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- parts of speech:
- noun, adjective
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- Word Combinations (noun, adjective), Word Explorer, Word Parts
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noun |
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mih
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| definition: |
a distinct substance, such as an element or molecular compound, used in or obtained through a reaction involving atomic or molecular changes.
Synthetic fabrics contain fibers made by combining various chemicals.Smoke from the volcano is made up of chemicals in the form of gases.These chemicals are highly flammable.
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adjective + (n.)chemical
agricultural, biological, dangerous, harmful, harsh, hazardous, industrial, man-made, natural, nuclear, organic, physical, synthetic, toxic, volatile
verb + (n.)chemical
ban, compound, contain, detect, dump, eliminate, expose, mix, pose, produce, spray, store, use
(n.)chemical
+ verb
cause, regulate, release, spill
noun + (n.)chemical
agent,
amount,
brain,
concentration,
engineering,
exposure,
farm,
fertilizer,
fuel,
hormone,
household,
lawn,
machinery,
metal,
pesticide,
plastic,
pollution,
precursor,
priority,
product,
production,
quantity,
reaction,
release,
serotonin,
soil,
specialty,
trace,
use,
warfare,
waste
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| part of speech: |
adjective |
| pronunciation: |
ke
mih
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| definition 1: |
of or relating to the science of chemistry.
He works in a chemical laboratory.She's studying chemical engineering. |
| definition 2: |
having the properties, structures, and reactions of chemicals.
The substance turns blue because of a chemical reaction.
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(adj.)chemical
+ noun
analysis,
arsenal,
attack,
bomb,
bond,
capability,
castration,
company,
component,
composition,
compound,
contamination,
dependency,
element,
energy,
engineer,
facility,
factory,
formula,
gas,
giant,
imbalance,
industry,
ingredient,
input,
laser,
maker,
makeup,
manufacturer,
manufacturing,
messenger,
odor,
peel,
plant,
process,
processing,
property,
residue,
sensitivity,
signal,
structure,
substance,
treatment,
warhead,
weapon
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| derivation: |
chemically (adv.) |
The word chemical
contains the following part:
-al2, -ial, -ual
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means pertaining to
  More about this word part:
The suffix -al2, -ial
attaches primarily to nouns ( national
, environmental
) but sometimes to Latin or Greek roots ( final
, capital
, comical
) to form adjectives. See also -ar1.
Example words:
abnormal, accidental, additional, aerial, agricultural, ancestral, annual, arboreal, artificial, astral, bacterial, biblical, biographical, brutal, capital, central, ceremonial, chemical, classical, clinical, coastal, colonial, comical, commercial, confidential, constitutional, continental, continual, controversial, conventional, criminal, critical, crucial, cultural, cylindrical, dental, detrimental, developmental, economical, editorial, educational, electrical, emotional, environmental, essential, equal, exceptional, experimental, facial, factual, federal, final, financial, floral, fluvial, formal, functional, fundamental, general, global, grammatical, guttural, habitual, historical, hysterical, illogical, immoral, impersonal, impractical, individual, industrial, ineffectual, influential, internal, legal, local, logical, lyrical, magical, maniacal, mathematical, memorial, mental, moral, mortal, musical, mythical, national, natural, nautical, neutral, normal, official, parental, pastoral, personal, philosophical, plural, pluralism, pluralistic, political, potential, quizzical, racial, rational, regional, irrational, intellectual, rhythmical, sacrificial, seasonal, spinal, spiritual, technological, territorial, theatrical, thermal, tidal, traditional, tribal, typical, universal, unnatural, veridical, verbal, virtual, vocal, visual
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