calcareous
Webster Dictionary
partaking of the nature of calcite or calcium carbonate; consisting of, or containing, calcium carbonate or carbonate of lime
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limestone
Webster Dictionary
a rock consisting chiefly of calcium carbonate or carbonate of lime. It sometimes contains also magnesium carbonate, and is then called magnesian or dolomitic limestone. Crystalline limestone is called marble
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calciferous
(calciferous)
Princeton's WordNet
bearing or producing or containing calcium or calcium carbonate or calcite
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calciferous
(ælˈsɪf ər əs)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
forming salts of calcium, esp. calcium carbonate.
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calcium lactate
(calcium lactate)
Princeton's WordNet
a white crystalline salt made by the action of lactic acid on calcium carbonate; used in foods (as a baking powder) and given medically as a source of calcium
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calcite
Webster Dictionary
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
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calciferous
(ælˈsɪf ər əs)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
containing calcium carbonate.
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calcareous
(ælˈkɛər i əs)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
of, containing, or like calcium carbonate; chalky:
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flowstone
(ˈfloʊˌstoʊn)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a layered deposit of calcium carbonate, CaCO
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calcite
(ˈkæl saɪt)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a common mineral, calcium carbonate, CaCO
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dolomite
(ˈdoʊ ləˌmaɪt, ˈdɒl ə-)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a very common mineral, calcium magnesium carbonate, CaMg(CO
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dripstone
(ˈdrɪpˌstoʊn)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
calcium carbonate occurring in the form of stalactites and stalagmites.
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dripstone
(dripstone)
Princeton's WordNet
the form of calcium carbonate found in stalactites and stalagmites
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halogeton souda
(barilla, Halogeton souda)
Princeton's WordNet
Algerian plant formerly burned to obtain calcium carbonate
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calcareous
(calcareous, chalky)
Princeton's WordNet
composed of or containing or resembling calcium carbonate or calcite or chalk
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chalky
(calcareous, chalky)
Princeton's WordNet
composed of or containing or resembling calcium carbonate or calcite or chalk
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barilla
(barilla, Halogeton souda)
Princeton's WordNet
Algerian plant formerly burned to obtain calcium carbonate
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cystolith
(ˈsɪs tl ɪθ)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a knobby concretion of calcium carbonate in the cell walls of some leaves.
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tufa
(ˈtu fə, ˈtyu-)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a porous limestone formed from calcium carbonate deposited by springs or the like.
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caliche
(əˈli tʃi)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a zone of calcium carbonate or other carbonates in soils of semiarid regions.
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aragonite
(aragonite)
Princeton's WordNet
a mineral form of crystalline calcium carbonate; dimorphic with calcite
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stalactite
(stalactite)
Princeton's WordNet
a cylinder of calcium carbonate hanging from the roof of a limestone cave
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caliche-topped
(caliche-topped)
Princeton's WordNet
covered with caliche, a hard calcium-carbonate encrusted soil
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limekiln
(limekiln)
Princeton's WordNet
a kiln used to reduce naturally occurring forms of calcium carbonate to lime
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stalagmite
(stalagmite)
Princeton's WordNet
a cylinder of calcium carbonate projecting upward from the floor of a limestone cave
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calcite
(calcite)
Princeton's WordNet
a common mineral consisting of crystallized calcium carbonate; a major constituent of limestone
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calc-tufa
(tufa, calc-tufa)
Princeton's WordNet
a soft porous rock consisting of calcium carbonate deposited from springs rich in lime
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tufa
(tufa, calc-tufa)
Princeton's WordNet
a soft porous rock consisting of calcium carbonate deposited from springs rich in lime
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dimorphism
Webster Dictionary
crystallization in two independent forms of the same chemical compound, as of calcium carbonate as calcite and aragonite
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marl
(ɑrl)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a friable earthy deposit consisting of clay and calcium carbonate, used esp. as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime.
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