| calcaneal | (adj) relating to the heel bone or heel | | calcareous | (adj) composed of or containing or resembling calcium carbonate or calcite or chalk, Syn. chalky | | calcarine sulcus | (n) a sulcus in the mesial surface of the occipital lobe of the cerebrum, Syn. calcarine fissure | | calced | (adj) used of certain religious orders who wear shoes, Syn. shod, Ant. discalced | | calceolaria | (n) any garden plant of the genus Calceolaria having flowers with large inflated slipper-shaped lower lip, Syn. slipperwort | | calceolate | (adj) of slipper-shaped blossoms, Syn. calceiform, Example: the calceiform lip of certain orchids | | calceus | (n) a shoe covering the ankle; worn by ancient Romans | | calcic | (adj) derived from or containing calcium or lime | | calcicolous | (adj) growing or living in soil rich in lime, Ant. calcifugous | | calciferous | (adj) bearing or producing or containing calcium or calcium carbonate or calcite |
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| Calcaneal | a. (Anal.) Pertaining to the calcaneum; as, calcaneal arteries. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Calcaneum | ‖pos>n.; pl. E. -neums, L. -nea. [ L. the heel, fr. calx, calcis, the heel. ] (Anal.) One of the bones of the tarsus which in man, forms the great bone of the heel; -- called also fibulare. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Calcar | ‖ n.; L. pl. Calcaria [ L., a spur, as worn on the heel, also the spur of a cock, fr. calx, calcis, the heel. ] 1. (Bot.) A hollow tube or spur at the base of a petal or corolla. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. (Zool.) A slender bony process from the ankle joint of bats, which helps to support the posterior part of the web, in flight. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. (Anat.) (a) A spur, or spurlike prominence. (b) A curved ridge in the floor of the leteral ventricle of the brain; the calcar avis, hippocampus minor, or ergot. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Calcar | n. [ L. calcaria lime kiln, fr. calx, calcis, lime. See Calx. ] (Glass manuf.) A kind of oven, or reverberatory furnace, used for the calcination of sand and potash, and converting them into frit. Ure. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Calcarated | { } a. [ LL. calcaratus, fr. L. calcar. See 2d Calcar. ] [ 1913 Webster ] 1. (Bot.) Having a spur, as the flower of the toadflax and larkspur; spurred. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. (Zool.) Armed with a spur. [ 1913 Webster ] Variants: Calcarate | | Calcareo-argillaceous | a. consisting of, or containing, calcareous and argillaceous earths. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Calcareo-bituminous | a. Consisting of, or containing, lime and bitumen. Lyell. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Calcareo-siliceous | a.Consisting of, or containing, calcareous and siliceous earths. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Calcareous | a. [ L. calcarius pertaining to lime. See Calx. ] Partaking of the nature of calcite or calcium carbonate; consisting of, or containing, calcium carbonate or carbonate of lime. [ 1913 Webster ]
Calcareous spar. Same as Calcite. [ 1913 Webster ]
| | Calcareousness | n. Quality of being calcareous. [ 1913 Webster ] |
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