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Word Meanings - CALCAREOUS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Partaking of the nature ofcalcite or calcium carbonate; consisting of, or containg, calcium carbonate or carbonate of lime. Clcareous spar. See as Calcite.

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  • CALCIUM
    An elementary substance; a metal which combined with oxygen forms lime. It is of a pale yellow color, tenacious, and malleable. It is a member of the alkaline earth group of elements. Atomic weight 40. Symbol Ca. Note: Calcium is widely
  • CONTAGIUM
    Contagion; contagious matter. "Contagium of measles." Tyndall.
  • PARTAKE
    1. To partake of; to have a part or share in; to share. Let every one partake the general joy. Driden. 2. To admit to a share; to cause to participate; to give a part to. Spencer. 3. To distribute; to communicate. Shak.
  • CONSISTENTLY
    In a consistent manner.
  • CONTAINMENT
    That which is contained; the extent; the substance. The containment of a rich man's estate. Fuller.
  • CONSIST
    1. To stand firm; to be in a fixed or permanent state, as a body composed of parts in union or connection; to hold together; to be; to exist; to subsist; to be supported and maintained. He is before all things, and by him all things consist. Col.
  • CALCITE
    Calcium carbonate, or carbonate of lime. It is rhombohedral in its crystallization, and thus distinguished from aragonite. It includes common limestone, chalk, and marble. Called also calc-spar and calcareous spar. Note: Argentine is a
  • CONSISTORIAN
    Pertaining to a Presbyterian consistory; -- a contemptuous term of 17th century controversy. You fall next on the consistorian schismatics; for so you call Presbyterians. Milton.
  • CONTACTION
    Act of touching.
  • CONTACT
    The property of two curves, or surfaces, which meet, and at the point of meeting have a common direction. (more info) 1. A close union or junction of bodies; a touching or meeting.
  • CONSISTENCE; CONSISTENCY
    1. The condition of standing or adhering together, or being fixed in union, as the parts of a body; existence; firmness; coherence; solidity. Water, being divided, maketh many circles, till it restore itself to the natural consistence. Bacon. We
  • PARTAKER
    1. One who partakes; a sharer; a participator. Partakers of their spiritual things. Rom. xv. 27. Wish me partaker in my happiness. Shark. 2. An accomplice; an associate; a partner. Partakers wish them in the blood of the prophets. Matt. xxiii. 30.
  • CONTAINANT
    A container.
  • CONTAGIONIST
    One who believes in the contagious character of certain diseases, as of yellow fever.
  • CONTAGIONED
    Affected by contagion.
  • CARBONATED
    Combined or impregnated with carbonic acid.
  • CONTAGIOUSLY
    In a contagious manner.
  • CONSISTENT
    1. Possessing firmness or fixedness; firm; hard; solid. The humoral and consistent parts of the body. Harvey. 2. Having agreement with itself or with something else; having harmony among its parts; possesing unity; accordant; harmonious; congruous;
  • CONTAMINATE
    Contaminated; defiled; polluted; tainted. "Contaminate drink." Daniel.
  • NATURED
    Having a nature, temper, or disposition; disposed; -- used in composition; as, good-natured, ill-natured, etc.
  • FERROCALCITE
    Limestone containing a large percentage of iron carbonate, and hence turning brown on exposure.
  • UNNATURE
    To change the nature of; to invest with a different or contrary nature. A right heavenly nature, indeed, as if were unnaturing them, doth so bridle them . Sir P. Sidney.
  • DEMINATURED
    Having half the nature of another. Shak.
  • TIME SIGNATURE
    A sign at the beginning of a composition or movement, placed after the key signature, to indicate its time or meter. Also called rhythmical signature. It is in the form of a fraction, of which the denominator indicates the kind of note taken as
  • ORNATURE
    Decoration; ornamentation. Holinshed.
  • INCONSISTENTLY
    In an inconsistent manner.
  • CONSIGNATURE
    Joint signature. Colgrave.
  • DECARBONATE
    To deprive of carbonic acid.
  • NITROCALCITE
    Nitrate of calcium, a substance having a grayish white color, occuring in efforescences on old walls, and in limestone caves, especially where there exists decaying animal matter.
  • INCONSISTENCY
    1. The quality or state of being inconsistent; discordance in respect to sentiment or action; such contrariety between two things that both can not exist or be true together; disagreement; incompatibility. There is a perfect inconsistency between

 

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