Gold Word Search
This Gold word search hides 12 words on a 15×15 grid — the terms and ideas of a school subject. Trace each one with a finger or mouse and it locks in as soon as the whole word is covered. No signup, no download.
Words to find: GOLD, ALLOY, ALCHEMY, SMELTING, PURIFICATION, ELECTROLYSIS, ELECTROPLATING, GILDING, MINING, AURIC, AUROUS, AURIFEROUS.
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Gold word list, defined
- GOLD /ˈɡoʊld/ · noun, verb
- A valuable yellow precious metal; a bright yellow colour. A person who wins a competition or achieves success. Related: precious metal, yellow metal, valuable metal, winner.
- ALLOY /ˈælɔɪ/ · noun
- A metal made by combining two or more metallic elements, or a metal and a nonmetal, to give greater strength or resistance to corrosion. As a verb, to alloy means to mix or blend metals in this way. Related: mixture, blend, compound, fusion.
- ALCHEMY /ˈælkəmi/ · noun
- The medieval European art of attempting to change base metals into gold and finding the elixir of life, involving the use of chemical substances and processes. Related: transmutation, metamorphosis, transfiguration, conversion.
- SMELTING /ˈsmɛltɪŋ/ · noun
- The process of melting and separating the metal from the ore, or the process of heating a metal to a high temperature to extract its components. Related: melting, refining, purifying, extracting.
- PURIFICATION /ˌpʌrɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ · noun
- The act or process of making something pure or free from impurities. A process of spiritual or moral cleansing. Related: purification process, cleansing, sanitization, refinement.
- ELECTROLYSIS /ɪˌlɛkˈtrɒlɪsɪs/ (UK), /ɪˌlɛkˈtrɑːləsɪs/ (US) · noun
- A process in which a direct electric current is passed through an electrolyte to bring about a chemical reaction, typically decomposing a compound into its constituent elements; also, the removal of body hair by destroying hair follicles with an electric current. Related: electrochemical decomposition, ionization, galvanolysis, electrolytic separation.
- ELECTROPLATING /ɪˌlɛktrəˈpleɪtɪŋ/ · noun
- The process of depositing a thin layer of metal, such as gold, silver, chromium or nickel, onto the surface of another object by means of an electric current passed through an electrolyte solution. Related: metal plating, electrodeposition, galvanoplasty.
- GILDING /ˈɡɪldɪŋ/ · noun
- The act of covering with a thin layer of gold or gold leaf, or the decoration of something with gold or gold leaf. The application of a thin layer of gold or gold leaf to a surface, especially for decorative purposes. Related: gild, goldplate, ornament, adorn.
- MINING /ˈmaɪnɪŋ/ · noun, verb
- The extraction of minerals or other valuable materials from the earth, or the process of digging or excavating something. To obtain or extract something by searching or investigating. Related: excavation, digging, extraction, quarrying.
- AURIC /ˈɔːrɪk/ · adjective
- Of or relating to gold. In chemistry, specifically denoting gold in its trivalent state (oxidation state +3), as in compounds such as auric chloride. Related: golden, gilded, gold-colored, aurous.
- AUROUS /ˈɔːrəs/ · adjective
- Of or relating to gold, especially denoting chemical compounds in which gold has a valence of one. Related: golden, gilded, auric.
- AURIFEROUS /ˌɔːˈrɪf(ə)rəs/ · adjective
- Yielding or containing gold; of rocks, ore, or deposits, bearing gold in payable or recoverable quantities. Related: gold-bearing, gold-bearing (of ore), golden.
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