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Phrases 34
- rare earthAny of the naturally occurring oxides of the lanthanide metals; they are widely distributed in relatively small concentrations and are used in glassmaking, ceramic glazes etc.
- Very Rare
- medium rareCooked somewhat lightly, so the meat is no longer red, but is not brown (in the case of beef); cooked to a degree between rare and medium.
- Rare books
- Rare-book
- rare earth elementAny of a group of seventeen soft, lustrous, sometimes magnetic metals that form trivalent salts, which includes the lanthanides plus yttrium and scandium.
- rare birdAn unusual or exceptional person or thing.
- rare earth mineralA mineral that contains one or more rare earth elements as major metal constituents.
- Rare PepeAn unusual image of the Pepe the Frog character.
- rare animalSynonym of rare bird: An unusual or exceptional person or thing.
- rare animalsplural of rare animal: An unusual or exceptional person or thing.
- rare gasSynonym of noble gas: Any of the elements of group 18 of the periodic table, being monatomic, usually inert (with very limited exceptions), and gaseous at familiar temperatures.
- rare earth metalA rare earth element.
- rare birdsplural of rare bird: An unusual or exceptional person or thing.
- Pittsburgh rareVery well done on the surface and very rare internally.
- rare spring-sedgeA sedge species, Carex ericetorum (in Carex subg. Carex).
- rare grooveSoul or jazz music that is very hard to source or relatively obscure.
- Rare Earth hypothesisThe hypothesis that the evolution of life required an improbable combination of astrophysical and geological events and circumstances, and for this reason complex extraterrestrial life is a very improbable phenomenon and likely to be …
- rare earth elementsplural of rare earth element: Any of a group of seventeen soft, lustrous, sometimes magnetic metals that form trivalent salts, which includes the lanthanides plus yttrium and scandium.
- rare gasesplural of rare gas: Any of the elements of group 18 of the periodic table, being monatomic, usually inert (with very limited exceptions), and gaseous at familiar temperatures.
- rare earth metalsplural of rare earth metal: A rare earth element.
- rare earth mineralsplural of rare earth mineral: A mineral that contains one or more rare earth elements as major metal constituents.
- rare earth magnetStrong, permanent magnets that are made from alloys of rare earth elements, are much stronger than ferrite or alnico magnets, and are extremely brittle.
- rare earth magnetsplural of rare earth magnet: Strong, permanent magnets that are made from alloys of rare earth elements, are much stronger than ferrite or alnico magnets, and are extremely brittle.
- rare earthsplural of rare earth: Any of the naturally occurring oxides of the lanthanide metals; they are widely distributed in relatively small concentrations and are used in glassmaking, ceramic glazes etc.
Compound words 24
- rarityA measure of the scarcity of an object.
- rarepairA ship that generally receives little attention from fans and has few associated fanworks.
- raresomeCharacterised or marked by rareness.
- unrareNot rare.
- nonrareNot rare
- semirareSomewhat rare.
- rarifyAlternative spelling of rarefy: To make rare, thin, porous, or less dense.
- superrareExtremely rare.
- rareishSomewhat rare.
- rarefiedDistant from the lives and everyday concerns of ordinary people; esoteric, exclusive, select.