n :  carbon of a soft black lustrous form that conducts electricity and is used in lead pencils and electrolytic anodes, as a lubricant, and as a moderator in nuclear reactors - called also plumbago  gra*phit*ic adj 
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  Car·a·fate  crow's-foot   graft  grav·id 
 
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