| NEODYMIUM | Metallic chemical element named from the Greek for 'new twin' (9) |
| ARGON | Gaseous chemical element named from the Greek for 'inactive' (5) |
| EOCENE | Epoch named from the Greek for "new dawn" |
| TELLURIUM | Brittle silvery-white metalloid element named from the Latin word for 'earth' (9) |
| BERKELIUM | Radioactive chemical element named after a city in California (9) |
| ECHINACEA | North American plant of the daisy family (Asteraceae) named from the Greek word for hedgehog (9) |
| TRAPEZIUM | Four-sided geometric shape named from the Greek for 'table' (9) |
| SELENIUM | Grey crystalline non-metallic element named from the Greek word for 'moon' (8) |
| MOLYBDENUM | Hard ductile silvery-grey metallic element named from the Greek word for 'lead' (10) |
| KRYPTON | Rare inert gaseous element named from the Greek for 'hidden' (7) |
| CADMIUM | Silvery-white metallic element named from the Latin for 'calamine' (7) |
| CAESIUM | Soft alkaline metallic element named from the Latin for 'bluish grey' (7) |
| MARIECURIE | She has a chemical element named for her -- and won both the 1903 Nobel Prize for Physics and the 1911 Nobel Prize for Chemistry (2 wds.) |
| URANIUM | Chemical element named after the seventh planet from the sun (7) |
| RADIUM | Which metallic chemical element, discovered by Marie Curie, is the heaviest of the alkaline earth metals? (6) |
| ZINC | Metallic chemical element with the atomic number 30 (4) |
| TUNGSTEN | Metallic chemical element with the symbol W (8) |
| SILICON | Non metallic chemical element in the carbon family, atomic No. 14 (7) |
| SILVER | White, metallic chemical element extremely ductile and malleable, a conductor of heat and electricity and used in the manufacture of coins, jewelry |
| TIN | Soft, silver-white metallic chemical element malleable at ordinary temperature |
