CALCARIO-SULPHUROU
CALCARIO-SULPHUROUS, a. [See Calx and Sulphur.] Having lime and sulphur in combination, or partaking of both.
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CALCARIOUS
CALCARIOUS, adjective Partaking of the nature of lime; having the qualities of lime; as calcarious earth or stone.
CALCAVALLA
CALCAVALLA, noun A kind of sweet wine from Portugal.
CALCEATED
CALCEATED, noun Shod; fitted with or wearing shoes.
CALCEDON
CALCEDON, noun [See Chalcedony.] With jewelers, a foul vein, like chalcedony, in some precious stones.
CALCEDONIAN
CALCEDONIAN, adjective [See Chalcedony.] Pertaining to or resembling chalcedony.
CALCEDONIC
CALCEDONIC,CALCEDONY. See Chalcedony, the more correct orthography.
CALCEDONY
CALCEDONY. See Chalcedony, the more correct orthography.
CALCIFEROUS
CALCIFEROUS, adjective [of calx, lime, and muria, salt water.] A species of earth, of the muriatic genus, of a blue or olive green color, of the consistence of clay. It consists...
CALCINABLE
CALCINABLE, adjective [See Calcine.] That may be calcined; capable of being reduced to a friable state by the action of fire.
CALCINATE
CALCINATE, verb transitive To calcine. [See Calcine.]
CALCINATION
CALCINATION, noun [from calcine.]1. The operation of expelling from a substance by heat, some volatile matter with which it is combined, or which is the cementing principle, and...
CALCINATORY
CALCINATORY, noun A vessel used in calcination.
CALCINE
CALCINE, verb transitive1. To reduce a substance to a powder or to a friable state, by the action of heat; or to expel from a substance some volatile matter, combined with it, o...
CALCIUM
CALCIUM, noun The metallic basis of lime.
CALCOGRAPHICAL
CALCOGRAPHICAL, adjective [See Calcography.] Pertaining to calcography.
CALCOGRAPHY
CALCOGRAPHY, noun An engraving in the likeness of chalk.
CALCULALATION
CALCULALATION, noun1. The art, practice or manner of computing by numbers. The use of numbers, by addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division, for the purpose of arriving...
CALCULARY
CALCULARY, noun A congeries of little stony knots dispersed through the parenchyma of the pear and other fruits, formed by concretions of the sap.
CALCULATE
CALCULATE, verb transitive1. To compute; to reckon; to add, subtract, multiply or divide any sums, for the purpose of finding the amount, difference, or other result. This, to c...
CALCULATED
CALCULATED, participle passive Computed; reckoned; suited; adapted by design.
CALCULATING
CALCULATING, participle present tense Computing; reckoining; adapting by design; adjusting.
CALCULATIVE
CALCULATIVE, adjective Pertaining to calculation; tending to calculate.
CALCULATOR
CALCULATOR, noun One who computes or reckons; one who estimates or considers the force and effect of causes, with a view to form a correct estimate of the effects.
CALCULATORY
CALCULATORY, adjective Belonging to calculation.
CALCULE
CALCULE, noun Reckoning; computation.
CALCULOUS
CALCULOUS, adjective [Supra.]1. Stony; gritty; hard like stone; as a calculous concretion.2. In mathematics; Differential calculus, is the arithmetic of the infinitely small dif...