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ACTINIUMA Chemical That Is Not In Use Much Tony McCoy O'Grady, who has almost singlehandedly acronymised the entire periodic table.
ANTIMONY (2)A Naughty Tony (In Mirth Only) Negates _You_ Tony McCoy O'Grady, in response to ANTI-
ARGONA Royal Gas?! Oh, Noble! Angela Brett
ARGON (2)A Rare Gas Of Nature Tony McCoy O'Grady
ARSENICA Reliable Solution Employed Nastily In Crimes Tony McCoy O'Grady
ASTATINEAmazingly Short-Term. All Twenty Isotopes Naturally Exist. Tony McCoy O'Grady
BARIUMBefore A Radiograph Is Unpopular Meal Tony McCoy O'Grady
BISMUTHBisodol Is Still Much Used Treating Hangovers! Tony McCoy O'Grady
BRONZEBe Really Open - Nearness Zenithal Emotionally. Angela Brett, referring to what is traditionally the bronze (8th) wedding anniversary.
CADMIUMChemical Apparently Defends Metals In Unfriendly Milieus. Tony McCoy O'Grady
CALCIUMCommon And Like Chalk It's, Unusually, Metallic Tony McCoy O'Grady
CALIFORNIUMClassified Actinide. Lecturers In Fusion Often Refer. Named In University's Memory. Tony McCoy O'Grady
CARBONConstituent All Real Breathing Organisms Need Tony McCoy O'Grady
CERIUMChemical Element Resident In Umpteen Minerals. Tony McCoy O'Grady
CESIUMClock Element. Standard In Universal Measurement. Tony McCoy O'Grady
CHLORINECommon Halogen. Liquifies Often. Respiration Is Not Easy. Tony McCoy O'Grady
COBALTColourful Original Blue, Artists Layer Thickly. Tony McCoy O'Grady
COLUMBIUMChemical Of Lustre. Usually Mined By Industrious Underground Miners. Tony McCoy O'Grady
COPPERCommonly Our Police, Properly Earthly Resource Tony McCoy O'Grady
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CURIUMCan Unleash Radiation If Used Meetly. Tony McCoy O'Grady
DYSPROSIUMDo You Suppose People Realise Our Sillinesses Indicate Unsound Minds? Tony McCoy O'Grady
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EINSTEINIUMExcluded In Nature, Since Thermonuclear Explosions It's Now Introduced Unto Mankind. Tony McCoy O'Grady
FLOURINEFrequently Liquified On Unclean Reservoirs. It Nourishes Enamel. Tony McCoy O'Grady
GOLDGood Old Lucre, Delightful! Tony McCoy O'Grady
GOLD (3)Glittering Ore Lures Diggers. Roger Williams
INDIUMIndigo-Named, Ductile - If Uncommon - Metal. Tony McCoy O'Grady
IODINEIn Ocean Depths It's Never Ending Tony McCoy O'Grady
IRIDIUMIts Rainbowness Is Displayed In Useful Mixtures. Tony McCoy O'Grady
IRONIt Rusts, Oh No! Tony McCoy O'Grady
LEADLies Expressionless And Dead Tony McCoy O'Grady
LITHIUMLightens Internal Tensions, Happily Is Useful Medicine Tony McCoy O'Grady
MERCURY (2)Mobile, Exceptionally, Rarely Contained, Usually Rather Yielding Tony McCoy O'Grady
NEONNow Enlivening Our Nighttimes Tony McCoy O'Grady
NICKELNominally In Coinage, Keeps Everything Light Tony McCoy O'Grady
OSMIUMOverly Solid Metal, Is Usually Mixed Angela Brett. (Osmium is very dense and is mainly used in alloys)
OXYGENObviously Xeric, Yet Greatly Essential Necessity. Tony McCoy O'Grady
PHOSPHORUSPilots Have Over-Supply. Potentially Hellfire Objects Relayed Unto Scene Tony McCoy O'Grady
PLATINUMPricey Ladies' Adornment. Typically Inert, Not Usually Magnetic. Tony McCoy O'Grady
PROTACTINIUMParticularly Rarely Occurring. Tiny Amounts Cost Thousands. It's Not In Use Much. Tony McCoy O'Grady
RADONRarely A Desired Occurrence, Naturally Tony McCoy O'Grady
RHENIUMRather Hard Element, Not - Indeed - Unlike Manganese. Tony McCoy O'Grady
RUBIDIUMRather Uncommon, But If Discovered Is Usually Minute. Tony McCoy O'Grady
SCANDIUMSwedish Chemistry Artisan - Nilson - Discovered It, Underpinning Mendeleyev. Tony McCoy O'Grady
SELENIUMSometimes Ends Life, Evidently. Nasty In Unpleasant Mixtures. Tony McCoy O'Grady
SILICONSometimes In Ladies Increases Cleavage, Or Neckline Tony McCoy O'Grady
SILVER (3)Substance, In Light, Very Easily Reflects. Timothy Chambers
SODIUMSalt Of Davy's Independent Unique Manufacture. Tony McCoy O'Grady
SULPHURSmells Uniquely, Like Pheasants Hung Until Rotten Tony McCoy O'Grady
THORIUMThis Has Only Rare Industrial Uses, Mostly. Tony McCoy O'Grady
THALLIUMThis Heavy Atom, Like Lead, Is Ultra-Malign. Tony McCoy O'Grady
TERBIUMThis Exhibits Rare Behaviour - It's Unusual, Magnetically. Tony McCoy O'Grady
TELLURIUMThis Element Looks Little Unusual, Really Is Ultra Mundane. Tony McCoy O'Grady
URANIUMUnpleasant Radiation - And Normally Is Used Militarily Tony McCoy O'Grady
YTTERBIUMYou Try This Expansion. Reference Book Is Unhelpful, Mostly. Tony McCoy O'Grady
Words & Wordplay:Acronyms about Acronyms
YTTRIUMYour Television Tube Requires It's Use, Mainly. Tony McCoy O'Grady
ZINCZenith In Non-Corrosion Tony McCoy O'Grady