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{ } a. [ Cf. F. alchimique. ] Of or relating to alchemy. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In the manner of alchemy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OF. alquemiste, F. alchimiste. ] One who practices alchemy. [ 1913 Webster ]

You are alchemist; make gold. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Relating to or practicing alchemy. [ 1913 Webster ]

Metaphysical and alchemistical legislators. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Alchemy. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To change by alchemy; to transmute. Lovelace. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of supreme chemical powers. [ R. ] “The archchemic sun.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the branch of science involving astronomy and chemistry which studies the chemical composition, chemical reactions, and evolution of matter in outer space. -- as`tro*chem"ic*al a. -- as`tro*chem"ic*al*ly adv. [ PJC ]

adj. of or pertaining to biochemistry. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a chemical substance produced by a living organism, or such a substance produced synthetically. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. bi`os life + E. chemistry. ] (Biol.) The chemistry of living organisms; the chemistry of the processes incidental to, and characteristic of, life. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ ‖/mhw>, n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; bad + &unr_; blood. ] (Med.) A degenerated or poisoned condition of the blood. -- Ca*chæ"mic, Ca*che"mic a. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Chemical. Blackw. Mag. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Chenistry. ] 1. A chemist; an alchemist. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bleaching) A solution of chloride of lime. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to chemistry; characterized or produced by the forces and operations of chemistry; employed in the processes of chemistry; as, chemical changes; chemical combinations. [ 1913 Webster ]

Chemical attraction or
Chemical affinity. See under Attraction. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A substance used for producing a chemical effect; a reagent. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. According to chemical principles; by chemical process or operation. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Chemical + &unr_; to engrave. ] Engraved by a voltaic battery. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Chemical + -graphy. ] Any mechanical engraving process depending upon chemical action; specif., a process of zinc etching not employing photography. -- Chem`i*graph"ic a. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

n. A garment for women, consisting of chemise and drawers united in one. [ U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ n. Formerly also }. [ Chemical + Gr. &unr_; arrangement, fr. &unr_; to arrange. ] (Biol.) The sensitiveness exhibited by small free-swimming organisms, as bacteria, zoospores of algæ, etc., to chemical substances held in solution. They may be attracted (positive chemotaxis) or repelled (negative chemotaxis). -- Chem`o*tac"tic a. -- Chem`o*tac"tic*al*ly, adv. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ F., shirt, fr. LL. camisa, camisia, shirt, thin dress; cf. G. hemd, or OIr. caimmse sort of garment. Cf. Camis. ] 1. A shift, or undergarment, worn by women. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A wall that lines the face of a bank or earthwork. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., dim. of chemise. ] An under-garment, worn by women, usually covering the neck, shoulders, and breast. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. chimisme. See Chemistry. ] The force exerted between the atoms of elementary substance whereby they unite to form chemical compounds; chemical attraction; affinity; -- sometimes used as a general expression for chemical activity or relationship. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Shortened from alchemist; cf. F. chimiste. ] A person versed in chemistry or given to chemical investigation; an analyst; a maker or seller of chemicals or drugs. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Chemist. See Alchemy. ] 1. That branch of science which treats of the composition of substances, and of the changes which they undergo in consequence of alterations in the constitution of the molecules, which depend upon variations of the number, kind, or mode of arrangement, of the constituent atoms. These atoms are not assumed to be indivisible, but merely the finest grade of subdivision hitherto attained. Chemistry deals with the changes in the composition and constitution of molecules. See Atom, Molecule. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Historically, chemistry is an outgrowth of alchemy (or alchemistry), with which it was anciently identified. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An application of chemical theory and method to the consideration of some particular subject; as, the chemistry of iron; the chemistry of indigo. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A treatise on chemistry. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ This word and its derivatives were formerly written with y, and sometimes with i, instead of e, in the first syllable, chymistry, chymist, chymical, etc., or chimistry, chimist, chimical, etc.; and the pronunciation was conformed to the orthography. [ 1913 Webster ]

Inorganic chemistry, that which treats of inorganic or mineral substances. --
Organic chemistry, that which treats of the substances which form the structure of organized beings and their products, whether animal or vegetable; -- called also chemistry of the carbon compounds. There is no fundamental difference between organic and inorganic chemistry. --
Physiological chemistry, the chemistry of the organs and tissues of the body, and of the various physiological processes incident to life. --
Practical chemistry, or
Applied chemistry, that which treats of the modes of manufacturing the products of chemistry that are useful in the arts, of their applications to economical purposes, and of the conditions essential to their best use. --
Pure chemistry, the consideration of the facts and theories of chemistry in their purely scientific relations, without necessary reference to their practical applications or mere utility. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a retail shop where medicine and other articles are sold; a drugstore. [ British ]
Syn. -- drugstore, apothecary's shop, chemist's shop, dispensary, pharmacy. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Chemical + -type. ] (Engraving) One of a number of processes by which an impression from an engraved plate is obtained in relief, to be used for printing on an ordinary printing press. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. having the capacity to adsorb by chemical as contrasted with physical forces. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Of or pertaining to electro-chemistry. Ure. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. That branch of science which treats of the relation of electricity to chemical changes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. ge`a, gh^, the earth + chemistry. ] The study of the chemical composition of, and of actual or possible chemical changes in, the crust of the earth. -- Ge`o*chem"ic*al a. -- Ge`o*chem"ist n. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Of or pertaining to iatrochemistry, or to the iatrochemists. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; physician + E. chemist. ] A physician who explained or treated diseases upon chemical principles; one who practiced iatrochemistry. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Chemistry applied to, or used in, medicine; -- used especially with reference to the doctrines in the school of physicians in Flanders, in the 17th century, who held that health depends upon the proper chemical relations of the fluids of the body, and who endeavored to explain the conditions of health or disease by chemical principles. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Macro- + chemistry. ] (Chem.) The science which treats of the chemical properties, actions or relations of substances in quantity; -- distinguished from micro-chemistry. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, connected with, or dependent upon, both mechanics and chemistry; -- said especially of those sciences which treat of such phenomena as seem to depend on the laws both of mechanics and chemistry, as electricity and magnetism. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to microchemistry; as, a micro-chemical test. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Micro- + chemistry. ] The application of chemical tests to minute objects or portions of matter, usually assisted by sensitive instruments; -- distinguished from macro-chemistry. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) That branch of chemistry which deals with the isolation, identification, structure elucidation, and study of the chemical characteristics of chemical substances produced by living organisms. [ PJC ]

a. [ Photo- + chemical. ] (Chem.) Of or pertaining to chemical changes produced by light; as, the photochemical changes of the visual purple of the retina. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Photo- + chemistry. ] (Chem.) The branch of chemistry which relates to the effect of light in producing chemical changes, as in photography. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Physico- + chemical. ] Involving the principles of both physics and chemistry; dependent on, or produced by, the joint action of physical and chemical agencies. Huxley. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Relating to phytochemistry. R. Hunt. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Phyto- + chemistry. ] Chemistry in its relation to vegetable bodies; vegetable chemistry. R. Hunt. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Given to forming schemes; artful; intriguing. -- Schem"ing*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. A schemer. [ R. ] Waterland. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or illustrating, the hypothetical space relations of atoms in the molecule; as, a stereo-chemic formula. [ 1913 Webster ]