heavy earth


noun
  1. another name for barium oxide

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How to use heavy earth in a sentence

  • I just heard Anderson Cooper bemoan the fact that he had seen no heavy earth moving equipment on the scene.

    Inside Haiti's Horror | The Daily Beast | January 13, 2010 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • About them had laughed and swirled the boys now lying dead under the heavy earth of Flemish fields.

    Robin | Frances Hodgson Burnett
  • The officers all had heavy earth barricades built in front of their tents, and these furnished fairly good protection.

  • The heated air and the heavy earth had driven the very dead upward for coolness' sake.

    Life's Handicap | Rudyard Kipling
  • This march to Tipton (36 miles) was made on a miry, heavy earth road parallel to the railroad, and but a little distance from it.

  • Revulsion shook us at the mere thought of getting down in a hot, glaring ravine and moving heavy earth and rocks.

    Gold | Stewart White