plutonium
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- A solid silvery grey radioactive transuranic element whose atoms can be split when bombarded with neutrons; found in minute quantities in uranium ores but is usually synthesized in nuclear reactors; 13 isotopes are known with the most important being plutonium 239
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| 1 | pessimism | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | pacifism | 4 | 3 |
| 3 | opportunism | 5 | 1 |
| 4 | paganism | 4 | 1 |
| 5 | petroleum | 4 | 1 |
| 6 | plagiarism | 4 | 1 |
| 7 | peronism | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | presidium | 4 | 0 |
| 9 | promethium | 4 | 0 |
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| 1 | pollution | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | platinum | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | platonic | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | platonist | 3 | 2 |
| 5 | podium | 3 | 1 |
| 6 | polonium | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | plutonic | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | plutonian | 4 | 0 |
| 9 | pluto | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | luton | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | polonius | 4 | 0 |
| 12 | palonius | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | strontium | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | sputum | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | putnam | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | put-on | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | plenum | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | pelton | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | palton | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | neptunium | 4 | 0 |
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📰 This Word in the News:
World’s first mass spectrometer detects uranium and plutonium isotopes at once
Nov 3, 2026 Interesting Engineering
Nov 3, 2026 Interesting Engineering
EXCLUSIVE: US picks potential partners for using Cold War-era plutonium as fuel
May 26, 2026 Reuters
May 26, 2026 Reuters
U.S. Underestimates Peril if Los Alamos Were to Leak Plutonium, Study Says
Jul 24, 2026 The New York Times
Jul 24, 2026 The New York Times