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Word Play - Toughie
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By solving the definitions below, you will find ten words composed of the abbreviations of 44 elements from the Periodic Table. Each abbreviation is used only once. Example: rage = RA (Radium) + GE (Germanium). Each word uses between three and five elements. -1. Large semiaquatic rodents of tropical South America -2. The middle regions of the bodies of arthropods -3. Having been legally declared financially insolvent -4. A psychiatric disorder marked by deficits in communication and social interaction -5. Meddles -6. Trite, dated, melodramatic, or mawkishly sentimental -7. A scamp; a scapegrace -8. To condemn or forbid as harmful or unlawful -9. Descriptive of an extremely thin crack -10. A specialist assigned to the staff of a diplomatic mission 
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Re: Word Play - Toughie
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1. capybara = Ca (calcium), P (phosphorus), Y (yttrium), Ba (barium), Ra (radium)
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Re: Word Play - Toughie
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10. attache  at (astatine) ta (tantalum) c (carbon) he (helium)
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5. In (Indium) Te (Tellurium) Rf (Rutherfordium) Er (Erbium) Es (Einsteinium)
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8. Pr (praseodymium) Os (osmium) Cr (chromium) I (iodine) Be (beryllium)
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9. H A Ir Li Ne Hydrogen, Argon, Iridium, Lithium, Neon Gaaah - having done it, rea;ised I'm wrong - argon is Ar, not A.
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Re: Word Play - Toughie
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Sorry Redz, wrong word. Keep trying. #9 starts with Ha
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Ha formerly the suggested symbol for the name "hahnium", which was applied variously to two elements, now called dubnium and hassium
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