Definitions for polonium

polonium po·lo·ni·um

Spelling: [puh-loh-nee-uh m]
IPA: /pəˈloʊ ni əm/

Polonium is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 161 anagrams from letters in polonium (ilmnoopu).

Definitions for polonium

noun

  1. a radioactive element discovered by Pierre and Marie Curie in 1898; Symbol: Po; atomic number: 84; atomic weight: about 210.

Origin of polonium

1895-1900; New Latin, equivalent to polon- (Medieval Latin Polonia Poland) + -ium -ium

Examples for polonium

Once the polonium had been recognized, police were able to trace the source of the poison to the Millennium hotel in Mayfair.

polonium is also at the center of a major plot line currently playing out on the daytime soap opera General Hospital.

Did he understand that he would now have to live with a sword—not of Damocles but of polonium—hanging over his head?

But their tests were for gamma, not alpha, radiation, so they naturally would have missed any polonium diagnosis.

polonium, named by Mme. Curie in honor of her native country, was the third radioactive element to be discovered.

The accuser also mentioned that Arafat had been poisoned with polonium.

Word Value for polonium
Scrable

12

Words with friends

17

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