LIGNITE Synonyms

• resembling or containing bitumen

• an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds

• 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

• a copy made with carbon paper

• 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

• burn to charcoal

• supply with coal

• take in coal

• a substance that can be consumed to produce energy

• provide with a combustible substance that provides energy

• provide with fuel

• take in fuel, as of a ship

• stimulate

• relating to minerals

• solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition

• composed of matter other than plant or animal

• partially carbonized vegetable matter saturated with water; can be used as a fuel when dried

• fuel consisting of the remains of organisms preserved in rocks in the earth's crust with high carbon and hydrogen content

• intermediate between peat and bituminous coal

• intermediate between peat and bituminous coal

• a carbonaceous material obtained by heating wood or other organic matter in the absence of air