Clues for the word "CAMPHOR"
We've had 16 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 19 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on October 14, 2025.
Definition of camphor
- n. - A tough, white, aromatic resin, or gum, obtained from different species of the Laurus family, esp. from Cinnamomum camphara (the Laurus camphara of Linnaeus.). Camphor, C10H16O, is volatile and fragrant, and is used in medicine as a diaphoretic, a stimulant, or sedative.
- n. - A gum resembling ordinary camphor, obtained from a tree (Dryobalanops camphora) growing in Sumatra and Borneo; -- called also Malay camphor, camphor of Borneo, or borneol. See Borneol.
- v. t. - To impregnate or wash with camphor; to camphorate.
Referring Clues
- Itch reliever
- Insect-repelling compound
- Mothball material, once
- Moth repellent
- VapoRub ingredient
- Aromatic oil with medical uses
- Constituent of mothballs
- Missing article - Greek vase, first century: it could have been mothballed
- Char with mop out clears away moths
- Essential oil adding nothing to speed in vehicle
- Mothball ingredient
- Vehicle with no speed at all in it to go into mothballs
- Mothball material
- It's in mothballs
- Temporary quarters right behind the house, a bit smelly
- Speed zero in a car, since it's in mothballs
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 14, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - August 22, 2024
- Daily American - August 08, 2024
- Daily American - March 22, 2024
- Daily American - August 08, 2022
- Netword - April 14, 2017
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - January 06, 2015
- Guardian Speedy - April 21, 2013
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - March 06, 2012
- Guardian Prize - February 11, 2012
- Thinks Daily - August 22, 2010
- Guardian Quick - April 20, 2008
- Universal - November 03, 2007
- Guardian Quick - August 14, 2007
- New York Times - March 31, 2006
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - March 09, 2004
- Guardian Cryptic - July 17, 2003
- Guardian Cryptic - February 05, 2002
- Guardian Cryptic - March 12, 2001