bromine

bromine has 2 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 7.

Definitions

• n.. One of the elements, related in its chemical qualities to chlorine and iodine. Atomic weight 79.8. Symbol Br. It is a deep reddish brown liquid of a very disagreeable odor, emitting a brownish vapor at the ordinary temperature. In combination it is found in minute quantities in sea water, and in many saline springs. It occurs also in the mineral bromyrite.
• n.. a nonmetallic heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens; found in sea water