Clues for the word "NITROGEN"
We've had 40 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 52 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Mindfood Daily crossword on September 10, 2025.
Definition of nitrogen
- n. - A colorless nonmetallic element, tasteless and odorless, comprising four fifths of the atmosphere by volume. It is chemically very inert in the free state, and as such is incapable of supporting life (hence the name azote still used by French chemists); but it forms many important compounds, as ammonia, nitric acid, the cyanides, etc, and is a constituent of all organized living tissues, animal or vegetable. Symbol N. Atomic weight 14. It was formerly regarded as a permanent noncondensible gas, but was liquefied in 1877 by Cailletet of Paris, and Pictet of Geneva.
Referring Clues
- It's in the air
- Much of the air
- Air, mostly
- Discovery of Daniel Rutherford
- Product of star fusion
- Primary constituent of air
- Nearly 80% of the atmosphere
- Most of the atmosphere
- Element in laughing gas
- About 78 percent of our atmosphere
- The atmosphere, mostly
- Almost 80% of the Earth's atmosphere
- Ammonia component
- Air's main component
- Something in the air
- Alkaloid constituent, by definition
- Biggest part of air
- Atomic number 7
- Gaseous element
- Having recalled iron in the end, I start to remember another metal element
- Ridiculous ringtone is a gas!
- Common gas, N
- "Noun" in Roget represented as N
- Gas in the air
- Most prevalent gas in air
- Most of our air needs re-toning
- Main constituent of the air
- Element that is keeping caveman in the news?
- New ringtone's a gas!
- No. 7, otherwise 9, taking in opening for cave-dweller
- Explosion of neon right after leakage of hydrogen gas
- Gas forming 78% of the air
- Major constituent of air
- Something in the air made intern go crazy
- Element in mobile ringtone
- Gas ring not working, blocked by end of pipe
- Common gas
- Gas
- Much of the atmosphere
- Element No. 7
Last Seen In
- Mindfood Daily - September 10, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - December 27, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - December 20, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - April 25, 2024
- Your Life Choices - February 21, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - December 04, 2023
- Mindfood Daily - November 17, 2023
- LA Times - February 09, 2023
- New Zealand Herald - December 16, 2022
- Mirror Daily - November 09, 2022
- Mindfood Daily - September 10, 2022
- Your Life Choices - September 09, 2022
- Penny Dell Daily - August 29, 2022
- Universal - December 20, 2017
- Mirror Quick - August 08, 2017
- Guardian Cryptic - August 30, 2016
- Netword - July 30, 2016
- Guardian Cryptic - June 03, 2016
- LA Times - March 27, 2016
- Guardian Everyman - July 05, 2015
- Guardian Prize - December 27, 2014
- LA Times - December 20, 2014
- Washington Post - February 28, 2014
- Guardian Quick - January 15, 2014
- Guardian Quiptic - December 23, 2013
- LA Times - May 31, 2013
- Netword - February 07, 2013
- Guardian Quick - November 24, 2012
- Guardian Cryptic - August 27, 2012
- Guardian Cryptic - July 31, 2012
- And in 22 more crossword puzzles...