m 3 e 1 n 1 d 2 e 1 l 1 e 1 v 4 i 1 u 1 m 3
11 letters · 19 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a radioactive transuranic element synthesized by bombarding einsteinium with alpha particles (Md is the current symbol for mendelevium but Mv was formerly the symbol)
originFrom a modified version of Mendeleev + -ium (suffix forming names of metal elements), named in honour of the Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev (1834–1907) who formulated the periodic law and created an early version of the periodic table of elements. The word was proposed by a team from the University of California, Berkeley, comprising the team leader Stanley Gerald Thompson and members Gregory…
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Words from these letters
- unlevied 12
- unveiled 12
- demilune 11
- livened 11
- unlived 11
- medium 11
- nimmed 11
- veinule 10
- devein 10
- endive 10
- envied 10
- evened 10