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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
ash, ashes, brand, carbon, charcoal, cinder, clinker, coal, coke, coom, dross, fume, lava, reek, scoria, slag, smoke, smudge, smut, soot, sullage
Dictionary Results for calx:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
calx
    n 1: a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium
         hydroxide [syn: calcium oxide, quicklime, lime,
         calx, calcined lime, fluxing lime, unslaked lime,
         burnt lime]
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Calx \Calx\, n.; pl. E. Calxes, L. Calces. [L. Calx, calcis.
   limestone; cf. Gr. ? gravel. ?, ?, pebble, Skr. ? gravel, Ir.
   carraic rock Gael. carraig, W. careg, stone. Cf. Chalk.]
   [1913 Webster]
   1. (Chem.)
      (a) Quicklime. [Obs.]
      (b) The substance which remains when a metal or mineral
          has been subjected to calcination or combustion by
          heat, and which is, or may be, reduced to a fine
          powder.
          [1913 Webster]

   Note: Metallic calxes are now called oxides.
         [1913 Webster]

   2. Broken and refuse glass, returned to the post.
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