Words that rhyme with ytterbium
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cambium
n 1: a formative one-cell layer of tissue between xylem and phloem in most vascular plants that is responsible for secondary growth 2: the inner layer of the periosteum -
columbium
n 1: a former name for niobium -
erbium
n 1: a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs with yttrium [syn: erbium, Er, atomic number 68] -
labium
n 1: a liplike structure that bounds a bodily orifice (especially any of the four labiate folds of a woman's vulva) -
niobium
n 1: a soft grey ductile metallic element used in alloys; occurs in niobite; formerly called columbium [syn: niobium, Nb, atomic number 41] -
terbium
n 1: a metallic element of the rare earth group; used in lasers; occurs in apatite and monazite and xenotime and ytterbite [syn: terbium, Tb, atomic number 65]
See also ytterbium definition and ytterbium synonyms
