Borrelia burgdorferi
Lime disease spirochete | cause of Lyme disease, transmitted primarily by ticks of genus Ixodes |
concrete mixer
cement mixer | a machine with a large revolving drum in which cement is mixed with other materials to make concrete |
cementum
cement | a specialized bony substance covering the root of a tooth |
| lime | the green acidic fruit of any of various lime trees |
| key lime | small yellow-green limes of southern Florida |
genip
Spanish lime | round one-inch Caribbean fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp, eaten like grapes |
| lime juice | usually freshly squeezed juice of limes |
linden
linden tree
basswood
lime lime tree | any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia with heart-shaped leaves and drooping cymose clusters of yellowish often fragrant flowers, several yield valuable timber |
American basswood
American lime
Tilia americana | large American shade tree with large dark green leaves and rounded crown |
small-leaved linden
small-leaved lime
Tilia cordata | large spreading European linden with small dark green leaves, often cultivated as an ornamental |
Japanese linden
Japanese lime
Tilia japonica | medium-sized tree of Japan used as an ornamental |
silver lime
silver linden
Tilia tomentosa | large tree native to eastern Europe and Asia Minor having leaves with white tomentum on the under side, widely cultivated as an ornamental |
rangpur
rangpur lime
lemanderin
Citrus limonia | hybrid between mandarin orange and lemon having very acid fruit with orange peel |
sweet lemon
sweet lime
Citrus limetta | lemon tree having fruit with a somewhat insipid sweetish pulp |
| lime lime tree Citrus aurantifolia | any of various related trees bearing limes |
Spanish lime
Spanish lime tree
honey berry
mamoncillo
genip
ginep
Melicocca bijuga
Melicocca bijugatus | tropical American tree bearing a small edible fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp |
birdlime
lime | a sticky adhesive that is smeared on small branches to capture small birds |
| cement | something that hardens to act as adhesive material |
| rubber cement | an adhesive made by dissolving unvulcanized rubber in a solvent like benzene or naphtha |
bleaching powder
chlorinated lime
chloride of lime | a white powder comprised of calcium hydroxide and chloride and hypochlorite and used to bleach and
or disinfect |
calcium oxide
quicklime
lime calx
calcined lime
fluxing lime
unslaked lime
burnt lime | a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide |
| cement | a building material that is a powder made of a mixture of calcined limestone and clay, used with water and sand or gravel to make concrete and mortar |
| cement | concrete pavement is sometimes referred to as cement, they stood on the grey cement beside the pool |
| cement | any of various materials used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth |
hydraulic cement
Portland cement | a cement that hardens under water, made by heating limestone and clay in a kiln and pulverizing the result |
calcium hydroxide
lime
slaked lime
hydrated lime
calcium hydrate
caustic lime
lime hydrate | a caustic substance produced by heating limestone |
| soda lime | a mixture of sodium and calcium hydroxides, absorbs liquids and gases |
| cement | make fast as if with cement, We cemented our friendship |
| cement | bind or join with or as if with cement |
| cement | cover or coat with cement |
| lime | cover with lime so as to induce growth, lime the lawn |
birdlime
lime | spread birdlime on branches to catch birds |