Crossword-Solution: ELEMENT
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| Element | n. | 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. |
| Element | n. | One of the ultimate, undecomposable constituents of any kind of matter. Specifically: (Chem.) A substance which cannot be decomposed into different kinds of matter by any means at present employed; as, the elements of water are oxygen and hydrogen. |
| Element | n. | One of the ultimate parts which are variously combined in anything; as, letters are the elements of written language; hence, also, a simple portion of that which is complex, as a shaft, lever, wheel, or any simple part in a machine; one of the essential ingredients of any mixture; a constituent part; as, quartz, feldspar, and mica are the elements of granite. |
| Element | n. | One out of several parts combined in a system of aggregation, when each is of the nature of the whole; as, a single cell is an element of the honeycomb. |
| Element | n. | One of the smallest natural divisions of the organism, as a blood corpuscle, a muscular fiber. |
| Element | n. | One of the simplest essential parts, more commonly called cells, of which animal and vegetable organisms, or their tissues and organs, are composed. |
| Element | n. | An infinitesimal part of anything of the same nature as the entire magnitude considered; as, in a solid an element may be the infinitesimal portion between any two planes that are separated an indefinitely small distance. In the calculus, element is sometimes used as synonymous with differential. |
| Element | n. | Sometimes a curve, or surface, or volume is considered as described by a moving point, or curve, or surface, the latter being at any instant called an element of the former. |
| Element | n. | One of the terms in an algebraic expression. |
| Element | n. | One of the necessary data or values upon which a system of calculations depends, or general conclusions are based; as, the elements of a planet's orbit. |
| Element | n. | The simplest or fundamental principles of any system in philosophy, science, or art; rudiments; as, the elements of geometry, or of music. |
| Element | n. | Any outline or sketch, regarded as containing the fundamental ideas or features of the thing in question; as, the elements of a plan. |
| Element | n. | One of the simple substances, as supposed by the ancient philosophers; one of the imaginary principles of matter. |
| Element | n. | The four elements were, air, earth, water, and fire |
| Element | n. | the conditions and movements of the air. |
| Element | n. | The elements of the alchemists were salt, sulphur, and mercury. |
| Element | n. | The whole material composing the world. |
| Element | n. | The bread and wine used in the eucharist or Lord's supper. |
| Element | v. t. | To compound of elements or first principles. |
| Element | v. t. | To constitute; to make up with elements. |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
TEREA
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greedy person
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Sentences with ELEMENT (5)
And, finally, in 1787 one of the declared objects for ordaining and establishing the Constitution was “_to form a more perfect Union._” But if the destruction of the Union by one or by a part only of the States be lawfully possible, the Union is _less_ perfect than before the Constitution, having lost the vital element of perpetuity.
Peter reached the shore without mishap, and went straight on, his legs encountering the water as if quite unaware that they had entered a new element.
Thus they thir doubtful consultations dark Ended rejoycing in thir matchless Chief: As when from mountain tops the dusky clouds Ascending, while the North wind sleeps, o’respread Heav’ns chearful face, the lowring Element Scowls ore the dark’nd lantskip Snow, or showre; If chance the radiant Sun with farewell sweet Extend his ev’ning beam, the fields revive, The birds thir notes renew, and bleating herds Attest thir joy, that hill and valley rings.
Just as he was on the point of being eaten, the Crab said, “I well deserve my fate, for what business had I on the land, when by my nature and habits I am only adapted for the sea?” Contentment with our lot is an element of happiness.
The leading trait in his character was meanness; and if there were any other element in his nature, it was made subject to this.
Quotes with ELEMENT (3)
Love has a certain element of tenderness, which alone pierces through the heart and binds us more intimately than any force in the universe ever can.
When we strike a balance between the challenge of an activity and our skill at performing it, when the rhythm of the work itself feels in sync with our pulse, when we know that what we're doing matters, we can get totally absorbed in our task. That is happiness. The life coach Martha Beck asks new potential clients, "Is there anything you do regularly that makes you forget what time it is?" That forgetting -- that pure absorption -- is what the psychologist Mihaly Csikzentmih…
Love is a wild fire that cannot be contained by any mere element known to man.
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Appears in: AARP, Boston Globe, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, Slate, Three Across, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 204 times in crossword archives (1944–2025).