English dictionary: words starting with zir

A zinc compound used as a fungicide, especially on some fruit and vegetable crops.

An alloy of zirconium, tin, and other metals, used chiefly as cladding for nuclear-reactor fuel.

An alloy of zirconium, tin, and other metals, used chiefly as cladding for nuclear-reactor fuel.

A mineral occurring as prismatic crystals, typically brown but sometimes in translucent forms of gem quality. it consists of zirconium silicate and is the chief ore of zirconium.

A salt containing oxyanions of zirconium; especially a salt of the anion zro₃ 2−. chiefly as a formative element in chemical names.

Zirconium dioxide, a white solid used in ceramic glazes and refractory coatings, and as a synthetic substitute for diamonds in jewellery.

Of, relating to, or containing zircon or zirconium; (of a mineral) having a (small) proportion of a typical constituent element replaced by zirconium.

Of or relating to zirconium; (occasionally) of or relating to zircon.

The chemical element of atomic number 40, a hard silver-grey metal of the transition series.

A cationic group containing zirconium and oxygen present in some salts and aqueous solutions. usually as a modifier forming chemical names, as in "zirconyl chloride".

A black or dark brown mineral which is a mixed oxide of zirconium, calcium, titanium, thorium, and other elements, occurring as small prisms or, more commonly, in amorphous form.