| CALCIFY | • calcify v. (Transitive) To make something hard and stony by impregnating with calcium salts. • calcify v. (Intransitive) To become hard and stony by impregnation with calcium salts. • CALCIFY v. to convert into calcium carbonate or other insoluble calcium compounds. |
| CALCIFIC | • calcific adj. Of or pertaining to calcification. • calcific adj. Of or pertaining to the formation of eggshells in birds and reptiles. • CALCIFIC adj. containing salts of calcium. |
| CALCIFIED | • calcified v. Simple past tense and past participle of calcify. • calcified adj. Hardened from the deposit of calcium salts. • calcified adj. Made unchanging or inflexible. |
| CALCIFIES | • calcifies v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of calcify. • CALCIFY v. to convert into calcium carbonate or other insoluble calcium compounds. |
| CALCIFUGE | • calcifuge n. Any plant that does not thrive in a soil rich in lime or chalk. • CALCIFUGE n. a plant that will not tolerate limy soil. |
| CALCIFEROL | • calciferol n. Vitamin D3 (C27H44O). • CALCIFEROL n. vitamin D2. |
| CALCIFUGAL | • calcifugal adj. Of or relating to a calcifuge. • CALCIFUGAL adj. like a calcifuge, a plant that will not tolerate limy soil, also CALCIFUGOUS. |
| CALCIFUGES | • calcifuges n. Plural of calcifuge. • CALCIFUGE n. a plant that will not tolerate limy soil. |
| CALCIFYING | • calcifying v. Present participle of calcify. • CALCIFY v. to convert into calcium carbonate or other insoluble calcium compounds. |
| CALCIFEROLS | • calciferols n. Plural of calciferol. • CALCIFEROL n. vitamin D2. |
| CALCIFEROUS | • calciferous adj. Yielding or containing calcium, calcium carbonate or calcite. • CALCIFEROUS adj. bearing lime. |
| CALCIFUGOUS | • calcifugous adj. Synonym of calcifugal. • CALCIFUGOUS adj. like a calcifuge, a plant that will not tolerate limy soil, also CALCIFUGAL. |
| CALCIFICATION | • calcification n. The process of change into a stony or calcareous substance by the deposition of lime salt; -- normally… • CALCIFICATION n. the act of calcifying. |
| CALCIFICATIONS | • calcifications n. Plural of calcification. • CALCIFICATION n. the act of calcifying. |