calcify

calcify has 6 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 7.

Definitions

• v. t.. To make stony or calcareous by the deposit or secretion of salts of lime.
• v. i.. To become changed into a stony or calcareous condition, in which lime is a principal ingredient, as in the formation of teeth.
• v.. convert into lime; "the salts calcified the rock"
• v.. turn into lime; become calcified; "The rock calcified over the centuries"
• v.. become impregnated with calcium salts
• v.. become inflexible and unchanging; "Old folks can calcify"