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alpha
The 1st letter of the Greek ___
paper
A material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses
field
Open area of grass or crops
beta
The 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet
metal
Any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity
gamma
A unit of magnetic field strength equal to one-hundred-thousandth of an oersted
lead
A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element
nucleus
Center of an atom or a cell
air
A mixture of gases required for breathing
unstable
Highly or violently reactive
radioactive
Exhibiting or caused by ___
particles
A body having finite mass and internal structure but negligible dimensions (plural)
hazard
A source of danger
waves
Rolling swells on the sea
deflect
To prevent the occurrence of
penetrate
To pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance
magnetic
Of or relating to or caused by ___

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