The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word TITANIUM
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More clues leading to the result TITANIUM
- Note thanks miners for guarding one metallic element
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- Mongrel, a mutt in one’s element
- Jumbo taken by author’s boarded by posh element
- Volatile bituminate shedding casing to reveal element useful for aeronautics
- It symbolises a metal when spinning
- Tin contracted, then expanded as metal
- Element of hesitation after Queen docked
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- Metallic element: I hide one in stomach
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What does TITANIUM mean?
TITANIUM noun- A chemical element, atomic number 22; it is a strong, corrosion-resistant transition metal, used to make light alloys for aircraft etc.
- A single atom of this element.