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- se a toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium; occurs in several allotropic forms; a stable grey metallike allotrope conducts electricity better in the light than in the dark and is used in photocells; occurs in sulfide ores (as pyrite)
- tropical characterized by or of the nature of a trope or tropes; changed from its literal sense
- irony a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs
- selenium a toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium; occurs in several allotropic forms; a stable grey metallike allotrope conducts electricity better in the light than in the dark and is used in photocells; occurs in sulfide ores (as pyrite)
- cyclic neutropenia neutropenia that occurs periodically
- alpha iron a magnetic allotrope of iron; stable below 906 degrees centigrade
- tightrope walking walking on a tightrope or slack rope
- high wire a tightrope very high above the ground
- delta iron an allotrope of iron that is stable between 1403 degrees centigrade and the melting point (= 1532 degrees)
- beta iron an allotrope of iron that is the same as alpha iron except that it is nonmagnetic; stable between 768 and 906 degrees centigrade