Chemistry
- Lime (material), a general term for inorganic materials containing calcium, usually calcium oxide or calcium hydroxide
- Calcium oxide, aka burnt lime or quicklime
- Calcium hydroxide, aka slaked lime, slack lime, limewater, pickling lime or hydrated lime
- Agricultural lime, a soil additive
- Hydraulic lime, used to make lime mortar
- Limewater, saturated calcium hydroxide solution
- Birdlime, a sticky substance spread on branches to catch small birds
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