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Sunday 18 March 2018

Sunday Rest: dysprosium. Word Not To Use Today.

Strangely enough, dysprosium isn't an annoying tendency to burst into very bad verse, but a chemical element.

Word Not To Use Today: dysprosium. This word comes from the Greek dusprositos, difficult to get near, with -ium added on to make it look more like the name of an element.

Dysprosium is a metal, Atomic Number 66, symbol Dy. It's used in lasers and nuclear control rods.

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