Index of English words, starting with "ca"

(1) - Calciferous (a.) Bearing, producing, or containing calcite, or carbonate of lime.

(1) - Calcification (n.) 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.

(1) - 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.
(2) - Calcify (v. t.) To make stony or calcareous by the deposit or secretion of salts of lime.

(1) - Calcimine (v. t.) To wash or cover with calcimine; as, to calcimine walls.
(2) - Calcimine (n.) 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.