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Answer for the clue "A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element ", 9 letters:
glucinium

Word definitions for glucinium in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Glucinum \Glu*ci"num\, n. [Cf. F. glucinium, glycium, fr. Gr. ?, sweet. Cf. Glycerin .] (Chem.) A rare metallic element, of a silver white color, and low specific gravity (2.1), resembling magnesium. It never occurs naturally in the free state, but is always ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (alternative form of glucinum English)

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element [syn: beryllium , Be , atomic number 4 ]

Usage examples of glucinium.

Lithium five doesn't exist on Earth, or glucinium eight, or nitrogen fifteen or 'oxygen seventeen or fluorine eighteen or sulphur thirty-four - or thirty-five!