"""carbone " :: Carbone (v. t.) To broil. [Obs.] We had a calf's head carboned..

Bicarbonate :: Bicarbonate (n.) A carbonate in which but half the hydrogen of the acid is replaced by a positive element or radical, thus making the proportion of the acid to the positive or basic portion twice what it is in the normal carbonates; an acid carbonate; -- sometimes called supercarbonate..

Carbon :: 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 t

Carbonaceous :: Carbonaceous (a.) Pertaining to, containing, or composed of, carbon..

Carbonade :: Carbonade (n.) Alt. of Carbonad.

Carbonade :: Carbonade (v. t.) To cut (meat) across for frying or broiling; to cut or slice and broil.

Carbonade :: Carbonade (v. t.) To cut or hack, as in fighting..

Carbonado :: Carbonado (n.) Flesh, fowl, etc., cut across, seasoned, and broiled on coals; a chop..

Carbonado :: Carbonado (v. t.) Alt. of Carbonad.

Carbonado :: Carbonado (n.) A black variety of diamond, found in Brazil, and used for diamond drills. It occurs in irregular or rounded fragments, rarely distinctly crystallized, with a texture varying from compact to porous..

Carbonadoed :: Carbonadoed (imp. & p. p.) of Carbonad.

Carbonadoes :: Carbonadoes (pl. ) of Carbonad.

Carbonadoing :: Carbonadoing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Carbonad.

Carbonari :: Carbonari (pl. ) of Carbonar.

Carbonarism :: Carbonarism (n.) The principles, practices, or organization of the Carbonari..

Carbonaro :: Carbonaro (n.) A member of a secret political association in Italy, organized in the early part of the nineteenth centry for the purpose of changing the government into a republic..

Carbonatation :: Carbonatation (n.) The saturation of defecated beet juice with carbonic acid gas.

Carbonate :: Carbonate (n.) A salt or carbonic acid, as in limestone, some forms of lead ore, etc..

Carbonated :: Carbonated (a.) Combined or impregnated with carbonic acid.

Carbonic :: Carbonic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, carbon; as, carbonic oxide..

Carbonide :: Carbonide (n.) A carbide.

Carboniferous :: Carboniferous (a.) Producing or containing carbon or coal.

Carbonization :: Carbonization (n.) The act or process of carbonizing.

Carbonize :: Carbonize (v. t.) To convert (an animal or vegetable substance) into a residue of carbon by the action of fire or some corrosive agent; to char.

Carbonize :: Carbonize (v. t.) To impregnate or combine with carbon, as in making steel by cementation..

Carbonized :: Carbonized (imp. & p. p.) of Carboniz.

Carbonizing :: Carbonizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Carboniz.

Carbonometer :: Carbonometer (n.) An instrument for detecting and measuring the amount of carbon which is present, or more esp. the amount of carbon dioxide, by its action on limewater or by other means..

Carbonyl :: Carbonyl (n.) The radical (CO)'', occuring, always combined, in many compounds, as the aldehydes, the ketones, urea, carbonyl chloride, etc..

Decarbonate :: Decarbonate (v. t.) To deprive of carbonic acid.

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