| academism | (noun) orthodoxy of a scholastic variety | Synonyms: academicism, scholasticism |
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| (noun) a style of painting and sculpture produced under the influence of European academies of art. | Synonyms: academic art, academicism |
| alchemise | (verb) alter (elements) by alchemy | Synonyms: alchemize |
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| alchemist | (noun) one who was versed in the practice of alchemy and who sought an elixir of life and a panacea and an alkahest and the philosopher's stone | - |
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| alchemistic | (adjective) of or relating to alchemists | Synonyms: alchemistical |
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| alchemistical | (adjective) of or relating to alchemists | Synonyms: alchemistic |
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| anathemise | (verb) curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment | Synonyms: accurse, anathematise, anathematize, anathemize, comminate, execrate |
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| (verb) wish harm upon; invoke evil upon | Synonyms: anathemize, bedamn, beshrew, curse, damn, imprecate, maledict |
| artemisia | (noun) any of various composite shrubs or herbs of the genus Artemisia having aromatic green or greyish foliage | - |
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| biochemist | (noun) someone with special training in biochemistry | - |
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| biochemistry | (noun) the organic chemistry of compounds and processes occurring in organisms; the effort to understand biology within the context of chemistry | - |
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| blemish | (noun) a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body) | Synonyms: defect, mar |
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| (verb) add a flaw or blemish to; make imperfect or defective | Synonyms: flaw |
| (verb) mar or impair with a flaw | Synonyms: spot |
| (verb) mar or spoil the appearance of | Synonyms: deface, disfigure |
| blemished | (adjective) marred by imperfections | - |
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| (adjective) having a blemish or flaw | Synonyms: flawed |
| chemise | (noun) a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist | Synonyms: sack, shift |
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| (noun) a woman's sleeveless undergarment | Synonyms: shift, shimmy, slip, teddy |
| chemisorb | (verb) take up a substance by chemisorption | - |
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| chemisorption | (noun) adsorption (especially when irreversible) by means of chemical instead of physical forces | Synonyms: chemosorption |
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| chemisorptive | (adjective) having the capacity to adsorb by chemical as contrasted with physical forces | Synonyms: chemosorptive |
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| chemist | (noun) a scientist who specializes in chemistry | - |
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| (noun) a health professional trained in the art of preparing and dispensing drugs | Synonyms: apothecary, druggist, pharmacist, pill pusher, pill roller |
| chemistry | (noun) the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions | Synonyms: chemical science |
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| (noun) the way two individuals relate to each other | Synonyms: alchemy, interpersonal chemistry |
| (noun) the chemical composition and properties of a substance or object | - |
| demise | (noun) the time when something ends | Synonyms: death, dying |
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| (verb) transfer by a lease or by a will | - |
| demisemiquaver | (noun) a musical note having the time value of a thirty-second of a whole note | Synonyms: thirty-second note |
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| demist | (verb) free from mist | Synonyms: defog |
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| demister | (noun) heater that removes mist from the windshield of a car | - |
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| dysphemism | (noun) an offensive or disparaging expression that is substituted for an inoffensive one | - |
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| dysphemistic | (adjective) of or the nature of dysphemism | - |
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| electrochemistry | (noun) branch of chemistry that deals with the chemical action of electricity and the production of electricity by chemical reactions | - |
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| emissary | (noun) someone sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else | Synonyms: envoy |
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| emission | (noun) the act of emitting; causing to flow forth | Synonyms: emanation |
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| (noun) the occurrence of a flow of water (as from a pipe) | - |
| (noun) the release of electrons from parent atoms | - |
| (noun) any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body | Synonyms: discharge, expelling |
| (noun) a substance that is emitted or released | Synonyms: discharge |
| endemism | (noun) nativeness by virtue of originating or occurring naturally (as in a particular place) | Synonyms: autochthony, indigenousness |
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| euphemise | (verb) refer to something with a euphemism | Synonyms: euphemize |
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| euphemism | (noun) an inoffensive or indirect expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive or too harsh | - |
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| euphemistic | (adjective) of or the nature of euphemism | - |
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| euphemistically | (adverb) in a euphemistic manner | - |
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| extremism | (noun) any political theory favoring immoderate uncompromising policies | - |
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| extremist | (adjective) (used of opinions and actions) far beyond the norm | Synonyms: radical, ultra |
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| (noun) a person who holds extreme views | - |
| femtochemistry | (noun) the branch of chemistry that studies elementary (often very fast) chemical reactions as they occur; the experimental methods are often based on the use of femtosecond laser pulses | - |
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| geochemistry | (noun) the chemistry of the earth's crust | - |
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| hemidemisemiquaver | (noun) a musical note having the time value of a sixty-fourth of a whole note | Synonyms: sixty-fourth note |
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| hemisphere | (noun) either half of the cerebrum | Synonyms: cerebral hemisphere |
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| (noun) half of the terrestrial globe | - |
| (noun) half of a sphere | - |
| hemispheric | (adjective) of or relating to the cerebral hemispheres | - |
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| hemispherical | (adjective) of or relating to or being a hemisphere | - |
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| immunochemistry | (noun) the field of chemistry concerned with chemical processes in immunology (such as chemical studies of antigens and antibodies) | Synonyms: chemoimmunology |
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| immunohistochemistry | (noun) an assay that shows specific antigens in tissues by the use of markers that are either fluorescent dyes or enzymes (such as horseradish peroxidase) | - |
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| itemisation | (noun) the act of making a list of items | Synonyms: itemization, listing |
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| itemise | (verb) specify individually | Synonyms: enumerate, itemize, recite |
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| (verb) place on a list of items | Synonyms: itemize |
| photochemistry | (noun) branch of chemistry that deals with the chemical action of light | - |
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| photoemission | (noun) an emission of photoelectrons (especially from a metallic surface) | - |
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| photoemissive | (adjective) of or relating to photoemission | - |
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| phytochemist | (noun) a chemist who specializes in the chemistry of plants | - |
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| phytochemistry | (noun) the branch of organic chemistry dealing with the chemistry of plants | - |
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| polemise | (verb) engage in a controversy | Synonyms: polemicise, polemicize, polemize |
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| polemist | (noun) a writer who argues in opposition to others (especially in theology) | Synonyms: polemic, polemicist |
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| premise | (noun) a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn | Synonyms: assumption, premiss |
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| (verb) take something as preexisting and given | Synonyms: premiss |
| (verb) set forth beforehand, often as an explanation | - |
| (verb) furnish with a preface or introduction | Synonyms: introduce, precede, preface |
| premises | (noun) land and the buildings on it | - |
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| premiss | (noun) a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn | Synonyms: assumption, premise |
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| (verb) take something as preexisting and given | Synonyms: premise |
| pyrochemistry | (noun) processes for chemical reactions at high temperatures | Synonyms: pyrochemical process |
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| radiochemist | (noun) a chemist who specializes in nuclear chemistry | Synonyms: nuclear chemist |
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| radiochemistry | (noun) the chemistry of radioactive substances | Synonyms: nuclear chemistry |
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| remise | (noun) (fencing) a second thrust made on the same lunge (as when your opponent fails to riposte) | - |
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| (noun) a small building for housing coaches and carriages and other vehicles | Synonyms: carriage house, coach house |
| (noun) an expensive or high-class hackney | - |
| remiss | (adjective) failing in what duty requires | Synonyms: delinquent, derelict, neglectful |
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| remission | (noun) the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance | Synonyms: absolution, remission of sin, remittal |
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| (noun) (law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court) | Synonyms: remit, remitment |
| (noun) an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease) | Synonyms: remittal, subsidence |
| (noun) a payment of money sent to a person in another place | Synonyms: remitment, remittal, remittance |
| remissness | (noun) the quality of being lax and neglectful | Synonyms: laxity, laxness, slackness |
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| semiskilled | (adjective) possessing or requiring limited skills | - |
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| semisoft | (adjective) somewhat soft | Synonyms: softish |
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| semisolid | (adjective) partly solid; having a rigidity and viscosity intermediate between a solid and a liquid | - |
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| semisweet | (adjective) having a taste that is a mixture of bitterness and sweetness | Synonyms: bittersweet |
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| semisynthetic | (adjective) not of natural origin; prepared or made artificially | Synonyms: man-made, synthetic |
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| systemise | (verb) arrange according to a system or reduce to a system | Synonyms: systematise, systematize, systemize |
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| systemiser | (noun) an organizer who puts things in order | Synonyms: orderer, systematiser, systematist, systematizer, systemizer |
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| thermochemistry | (noun) the branch of chemistry that studies the relation between chemical action and the amount of heat absorbed or generated | - |
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| totemism | (noun) belief in the kinship of a group of people with a common totem | - |
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| totemist | (noun) a person who belongs to a clan or tribe having a totem | - |
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| unblemished | (adjective) free from physical or moral spots or stains | Synonyms: unmarred, unmutilated |
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