| CALORIE | Unit of energy or heat originally defined as the amount of heat required at a pressure of 1 standard atmosphere to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water 1degrees Celsius. Since 1948 this unit has b |
| NEST | Where one may obtain eggs of one standard (4) |
| EMIT | Send forth, as energy or heat |
| ACRE | Unit of area historically defined as the amount of land a yoke of oxen could plough in one day (4) |
| SECOND | Unit of time defined as "the duration of 9,192,631,770 periods of the radiation corresponding to the transition between the two hyperfine levels of the ground state of the caesium-133 atom" (6) |
| LUMEN | Unit of luminous flux, or amount of light, used often in artificial lighting applications that is defined as the amount streaming outward through one steradian from a uniform point source having an in |
| METRE | Unit of length originally defined as one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the North Pole along a meridian through Paris (5) |
| TRAFFICLIGHT | One of The Greens giving the go-ahead, as the amount of vehicles on the road isn't heavy (7,5) |
| SEAMILE | Unit of distance used in navigation, defined as the length of one minute of arc, measured along the meridian, in the latitude of the position |
| MILLIHELEN | Facetious unit defined as the amount of beauty needed to launch one ship |
| LITER | Unit of volume equal to one cubic decimetre (0.001 cubic metre). From 1901 to 1964 the litre was defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water at 4 degreesC (39.2 degreesF) and standard atmosphe |
| LATENT | ___ heat is the amount of heat absorbed when unit mass of substance changes from one state to another at some constant temperature (6) |
| GRAMME | Original spelling for a unit defined as the weight of a cubic centimetre of water |
| REGULATE | To adjust the amount of heat or sound as required, control (8) |
| ROOFTOP | A white _______ can minimize the amount of heat from solar radiation that is absorbed through roof surfaces of buildings, which can be used to reduce cooling costs and to save energy (7) |
| MAGICBULLET | The ideal of a drug able to selectively target a disease without other effects on the body. originally defined by Paul Ehrlich (5,6) |
| DUE | Required at a certain time (especially of a payment) (3) |
| EVENS | (Of a bet) Winning the same as the amount staked (5) |
| NAUTICALMILE | Measure originally defined as one minute of latitude |
| QUIETQUITTING | Doing the minimum required at a job (5,8) |
