chemical, chemic
(adjective) relating to or used in chemistry; “chemical engineer”; “chemical balance”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
chemic (not comparable)
(archaic) Practising chemistry (or, earlier, alchemy); pertaining to these sciences.
(obsolete) Produced through alchemy; counterfeit.
(now rare) Chemical.
chemic (plural chemics)
(now rare) A chemist or (earlier) an alchemist.
(obsolete) A solution of chloride of lime, used in bleaching.
chemic (third-person singular simple present chemics, present participle chemicking, simple past and past participle chemicked)
(obsolete, transitive) To bleach with a solution of chloride of lime.
Source: Wiktionary
Chem"ic, n. Etym: [See Chenistry.]
1. A chemist; an alchemist. [Obs.]
2. (Bleaching)
Definition: A solution of chloride of line.
Chem"ic, a.
Definition: Chemical. Blackw. Mag.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 April 2025
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
