Search for crossword answers and clues

Answer for the clue "Any binary compound of tellurium with other more electropositive elements ", 9 letters:
telluride

Alternative clues for the word telluride

Word definitions for telluride in dictionaries

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Telluride may refer to: Telluride, Colorado , the county seat of San Miguel County in southwest Colorado Telluride Regional Airport , an airport serving Telluride, Colorado Telluride Ski Resort , a ski resort located one town over from Telluride, Colorado ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1849, "compound of tellurium," from tellurium + -ide .

Gazetteer Word definitions in Gazetteer
Population (2000): 2221 Housing Units (2000): 1938 Land area (2000): 0.706574 sq. miles (1.830017 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.706574 sq. miles (1.830017 sq. km) FIPS code: 76795 Located within: Colorado ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Telluride \Tel"lu*ride\, n. (Chem.) A compound of tellurium with a more positive element or radical; -- formerly called telluret .

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context countable inorganic chemistry English) A binary compound of a metal with tellurium; metal salts of tellurane 2 (context countable organic chemistry English) Any organic compound of general formula R 2 Te (R not = H), the tellurium analogues ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. any binary compound of tellurium with other more electropositive elements

Usage examples of telluride.

His parents died of rad sickness when he was eleven, and he headed for the hills, lived in a ville near Telluride and learned all about taxidermy from an old-timer.

The message was probably from her sister, Nadine, who lived in Telluride and was expecting her first baby.

Within half an hour Daisy was on her way to Telluride, tape deck blaring.

A couple of mining magnates called Carbonate Ned Cartier and Telluride Tommy Gordon blew in, well oiled, after the management had asked them to leave a fussier establishment.

Frenching Ann and the aging but tidy Telluride Tommy seemed to be getting along all right in her crib.

In autumn, its gluttony of summer festivals digested, Telluride was sedate.

Sam booked a seat on the last flight of the day from Telluride to Denver.

Teresa had been in plain view on the kitchen table, with her itinerary in Ouray and Telluride spelled out in great detail.

It is distilled over near Telluride from honey and grain, with various herbs and spices.

Now Gold River rivaled Telluride and Goldstrike as mining centers, for each day miners dug hundreds, even thousands of dollars out of the ground.

Mark decided to walk down Colorado Street to the shopping district, look around for a few minutes, then cut back over to Telluride Drive.

He and Nick would often rendezvous in southern Colorado to ski, taking in Aspen and Telluride when they could.

Rather than going to Telluride as originally planned, my family was heading to a house that they had rented in Santa Fe, so we were all going to be celebrating Christmas together.

I gave the bride away at the wedding at the top of a summer ski slope in Telluride, then sent them on a honeymoon to Paris.

San Juan range of the Rocky Mountains, somewhere outside of Telluride, Colorado.