Chalky

  • 31chalky — a. Cretaceous …

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  • 32chalky — adj 1. colorless, pale, pasty, wan, pallid, waxen, sallow, ashen, ghastly; blanched, bleached, milky, milk white; white, albescent, snowy, niveous, marmoreal. 2. cretaceous, powdery, crumbly, pulverous, dusty, flaky, pulverulent; comminuted,… …

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  • 33chalky — [ˈtʃɔːki] adj similar to chalk, or containing chalk …

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  • 34chalky — I. /ˈtʃɔki/ (say chawkee) adjective (chalkier, chalkiest) of or like chalk. –chalkiness, noun II. /ˈtʃɔki/ (say chawkee) noun (plural chalkies) → chalkie …

  • 35chalky — adj. (chalkier, chalkiest) 1 a abounding in chalk. b white as chalk. 2 like or containing chalk stones. Derivatives: chalkiness n …

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  • 36chalky bones — osteopetrosis …

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  • 37chalky gout — tophaceous g …

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  • 38chalky paper — noun : a coated paper used in some issues of postage stamps, its sensitive surface making impossible the removal of cancellation marks without removal of the design called also chalk surfaced paper …

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  • 39Little Chalky Island — is a small, flat, granite island with an area of 5 ha, in south eastern Australia. It is part of Tasmania’s Big Green Island Group, lying in eastern Bass Strait west of Flinders in the Furneaux Group.Brothers, Nigel; Pemberton, David; Pryor,… …

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  • 40calcareous — Chalky; relating to or containing lime or calcium, or calcific material. [L. calcarius, pertaining to lime, fr. calx, lime] * * * cal·car·e·ous kal kar ē əs, ker adj 1) resembling calcite or calcium carbonate esp. in hardness 2) consisting of or… …

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