Did you perhaps mean one of these? Virginia, Virginian, virginity
Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. chemistry, obsolete A rejected name for francium.
Etymologies
- Virginia + -ium (after the US state), proposed in 1930 by Fred Allison, whose claim to have discovered the element was later disproved. (Wiktionary)
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Not in the Periodic Table
Words that sound like they might be the names of elements of the periodic table, but that aren't. Many of the words listed here were actually proposed as names for substances their creators thought...
tentorium, columbarium, nasturtium, deuterium, caladium, valerian, concordium, synangium, chorium, geranium, hymenium, pyrenium and 310 more...
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ex-element
Names and spellings formerly used for elements. Not entirely complete because I refuse to take notice of some of the sillier ones.
lutecium, prometheum, sulphur, protoactinium, columbium, glucinum, glucinium, virginium, illinium, alabamine, masurium, niton and 15 more...
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