ALKALINE-EARTH METAL Synonyms
There are 6 hypernyms of the phrase alkaline-earth metal. (close relations)
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| barium | nounn | |||||
noun • a soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group; found in barite | ||||||
| beryllium | nounn | |||||
noun • a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element | ||||||
| calcium | nounn | |||||
noun • a white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light; the fifth most abundant element in the earth's crust; an important component of most plants and animals | ||||||
| magnesium | nounn | |||||
noun • a light silver-white ductile bivalent metallic element; in pure form it burns with brilliant white flame; occurs naturally only in combination (as in magnesite and dolomite and carnallite and spinel and olivine) | ||||||
| radium | nounn | |||||
noun • an intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores | ||||||
| strontium | nounn | |||||
noun • a soft silver-white or yellowish metallic element of the alkali metal group; turns yellow in air; occurs in celestite and strontianite | ||||||
| alkaline earth | nounn | |||||
noun • any of the bivalent metals of group II of the periodic table (calcium or strontium or barium or magnesium or beryllium) | ||||||
