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chemics

chemics is the plural of chemic.

Meaning of chemic

Noun

chemic (plural chemics)

  1. (archaic) A chemist or (earlier) an alchemist.
    • like the Chymicks masculine equall fire, / Which in the Lymbecks warme wombe doth inspire / Into th'earths worthlesse part a soule of gold […]1633, John Donne, The Comparison
  2. (obsolete) A solution of chloride of lime, used in bleaching.

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Questions about chemics

What is chemics the plural of?
Chemics is the plural of chemic.

Words near chemics in the dictionary

  1. chemicophysiological
  2. chemicotechnological
  3. chemicotherapeutic
  4. chemicotherapy
  5. chemicovital
  6. chemics
  7. chemidependency
  8. chemiexcitation
  9. chemiexcitations
  10. chemiexcited
  11. chemifluorescence

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