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Element

One of the simplest or essential parts or principles of which anything consists, or upon which the constitution or fundamental powers of anything are based.

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Narrower term 43

Accessory 76% connected

Accompanying as a subordinate; aiding in a secondary way; additional; connected as an incident or subordinate to a principal; contributing or contrib…

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Actinium 76% connected

A supposed metal, said by Phipson to be contained in commercial zinc; -- so called because certain of its compounds are darkened by exposure to light.

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Addition 76% connected

The act of adding two or more things together; -- opposed to subtraction or diminution.

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Air 76% connected

The fluid which we breathe, and which surrounds the earth; the atmosphere. It is invisible, inodorous, insipid, transparent, compressible, elastic, a…

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Appurtenance 76% connected

That which belongs to something else; an adjunct; an appendage; an accessory; something annexed to another thing more worthy; in common parlance and…

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Arsenic 76% connected

One of the elements, a solid substance resembling a metal in its physical properties, but in its chemical relations ranking with the nonmetals. It is…

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As 76% connected

Denoting equality or likeness in kind, degree, or manner; like; similar to; in the same manner with or in which; in accordance with; in proportion to…

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At 76% connected

Primarily, this word expresses the relations of presence, nearness in place or time, or direction toward; as, at the ninth hour; at the house; to aim…

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Boron 76% connected

A nonmetallic element occurring abundantly in borax. It is reduced with difficulty to the free state, when it can be obtained in several different fo…

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Bromine 76% connected

One of the elements, related in its chemical qualities to chlorine and iodine. Atomic weight 79.8. Symbol Br. It is a deep reddish brown liquid of a…

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Chlorine 76% connected

One of the elementary substances, commonly isolated as a greenish yellow gas, two and one half times as heavy as air, of an intensely disagreeable su…

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Crystal 76% connected

The regular form which a substance tends to assume in solidifying, through the inherent power of cohesive attraction. It is bounded by plane surfaces…

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Earth 76% connected

The globe or planet which we inhabit; the world, in distinction from the sun, moon, or stars. Also, this world as the dwelling place of mortals, in d…

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Ether 76% connected

A medium of great elasticity and extreme tenuity, supposed to pervade all space, the interior of solid bodies not excepted, and to be the medium of t…

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F 76% connected

The name of the fourth tone of the model scale, or scale of C. F sharp (F /) is a tone intermediate between F and G.

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Fire 76% connected

The evolution of light and heat in the combustion of bodies; combustion; state of ignition.

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Fluorine 76% connected

A non-metallic, gaseous element, strongly acid or negative, or associated with chlorine, bromine, and iodine, in the halogen group of which it is the…

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H 76% connected

The seventh degree in the diatonic scale, being used by the Germans for B natural. See B.

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Hardware 76% connected

Ware made of metal, as cutlery, kitchen utensils, and the like; ironmongery.

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Hydrogen 76% connected

A gaseous element, colorless, tasteless, and odorless, the lightest known substance, being fourteen and a half times lighter than air (hence its use…

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I 76% connected

In our old authors, I was often used for ay (or aye), yes, which is pronounced nearly like it.

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Improver 76% connected

One who, or that which, improves.

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Ingredient 76% connected

That which enters into a compound, or is a component part of any combination or mixture; an element; a constituent.

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Iodine 76% connected

A nonmetallic element, of the halogen group, occurring always in combination, as in the iodides. When isolated it is in the form of dark gray metalli…

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Making 76% connected

of Make

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Metal 76% connected

An elementary substance, as sodium, calcium, or copper, whose oxide or hydroxide has basic rather than acid properties, as contrasted with the nonmet…

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Module 76% connected

A model or measure.

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N 76% connected

A measure of space equal to half an M (or em); an en.

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Nitrogen 76% connected

A colorless nonmetallic element, tasteless and odorless, comprising four fifths of the atmosphere by volume. It is chemically very inert in the free…

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No 76% connected

Not any; not one; none.

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Nonmetal 76% connected

Any one of the set of elements which, as contrasted with the metals, possess, produce, or receive, acid rather than basic properties; a metalloid; as…

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O 76% connected

Among the ancients, O was a mark of triple time, from the notion that the ternary, or number 3, is the most perfect of numbers, and properly expresse…

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Oxygen 76% connected

A colorless, tasteless, odorless, gaseous element occurring in the free state in the atmosphere, of which it forms about 23 per cent by weight and ab…

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Phosphorus 76% connected

The morning star; Phosphor.

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Point 76% connected

To appoint.

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Quintessence 76% connected

The fifth or last and highest essence or power in a natural body. See Ferment oils, under Ferment.

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Selenium 76% connected

A nonmetallic element of the sulphur group, and analogous to sulphur in its compounds. It is found in small quantities with sulphur and some sulphur…

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Spare 76% connected

To use frugally or stintingly, as that which is scarce or valuable; to retain or keep unused; to save.

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Sulfur 76% connected

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Sulphur 76% connected

A nonmetallic element occurring naturally in large quantities, either combined as in the sulphides (as pyrites) and sulphates (as gypsum), or native…

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Supplement 76% connected

That which supplies a deficiency, or meets a want; a store; a supply.

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Tellurium 76% connected

A rare nonmetallic element, analogous to sulphur and selenium, occasionally found native as a substance of a silver-white metallic luster, but usuall…

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Water 76% connected

The fluid which descends from the clouds in rain, and which forms rivers, lakes, seas, etc.

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Division 76% connected

The act or process of diving anything into parts, or the state of being so divided; separation.

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Environment 76% connected

Act of environing; state of being environed.

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Environs 76% connected

The parts or places which surround another place, or lie in its neighborhood; suburbs; as, the environs of a city or town.

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Part 76% connected

One of the portions, equal or unequal, into which anything is divided, or regarded as divided; something less than a whole; a number, quantity, mass,…

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Portion 76% connected

That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything.

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Section 76% connected

The act of cutting, or separation by cutting; as, the section of bodies.

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Situation 76% connected

Manner in which an object is placed; location, esp. as related to something else; position; locality site; as, a house in a pleasant situation.

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Substance 76% connected

That which underlies all outward manifestations; substratum; the permanent subject or cause of phenomena, whether material or spiritual; that in whic…

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Surround 76% connected

To inclose on all sides; to encompass; to environ.

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Primary 74% connected

First in order of time or development or in intention; primitive; fundamental; original.

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Primary 74% connected

First in order of time or development or in intention; primitive; fundamental; original.

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Component part 1

Atom 70% connected

An ultimate indivisible particle of matter.

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Synonym 4

Component 92% connected

Serving, or helping, to form; composing; constituting; constituent.

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Constituent 92% connected

Serving to form, compose, or make up; elemental; component.

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Factor 92% connected

One who transacts business for another; an agent; a substitute; especially, a mercantile agent who buys and sells goods and transacts business for ot…

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Ingredient 92% connected

That which enters into a compound, or is a component part of any combination or mixture; an element; a constituent.

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