Cal*ca"re*o-ar`gil*la"ceous (?), a. consisting of, or containing, calcareous and argillaceous earths.
Cal*ca"re*o-bi*tu"mi*nous (?), a. Consisting of, or containing, lime and bitumen. Lyell.
Cal*ca"re*o-si*li"ceous (?), a.Consisting of, or containing calcareous and siliceous earths.
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 carbonate of lime.
Calcareous spar. See as Calcite.
Cal*ca"re*ous*ness, n. Quality of being calcareous.
Cal`ca*rif"er*ous (?), a. [L. calcarius of lime + ferous.] Lime-yielding; calciferous
Cal"ca*rine (?), a. (Anat.) Pertaining to, or situated near, the calcar of the brain.
Cal`ca*vel"la (?), n. A sweet wine from Portugal; -- so called from the district of Carcavelhos. [Written also Calcavellos or Carcavelhos.]
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.
Calced (?), a. [See Calceated.] Wearing shoes; calceated; -- in distintion from discalced or barefooted; as the calced Carmelites.
Cal"ce*don (?), n. [See Chalcedony.] A foul vein, like chalcedony, in some precious stones.
{ Cal`ce*don"ic (?), Cal`ce*do"ni*an, } a. See Chalcedonic.
Cal"ce*i*form` (kăl"s&esl;*&ibreve;*f˘rm`), a. [L. calceus shoe + -form.] (Bot.) Shaped like a slipper, as one petal of the lady's-slipper; calceolate.
||cal`ce*o*la"ri*a (kăl`s&esl;*&osl;*lā"r&ibreve;*&adot;), n. [NL., fr. L. calceolarius shoemaker, fr. calceolus, a dim. of calceus shoe.] (Bot.) A genus of showy herbaceous or shrubby plants, brought from South America; slipperwort. It has a yellow or purple flower, often spotted or striped, the shape of which suggests its name.
Cal"ce*o*late (?), a. [See Calceolaria.] Slipper-ahaped. See Calceiform.
||Cal"ces (?), n. pl. See Calx.
Cal"cic (?), a. [L. calx, calcis, lime: cf. F. calcique.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, calcium or lime.
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 lower Silurian system, immediately succeeding the Cambrian period. The name alludes to the peculiar mixture of calcareous and siliceous characteristics in many of the beds. See the Diagram under Geology.
Cal*cif"ic (?), a. Calciferous. Specifically: (Zo÷l.) of or pertaining to the portion of the oviduct which forms the eggshell in birds and reptiles. Huxley.
Cal`ci*fi*ca"tion (kăl`s&ibreve;*f&ibreve;*kā"shŭn), n. (Physiol.) The process of change into a stony or calcareous substance by the deposition of lime salt; -- normally, as in the formation of bone and of teeth; abnormally, as in calcareous degeneration of tissue.
Cal"ci*fied (kăl"s&ibreve;*fīd), a. Consisting of, or containing, calcareous matter or lime salts; calcareous.
Cal"ci*form (kăl"s&ibreve;*f˘rm), a. [L. calx, calcis, lime + - form.] In the form of chalk or lime.
Cal"ci*fy (kăl"s&ibreve;*fī), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Calcified (- fīd); p. pr. & vb. n. Calcifying.] [L. calx, calcis, lime + -fy.] To make stony or calcareous by the deposit or secretion of salts of lime.
Cal"ci*fy, v. i. To become changed into a stony or calcareous condition, in which lime is a principal ingredient, as in the formation of teeth.
Cal*cig"e*nous (?), a. [L. calx, calcis, lime + -genouse.] (Chem.) Tending to form, or to become, a calx or earthlike substance on being oxidized or burnt; as magnesium, calcium. etc.
Cal*cig"er*ous (?), a. [L. calx, calcis, lime + -gerouse.] Holding lime or other earthy salts; as, the calcigerous cells of the teeth.
Cal"ci*mine (?), n. [L. calx, calcis, lime.] A white or colored wash for the ceiling or other plastering of a room, consisting of a mixture of clear glue, Paris white or zinc white, and water. [Also spelt kalsomine.]
Cal"ci*mine, v. t. [imp. &p. p. Calcimined (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Calcimining.] To wash or cover with calcimine; as, to calcimine walls.
Cal"ci*mi`ner (?), n. One who calcimines.
Cal*cin"a*ble (?), a. That may be calcined; as, a calcinable fossil.