minium

noun

a reddish oxide of lead (Pb3O4) used as a pigment in paints and in glass and ceramics

Roots

miniumminium- · Latin · red lead, cinnabar

Words related to minium

sinopisn minimumadj cerusen smalt subminimumadj cinnabarn litharge beaumontague sinopian lithopone orpimentn alizarinn canthaxanthin vermilionadj massicotn

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