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-ferous
unknown · 78% connection
A suffix signifying bearing, producing, yielding; as, auriferous, yielding gold; chyliferous, producing chyle.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lime-yielding, calciferous.
Air-slacked
adjective · 78% connection
Slacked, or pulverized, by exposure to the air; as, air-slacked lime.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lime-yielding, calciferous.
Alabaster
noun · 78% connection
A compact variety or sulphate of lime, or gypsum, of fine texture, and usually white and translucent, but sometimes yellow, red, or gr…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lime-yielding, calciferous.
Allomorph
noun · 78% connection
Any one of two or more distinct crystalline forms of the same substance; or the substance having such forms; -- as, carbonate of lime…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lime-yielding, calciferous.
Anhydrite
noun · 78% connection
A mineral of a white or a slightly bluish color, usually massive. It is anhydrous sulphate of lime, and differs from gypsum in not con…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lime-yielding, calciferous.
Anorthite
noun · 78% connection
A mineral of the feldspar family, commonly occurring in small glassy crystals, also a constituent of some igneous rocks. It is a lime…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lime-yielding, calciferous.
Apatite
noun · 78% connection
Native phosphate of lime, occurring usually in six-sided prisms, color often pale green, transparent or translucent.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lime-yielding, calciferous.
Aragonite
noun · 78% connection
A mineral identical in composition with calcite or carbonate of lime, but differing from it in its crystalline form and some of its ph…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lime-yielding, calciferous.
Areca
noun · 78% connection
A genus of palms, one species of which produces the areca nut, or betel nut, which is chewed in India with the leaf of the Piper Betle…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lime-yielding, calciferous.
Argentine
noun · 78% connection
A siliceous variety of calcite, or carbonate of lime, having a silvery-white, pearly luster, and a waving or curved lamellar structure.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lime-yielding, calciferous.
Asphaltum
noun · 78% connection
A composition of bitumen, pitch, lime, and gravel, used for forming pavements, and as a water-proof cement for bridges, roofs, etc.; a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lime-yielding, calciferous.
Axinite
noun · 78% connection
A borosilicate of alumina, iron, and lime, commonly found in glassy, brown crystals with acute edges.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lime-yielding, calciferous.
Babingtonite
noun · 78% connection
A mineral occurring in triclinic crystals approaching pyroxene in angle, and of a greenish black color. It is a silicate of iron, mang…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lime-yielding, calciferous.
Badigeon
noun · 78% connection
A cement or paste (as of plaster and freestone, or of sawdust and glue or lime) used by sculptors, builders, and workers in wood or st…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lime-yielding, calciferous.
Bass
noun · 78% connection
The linden or lime tree, sometimes wrongly called whitewood; also, its bark, which is used for making mats. See Bast.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lime-yielding, calciferous.
Basswood
noun · 78% connection
The bass (Tilia) or its wood; especially, T. Americana. See Bass, the lime tree.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lime-yielding, calciferous.
Bast
noun · 78% connection
The inner fibrous bark of various plants; esp. of the lime tree; hence, matting, cordage, etc., made therefrom.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lime-yielding, calciferous.
Betel
noun · 78% connection
A species of pepper (Piper betle), the leaves of which are chewed, with the areca or betel nut and a little shell lime, by the inhabit…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lime-yielding, calciferous.
