selenic /si-lēˈnik or -lenˈik/

1. Of or relating to the moon (also selenian /sə-lēˈni-ən/)
2. Of selenium in higher valency (selenic acid H₂SeO₄)

selenate /selˈi-nāt/ noun

A salt of selenic acid

selenide /selˈi-nīd/ noun

A compound of selenium with an element or radical

selēˈnious or selēˈnous adjective

Of selenium in lower valency (selenious acid H₂SeO₃)

selenite /selˈi-nīt/ noun

1. Gypsum, esp in transparent crystals (anciently supposed to wax and wane with the moon)
2. A salt of selenious acid

selenitic /sel-i-nitˈik/ adjective

selenium /si-lēˈ/ noun

A metalloid element (symbol Se; atomic no 34) discovered by Berzelius in 1817 and named from its resemblance to tellurium

selēˈnograph noun

A delineation of the moon

selenographer /sel-i-nogˈrə-fər/ noun

selenographic /si-lē-nə-grafˈik/ or selenographˈical adjective

selenography /sel-i-nogˈrə-fi/ noun

1. Mapping of the moon
2. The study of the moon's physical features

selēnologˈical adjective

• peltry
• pelts
• pelves
• pelvic
• pelvic arch
• nazir
• Nazirite
• nazirs
• Nazis
• Nazism
• naïf
• naïve
• naïvely
• naïveness
• naïvety
• naïveté
• naïvetés
• nb
• NB
• Nb
• NBA
• NBC
• NBC suit
• n-bomb
• nc