Crossword-Solution: PLUMBUM
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Plumbum | n. | The technical name of lead. See Lead. |
We have 2 clues for the answer “PLUMBUM”
| Clue | Answers |
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| obsolete name for lead (the metal) | 1 answer |
| Lead | 75 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
A soft mineral of a soapy feel and a greenish, whitish, or
grayish color, usually occurring in foliated masses. It is hydrous
silicate of magnesia. Steatite, or soapstone, is a compact granular
variety.
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Sentences with PLUMBUM (5)
Loculo indormiens Corporis Spagyrici pulvere plumbum in aurum convertit.” The translation of this inscription raised a storm over his ashes, which Browne would have enjoyed partaking in, the word _spagyricus_ being an enigma to scholars.
This was, unquestionably, not the harmless plumbago to which that name is now usually given, but galena, or _plumbum nigrum_, a native sulphuret of lead, probably used for a glaze by the potters of Charlestown.
Etym: [From Plumbum.] (Chem.) Defn: Of, pertaining to, resembling, or containing, lead; -- used specifically to designate those compounds in which it has a higher valence as contrasted with plumbous compounds; as, plumbic oxide.
Etym: [From Plumbum.] (Med.) Defn: A diseased condition, produced by the absorption of lead, common among workers in this metal or in its compounds, as among painters, typesetters, etc.
Etym: [From Plumbum.] (Chem.) Defn: Of, pertaining to, or containing, lead; -- used specifically to designate those compounds in which it has a lower valence as contrasted with plumbic compounds.