The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word ETHERS , but the solution may also be DEICERS which is one of the most recent solution (2005 in Newsday).
Certain solvents crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ETHERS | 50 % | 6 |
| DEICERS | 25 % | 7 |
| ELUANTS | 25 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Certain solvents
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- oil
- exhaust
- exhaustively
- fluorocarbon
- vehicle
- activated carbon
- ether
- trichloroethylene
- chloroform
- methyl acetate
- propanol
- propyl alcohol
Crossword Answer definitions
ETHERS noun- The substance formerly supposed to fill the upper regions of the atmosphere above the clouds, in particular as a medium breathed by deities.
- Often as aether and more fully as luminiferous aether: a substance once thought to fill all unoccupied space that allowed electromagnetic waves to pass through it and interact with matter, without exerting any resistance to matter or energy; its existence was disproved by the 1887 Michelson–Morley experiment and the theory of relativity propounded by Albert Einstein (1879–1955).
- The atmosphere or space as a medium for broadcasting radio and television signals; also, a notional space through which Internet and other digital communications take place; cyberspace.
- A particular quality created by or surrounding an object, person, or place; an atmosphere, an aura.
- Diethyl ether (C4H10O), an organic compound with a sweet odour used in the past as an anaesthetic.
- Any of a class of organic compounds containing an oxygen atom bonded to two hydrocarbon groups.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result ETHERS
- Some solvents
- Bygone anesthetics
- Numbers of old?
- Old anesthetics
- Class of compounds
- Former anesthetics
- Old-time anesthetics
- Volatile solvents
- Anesthetics of old
- They'll knock you out
More clues leading to the result DEICERS
- Airport equipment
- They're used on planes in winter
- Frost removers
- Windshield clearers
- Frost thawers
- Melting agents
- Certain solvents
- Winter windshield sprays
- Devices unfreezing plane wings.
- Plane wing devices.