CPage 14
- English Word Calaverite Definition A bronze-yellow massive mineral with metallic luster; a telluride of gold; -- first found in Calaveras County California.
- English Word Calc-sinter Definition See under Calcite.
- English Word Calc-spar Definition Same as Calcite.
- English Word Calc-tufa Definition See under Calcite.
- English Word Calcaneal Definition Pertaining to the calcaneum; as, calcaneal arteries.
- English Word Calcaneum Definition One of the bones of the tarsus which in man, forms the great bone of the heel; -- called also fibulare.
- English Word Calcar Definition A kind of oven, or reverberatory furnace, used for the calcination of sand and potash, and converting them into frit.
- English Word Calcar Definition A hollow tube or spur at the base of a petal or corolla.
- English Word Calcar Definition A slender bony process from the ankle joint of bats, which helps to support the posterior part of the web, in flight.
- English Word Calcar Definition A spur, or spurlike prominence.
- English Word Calcar Definition A curved ridge in the floor of the leteral ventricle of the brain; the calcar avis, hippocampus minor, or ergot.
- English Word Calcarate Definition Alt. of Calcarated
- English Word Calcarated Definition Having a spur, as the flower of the toadflax and larkspur; spurred.
- English Word Calcarated Definition Armed with a spur.
- English Word Calcareo-argillaceous Definition consisting of, or containing, calcareous and argillaceous earths.
- English Word Calcareo-bituminous Definition Consisting of, or containing, lime and bitumen.
- English Word Calcareo-siliceous Definition Consisting of, or containing calcareous and siliceous earths.
- English Word Calcareous Definition Partaking of the nature of calcite or calcium carbonate; consisting of, or containing, calcium carbonate or carbonate of lime.
- English Word Calcareousness Definition Quality of being calcareous.
- English Word Calcaria Definition of Calcar
- English Word Calcariferous Definition Lime-yielding; calciferous
- English Word Calcarine Definition Pertaining to, or situated near, the calcar of the brain.
- English Word Calcavella Definition A sweet wine from Portugal; -- so called from the district of Carcavelhos.
- English Word Calceated Definition Fitted with, or wearing, shoes.
- English Word Calced Definition Wearing shoes; calceated; -- in distintion from discalced or barefooted; as the calced Carmelites.
- English Word Calcedon Definition A foul vein, like chalcedony, in some precious stones.
- English Word Calcedonian Definition See Chalcedonic.
- English Word Calcedonic Definition Alt. of Calcedonian
- English Word Calceiform Definition Shaped like a slipper, as one petal of the lady's-slipper; calceolate.
- English Word Calceolaria Definition 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.