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41chal|can|thite — «kal KAN thyt», noun. Mineralogy. native copper sulfate or blue vitriol. Formula: CuSO4•5H2O ╂[< Latin chalcanthum (< Greek chálkanthon solution of blue vitriol < chalkós copper + ánthos flower) + English ite1] …
42chal|ce|don|ic — «KAL suh DON ihk», adjective. of or like chalcedony …
43chal|ced|o|nous — «kal SEHD uh nuhs», adjective. like chalcedony …
44chal|ced|o|ny — «kal SEHD uh nee, KAL suh DOH », noun, plural nies. a variety of fibrous quartz that has a waxy luster and occurs in various colors and forms. A common kind is grayish or blue. Agate, onyx, carnelian, and jasper are forms of chalcedony. ╂[<… …
45chal|ce|don — «KAL suh don», noun. = checkerspot. (Cf. ↑checkerspot) ╂[< New Latin chalcedona, probably < Latin chalcēdonius chalcedony] …
46Chal|chi|uht|li|cu|e — «CHAHL chee oot LEE koo ay», noun. Aztec Mythology. the goddess of running water and wife or sister of the rain god Tlaloc. She was the protectress of newborn children, marriage, and innocent love …
47chal|cid|i|an — «kal SIHD ee uhn», adjective, noun. –adj. belonging to or having the characteristics of a chalcid. –n. = chalcid. (Cf. ↑chalcid) …
48chal|cid — «KAL sihd», noun, or chalcid fly, any one of a family of very small, four winged insects whose larvae live as parasites on other insects. ╂[< New Latin Chalcides the genus name < Greek chalkós copper (from their color)] …
49chal|co|cite — «KAL kuh syt», noun. a shiny gray sulfide of copper; native copper sulfide. Formula: Cu2S ╂[earlier chalcosine (< Greek chalkós copper) + English ite1] …
50chal|co|gen|ide — «KAL kuh juh nyd, kal KOJ uh nyd», noun, adjective. –n. a compound formed with any of the elements oxygen, sulfur, selenium, and tellurium (group 6A of the periodic table) and another element or radical. –adj. composed of one or more of the… …
