(n) a soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element; occurs mainly as nuggets in rocks and alluvial deposits; does not react with most chemicals but is attacked by chlorine and aqua regia, Syn. Au, atomic number 79
(n) a grey tetravalent metallic element that resembles zirconium chemically and is found in zirconium minerals; used in filaments for its ready emission of electrons, Syn. atomic number 72, Hf
(n) a heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group; used in alloys; occurs in natural alloys with platinum or osmium, Syn. Ir, atomic number 77
(n) a common nonmetallic element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless inert diatomic gas; constitutes 78 percent of the atmosphere by volume; a constituent of all living tissues, Syn. N, atomic number 7
(n) a heavy precious metallic element; grey-white and resistant to corroding; occurs in some nickel and copper ores and is also found native in some deposits, Syn. atomic number 78, Pt
(n) a rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys; is obtained as a by-product in refining molybdenum, Syn. atomic number 75, Re
(n) a hard grey lustrous metallic element that is highly resistant to corrosion; occurs in niobite and fergusonite and tantalite, Syn. Ta, atomic number 73
(n) a heavy grey-white metallic element; the pure form is used mainly in electrical applications; it is found in several ores including wolframite and scheelite, Syn. W, wolfram, atomic number 74
(n) a soft silvery metallic element; a rare earth of the lanthanide series; it occurs in gadolinite and monazite and xenotime, Syn. Yb, atomic number 70