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Words starting with chem

4 letter words starting with chem

  • chem — (slang, college) abbreviation of chemistry; commonly capitalized, short for the subject or the department.

5 letter words starting with chem

  • chem. — chemical
  • chemo — Chemo is the same as chemotherapy.
  • chemy — (obsolete) alchemy, chemistry (prior to their being properly distinguished).

6 letter words starting with chem

  • chemic — to bleach
  • chemmy — chemin de fer.
  • chemo- — indicating that chemicals or chemical reactions are involved
  • chemin de fer — a gambling game, a variation of baccarat

7 letter words starting with chem

  • chemics — Plural form of chemic.
  • chemise — A chemise is a long, loose piece of underwear worn by women in former times.
  • chemism — chemical action
  • chemist — A chemist or a chemist's is a shop where drugs and medicines are sold or given out, and where you can buy cosmetics and some household goods.
  • chemosh — a Moabite god. Jer. 48.

8 letter words starting with chem

  • chemical — Chemical means involving or resulting from a reaction between two or more substances, or relating to the substances that something consists of.
  • chemico- — chemical
  • chemises — Plural form of chemise.
  • chemists — Plural form of chemist.
  • chemnitz — a city in E Germany, in Saxony, at the foot of the Erzgebirge: textiles, engineering. Pop: 249 922 (2003 est)

9 letter words starting with chem

  • chemicals — the commercial production and sale of chemical products
  • chemisorb — to take up (a substance) by chemisorption
  • chemist's — a chemist's shop
  • chemistry — Chemistry is the scientific study of the structure of substances and of the way that they react with other substances.
  • chemitype — an obsolete chemical process by which a relief impression was obtained from an engraving or etching

10 letter words starting with chem

  • chemiatric — healing by the use of chemicals
  • chemically — a substance produced by or used in a chemical process.
  • chemicking — (of textiles) the process of bleaching
  • chemisette — an underbodice of lawn, lace, etc, worn to fill in a low-cut dress
  • chemokines — Plural form of chemokine.

11 letter words starting with chem

  • chemigraphy — any technique for making engravings or etchings using chemicals and without the aid of photography.
  • chemiotaxis — Dated form of chemotaxis.
  • chemisettes — Plural form of chemisette.
  • chemisorbed — Simple past tense and past participle of chemisorb.
  • chemistries — Plural form of chemistry.

12 letter words starting with chem

  • chemiosmosis — the mechanism by which the synthesis and utilization of the biochemical energy source ATP is regulated: the energy generated by oxidative phosphorylation generates a proton gradient across the membrane of the mitochondrion that drives the enzymic resynthesis of ATP
  • chemiosmotic — relating to the process of chemiosmosis
  • chemokinesis — the random movement of cells, such as leucocytes, stimulated by substances in their environment
  • chemosensory — sensitive to chemical stimuli, as the sensory nerve endings that mediate taste and smell.
  • chemosurgery — a method of treating cancer involving the use of chemicals to destroy malignant tissue or skin

13 letter words starting with chem

  • chemautotroph — an organism, such as a bacterium, that obtains its energy from inorganic reactions using simple compounds, such as ammonia or hydrogen sulphide
  • chemisorption — an adsorption process in which an adsorbate is held on the surface of an adsorbent by chemical bonds
  • chemoreceptor — a sensory receptor in a biological cell membrane to which an external molecule binds to generate a smell or taste sensation
  • chemosurgical — of or relating to chemosurgery
  • chemotaxonomy — the taxonomy of species of organisms based on biochemical characteristics

14 letter words starting with chem

15 letter words starting with chem

  • chemoattractant — a chemical substance that provokes chemotaxis, esp one that causes a bacterium to move in the direction in which its concentration is increasing
  • chemoautotrophs — Plural form of chemoautotroph.
  • chemoautotrophy — the process of deriving energy through oxidizing inorganic chemical compounds, as opposed to photosynthesis
  • chemolithotroph — Chemoautotroph.
  • chemoprevention — the prevention of disease, esp cancer, by means of chemical agents

16 letter words starting with chem

  • chemiluminescent — Of, pertaining to, or employing chemiluminescence.
  • chemoautotrophic — producing organic matter by the use of energy obtained by oxidation of certain chemicals with carbon dioxide as the carbon source
  • chemoheterotroph — an organism that obtains its energy from the oxidation of organic compounds
  • chemolithotrophs — Plural form of chemolithotroph.
  • chemoluminescent — (chemistry) Exhibiting chemoluminescence.

17 letter words starting with chem

  • chemiluminescence — the phenomenon in which a chemical reaction leads to the emission of light without incandescence
  • chemoluminescence — (chemistry) The emission of light as the result of a chemical reaction.
  • chemopallidectomy — an operation for treating Parkinson's disease and certain other diseases characterized by muscular rigidity, consisting of destroying a specific part of the corpus striatum by injecting it with a chemical, usually alcohol.
  • chemoradiotherapy — (medicine) A combination of chemotherapy and radiotherapy used to treat some cancers.
  • chemotherapeutics — chemotherapy.

19 letter words starting with chem

20 letter words starting with chem

22 letter words starting with chem

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