beryllium
nounHow to pronounce beryllium:
Definition of beryllium:
- beryllium (noun):
- a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element.
- a chemical element of the alkaline earth metal group with atomic number 4 that occurs naturally in minerals such as beryl and is steel-gray in color, light and strong but brittle, and is used chiefly as a hardening agent in alloys see chemical elements table
Synonyms for beryllium:
atomic number 4
be
beryl
chrysoberyl
gadolinite
glucinium
metal
metallic element
Here are some other common 4-syllable words.
- berthiaume
- belteshazzar
- belligerence
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- baselessness
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- barometer
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- bahamian
- bacterium
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- baboonery
- azerbaijan
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- aviation
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- averagely
- aventurine
- available
- autonomic
- automated
- autocratic
- autocracy
- autochthonous
- auscultation
- auctioneer
- attestation
- atrocities
- atavistic
- asymptotic
- asymmetric
- astrophysics
- astronomer
- asthenosphere
- assyrian
- assumedly
- associates
- aspiration
- aryanna
- artificer
- arthropoda
- arterial
- arrondissement
- arrogantly
- armageddon
- aristotle
- argeiphontes
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