de|cal|ci|fi|ca|tion — «dee KAL suh fuh KAY shuhn», noun. 1. the act of decalcifying. 2. the state or condition of being decalcified … Useful english dictionary
cal — abi·o·log·i·cal; adre·no·cor·ti·cal; aero·bi·o·log·i·cal; aero·chem·i·cal; aero·log·i·cal; aero·med·i·cal; aero·nau·ti·cal; aero·phys·i·cal; aero·tech·ni·cal; aes·thet·i·cal·ly; afo·cal; ag·a·tho·kak·o·log·i·cal; ag·nat·i·cal·ly;… … English syllables
tion — ab·bre·vi·a·tion; ab·di·ca·tion; ab·duc·tion; ab·er·ra·tion; ab·er·ra·tion·al; ab·jec·tion; ab·junc·tion; ab·ju·ra·tion; ab·lac·ta·tion; ab·la·tion; ab·lu·tion; ab·mi·gra·tion; ab·ne·ga·tion; ab·o·li·tion; ab·o·li·tion·ary; ab·o·li·tion·dom;… … English syllables
cal|ci|na|tion — «KAL suh NAY shuhn», noun. 1. the act or operation of calcining. 2. anything formed by calcining. 3. the state of being calcined … Useful english dictionary
cal|cu|la|tion|al — «KAL kyuh LAY shuh nuhl», adjective. of or having to do with calculation … Useful english dictionary
cal|cu|la|tion — «KAL kyuh LAY shuhn», noun. 1. the act of adding, subtracting, multiplying, or dividing to find a result; computation: »We made a careful calculation of what the trip would cost us. 2. the result found by calculating: »Our first calculation was… … Useful english dictionary
cal|e|fac|tion — «KAL uh FAK shuhn», noun. 1. a making warm; warming; heating. 2. a heated condition. ╂[< Latin calefactiō, ōnis < calefacere; see etym. under calefacient (Cf. ↑calefacient)] … Useful english dictionary
cal|i|bra|tion — «KAL uh BRAY shuhn», noun. 1. the act or process of calibrating: »The melting and boiling points of a large number of substances have been carefully measured and tabulated and these temperatures may now be used in the calibration of any type of… … Useful english dictionary
cal|li|sec|tion — «KAL uh SEHK shuhn», noun. painless vivisection; the dissection of living animals which have been anesthetized. ╂[< Latin callus hard skin + sectiō, ōnis a cutting] … Useful english dictionary
lo´cal|i|za´tion — lo|cal|ize «LOH kuh lyz», verb, ized, iz|ing. –v.t. to make local; fix in, assign, or limit to a particular place or locality: »The infection seemed to be localized in the foot. SYNONYM(S): place. –v.i. to become localized. –lo´cal|iz´a|ble,… … Useful english dictionary