Words that rhyme with usoniam

n 1: the ion NH4 derived from ammonia; behaves in many respects like an alkali metal ion [syn: ammonium, ammonium ion]

n 1: a bass horn (brass wind instrument) that is the tenor of the tuba family

n 1: a ductile silvery-white ductile ferromagnetic trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group [syn: gadolinium, Gd, atomic number 64]

n 1: a free-reed instrument in which air is forced through the reeds by bellows [syn: harmonium, organ, reed organ]

n 1: a state of extreme confusion and disorder [syn: chaos, pandemonium, bedlam, topsy-turvydom, topsy- turvyness]

n 1: 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 [syn: plutonium, Pu, atomic number 94]

n 1: a radioactive metallic element that is similar to tellurium and bismuth; occurs in uranium ores but can be produced by bombarding bismuth with neutrons in a nuclear reactor [syn: polonium, Po, atomic number 84]

n 1: a light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite [syn: titanium, Ti, atomic number 22]

n 1: a heavy toxic silvery-white radioactive metallic element; occurs in many isotopes; used for nuclear fuels and nuclear weapons [syn: uranium, U, atomic number 92]

n 1: 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 [syn: zirconium, Zr, atomic number 40]

n 1: ancient city; now destroyed

n 1: a reddish oxide of lead (Pb3O4) used as a pigment in paints and in glass and ceramics [syn: red lead, minium]

n 1: small genus of highly toxic biennials: hemlock [syn: Conium, genus Conium]

n 1: thick dark green mucoid material that is the first feces of a newborn child

n 1: the fleshy multiple fruit of the fig consisting of an enlarged hollow receptacle containing numerous fruitlets

n 1: a female sex organ occurring in mosses, ferns, and most gymnosperms

n 1: geraniums native chiefly to South Africa; widely cultivated [syn: Pelargonium, genus Pelargonium]

n 1: in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae [syn: Asplenium, genus Asplenium]

n 1: genus of American herbs with flowers having yellow rays: sneezeweeds [syn: Helenium, genus Helenium]

n 1: spore-bearing layer of cells in certain fungi containing asci or basidia

n 1: a period of four years

n 1: a period of five years