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1. Element responsible for hyperkalaemia + element whose abbreviation is the same as what the knights from 'Monty Python' say + element that is also a name for a golf club = Cutting tool.
2. Element that shares its abbreviation with the seventh note of the C major music scale + element that combines with hydrogen to make water + element that shares its abbreviation with the 15th letter of the Latin alphabet + element that shares its abbreviation with a vitamin needed for blood coagulation + element whose name is derived from the Sanskrit word 'sulvere' = A bibliophile's favourite objects.
3. Element that derives its name from the Latin word Rus' for a geographical area in eastern Europe + dark brown element used in pyrotechnic flares to produce a green flame + element whose name comes from a combination of borax and carbon + deficiency in this element could lead to a goitre + element also known as brimstone + the lightest element + element commonly found combined with oxygen in compounds called borates + element that derives its name from the Greek word for violet 'iodes' + 78% of Earth's atmosphere is this element = Trash receptacle.
4. Element so important in the construction of high-tech devices that it has a Californian valley named after it + the 5th most abundant element in the universe + element that shares its abbreviation with the 11th letter of the Latin alphabet = A place to wash up.
5. Conductor of electricity that is the name of a colour and apparently what blood tastes of + element whose original alchemic symbol was a cross under a triangle + element whose name means 'water forming' + element that turns deep blue in the presence of starch + element essential for respiration + element discovered by Scottish physician Daniel Rutherford in 1772 = Item that may decorate a couch.
6. Element found in borax and boric acid + element used as a mood stabiliser + element that shares its abbreviation with that for a unit of force named after Isaac Newton + synthetic element formerly known by the equally unwieldy name of Ununnilium = Window coverings.
7. The smell of this element is often equated to that of rotten eggs + element which gives its name to the ability to glow without burning + element that shares its abbreviation with that for a universal blood type + gas you may need if you are in hospital + element that combines with hydrogen to produce ammonia = Tool for eating or serving.
8. Element whose name is derived from the Greek 'lanthana', meaning to lie hidden + element that shares its abbreviation with that for port and an American time zone + gas essential to life on earth + element whose name means 'light bearing' = Portable computer.
9. Also the name of an American 5 cent coin + element that forms a diamond + element that shares its abbreviation with that for the kelvin temperature scale + combined with chloride this element makes common table salt + element whose name comes from the Latin word for charcoal + element that derives its name from the word 'potash' + element used in fertiliser and gunpowder = Miscellaneous objects decorating a home.
10. Element used in agricultural fertilisers + element whose symbol is the same as the 6th note taught to the Von Trapp children in "The Sound of Music" + rare element whose name comes from the Latin word tellus meaning earth = Item that is typically ceramic and round.
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