Search Result for "alkaline-earth metal":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. any of the bivalent metals of group II of the periodic table (calcium or strontium or barium or magnesium or beryllium);
[syn: alkaline earth, alkaline-earth metal]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

alkaline-earth metal n 1: any of the bivalent metals of group II of the periodic table (calcium or strontium or barium or magnesium or beryllium) [syn: alkaline earth, alkaline-earth metal]