Phrase Hound found 33 phrases and 11 compound words that contain metals. The most common are listed below. Open metals in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 33
- heavy metalsplural of heavy metal: Any metal that has a specific gravity greater than about 5, especially one, such as lead, that is poisonous and may be a hazard in the environment. (There are many different definitions of what counts as a heavy …
- precious metalsplural of precious metal: A rare metallic chemical element of high economic value, such as gold, platinum, palladium, or rhodium.
- Other metals
- king of metalsgold
- base metalsplural of base metal: Any metal at the lower end of the electrochemical series that oxidizes readily.
- noble metalsplural of noble metal: A metal resistant to corrosion, oxidizing and tarnishing, such as gold or platinum.
- non-metalsplural of non-metal: An element, such as phosphorus or chlorine, that does not have the chemical or physical properties of a metal.
- poor metalsplural of poor metal: Any of various metallic elements in the p-block of the periodic table, generally with higher electronegativity, lower melting and boiling points and greater softness than the transition metals.
- semi-metalsplural of semi-metal: A solid of which the conduction and valence band overlap slightly in energy.
- transition metalsplural of transition metal: Any element in the d block of the periodic table (i.e. groups 3 to 12 inclusive).
- post-transition metalsplural of post-transition metal: A poor metal, usually including gallium, indium, tin, thallium, lead, and bismuth, also known as B-subgroup metals, other metals, and p-block metals.
- rare earth metalsplural of rare earth metal: A rare earth element.
- refractory metalsplural of refractory metal: A metal, such as molybdenum or tungsten, with a high refraction, and hence a high melting point.
- alkaline earth metalsplural of alkaline earth metal: Any of the elements of group II of the periodic table; they are low-density metals that react readily with water to form strongly basic hydroxides, and with many acids to form salts.
- alkali metalsplural of alkali metal: Any of the soft, light, reactive metals of Group 1 of the periodic table; lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium, cesium, and francium.
- Rieke metalsplural of Rieke metal: Any of a class of highly reactive metal powders.
- bell metalsplural of bell metal: A hard alloy of about four parts of copper to one of tin, used for making bells.
- composition metalsplural of composition metal: Muntz metal
- gun metalsplural of gun metal (alternative form of gunmetals).
- half-metalsplural of half-metal: Any substance that acts as a conductor to electrons of one spin orientation, but as an insulator to those of the opposite orientation
- memory metalsplural of memory metal: Any of a group of metallic materials that can return to a previously defined shape, after being deformed, by being heated.
- off-metalsplural of off-metal: A coin or token struck in an abnormal choice of metal.
- pot metalsplural of pot metal: The metal from which iron pots are made, different from common pig iron.
- sheet metalsplural of sheet metal: Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet, used widely as construction material and raw material for a multitude of industrial products. It is thicker than foil and thinner than plate.
- type metalsplural of type metal: A metal alloy used in making types for traditional typefounding and mechanical typesetting. It consists essentially of lead and antimony, often with a little tin, nickel, or copper.
Compound words 11
- nonmetalsplural of nonmetal: An element, such as phosphorus or chlorine, that does not have the chemical or physical properties of a metal.
- alkylmetalsplural of alkylmetal: Any aliphatic organometallic compound.
- biometalsplural of biometal: Any metal that has a biochemical function.
- ferrometalsplural of ferrometal: Any alloy that is rich in iron.
- gunmetalsplural of gunmetal: A type of bronze used for making cannons.
- heterometalsplural of heterometal: Describing a complex containing two (or more) different metals
- intermetalsplural of intermetal: intermetallic compound
- nanometalsplural of nanometal: A metallic nanoparticle.
- outmetalsthird-person singular simple present indicative of outmetal: To surpass (an enemy etc.) in terms of firepower.
- radiometalsplural of radiometal: Any of several alloys, mostly of nickel and iron, that have a high magnetic permeability