Word Finder - chalks

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A soft, white, powdery limestone.

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A piece of chalk, or nowadays processed compressed gypsum, that is used for drawing and for writing on a blackboard.

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Tailor's chalk.

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A white powdery substance used to prevent hands slipping from holds when climbing, sometimes but not always limestone-chalk.

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A platoon-sized group of airborne soldiers.

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(horseracing) The favorite in a sporting event.

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The prediction that there will be no upsets, and the favored competitor will win.

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To apply chalk to anything, such as the tip of a billiard cue.

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To record something, as on a blackboard, using chalk.

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To use powdered chalk to mark the lines on a playing field.

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To record a score or event, as if on a chalkboard.

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To manure (land) with chalk.

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To make white, as if with chalk; to make pale; to bleach.

Permeability is practically identical with the speed at which percolation takes place; through clay it is slow, but increases in rapidity through marls, loams, limestones, chalks, coarse gravels and fine sands, reaching a maximum in soil saturated with moisture.

Ordinary mortar failed in such positions; mortar made from lime prepared from limestones or chalks containing a little clay was found to stand; mortar made from lime mixed with trass or similar active silicious material was also found to stand.

It produces abundance of seeds, and is easily raised, but it requires good and tolerably dry soil; it will not thrive on stiff clays nor on dry sands or chalks.

In the west portion of the state, which belongs to the Cretaceous formation, chalks and a species of native quicklime are very prominent in the river bluffs.

The white and cream-coloured chalks are much used for building purposes, but the blue is usually too soft for exposure to the weather.

The beekeeper closes the hive, chalks a mark on it, and when he has time tears out its contents and burns it clean.

Using chalks, pastels, charcoal, and pencils of different softness expands the artistic possibilities that crayons and markers begin.