CALCANEA | • calcanea n. Plural of calcaneus. • CALCANEUM n. (Latin) one of the bones of the tarsus which in man forms the great bone of the heel, also CALCANEUS. |
CALCANEI | • calcanei n. Plural of calcaneus. • CALCANEUS n. (Latin) one of the bones of the tarsus which in man forms the great bone of the heel, also CALCANEUM. |
CALCARIA | • CALCAR n. (Latin) a spur-like projection. |
CALCEATE | • calceate adj. (Rare) Wearing shoes; calceated. • CALCEATE v. to shoe. |
CALCIFIC | • calcific adj. Of or pertaining to calcification. • calcific adj. Of or pertaining to the formation of eggshells in birds and reptiles. • CALCIFIC adj. containing salts of calcium. |
CALCINED | • calcined v. Simple past tense and past participle of calcine. • calcined adj. Converted by calcination. • calcined adj. (Figurative) Purified, refined. |
CALCINES | • calcines v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of calcine. • CALCINE v. to reduce to a calx by heating. |
CALCITES | • calcites n. Plural of calcite. • CALCITE n. a mineral, limestone or Iceland spar. |
CALCITIC | • calcitic adj. Pertaining to, resembling, or composed of calcite. • CALCITIC adj. relating to a calcite. |
CALCIUMS | • calciums n. Plural of calcium. • CALCIUM n. a metallic element. |
CALCRETE | • calcrete n. A sedimentary rock, a hardened deposit of calcium carbonate, capable of cementing together with other materials. • CALCRETE n. a composite rock of sand and gravel cemented with calcium carbonate. |
CALCSPAR | • calcspar n. Calcite. • CALCSPAR n. a mineral, calcite. |
CALCTUFA | • calctufa n. Calcite; calcspar. • calc-tufa n. Tufa. • CALCTUFA n. a rock made of fine volcanic detritus, also TOPH, TOPHE, TUFA. |
CALCTUFF | • calctuff n. Alternative form of calctufa. • calc-tuff n. Alternative form of calc-tufa. • CALCTUFF n. a general term for all consolidated pyroclastic rock, also TUFF. |
CALCULAR | • calcular adj. (Medicine) Relating to a calculus. • CALCULAR adj. relating to the mathematical calculus. |
CALCULUS | • calculus n. (Dated, countable) Calculation; computation. • calculus n. (Countable, mathematics) Any formal system in which symbolic expressions are manipulated according to fixed rules. • calculus n. (Uncountable, often definite, the calculus) Differential calculus and integral calculus considered as… |