Word: calxes
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: cal
xes
Definition: Plural of calx; a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide
Morphemes:
Affix: calx
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The substance which remains after a metal or mineral has been thoroughly burnt, once seen as being the essential substance left after the expulsion of phlogiston, but now recognised as being the metallic oxide (or, in some cases, the metal in a state of sublimation).
Etymology Compounds: Affix: calx
Language: la
Decoded: calx
Meaning: lime
Affix: -es
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the regular plural of nouns