Crossword-Solution: PITCHBLENDE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Pitchblende | n. | A pitch-black mineral consisting chiefly of the oxide of uranium; uraninite. See Uraninite. |
We have 9 clues for the answer “PITCHBLENDE”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Major ore of uranium | 1 answer |
| Ore of uranium | 1 answer |
| URANIUM ore | 1 answer |
| common name for the uranium-rich ore uraninite | 1 answer |
| uraninite | 1 answer |
| uranium dioxide mineral | 2 answers |
| AN ORE OF URANIUM AND RADIUM AND VANADIUM | 10 answers |
| A DECAY PRODUCT OF URANIUM AND THORIUM | 11 answers |
| AN IMPURE MIXTURE OF URANIUM OXIDES OBTAINED DURING THE PROCESSING OF URANIUM ORE | 11 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
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Hint 3 another clue
eruption
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Sentences with PITCHBLENDE (5)
Yeats's "Had I the heaven's embroidered cloths" came before radium was quite unnecessarily dragged out of its respectable obscurity in pitchblende to upset the venerable (and comparatively naive) chemistry of our young days.
Radium does not seemingly manifest itself when distributed through pitchblende; and there are doubtless other such substances in which it can be imprisoned.
Pitchblende or uraninite is an intensely black mineral of a specific gravity of 9.5 and is found in commercial quantities in Bohemia, Cornwall in England and some other localities.
Curie, is just as active as radium when first extracted from the pitchblende but its energy soon lessens and finally it becomes inert, hence there has been little experimenting or investigation.
The process of obtaining radium from pitchblende is most tedious and laborious and requires much patience.
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Appears in: CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, Universal, USA TODAY.
Used 5 times in crossword archives (2001–2019).