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1: any garden plant of the genus Calceolaria having flowers with large inflated slipper-shaped lower lip [syn: {slipperwort}]

1: slipper-shaped; "the calceiform lip of certain orchids" [syn: {calceiform}]

{calx}

1: a shoe covering the ankle; worn by ancient Romans

1: derived from or containing calcium or lime

1: growing or living in soil rich in lime [ant: {calcifugous}]

1: a fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets [syn: {vitamin D}, {viosterol}, {ergocalciferol}, {cholecarciferol}, {D}]

1: bearing or producing or containing calcium or calcium carbonate or calcite

1: involving or resulting from calcification

1: a process that impregnates something with calcium (or calcium salts) 2: tissue hardened by deposition of lime salts 3: an inflexible and unchanging state; "the calcification of negotiations"

{calcify}

1: growing or living in acid soil [ant: {calcicolous}]

1: become impregnated with calcium salts [ant: {decalcify}] 2: become inflexible and unchanging; "Old folks can calcify" 3: turn into lime; become calcified; "The rock calcified over the centuries" 4:...

1: a water-base paint containing zinc oxide and glue and coloring; used as a wash for walls and ceilings v : cover with calcimine; "calcimine the walls"

1: the conversion of metals into their oxides as a result of heating to a high temperature

1: heat a substance so that it oxidizes or reduces

1: a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide [syn: {calcium oxide}, {quicklime}, {lime}, {calx}, {fluxing lime}, {unslaked lime}, {burnt lime}]

1: a common mineral consisting of crystallized calcium carbonate; a major constituent of limestone

1: of or relating to or containing calcite

1: thyroid hormone that tends to lower the level of calcium in the blood plasma and inhibit resorption of bone [syn: {thyrocalcitonin}]

1: a white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light; the fifth most abundant element in the earth's crust; an important component of most plants and animals [syn: {Ca}, {atomic number 20}]

1: a bicarbonate that is a major cause of hard water

1: any of a class of drugs that block the flow of the electrolyte calcium (either in nerve cell conduction or smooth muscle contraction of the heart); has been used in the treatment of angina or arrhy...

1: a gray salt of calcium (CaC) used in making acetylene

1: a salt found in nature as chalk or calcite or aragonite or limestone

1: a deliquescent salt; used in de-icing and as a drying agent

1: a caustic substance produced by heating limestone [syn: {calcium hydroxide}, {lime}, {slaked lime}, {hydrated lime}, {caustic lime}, {lime hydrate}]

1: a salt-like binary compound (CaH2) used as a reducing agent and source of hydrogen [syn: {hydrolith}]

1: a caustic substance produced by heating limestone [syn: {lime}, {slaked lime}, {hydrated lime}, {calcium hydrate}, {caustic lime}, {lime hydrate}]

1: any hypochlorite of calcium; used as a bleaching agent

1: ion of calcium; a factor in the clotting of blood [syn: {factor IV}]

1: a white crystalline salt made by the action of lactic acid on calcium carbonate; used in foods (as a baking powder) and given medically as a source of calcium

1: a lamp consisting of a flame directed at a cylinder of lime with a lens to concentrate the light; formerly used for stage lighting [syn: {limelight}]

1: a deliquescent salt that is soluble in water; sometimes used as a source of nitrogen in fertilizers

1: an insoluble calcium salt of stearic acid and palmitic acid; it is formed when soap is mixed with water that contains calcium ions and is the scum produced in regions of hard water [syn: {calcium s...

1: a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide [syn: {quicklime}, {lime}, {calx}, {calcined lime}, {fluxing lime}, {unslaked lime}, {burnt lime}]

1: a phosphate of calcium; a main constituent of animal bones

1: an insoluble calcium salt of stearic acid and palmitic acid; it is formed when soap is mixed with water that contains calcium ions and is the scum produced in regions of hard water [syn: {calcium o...

1: a white salt (CaSO4) [syn: {calcium sulphate}]

1: a white salt (CaSO4) [syn: {calcium sulfate}]

1: any of a class of drugs that block the flow of the electrolyte calcium (either in nerve cell conduction or smooth muscle contraction of the heart); has been used in the treatment of angina or arrhy...

1: a compound used as a fertilizer and as a source of nitrogen compounds [syn: {cyanamide}]

1: capable of being calculated or estimated; "a calculable risk"; "calculable odds" [ant: {incalculable}]

1: make a mathematical calculation or computation [syn: {cipher}, {cypher}, {compute}, {work out}, {reckon}, {figure}] 2: judge to be probable [syn: {estimate}, {reckon}, {count on}, {figure}, {foreca...

1: carefully thought out in advance; "a calculated insult"; "with measured irony" [syn: {deliberate}, {measured}] 2: determined by mathematical computation; "the calculated velocity of a bullet"; "a d...

1: used of persons; "the most calculating and selfish men in the community" [syn: {calculative}, {conniving}, {scheming}, {shrewd}]

1: a small machine that is used for mathematical calculations [syn: {calculator}]

1: in a calculating manner; "he looked at her calculatingly"

1: the procedure of calculating; determining something by mathematical or logical methods [syn: {computation}, {computing}] 2: problem solving that involves numbers or quantities [syn: {computation}, ...

1: used of persons; "the most calculating and selfish men in the community" [syn: {calculating}, {conniving}, {scheming}, {shrewd}]

1: a small machine that is used for mathematical calculations [syn: {calculating machine}] 2: an expert at calculation (or at operating calculating machines) [syn: {reckoner}, {figurer}, {estimator}, ...

{calculus}

1: relating to or caused by or having a calculus or calculi

1: a hard lump produced by the concretion of mineral salts; found in hollow organs or ducts of the body; "renal calculi can be very painful" [syn: {concretion}] 2: an incrustation that forms on the te...

1: the calculus of maxima and minima of definite integrals

1: the largest city in India and one of the largest cities in the world; located in eastern India; suffers from poverty and overcrowding [syn: {Kolkata}]

1: of or relating to or characteristic of Calcutta or its inhabitants

{caldarium}

1: United States sculptor who first created mobiles and stabiles (1898-1976) [syn: {Alexander Calder}]

1: a large crater caused by the violent explosion of a volcano that collapses into a depression