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Showing words for CALICHE using the English dictionary
7 Letter Words for Caliche
caliche, chalice
6 Letter Words for Caliche
calche, celiac, chicle, cicale, cleach, clecha, clicha, cliche, heliac
5 Letter Words for Caliche
accel, alice, cacei, cache, cachi, calci, calic, cecal, cecil, chace, chela, chica, chiel, clach, clich, elaic, elchi, ileac, lache, laich, leach, licca
4 Letter Words for Caliche
acce, ache, acle, aiel, aile, alce, alec, cace, caci, caic, calc, ceca, ceil, chai, chal, chia, chic, chil, ciel, each, ecch, eccl, eila, elhi, haec, hail, hale, heal, heil, hela, heli, hila, hile, ilea, lace, laic, lech, lice, lich
3 Letter Words for Caliche
acc, ace, ach, ahi, ail, alc, ale, cai, cal, cel, cha, che, chi, cia, cie, cli, ecc, ech, ela, eli, hae, hcl, hei, hel, hia, hic, hie, ice, ich, ile, lac, lah, lai, lca, lea, lei, lie
Definitions for Caliche
[1] a surface deposit consisting of sand or clay impregnated with crystalline salts such as sodium nitrate or sodium chloride.
[2] a zone of calcium carbonate or other carbonates in soils of semiarid regions.
[3] Also called: calcrete a bed of sand or clay in arid regions cemented by calcium carbonate, sodium chloride, and other soluble minerals
[4] a surface layer of soil encrusted with calcium carbonate, occurring in arid regions Also called: duricrust
Words nearby Caliche
calibre, caliceal, calicectasis, calicectomy, calices, caliche, calicle, calico, calico bass, calico bug, calico bush
Origin of Caliche
1855–60; < Spanish: flake of lime, equivalent to cal lime (< Latin calc-; see chalk) + -iche noun suffix
Word origin for Caliche
C20: from American Spanish, from Latin calx lime