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potassium

31 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. potassium (noun)
  2. potassium acid oxalate (noun)
  3. potassium acid tartrate (noun)
  4. potassium amide (noun)
  5. potassium-argon (adjective)
  6. potassium bisulfate (noun)
  7. potassium bromate (noun)
  8. potassium bromide (noun)
  9. potassium carbonate (noun)
  10. potassium chlorate (noun)
  11. potassium chloride (noun)
  12. potassium chromate (noun)
  13. potassium cobaltinitrite (noun)
  14. potassium cyanate (noun)
  15. potassium cyanide (noun)
  16. potassium dichromate (noun)
  17. potassium ferricyanide (noun)
  18. potassium ferrocyanide (noun)
  19. potassium fluoride (noun)
  20. potassium hydrate (noun)
  21. potassium hydroxide (noun)
  22. potassium hypochlorite (noun)
  23. potassium manganate (noun)
  24. potassium nitrate (noun)
  25. potassium oxalate (noun)
  26. potassium oxide (noun)
  27. potassium permanganate (noun)
  28. potassium persulfate (noun)
  29. potassium sorbate (noun)
  30. potassium sulfate (noun)

po·tas·si·um

noun, often attributive \pə-ˈta-sē-əm\

Definition of POTASSIUM

: a silver-white soft light low-melting monovalent metallic element of the alkali metal group that occurs abundantly in nature especially combined in minerals — see element table
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Origin of POTASSIUM

New Latin, from potassa potash, from English potash
First Known Use: circa 1807

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