Phrase Hound found 13 phrases and 8 compound words that contain radium. The most common are listed below. Open radium in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 13
- Port RadiumA ghost town in Port Radium, Cameron Bay, Great Bear Lake, Northwest Territories, Canada.
- radium chlorideAn inorganic chloride salt of radium with the chemical formula RaCl₂.
- radium clockA clock with a radium dial.
- radium dialThe dial of a watch or clock on which the hours have been marked with a radium compound to make them luminous.
- radium dialsplural of radium dial: The dial of a watch or clock on which the hours have been marked with a radium compound to make them luminous.
- radium fluorideA fluoride compound of radium with the chemical formula RnF₂.
- Radium GirlA female factory worker who contracted radiation poisoning from luminous paint (containing radium) used in watch dials in the early 20th century.
- Radium Girlsplural of Radium Girl: A female factory worker who contracted radiation poisoning from luminous paint (containing radium) used in watch dials in the early 20th century.
- radium hydroxideThe strong base Ra(OH)₂ obtained when radium reacts with water; it has no commercial use
- radium jawA disease, with necrosis of the jaw and bleeding of the gums, caused by the ingestion of radium and its subsequent absorption into the bones.
- eka-radiumunbinilium
- radium clocksplural of radium clock: A clock with a radium dial.
- radium emanationSynonym of radon (“the isotope radon-222”).
Compound words 8
- nonradiumNot of or pertaining to radium.
- radateAny oxyanion of radium; any salt containing such an anion.
- radiobeA peculiar formation, possibly a crystal, formed in gelatin submitted to the action of radium, once thought to be a transitional form between a crystal and a living microbe.
- radiumizationThe act of treating something with radium.
- radiumlikeResembling or characteristic of radium.
- teleradiumteletherapy using radium
- radiumtherapyThe therapeutic use of radium.
- radiumizeTo treat with radium.