| HENRI | French physicist Becquerel who discovered radioactivity |
| ANTOINE | Nobel physicist Becquerel |
| PIERRECURIE | French physicist and chemist who shared the 1903 Nobel Prize in physics with his wife, Marie, and fellow countryman Henri Becquerel (6,5) |
| CURIE | Pierre ---, French physicist and chemist who shared the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics with his wife and fellow countryman Henri Becquerel (5) |
| RADIOACTIVITY | Phenomenon whereby unstable atoms release energy, first discovered by Henri Becquerel |
| ETRE | To be, to Becquerel |
| UNIT | Bushel, byte, or becquerel |
| BQ | (Chem symbol) Becquerel (2) |
| PIERRE | French physicist and chemist Curie (1859-1906) who, along with his wife Marie, discovered radium |
| REAUMUR | French physicist who invented the alcohol thermometer (1683-1757). |
| COULOMB | Charles, French physicist who died in 1806 (7) |
| AMPERE | French physicist who made discoveries in magnetism and electricity (6) |
| FOUCAULT | French physicist who invented the gyroscope (8) |
| BROGLIE | Louis de -; French physicist who contributed towards the formulation of quantum theory (7) |
| AMPERES | SI units of electric current named after a French physicist who was one of the founders of electrody |
| DEBROGLIE | Louis, French physicist who won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1929 (2,7) |
| BECQUEREL | The derived SI unit of radioactivity, named after a French physicist (9) |
| FRANCIUM | Radioactive chemical element, atomic no. 87, discovered by French physicist Marguerite Perey (8) |
| MARIE | Polish-French physicist and chemist who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, _ Curie (5) |
| CARNOT | French physicist |
