Ingredient /(?)/

In·gre·di·ent

Ingredient

n.
  1. That which enters into a compound, or is a component part of any combination, recipe, or mixture; an element; a constituent.
    By way of analysis we may proceed from compounds to ingredients.
    Water is the chief ingredient in all the animal fluids and solids.

Ingredient

a.
  1. Entering as, or forming, an ingredient or component part.
    Acts where no sin is ingredient.