Definitions for curium

curium cu·ri·um

Spelling: [kyoo r-ee-uh m]
IPA: /ˈkyʊər i əm/

Curium is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 54 anagrams from letters in curium (cimruu).

Definitions for curium

noun

  1. a radioactive element not found in nature but discovered in 1944 among the products of plutonium after bombardment by high-energy helium ions. Symbol: Cm; atomic number: 96.

Origin of curium

1946; New Latin; named after M. and P. Curie; see -ium

Examples for curium

"Conduct them here, Matten," he commanded, and took up his station beside an hundred-branched candlestick made in curium.

In fig. 180 the statue of this goddess is shown, which he says was found by himself in 1884 at curium.

The most splendid of all the Cyprian vases was found at curium, and has been already represented in this volume.

The natives of curium made it a rule to destroy all such, under an appearance of a religious rite.

Some candlesticks found in the Treasury of curium,878 and a tripod from the same place, seem to deserve a short notice.

Word Value for curium
Scrable

10

Words with friends

14

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