cadmium

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

Definitions

• n.. A comparatively rare element related to zinc, and occurring in some zinc ores. It is a white metal, both ductile and malleable. Symbol Cd. Atomic weight 111.8. It was discovered by Stromeyer in 1817, who named it from its association with zinc or zinc ore.
• n.. a soft bluish-white ductile malleable toxic bivalent metallic element; occurs in association with zinc ores