Word Meanings - THORIUM - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A metallic element found in certain rare minerals, as thorite, pyrochlore, monazite, etc., and isolated as an infusible gray metallic powder which burns in the air and forms thoria; -- formerly called also thorinum. Symbol Th. Atomic weight 232.0.

• Isolated
  of Isolate
• Powder-posted
  Affected with dry rot; reduced to dust by rot. See Dry rot, under Dry.
• Symbological
  Pertaining to a symbology; versed in, or characterized by, symbology.
• CALLISTHENICCALLISTHENICS
  See Calisthenic, Calisthenics.
• Callithump
  A somewhat riotous parade, accompanied with the blowing of tin horns, and other discordant noises; also, a burlesque serenade; a charivari.
• Certainty
  The quality, state, or condition, of being certain.
• Foundation
  The act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning to erect.
• Isolating
  of Isolate
• Powdery
  Easily crumbling to pieces; friable; loose; as, a powdery spar.
• Symbologist
  One who practices, or who is versed in, symbology.
• POWDERPOSTED
  Affected with dry rot; reduced to dust by rot. See Dry rot, under Dry. [U.S.]
• Callithumpian
  Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a callithump.
• Element
  One of the simplest or essential parts or principles of which anything consists, or upon which the constitution or fundamental powers of anything are based.
• Foundationer
  One who derives support from the funds or foundation of a college or school.
• Isolate
  To place in a detached situation; to place by itself or alone; to insulate; to separate from others.
• Pyrochlore
  A niobate of calcium, cerium, and other bases, occurring usually in octahedrons of a yellowish or brownish color and resinous luster; -- so called from its becoming grass-green on being subjected to heat under the blowpipe.
• Symbology
  The art of expressing by symbols.

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