Home › Words › D › davyumdavyumdavyum means A supposed chemical element discovered in 1877, later found to be a mixture of iridium and rhodium.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, davyum ranks #33,907 of 42,747 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom Davy + -um.nounA supposed chemical element discovered in 1877, later found to be a mixture of iridium and rhodium.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.philippium 60% match — A supposed metallic element obtainable from samarskite, later discovered to be a mixture of yttrium and terbium. vs davyum →lavoisium 60% match — (obsolete) A supposed silvery-white, malleable, metallic chemical element, said to have been discovered in pyrites and some other minerals. vs davyum →pelopium 59% match — A supposed chemical element, later found to be a mixture of niobium and tantalum. vs davyum →decipium 58% match — Proposed name for a chemical element isolated from samarskite, later found to be a mixture of samarium and other rare earth elements. vs davyum →davyne 58% match — A hexagonal-dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, calcium, chlorine, oxygen, potassium, silicon, sodium, and sulfur. vs davyum →didymium 58% match — A mixture of praseodymium and neodymium once thought to be an element (symbol Di). vs davyum →vesbium 58% match — A supposed rare metallic element extracted from Vesuvian lava. Later tests showed it to be a composite. vs davyum →ilmenium 57% match — A supposed chemical element, later found to be a mixture of niobium and tantalum. vs davyum →