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Ta

To take.

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Metal 76% connected

An elementary substance, as sodium, calcium, or copper, whose oxide or hydroxide has basic rather than acid properties, as contrasted with the nonmet…

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Columbite 70% connected

A mineral of a black color, submetallic luster, and high specific specific gravity. It is a niobate (or columbate) of iron and manganese, containing…

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Fergusonite 70% connected

A mineral of a brownish black color, essentially a tantalo-niobate of yttrium, erbium, and cerium; -- so called after Robert Ferguson.

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Niobite 70% connected

Same as Columbite.

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Tantalite 70% connected

A heavy mineral of an iron-black color and submetallic luster. It is essentially a tantalate of iron.

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Tantalum 92% connected

A rare nonmetallic element found in certain minerals, as tantalite, samarskite, and fergusonite, and isolated as a dark powder which becomes steel-gr…

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Complex noun · 85% connection

a compound described in terms of the central atom to which other atoms are bound or coordinated

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Coordination compound noun · 85% connection

a compound described in terms of the central atom to which other atoms are bound or coordinated

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Organometallic compound noun · 85% connection

a compound containing an alkyl or aryl radical bonded to a metal.; "Tetracarbonyl nickel, and ferrocene are examples of organometallic…

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Metallic element noun · 85% connection

any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.

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Hydrochloride noun · 84% connection

a complex consisting of an organic base in association with hydrogen chloride

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Al noun · 84% connection

a silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite

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Aluminium noun · 84% connection

a silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite

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Aluminum noun · 84% connection

a silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite

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Am noun · 84% connection

a radioactive transuranic metallic element; discovered by bombarding uranium with helium atoms

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Antimony noun · 84% connection

a metallic element having four allotropic forms; used in a wide variety of alloys; found in stibnite

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Atomic number 11 noun · 84% connection

a silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group; occurs abundantly in natural compounds (especially in salt water); bur…

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Atomic number 19 noun · 84% connection

a light soft silver-white metallic element of the alkali metal group; oxidizes rapidly in air and reacts violently with water; is abun…

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Ba noun · 84% connection

a soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group; found in barite

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Barium noun · 84% connection

a soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group; found in barite

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Be noun · 84% connection

a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element

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Beryllium noun · 84% connection

a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element

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Bismuth noun · 84% connection

a heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically); usually recovered as a by-product…

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Cadmium noun · 84% connection

a soft bluish-white ductile malleable toxic bivalent metallic element; occurs in association with zinc ores

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Adopt verb · 78% connection

To take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.; esp. to take voluntarily (a child of other parents) to be…

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Apprehend verb · 78% connection

To take or seize; to take hold of.

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Arm verb · 78% connection

To take by the arm; to take up in one's arms.

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Assume verb · 78% connection

To take to or upon one's self; to take formally and demonstratively; sometimes, to appropriate or take unjustly.

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Attach verb · 78% connection

To take by legal authority: (a) To arrest by writ, and bring before a court, as to answer for a debt, or a contempt; -- applied to a t…

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Bite verb · 78% connection

To take a bait into the mouth, as a fish does; hence, to take a tempting offer.

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Brisk v. t. & i. · 78% connection

To make or become lively; to enliven; to animate; to take, or cause to take, an erect or bold attitude; -- usually with up.

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Catch verb · 78% connection

To take or receive; esp. to take by sympathy, contagion, infection, or exposure; as, to catch the spirit of an occasion; to catch the…

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Distrain verb · 78% connection

To seize, as a pledge or indemnification; to take possession of as security for nonpayment of rent, the reparation of an injury done,…

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Eat verb · 78% connection

To take food; to feed; especially, to take solid, in distinction from liquid, food; to board.

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Espouse verb · 78% connection

To take as spouse; to take to wife; to marry.

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Gree noun · 78% connection

Good will; favor; pleasure; satisfaction; -- used esp. in such phrases as: to take in gree; to accept in gree; that is, to take favora…

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