Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations
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Noun
S: (n) component, constituent, element, factor, ingredient (an abstract part of something) "jealousy was a component of his character"; "two constituents of a musical composition are melody and harmony"; "the grammatical elements of a sentence"; "a key factor in her success"; "humor: an effective ingredient of a speech"
S: (n) component, constituent, element (an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system) "spare components for cars"; "a component or constituent element of a system"
S: (n) bulb (a rounded part of a cylindrical instrument (usually at one end)) "the bulb of a syringe"
S: (n) butt, stub (the small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking))
S: (n) component, constituent, element (an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system) "spare components for cars"; "a component or constituent element of a system"
S: (n) cutout (a part that is cut out or is intended to be cut out)
S: (n) foible (the weaker part of a sword's blade from the forte to the tip)
S: (n) fore edge, foredge (the part of a book that faces inward when the book is shelved; the part opposite the spine)
S: (n) forte (the stronger part of a sword blade between the hilt and the foible)
S: (n) fraction (a small part or item forming a piece of a whole)
S: (n) heel ((golf) the part of the clubhead where it joins the shaft)
S: (n) hub (the central part of a car wheel (or fan or propeller etc) through which the shaft or axle passes)
S: (n) jetsam (the part of a ship's equipment or cargo that is thrown overboard to lighten the load in a storm)
S: (n) limb (either of the two halves of a bow from handle to tip) "the upper limb of the bow"
S: (n) neck (a narrow part of an artifact that resembles a neck in position or form) "the banjo had a long neck"; "the bottle had a wide neck"
S: (n) peen (the part of a hammerhead opposite the flat striking surface (may have various shapes))
S: (n) piece (a separate part of a whole) "an important piece of the evidence"
S: (n) pressing (a metal or plastic part that is made by a mechanical press)
S: (n) seat (a part of a machine that supports or guides another part)
S: (n) section, segment (one of several parts or pieces that fit with others to constitute a whole object) "a section of a fishing rod"; "metal sections were used below ground"; "finished the final segment of the road"
S: (n) shank, waist (the narrow part of the shoe connecting the heel and the wide part of the sole)
S: (n) spine, backbone (the part of a book's cover that encloses the inner side of the book's pages and that faces outward when the book is shelved) "the title and author were printed on the spine of the book"
S: (n) toe ((golf) the part of a clubhead farthest from the shaft)
S: (n) turnout, widening (a part of a road that has been widened to allow cars to pass or park)
S: (n) chemical element, element (any of the more than 100 known substances (of which 92 occur naturally) that cannot be separated into simpler substances and that singly or in combination constitute all matter)
S: (n) metallic element, metal (any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.)
S: (n) nonmetal (a chemical element lacking typical metallic properties)
S: (n) transactinide (any of the artificially produced elements with atomic numbers greater than 103)
S: (n) argon, Ar, atomic number 18 (a colorless and odorless inert gas; one of the six inert gases; comprises approximately 1% of the earth's atmosphere)
S: (n) arsenic, As, atomic number 33 (a very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms; arsenic and arsenic compounds are used as herbicides and insecticides and various alloys; found in arsenopyrite and orpiment and realgar)
S: (n) astatine, At, atomic number 85 (a highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series); a decay product of uranium and thorium)
S: (n) boron, B, atomic number 5 (a trivalent metalloid element; occurs both in a hard black crystal and in the form of a yellow or brown powder)
S: (n) bromine, Br, atomic number 35 (a nonmetallic heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens; found in sea water)
S: (n) carbon, C, atomic number 6 (an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds)
S: (n) chlorine, Cl, atomic number 17 (a common nonmetallic element belonging to the halogens; best known as a heavy yellow irritating toxic gas; used to purify water and as a bleaching agent and disinfectant; occurs naturally only as a salt (as in sea water))
S: (n) fluorine, F, atomic number 9 (a nonmetallic univalent element belonging to the halogens; usually a yellow irritating toxic flammable gas; a powerful oxidizing agent; recovered from fluorite or cryolite or fluorapatite)
S: (n) germanium, Ge, atomic number 32 (a brittle grey crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors; occurs in germanite and argyrodite)
S: (n) helium, He, atomic number 2 (a very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses; the most difficult gas to liquefy; occurs in economically extractable amounts in certain natural gases (as those found in Texas and Kansas))
S: (n) hydrogen, H, atomic number 1 (a nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless highly flammable diatomic gas; the simplest and lightest and most abundant element in the universe)
S: (n) iodine, iodin, I, atomic number 53 (a nonmetallic element belonging to the halogens; used especially in medicine and photography and in dyes; occurs naturally only in combination in small quantities (as in sea water or rocks))
S: (n) mendelevium, Md, Mv, atomic number 101 (a radioactive transuranic element synthesized by bombarding einsteinium with alpha particles (Md is the current symbol for mendelevium but Mv was formerly the symbol))
S: (n) neon, Ne, atomic number 10 (a colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube; one of the six inert gasses; occurs in the air in small amounts)
S: (n) nitrogen, N, atomic number 7 (a common nonmetallic element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless inert diatomic gas; constitutes 78 percent of the atmosphere by volume; a constituent of all living tissues)
S: (n) nobelium, No, atomic number 102 (a radioactive transuranic element synthesized by bombarding curium with carbon ions; 7 isotopes are known)
S: (n) oxygen, O, atomic number 8 (a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust)
S: (n) phosphorus, P, atomic number 15 (a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms)
S: (n) plutonium, Pu, atomic number 94 (a solid silvery grey radioactive transuranic element whose atoms can be split when bombarded with neutrons; found in minute quantities in uranium ores but is usually synthesized in nuclear reactors; 13 isotopes are known with the most important being plutonium 239)
S: (n) radon, Rn, atomic number 86 (a radioactive gaseous element formed by the disintegration of radium; the heaviest of the inert gasses; occurs naturally (especially in areas over granite) and is considered a hazard to health)
S: (n) selenium, Se, atomic number 34 (a toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium; occurs in several allotropic forms; a stable grey metallike allotrope conducts electricity better in the light than in the dark and is used in photocells; occurs in sulfide ores (as pyrite))
S: (n) silicon, Si, atomic number 14 (a tetravalent nonmetallic element; next to oxygen it is the most abundant element in the earth's crust; occurs in clay and feldspar and granite and quartz and sand; used as a semiconductor in transistors)
S: (n) sulfur, S, sulphur, atomic number 16 (an abundant tasteless odorless multivalent nonmetallic element; best known in yellow crystals; occurs in many sulphide and sulphate minerals and even in native form (especially in volcanic regions))
S: (n) tellurium, Te, atomic number 52 (a brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur; it is used in alloys and as a semiconductor; occurs mainly as tellurides in ores of copper and nickel and silver and gold)
S: (n) element (the most favorable environment for a plant or animal) "water is the element of fishes"
S: (n) element (one of four substances thought in ancient and medieval cosmology to constitute the physical universe) "the alchemists believed that there were four elements"
S: (n) element (the situation in which you are happiest and most effective) "in your element"
S: (n) element (a straight line that generates a cylinder or cone)