CARBON Synonyms
There are 8 hypernyms of the word carbon. (close relations)
Definition of CARBON
Best Alternative Words for CARBON
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| black | adverb, noun, adjectiveadv, n, adj | |||||||
adjective • being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light • of or belonging to a racial group especially of sub-Saharan African origin noun • the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white) • British chemist who identified carbon dioxide and who formulated the concepts of specific heat and latent heat (1728-1799) • popular child actress of the 1930's (born in 1928) • total absence of light • (board games) the darker pieces • a person with African ancestry, "Negro" and "Negroid" are archaic and pejorative today • black clothing (worn as a sign of mourning) adjective satellite • marked by anger or resentment or hostility • offering little or no hope • stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable • (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin • (of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood • extremely dark • harshly ironic or sinister • (of intelligence operations) deliberately misleading • distributed or sold illicitly • (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame • (of coffee) without cream or sugar • soiled with dirt or soot verb • make or become black | ||||||||
| carbonaceous | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • relating to or consisting of or yielding carbon | ||||||||
| charcoal | nounn | |||||||
noun • a carbonaceous material obtained by heating wood or other organic matter in the absence of air • a stick of black carbon material used for drawing • a very dark grey color • a drawing made with a stick of black carbon material adjective satellite • of a very dark grey verb • draw, trace, or represent with charcoal | ||||||||
| cinder | nounn | |||||||
noun • a fragment of incombustible matter left after a wood or coal or charcoal fire | ||||||||
| coal | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period • a hot fragment of wood or coal that is left from a fire and is glowing or smoldering verb • burn to charcoal • supply with coal • take in coal | ||||||||
| diamond | nounn | |||||||
noun • a transparent piece of diamond that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem • very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem • a parallelogram with four equal sides; an oblique-angled equilateral parallelogram • a playing card in the minor suit that has one or more red rhombuses on it • the area of a baseball field that is enclosed by 3 bases and home plate • the baseball playing field | ||||||||
| ember | nounn | |||||||
noun • a hot fragment of wood or coal that is left from a fire and is glowing or smoldering | ||||||||
| graphite | nounn | |||||||
noun • used as a lubricant and as a moderator in nuclear reactors | ||||||||
| soot | nounn | |||||||
noun • a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink verb • coat with soot | ||||||||
| carbonized | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
verb • unite with carbon • turn into carbon, as by burning | ||||||||
| fossil fuel | nounn | |||||||
noun • fuel consisting of the remains of organisms preserved in rocks in the earth's crust with high carbon and hydrogen content | ||||||||
| atomic number 6 | ||||||||
noun • an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds | ||||||||
| carbon copy | nounn | |||||||
noun • a copy made with carbon paper | ||||||||
| carbon paper | nounn | |||||||
noun • a thin paper coated on one side with a dark waxy substance (often containing carbon); used to transfer characters from the original to an under sheet of paper | ||||||||
| c | nounn | |||||||
noun • a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature • the speed at which light travels in a vacuum; the constancy and universality of the speed of light is recognized by defining it to be exactly 299,792,458 meters per second • the 3rd letter of the Roman alphabet • a vitamin found in fresh fruits (especially citrus fruits) and vegetables; prevents scurvy • one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA, also known as also known as deoxycytidylate, or dCMP; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose) • a base found in DNA and RNA and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with guanine • an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds • ten 10s • a unit of electrical charge equal to the amount of charge transferred by a current of 1 ampere in 1 second • a general-purpose programing language closely associated with the UNIX operating system • (music) the keynote of the scale of C major • the 3rd letter of the Roman alphabet • street names for cocaine adjective satellite • being ten more than ninety | ||||||||
| cc | nounn | |||||||
noun • a metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter adjective satellite • being ten more than one hundred ninety | ||||||||
