| 1 | | A simplified description of a
complex entity or process (5) |
| 4 | | A material such as glass or
porcelain with negligible
electrical or thermal conductivity (9) |
| 9 | | A colourless water-soluble
glutinous protein obtained from
animal tissues such as bone and
skin (7) |
| 10 | | A soft silver-white univalent
element of the alkali metal group;
the lightest metal known; occurs
in several minerals (7) |
| 11 | | A colourless volatile highly
inflammable liquid formerly used
as an inhalation anaesthetic (5) |
| 13 | | A unit of radioactivity equal to
the amount of a radioactive
isotope that decays at the rate of
37,000,000,000 disintegrations per
second (5) |
| 15 | | (biochemistry) a long linear
polymer found in the nucleus of a
cell and formed from nucleotides
and shaped like a double helix;
associated with the transmission
of genetic information (3) |
| 16 | | A particle that is electrically
charged (positive or negative); an
atom or molecule or group that has
lost or gained one or more
electrons (3) |
| 17 | | The state in which a substance has
no tendency to flow under moderate
stress; resists forces (such as
compression) that tend to deform
it; and retains a definite size
and shape (5) |
| 19 | | Hard outer covering or case of
certain organisms such as
arthropods and turtles (5) |
| 21 | | A craftsman who works with stone
or brick (5) |
| 23 | | A style of expressing yourself in
writing (5) |
| 24 | | A unit of electrical resistance
equal to the resistance between
two points on a conductor when a
potential difference of one volt
between them produces a current of
one ampere (3) |
| 25 | | A logarithmic unit of sound
intensity equal to 10 decibels (3) |
| 26 | | Formed by reaction between an acid
and an alcohol with elimination of
water (5) |
| 28 | | Location near or direction toward
the left side. _ _ _ _ s (plural) (5) |
| 29 | | Any of a series of volatile
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