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Meanings of Calci:

Relating to calcium or its compounds.

Usage examples:

Calcifuge

Meanings of Calcicole:

noun

A plant that grows best in calcareous soil (occurring chiefly on chalk and limestone).

Usage examples:

A rich calcicole flora

Meanings of Calciferol:

noun

One of the d vitamins, a sterol which is formed when its isomer ergosterol is exposed to ultraviolet light, and which is routinely added to dairy products.

Usage examples:

Although several chemical compounds provide vitamin d activity, only two of these substances are co…

Meanings of Calciferous:

adjective

Containing or producing calcium salts, especially calcium carbonate.

Usage examples:

Nodules of calciferous clay

Meanings of Calcification:

noun

The hardening of tissue or other material by the deposition of or conversion into calcium carbonate or some other insoluble calcium compounds.

Usage examples:

There is calcification in the right shoulder causing soreness

Meanings of Calcifies:

verb

Harden by deposition of or conversion into calcium carbonate or another insoluble calcium compound.

Usage examples:

These elements would calcify as rock

Meanings of Calcifuge:

noun

A plant that is not suited to calcareous soil.

Usage examples:

Calcifuge plants such as heathers

Meanings of Calcifying:

verb

Harden by deposition of or conversion into calcium carbonate or another insoluble calcium compound.

Usage examples:

These elements would calcify as rock

Meanings of Calcimine:

noun

A kind of white or pale blue wash for walls and ceilings.

Usage examples:

Kalsomine, even when first applied, had a tenuous grip on the plaster.

verb

Whitewash (a wall or ceiling) with kalsomine.

Usage examples:

We laid new floors, put windows, kalsomined the walls

Meanings of Calcimined:

verb

Whitewash (a wall or ceiling) with kalsomine.

Usage examples:

We laid new floors, put windows, kalsomined the walls

noun

A kind of white or pale blue wash for walls and ceilings.

Usage examples:

Kalsomine, even when first applied, had a tenuous grip on the plaster.

Meanings of Calcimining:

verb

Whitewash (a wall or ceiling) with kalsomine.

Usage examples:

We laid new floors, put windows, kalsomined the walls

noun

A kind of white or pale blue wash for walls and ceilings.

Usage examples:

Kalsomine, even when first applied, had a tenuous grip on the plaster.

Meanings of Calcine:

verb

Reduce, oxidize, or desiccate by roasting or exposing to strong heat.

Usage examples:

We calcine the medicine so that we may better dissolve it

Meanings of Calcined:

adjective

Reduced, oxidized, or desiccated by roasting or exposing to strong heat.

Usage examples:

In some cases only calcined bones were left to tell that human beings had ever been there

verb

Reduce, oxidize, or desiccate by roasting or exposing to strong heat.

Usage examples:

We calcine the medicine so that we may better dissolve it

Meanings of Calcining:

verb

Reduce, oxidize, or desiccate by roasting or exposing to strong heat.

Usage examples:

We calcine the medicine so that we may better dissolve it

Meanings of Calciphylaxis:

noun

A rare but serious disease in which there is an increase in the amount of calcium in the arteries and small blood vessels, preventing blood from reaching body tissues

Meanings of Calcite:

noun

A white or colourless mineral consisting of calcium carbonate. it is a major constituent of sedimentary rocks such as limestone and is deposited in caves to form stalactites and stalagmites.

Usage examples:

Quartz is the dominant mineral in veins in siliceous rocks, calcite in limestones, and gypsum in gy…

Meanings of Calcitonin:

noun

A hormone secreted by the thyroid that has the effect of lowering blood calcium.

Usage examples:

When parathyroid hormone and calcitonin had both been purified, it was possible to determine that i…

Meanings of Calcium:

noun

The chemical element of atomic number 20, a soft grey metal.

Usage examples:

These active regions often require the presence of a metal ion such as calcium, zinc or iron.

Meanings of Calculable:

adjective

Able to be measured or assessed.

Usage examples:

The conversion of mass into energy affects stars in a calculable fashion

Meanings of Calculates:

verb

Determine (the amount or number of something) mathematically.

Usage examples:

The program can calculate the number of words that will fit in the space available

Meanings of Calculation:

noun

A mathematical determination of the amount or number of something.

Usage examples:

Finding ways of saving money involves complicated calculations

Meanings of Calculators:

noun

Something used for making mathematical calculations, in particular a small electronic device with a keyboard and a visual display.

Usage examples:

A pocket calculator

Meanings of Calculus:

noun

The branch of mathematics that deals with the finding and properties of derivatives and integrals of functions, by methods originally based on the summation of infinitesimal differences. the two main types are differential calculus and integral calculus.

Usage examples:

By integrating the function using calculus we can compare the sum of the series with the integral o…

Meanings of Calculuses:

noun

The branch of mathematics that deals with the finding and properties of derivatives and integrals of functions, by methods originally based on the summation of infinitesimal differences. the two main types are differential calculus and integral calculus.

Usage examples:

By integrating the function using calculus we can compare the sum of the series with the integral o…

Meanings of Calcutta:

noun

An unpleasantly full and hot room

Usage examples:

One guest at the crowded reception was heard to mutter "it's like the black hole of calcutta in her…