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• a hard brittle multivalent metallic element; resistant to corrosion and tarnishing
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• a depository for collecting and displaying objects having scientific or historical or artistic value
Example sentence • The museum has a collection of ancient artifacts.
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• a large retail store organized into departments offering a variety of merchandise; commonly part of a retail chain
Example sentence • I love shopping at the emporium . They have a wide variety of products.
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• having or reflecting superior quality or value; having a higher price or cost
Example sentence • I paid a premium for this high-quality leather jacket.
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• the ion NH4 derived from ammonia; behaves in many respects like an alkali metal ion
Example sentence • The soil test revealed high levels of ammonium .
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• the part of the skull that encloses the brain
Example sentence • The cranium protects the brain from injuries.
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• athletic facility equipped for sports or physical training
Example sentence • I enjoy working out in the gymnasium every morning.
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• a free-reeded instrument with a piano keyboard in which air is forced through the reeds by bellows
Example sentence • She played the harmonium in the church choir.
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• a solid silvery grey radioactive transuranic element whose atoms can be split when bombarded with neutrons; found in minute quantities in uranium ores but is usually synthesized in nuclear reactors; 13 isotopes are known with the most important being plutonium 239
Example sentence • The United States has stockpiled tons of plutonium .
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• a meeting or conference for the public discussion of some topic especially one in which the participants form an audience and make presentations
Example sentence • The symposium on climate change was attended by scientists from around the world.
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• a heavy toxic silvery-white radioactive metallic element; occurs in many isotopes; used for nuclear fuels and nuclear weapons
Example sentence • The nuclear power plant uses uranium as fuel.
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• one of the dwelling units in a condominium
Example sentence • I just bought a new condominium in the heart of the city.
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• an association of companies for some definite purpose
Example sentence • The consortium of universities will collaborate on a research project.
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• a state of extreme confusion and disorder
Example sentence • The explosion caused pandemonium in the crowded market.
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• a soft bluish-white ductile malleable toxic bivalent metallic element; occurs in association with zinc ores
Example sentence • Exposure to cadmium can lead to serious health problems.
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• a radioactive transuranic metallic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons
Example sentence • The atomic number of fermium is 100.
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• a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs together with yttrium; forms highly magnetic compounds
Example sentence • The element holmium was discovered in 1878 by Swiss chemist Marc Delafontaine.
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• a hard brittle blue-grey or blue-black metallic element that is one of the platinum metals; the heaviest metal known
Example sentence • The density of osmium is the highest among all naturally occurring elements.
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• a room enclosed largely with glass and affording exposure to the sun
Example sentence • My house has a beautiful solarium where I can relax and enjoy the sunlight.
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• a lustrous grey strong metallic element resembling titanium; it is used in nuclear reactors as a neutron absorber; it occurs in baddeleyite but is obtained chiefly from zircon
Example sentence • The zirconium oxide coating on the surface of certain metals provides excellent protection against corrosion.
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• a grey tetravalent metallic element that resembles zirconium chemically and is found in zirconium minerals; used in filaments for its ready emission of electrons
Example sentence • The name hafnium derives from Hafnia, the Latin name for Copenhagen.
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• a fee paid for a nominally free service
Example sentence • She received an honorarium for giving a speech at the conference.
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• a hospital for recuperation or for the treatment of chronic diseases
Example sentence • He was admitted to a sanitarium for treatment of his mental illness.
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• a toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium; occurs in several allotropic forms; a stable grey metallike allotrope conducts electricity better in the light than in the dark and is used in photocells; occurs in sulfide ores (as pyrite)
Example sentence • The nutritional intake of selenium is important for human health.
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• pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion
Example sentence • She saw a handsome man across the room.
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• a means or instrumentality for storing or communicating information
adjective satellite
• around the middle of a scale of evaluation
Example sentence • I prefer to paint with oil as my medium .
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• a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments
Example sentence • The stadium was filled with cheering fans.
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• a literary or scientific association for the promotion of learning
Example sentence • She spent hours studying at the athenaeum .
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• a written proposal or reminder
Example sentence • I received a memorandum from my boss regarding the new company policies.
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• a ductile grey metallic element of the lanthanide series; used in lighter flints; the most abundant of the rare-earth group
Example sentence • The discovered ores of cerium are usually combined with other rare earth elements.
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• lotion consisting of a solution used as a cleanser for the eyes
Example sentence • She used collyrium to cleanse her eyes.
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• a radioactive transuranic metallic element; produced by bombarding plutonium with helium nuclei
Example sentence • Scientists study the properties and behavior of curium to better understand its role in nuclear reactions.
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• any of various plants of the genus Cymbidium having narrow leaves and a long drooping cluster of numerous showy and variously colored boat-shaped flowers; extensively hybridized and cultivated as houseplants and important florists' flowers
Example sentence • She grew cymbidiums in her backyard.
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• any plant of the genus Delphinium having palmately divided leaves and showy spikes of variously colored spurred flowers; some contain extremely poisonous substances
Example sentence • The garden was filled with beautiful delphiniums in various shades of blue.
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• a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; forms compounds that are highly magnetic
Example sentence • The metal dysprosium is used in various industries, including electronics and nuclear reactors.
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• a foul-smelling outflow or vapor (especially a gaseous waste)
Example sentence • The foul effluvium from the sewer made the entire street unbearable.
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• a bass horn (brass wind instrument) that is the tenor of the tuba family
Example sentence • He played the euphonium in the marching band.
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• a brittle grey crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors; occurs in germanite and argyrodite
Example sentence • The demand for germanium in electronic devices is increasing.
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• the upper and widest of the three bones making up the hipbone
Example sentence • The ilium is the largest and uppermost bone of the pelvis.
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• the upper part of the breastbone
Example sentence • The man's chest pain was due to a fracture in the manubrium of his sternum.
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• thick dark green mucoid material that is the first feces of a newborn child
Example sentence • The nurse examined the meconium to check for any abnormalities.
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• any orchid of the genus Oncidium: characterized by slender branching sprays of small yellow and brown flowers; often grown as houseplants
Example sentence • She won first place in the orchid competition with her stunning oncidium .
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• the part of a modern theater stage between the curtain and the orchestra (i.e., in front of the curtain)
Example sentence • The actors stood on the proscenium and delivered their lines.
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• a white trivalent metallic element; sometimes classified in the rare earth group; occurs in the Scandinavian mineral thortveitite
Example sentence • The price of scandium can be quite high due to its limited availability.
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• a room in a monastery that is set aside for writing or copying manuscripts
Example sentence • The scriptorium was filled with monks diligently copying manuscripts.
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• the areas of the brain that process and register incoming sensory information and make possible the conscious awareness of the world
Example sentence • He experienced a sudden sharp pain in his sensorium .
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• a multiple star in the constellation of Orion
Example sentence • A trapezium is a quadrilateral with two parallel sides of different lengths.
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• any leguminous plant having leaves divided into three leaflets
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• any liliaceous plant of the genus Trillium having a whorl of three leaves at the top of the stem with a single three-petaled flower
Example sentence • The trillium flower is often used as a symbol of spring and rebirth.
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Example sentence • Table salt is composed of sodium chloride, which contains natrium .
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