Helen Fenton

Calcify: Definition and part of speech

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Calcify

  1. 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. v. t. To make stony or calcareous by the deposit or secretion of salts of lime.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Calcigenous: Definition and part of speech

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Calcigenous

  1. a. Tending to form, or to become, a calx or earthlike substance on being oxidized or burnt; as magnesium, calcium. etc.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Calamitous: Definition and part of speech

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Calamitous

  1. a. Producing, or attended with distress and misery; making wretched; wretched; unhappy.
  2. a. Suffering calamity; wretched; miserable.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Calamity: Definition and part of speech

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Calamity

  1. n. A state or time of distress or misfortune; misery.
  2. n. Any great misfortune or cause of misery; — generally applied to events or disasters which produce extensive evil, either to communities or individuals.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Calamus: Definition and part of speech

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Calamus

  1. n. The horny basal portion of a feather; the barrel or quill.
  2. n. The indian cane, a plant of the Palm family. It furnishes the common rattan. See Rattan, and Dragon’s blood.
  3. n. A species of Acorus (A. calamus), commonly called calamus, or sweet flag. The root has a pungent, aromatic taste, and is used in medicine as a stomachic; the leaves have an aromatic odor, and were formerly used instead of rushes to strew on floors.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Calash: Definition and part of speech

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Calash

  1. n. A hood, formerly worn by ladies, which could be drawn forward or thrown back like the top of a carriage.
  2. n. A light carriage with low wheels, having a top or hood that can be raised or lowered, seats for inside, a separate seat for the driver, and often a movable front, so that it can be used as either an open or a close carriage.
  3. n. In Canada, a two-wheeled, one-seated vehicle, with a calash top, and the driver’s seat elevated in front.
  4. n. A hood or top of a carriage which can be thrown back at pleasure.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.