne‐al (?), a.(Anal.) Pertaining to the calcaneum; as, calcaneal arteries.

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Calcaneum

‖Cal‐ca″ne‐um (?) n.; pl. E. -neums, L. -nea. [L. the heel, fr. calx, calcis, the heel.] (Anal.) One of the bones of the tarsus which in man, forms the great bone of the heel; —...

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Calcar

Cal″car (?), n. [L. calcaria lime kiln, fr. calx, calcis, lime. See Calx.] (Glass manuf.) A kind of oven, or reverberatory furnace, used for the calcination of sand and potash, ...

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Calcar (2)

‖Cal″car, n.; L. pl.Calcaria (#). [L., a spur, as worn on the heel, also the spur of a cock, fr. calx, calcis, the heel.] 1. (Bot.) A hollow tube or spur at the base of a petal ...

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Calcarate

{ Cal″ca‐rate (?), Cal″ca‐ra′ted (?), } a. [LL. calcaratus, fr. L. calcar. See 2d Calcar.]1. (Bot.) Having a spur, as the flower of the toadflax and larkspur; spurred. Gray.2. (...

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Calcareo-argillaceous

Cal‐ca″re‐o–ar′gil‐la″ceous (?), a. consisting of, or containing, calcareous and argillaceous earths.

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Calcareo-bituminous

Cal‐ca″re‐o–bi‐tu″mi‐nous (?), a. Consisting of, or containing, lime and bitumen. Lyell.

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Calcareo-siliceous

Cal‐ca″re‐o–si‐li″ceous (?), a.Consisting of, or containing calcareous and siliceous earths.

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Calcareous

Cal‐ca″re‐ous (?), a. [L. calcarius pertaining to lime. See Calx.] Partaking of the nature of calcite or calcium carbonate; consisting of, or containing, calcium carbonate or ca...

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Calcareousness

Cal‐ca″re‐ous‐ness, n. Quality of being calcareous.

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Calcariferous

Cal′ca‐rif″er‐ous (?), a. [L. calcarius of lime + ferous.] Lime-yielding; calciferous

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Calcarine

Cal″ca‐rine (?), a.(Anat.) Pertaining to, or situated near, the calcar of the brain.

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Calcavella

Cal′ca‐vel″la (?), n. A sweet wine from Portugal; — so called from the district of Carcavelhos. [Written also Calcavellos or Carcavelhos.]

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Calceated

Cal″ce‐a′ted (?), a. [L. calceatus, p. p. of pelceare to ahoe, fr. catceus shoe, fr. calx, calcic, heel.] Fitted with, or wearing, shoes. Johnson.

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Calced

Calced (?), a. [See Calceated.] Wearing shoes; calceated; — in distintion from discalced or barefooted; as the calced Carmelites.

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Calcedon

Cal″ce‐don (?), n. [See Chalcedony.] A foul vein, like chalcedony, in some precious stones.

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Calcedonic

{ Cal′ce‐don″ic (?), Cal′ce‐do″ni‐an, } a. See Chalcedonic.

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Calceiform

Cal″ce‐i‐form′ (kăl″sē̍‐ĭ‐fôrm′), a. [L. calceus shoe + -form.] (Bot.) Shaped like a slipper, as one petal of the lady's-slipper; calceolate.

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calceolaria

‖cal′ce‐o‐la″ri‐a (kăl′sē̍‐ō̍‐lā″rĭ‐ȧ), n. [NL., fr. L. calceolarius shoemaker, fr. calceolus, a dim. of calceus shoe.] (Bot.) A genus of showy herbaceous or shrubby plants, bro...

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Calceolate

Cal″ce‐o‐late (?), a. [See Calceolaria.] Slipper-ahaped. See Calceiform.

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Calces

‖Cal″ces (?), n. pl. See Calx.

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Calcic

Cal″cic (?), a. [L. calx, calcis, lime: cf. F. calcique.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, calcium or lime.

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Calciferous

Cal‐cif″er‐ous (?), a. [L. calx, calcis, lime + -ferous.] Bearing, producing, or containing calcite, or carbonate of lime.Calciferous epoch(Geol.), an epoch in the American lowe...