Helen Fenton

Calaverite: Definition and part of speech

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Calaverite

  1. n. A bronze-yellow massive mineral with metallic luster; a telluride of gold; — first found in Calaveras County California.

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.

Calcaneum: Definition and part of speech

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Calcaneum

  1. n. One of the bones of the tarsus which in man, forms the great bone of the heel; — called also fibulare.

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.

Calcar: Definition and part of speech

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Calcar

  1. n. A kind of oven, or reverberatory furnace, used for the calcination of sand and potash, and converting them into frit.
  2. n. A hollow tube or spur at the base of a petal or corolla.
  3. n. A slender bony process from the ankle joint of bats, which helps to support the posterior part of the web, in flight.
  4. n. A spur, or spurlike prominence.

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.

Calcarated: Definition and part of speech

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Calcarated

  1. a. Armed with a spur.
  2. a. Having a spur, as the flower of the toadflax and larkspur; spurred.

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.

Calcareo-argillaceous: Definition and part of speech

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Calcareo-argillaceous

  1. a. consisting of, or containing, calcareous and argillaceous earths.

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.