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uranium

17 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. uranium (noun)
  2. uranium 235 (noun)
  3. uranium 238 (noun)
  4. uranium dioxide (noun)
  5. uranium fluoride (noun)
  6. uranium glass (noun)
  7. uranium hexafluoride (noun)
  8. uranium lead (noun)
  9. uranium nitrate (noun)
  10. uranium-ocher (noun)
  11. uranium oxide (noun)
  12. uranium ray (noun)
  13. uranium series (noun)
  14. uranium tetrafluoride (noun)
  15. uranium trioxide (noun)
  16. uranium yellow (noun)
  17. ferro-uranium (noun)

ura·ni·um

noun, often attributive \yu̇-ˈrā-nē-əm\

Definition of URANIUM

: a silvery heavy radioactive polyvalent metallic element that is found especially in uraninite and exists naturally as a mixture of mostly nonfissionable isotopes — see element table
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Origin of URANIUM

New Latin, from Uranus
First Known Use: circa 1797

Rhymes with URANIUM

geranium, germanium, titanium

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