Word Type

Noun

The word "helium" can be used as a noun.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

air atmosphere chemistry lab laboratory moon

Capable Of

rise above oxygen

Defined As

basis of all cryogenics research second element in periodical table

Derived Terms

antihelium antiprotonic helium dihelium heliair helide helikite helion helionium heliox helium I helium II helium balloon helium burning helium dating helium descrambler helium flash helium fusion helium hydride helium speech helium star helium unscrambler helium variable helium-3 helium-4 heliumide heliumless heliumlike helonium hydridohelium hyperhelium liquid helium nonhelium orthohelium parahelium radiohelium

Has Part

atomic number of two atomic weight of four two electrons

Has Property

inert

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

argonon inert gas noble gas

Type Of (IsA)

chemical element element gas gas at room temperature inert element inert gas lighter air lighter than air most tightly bound atom noble gas non metallic element non renewable resource only element seven times lighter than air

Located Near

star

Not Has Property

explosive radioactive

Receives Action

called noble gas extracted from natural gas used in lighter than air balloons

Related Terms

Helios helio

Related Terms

atomic number atomic weight colorless element helio helios inert

Synonym Network

e939

Used For

filling party balloons

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.