Clues for the word "CARBON"
We've had 50 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 65 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on April 06, 2026.
Definition of carbon
- n. - An elementary substance, not metallic in its nature, which is present in all organic compounds. Atomic weight 11.97. Symbol C. it is combustible, and forms the base of lampblack and charcoal, and enters largely into mineral coals. In its pure crystallized state it constitutes the diamond, the hardest of known substances, occuring in monometric crystals like the octahedron, etc. Another modification is graphite, or blacklead, and in this it is soft, and occurs in hexagonal prisms or tables. When united with oxygen it forms carbon dioxide, commonly called carbonic acid, or carbonic oxide, according to the proportions of the oxygen; when united with hydrogen, it forms various compounds called hydrocarbons. Compare Diamond, and Graphite.
Referring Clues
- Kind of copy
- It can help you get a date
- Graphite element
- Coal, essentially
- Part of 48-Down
- Copy medium rendered obsolete by 1-Across
- Diamond makeup
- Kind of dating
- It may be used between the sheets
- Element used in dating rocks
- Diamond, essentially
- Coke, essentially
- Element No. 6
- ___ dioxide
- Diamond to a chemist
- ___-14 dating
- It can help you find a date
- Diamonds, essentially
- Dating material
- Southern Alberta hamlet
- Element found in cast iron
- Element #6
- Basis of organic chemistry
- Cast-iron component
- A non-metalic element
- Element
- Faithful copy of old motor VIP's rejected
- Vehicle on beach with leat'er, perhaps, for dry ice
- Non-metallic element
- Nonmetallic element
- Element of which diamonds are formed
- What's in 1 that's good for dating?
- C (with a footprint)
- Element withdrawing support in party
- One driven to have hip operations given worrying discharge
- Beefy type I'd seen by the beach kept in mind, but no source of inspiration
- Element, caught in the old feminist style, when retreating
- ___ copy: exact image; clone
- Vehicle bachelor regularly loans can be used for dating
- It's good for the car, but bad for the cylinders
- Coal, primarily
- Chemical element
- ___ copy
- The sixth element
- The basis of life
- It's bad for the engine, but good for the car
- ___ paper
- Element in cast iron
- Chimney build-up
- Element found in coal and diamonds
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - April 06, 2026
- Mirror Mini - November 13, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - August 07, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - June 13, 2024
- Family Time - May 13, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - March 17, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - November 29, 2023
- Mirror Mini - November 13, 2023
- Penny Dell Sunday - September 24, 2023
- Penny Dell Sunday - March 19, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - March 14, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - February 22, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - November 28, 2022
- Mirror Mini - November 13, 2022
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - June 29, 2022
- Guardian Speedy - January 21, 2018
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - September 26, 2017
- Evening Standard Easy - September 21, 2017
- Mirror Classic - September 19, 2017
- Guardian Cryptic - September 14, 2017
- Canadiana - July 17, 2017
- Evening Standard Easy - February 21, 2017
- Evening Standard Easy - February 01, 2017
- Evening Standard Easy - November 14, 2016
- Netword - August 18, 2016
- Netword - March 06, 2016
- Guardian Cryptic - February 18, 2015
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - January 21, 2015
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - December 11, 2014
- Washington Post - November 09, 2014
- And in 35 more crossword puzzles...