calcify

calcify is a 7-letter English word with 6 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To make stony or calcareous by the deposit or secretion of salts of lime. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 17 · Words With Friends 19 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To make stony or calcareous by the deposit or secretion of salts of lime.
2. intransitive verb. To become changed into a stony or calcareous condition, in which lime is a principal ingredient, as in the formation of teeth.
3. verb. convert into lime

   "the salts calcified the rock"

4. verb. turn into lime; become calcified

   "The rock calcified over the centuries"

5. verb. become impregnated with calcium salts
6. verb. become inflexible and unchanging

   "Old folks can calcify"

Common word forms

calcified, calcifies, calcifying

Words from these letters

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