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uranious

uranious adjective: of or containing uranium.

Adjective

uranious (comparative more uranious, superlative most uranious)

  1. Of or containing uranium.
    • This differs from the previous process in that the gallic acid, in the one case, reduces the silver solution to the state of metallic silver ; and, in the other case, the uranious image itself reduces it to the state of silver oxide.1883 January, Captain Abney, “Recent Advances in Photography”, in Popular Science, volume 22, number 19, →ISSN, page 398
    • Our action's spontaneous in atoms uranious / Or radious, actinious or thorious : / But for others, the gleam of a heaven-sent beam / Must encourage their efforts laborious.1905 December 7, W. R., “The Death-Knell of the Atom”, in Nature, volume 73, number 1884, →ISSN, page 132
  2. uranous.

Forms of uranious

comparativemore uranious
superlativemost uranious

Origin of uranious

From uranium + -ous.

Words that rhyme with uranious

Questions about uranious

What does uranious mean?
Uranious means of or containing uranium.
What part of speech is uranious?
Uranious is an adjective.

Words near uranious in the dictionary

  1. uraniid
  2. uraniids
  3. uranin
  4. uraninite
  5. uraninites
  6. uranious
  7. uranisci
  8. uraniscoplasty
  9. uraniscus
  10. uranism
  11. uranisms

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