"Calcareous" is a word in ENGLISH

A gaseous compound of carbon and hydrogen, in the proportion of two atoms of the former to two of the …

A mineral of a white or gray color, occurring massive or crystallized. It is a compound of the carbonates of …

The act or process of disintegrating a substance, or rendering it friable by the action of heat, esp. by the …

Calcium carbonate, or carbonate of lime. It is rhombohedral in its crystallization, and thus distinguished from aragonite. It includes common …

A soft, earthy substance, of a white, grayish, or yellowish white color, consisting of calcium carbonate, and having the same …

A whitish marble, from Rome, containiing pale greenish zones. It consists of calcium carbonate, with zones and cloudings of talc.

Crystallization in two independent forms of the same chemical compound, as of calcium carbonate as calcite and aragonite.

Oxide of calcium; the white or gray, caustic substance, usually called quicklime, obtained by calcining limestone or shells, the heat …

A rock consisting chiefly of calcium carbonate or carbonate of lime. It sometimes contains also magnesium carbonate, and is then …

A variety of calcite, or calcium carbonate, consisting of aggregated globular concretions about the size of a pea; -- called …

A pendent cone or cylinder of calcium carbonate resembling an icicle in form and mode of attachment. Stalactites are found …

A white concretionary form of calcium carbonate, usually hard and semicrystalline. It is deposited from the water of springs or …

Either one of two pigments (called blue verditer, and green verditer) which are made by treating copper nitrate with calcium …

A mineral water found at Vichy, France. It is essentially an effervescent solution of sodium, calcium, and magnetism carbonates, with …