calcific

1. 1.

   involving or resulting from calcification

Questions about calcific

What does calcific mean?

calcific means "involving or resulting from calcification".

How many syllables are in calcific?

calcific has 3 syllables and divides as cal-ci-fic under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is calcific a common word?

calcific is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.