Robert Becker, Kirkwood MO

This year marks my 25th year on the job, and I have yet to think of it as a job. The end of each day finds me both exhausted
and rejuvenated, simultaneously elated and frustrated. Teaching is the one profession in which nothing changes and
everything changes. No promotions on the horizon, but never a dull moment. The long term plan is just to get better and
better at what we do. Above all else, teaching is a very humbling career, and I'm proud to be a part of it!

Element Anagrams, a puzzle

Each of the following twelve clues is intended to elicit a specific two-word response. The number of letters in each word is indicated by
the number of spaces. Each response is also an anagram of one of the elements of the periodic table.

For example if the clue were bookish swine __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __, then the response would be nerdy hog, which is an anagram
for thats right, hydrogen!

If you need some help, you may sneak a peek at the short list below. It is the list of the twelve elements though not in puzzle order.
Even with this short list, the puzzle is still quite a challenge.

1. Greetings, horse-donkey hybrid. __ __ __ __ __ __

2. An indolent frequent flyer __ __ __ __ __ __

3. Rust-prone chap __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __

4. Chest bone portent __ __ __ __ __ __ __

5. Providing weapons for a flightless bird __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __

6. Bacardi support __ __ __ __ __ __

7. Bicuspids covered with an aromatic Indian spice __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __

8. Taxi parking area __ __ __ __ __ __

9. Devout small rugs __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __

10. wilted albacore __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __

11. cloth shelters for large African antelopes __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __

12. aristocratic mannequin __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __

Answers to Nomenclature practice on page 13 Short list for anagram element puzzle (above)

2. Copper 15. Neon 28. Californium barium

3. Antimony 16. Rhodium 29. Mendelevium bromine
4. Barium 17. Silicon 30. Gold cobalt
5. Iron 18. Radium 31. Neptunium germanium
6. Boron 19. Indium 32. Nickel helium
7. Tantalum 20. Lead 33. Lithium molybdenum
8. Arsenic 21. Carbon 34. Samarium nitrogen
9. Tellurium 22. Holmium 35. Sodium platinum
10. Erbium 23. Lawrencium potassium
11. Cerium 24. Iodine radium
12. Cesium 25. Mercury technetium
13. Curium 26. Germanium tungsten
14. Zinc 27. Boron

14 Chem 13 News/December 2008