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Word Unit: Chemical Element: bromine (Greek: bromos, a stench; because of the odor [stench] from its vapors; liquid nonmetal).
Word Unit: Chemical Element: cadmium (Modern Latin: chemical element; from Greek and Latin, cadmia, earthy or earth; metal).
Word Unit: Chemical Element: calcium (Modern Latin: chemical element; from Latin, calx, calcis, lime; metal).
Word Unit: Chemical Element: californium (Modern Latin: chemical element; first made at the University of California and named for California and the University of California in Berkeley; radioactive metal).
Word Unit: Chemical Element: carbon (Latin: carbo, coal, charcoal; nonmetal).
Word Unit: Chemical Element: cerium (Modern Latin: chemical element; named for the asteroid Ceres which was discovered in 1801 and named for the Roman goddess Ceres; rare earth).
Word Unit: Chemical Element: cesium, caesium (Modern Latin: chemical element; from Latin, caesius, bluish gray; sky blue; metal).
Word Unit: Chemical Element: chlorine (Greek: chloros, grass-green; a reference to the color of the gas which tends to be greenish-yellow; gas).
Word Unit: Chemical Element: chromium (Modern Latin: chemical element; from Greek, chroma, color; because many of its compounds are colored; metal).
Word Unit: Chemical Element: cobalt (German: Kobalt; also Kobolt, a goblin, evil spirit, or malicious sprite; metal).
Word Unit: Chemical Element: copper (Modern Latin: chemical element; from Latin, cuprum, referring to the island of Cyprus; metal).
Word Unit: Chemical Element: curium (Modern Latin: chemical element; named for Pierre and Marie Curie; radioactive metal).
Word Unit: Chemical Element: dubnium (Modern Latin: named after the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research at Dubna, Russia; radioactive metal).
Word Unit: Chemical Element: dysprosium (Modern Latin: chemical element; from Greek, dysprositos, hard to get at; difficult to access; hard to obtain; rare earth).
Word Unit: Chemical Element: einsteinium (Modern Latin: chemical element; named for Albert Einstein; radioactive metal).
Word Unit: Chemical Element: erbium (Modern Latin: chemical element; named for Ytterby, a village in Sweden; where gadolite was found; rare earth).
Word Unit: Chemical Element: europium (Modern Latin: chemical element; named for Europe; rare earth).
Word Unit: Chemical Element: fermium (Modern Latin: chemical element; named in honor of Enrico Fermi, an Italian-American physicist; rare earth).
Word Unit: Chemical Element: fluorine (Modern Latin: chemical element; from Latin, fluere, to flow; gas).
Word Unit: Chemical Element: francium (Modern Latin: chemical element; named for France; radioactive metal).
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