Definitions for calcareous

calcareous cal·car·e·ous

Spelling: [kal-kair-ee-uh s]
IPA: /kælˈkɛər i əs/

Calcareous is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 619 anagrams from letters in calcareous (aaccelorsu).

Definitions for calcareous

adjective

  1. of, containing, or like calcium carbonate; chalky:

Origin of calcareous

1670-80; variant of calcarious Latin calcārius of lime; see calx, -ary

Examples for calcareous

Some of these trees had the most calcareous foundations anybody ever saw.

The tail is likewise covered with a series of calcareous rings.

Everywhere was the universal whiteness of the calcareous deposit.

The quantity of Radiolaria contained varies, and is more conspicuous the fewer the calcareous shells of Foraminifera present.

Compare the Ascula of the calcareous sponge on the Frontispiece, Fig. 7, 8.

This may be calcareous, consisting of soluble carbonate of lime.

On the beaks is a calcareous nucleus which distinguishes it.

If the soil is not calcareous by nature, it must be made so artificially.

Every kind of calcareous stone is capable of being used for lithography.

The burrows are about an inch deep, and are lined with a calcareous deposit.

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