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calcific |
calcification |
calcified |
calciform |
calcifugous |
calcify
| calcigenous
| calcigerous
| calcimine
| calciminer
| calcinable
calcify
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb calcify has 4 senses
- calcify(v = verb.change) Array - become impregnated with calcium salts; Array is one way to harden, indurate
- calcify(v = verb.change) Array - become inflexible and unchanging; "Old folks can calcify" is one way to change
- calcify(v = verb.change) Array - turn into lime; become calcified; "The rock calcified over the centuries" is one way to change state, turn
- calcify(v = verb.change) Array - convert into lime; "the salts calcified the rock" is one way to alter, change, modify
Derived forms noun calcification1, noun calcification2, noun calcium1
Antonym: decalcify
Sample sentence:
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Derived form noun calcification3
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Somebody ----s
Derived forms noun calcification2, noun calcium1
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Derived form noun calcium1
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CIDE DICTIONARY
calcify, v. t. [L. calx, calcis, lime + -fy.].
To make stony or calcareous by the deposit or secretion of salts of lime. [1913 Webster]
calcify, v. i.
To become changed into a stony or calcareous condition, in which lime is a principal ingredient, as in the formation of teeth. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
calcify, v.tr. & intr. (-ies, -ied)
1 harden or become hardened by deposition of calcium salts; petrify.
2 convert or be converted to calcium carbonate.
1 harden or become hardened by deposition of calcium salts; petrify.
2 convert or be converted to calcium carbonate.
Derivative
calcific adj. calcification n.
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