The Clue
Factor (7 letter answer)
The Answer
ELEMENT
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Notes
The answer ELEMENT is common and appears about once every 250 puzzles.
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Copper or nickel
Einsteinium, e.g.
Erbium or terbium
Gold or silver
Honda model
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Iron or gold
Lead, e.g.
Mercury, e.g.
Natural habitat
Natural setting
Neon, e.g.
Neon or silver
Nickel, e.g.
Osmium or uranium
Part of a table?
Proper sphere
Sodium or chlorine
Earth, wind or fire
Electric device with terminals
Iron or tin, e.g.
It's found in a table
One's natural habitat
One of over 100 on a table
Periodic-table item
He or I may represent one
Nickel, but not dime
Something found on a chemist's table
Definition
ELEMENT as a noun:
1. (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"
2. (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
3. (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"
4. one of four substances thought in ancient and medieval cosmology to constitute the physical universe; "the alchemists believed that there were four elements"
5. the most favorable environment for a plant or animal; "water is the element of fishes"
6. the situation in which you are happiest and most effective; "in your element"
7. a straight line that generates a cylinder or cone