7-Letter Words Containing: LIUM

• a soft silvery metallic element of the rare earth group; isotope 170 emits X-rays and is used in small portable X-ray machines; it occurs in monazite and apatite and xenotime

• a thin layer or stratum of (especially metamorphic) rock

• a very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses; the most difficult gas to liquefy; occurs in economically extractable amounts in certain natural gases (as those found in Texas and Kansas)

• the layer of unmyelinated neurons (the grey matter) forming the cortex of the cerebrum

• (zoology) a protective layer of epidermis in mollusks or brachiopods that secretes a substance forming the shell

• (Roman Catholic Church) vestment consisting of a band encircling the shoulders with two lappets hanging in front and back

• cloak or mantle worn by men in ancient Rome

• a rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element; brittle at low temperatures but liquid above room temperature; occurs in trace amounts in bauxite and zinc ores

• large genus of perennial and biennial pungent bulbous plants: garlic; leek; onion; chive; sometimes placed in family Alliaceae as the type genus