CHIMES

"CHIMES" is a plural of: chime.

Date "CHIMES" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1598. (references)

Dream Interpretation

Fine Arts

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Repetition

Chimes, repetend, echo, ritornello, burden of a song, refrain; rehearsal; rechauffe, rifacimento, recapitulation.

Crosswords: CHIMES

When the chimes ring five, six, and seven ("Rock Around the Clock"; performing artist: Bill Haley & the Comets)

One o'clock, two o'clock, three o'clock, four o'clock chimes (DANDELION; performing artist: The Rolling Stones)

Sleepy Time Chimes (1971)

The Chimes (1914)

Ring My Chimes (1985)

Terry (performing artist: Leigh Bell & The Chimes)

Once In A While (performing artist: The Chimes)

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Books

• Chimes from a Wooden Bell: A Hundred Years in the Life of a Euro-Armenian Family (reference)

• The Chimes of Shreveport: The Life of M.E. Dodd (reference)

• Why the Chimes Rang (reference)

• The Wind Chimes of Wakan Tanka (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Bell Chimes (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• The Prisoner - Set 2: Checkmate/ The Chimes of Big Ben/ A, B and C/ The General (Bonus) (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Eloquence by Wind Chimes (reference)

• Tapers and Tinsel - Holiday Music by Wind Chimes (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Consumer Goods

• HoMedics WC-100 EnviraScape Indoor Wind Chimes with Electronic Control (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

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The Children's chimes, Stockbridge, Mass. Credit: Library of Congress.

Russian chimes. Credit: Library of Congress.

The Southern chimes great melo-drama : by James W. Harkins, Jr. Credit: Library of Congress.

The chimes of Normandy. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

He was endeavouring to pierce the darkness with his ferret eyes, when the chimes of a neighbouring church struck the four quarters.

Not counting the ravishing chimes which it flung out into the air on all occasions without anybody knowing why.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Ending with "CHIMES": wind-chimes.

Afrikaans

beiaard (carillon). (various references)

Danish

ringeklokke (set of bells, sounding device, striking mechanism of clock), ringeapparat (bell, buzzer, set of bells, sounding device, striking mechanism of clock), klokkespil (glockenspiel). (various references)

Dutch

klokkenspel (carillon), carillon (carillon). (various references)

Esperanto

sonorilaro (carillon), kariljono (carillon). (various references)

French

sonnerie, jeu de clochettes, jeu de cloches carillon, glockenspiel. (various references)

German

glockenspiel (carillon, chime, peal, ring of bells), Töne (accent, tones). (various references)

Greek 

σειρά καμπανών και μηχανισμός κουδουνιών(κωδονοκρουσίες) (glockenspiel), ηχητική συσκευή (set of bells, sounding device, striking mechanism of clock). (various references)

Italian

campanetta (glockenspiel), suoneria (set of bells, sounding device, striking mechanism of clock), gioco di campane (glockenspiel). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

鉦 (bell, gong), 鐘の音 (toll of a bell). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

かねのね (toll of a bell), かね (bell, chime, gong, metal, money). (various references)

Pig Latin

imeschay

Portuguese

campainha (bell, blue bell, campane, handbell, harebell, morning glory, tinkler), sinos (glockenspiel), jogo de sinos (glockenspiel). (various references)

Romanian

glas (key, ringing, roar, sound, utterance, voice). (various references)

Russian 

куранты (chime, windchime). (various references)

Spanish

juego de campanas (chime), dispositivo sonoro (set of bells, sounding device, striking mechanism of clock). (various references)

Swedish

klockringningar. (various references)

Derivations

Words ending with "CHIMES": isochimes. (additional references)

Misspellings

"CHIMES" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: chams, Chamus, Cheams, chemabs, chemis, Chemosh, chemtech, chermes, Chiem, chies, chiles, Chima, Chiman, Chimen, chimey, chimleys, chimmey, Chimsky, chimu, chines, chinle, Chismas, chiweshe, chmos, chomes, Chymie, cimes, cims, Khiem, khime. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: miches.

-1 letter: chime, hemic, mesic, miche.

-2 letters: chis, emic, hems, hies, ices, ichs, mesh, mice, mise, semi, shim, sice.

-3 letters: chi, cis, ems, hem, hes, hic, hie, him, his, ice, ich, ism, mis, sec, sei, she, sic, sim.

-4 letters: eh, em, es, he, hi, hm, is, me, mi, sh, si.

+1 letter: chamise, chemics, chemise, chemism, chemist, chimers, echoism.

+2 letters: besmirch, chamises, chammies, chemises, chemisms, chemists, chimeras, chimeres, chimleys, chimneys, echoisms, hematics, homesick, ischemia, ischemic, isocheim, isochime, kimchees, machines, marchesi, mastiche, mischief, misteach, munchies, sachemic, scheming, smirched, smirches, tachisme.

+3 letters: alchemies, alchemist, alchymies, camphines, camphires, catechism, chamoised, chamoises, chemicals, chemisorb, chemistry, cherubims, chiefdoms, chimaeras, chimbleys, chimblies, chimerism, chowtimes, chromides, chromites, chromizes, chummiest, eunuchism, fetichism, haematics, hemistich, hemstitch, homicides, impeaches, ischaemia, ischemias, isocheims, isochimes, lechayims, mastiches, mechanics, mechanism, mechanist, mischance, mischarge, mischiefs, mischoice, phonemics, schematic, schlemiel, smutchier, switchmen, tachismes, thematics, trichomes.