Vocabulary : Calciferous to Calcimine

Calciferous : Bearing, producing, or containing calcite, or carbonate of lime.
Calcific : Calciferous. Specifically: (Zool.) of or pertaining to the portion of the oviduct which forms the eggshell in birds and reptiles.
Calcification : 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.
Calcified : Consisting of, or containing, calcareous matter or lime salts; calcareous. ;; of Calcify
Calciform : In the form of chalk or lime.

Calcify : To make stony or calcareous by the deposit or secretion of salts of lime. ;; To become changed into a stony or calcareous condition, in which lime is a principal ingredient, as in the formation of teeth.
Calcifying : of Calcify
Calcigenous : Tending to form, or to become, a calx or earthlike substance on being oxidized or burnt; as magnesium, calcium. etc.
Calcigerous : Holding lime or other earthy salts; as, the calcigerous cells of the teeth.
Calcimine : 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. ;; To wash or cover with calcimine; as, to calcimine walls.

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