Calx

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The crumbly residue left after a mineral or metal has been calcined or roasted.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The substance which remains after a metal or mineral has been thoroughly burnt, seen as being the essential substance left after the expulsion of phlogiston.
  • n. the oxide left after calcination of a metal.
  • n. calcium oxide
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n.
  • n. Quicklime.
  • n. The substance which remains when a metal or mineral has been subjected to calcination or combustion by heat, and which is, or may be, reduced to a fine powder.
  • n. Broken and refuse glass, returned to the post.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Lime or chalk.
  • n. The ashy substance which remains after metals, minerals, etc., have been calcined. Metallic calxes are now generally called oxids.
  • n. Broken and refuse glass, which is restored to the pots.
  • n. In anatomy, the heel: commonly used in the Latin genitive (calcis), as in os calcis, the heel-bone or calcaneum.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    oxide   
    Cross Reference
    blue calx    chlorinata   
    Variant
    calces   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    quicklime   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    periodide    novus    ash-pan    cecidit    tuetur    invenio    maritum    bone dust    intelligere    clinkers