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Definition: Chimney |
ChimneyNoun1. A vertical flue that provides a path through which smoke from a fire is carried away through the wall or roof of a building. 2. A glass flue surrounding the wick of an oil lamp. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "chimney" was first used: sometime around 1280. (references) |
Etymology: Chimney \Chim"ney\, noun; plural Chimneys. [French chemin['e]e, Late Latin caminata, from Latin caminus furnace, fireplace, Greek ? furnace, oven.]. (references) |
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Electrical Engineering | A tube of glass, usually shaped, laced around a flame or lamp. Source: European Union. (references) |
Dream Interpretation | To dream of seeing chimneys, denotes a very displeasing incident will occur in your life. Hasty intelligence of sickness will be borne you. A tumble down chimney, denotes sorrow and likely death in your family. To see one overgrown with ivy or other vines, foretells that happiness will result from sorrow or loss of relatives. To see a fire burning in a chimney, denotes much good is approaching you. To hide in a chimney corner, denotes distress and doubt will assail you. Business will appear gloomy. For a young woman to dream that she is going down a chimney, foretells she will be guilty of some impropriety which will cause consternation among her associates. To ascend a chimney, shows that she will escape trouble which will be planned for her. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Electrical Engineering | A glass envelope surrounding the flame of an oil lamp, and having special shape, in order to improve the luminous efficacy and to avoid flickering of the flame. Source: European Union. (references) |
Energy | A masonry or metal stack that creates a draft to bring air to a fire and to carry the gaseous byproducts of combustion safely away. (references) |
Environment | The products of combustion leave the furnace through vents and pass through flues to the stack. Source: European Union. (references) |
Fine Arts | A recess for moving counterweights in the wall at the side of the stage. Source: European Union. (references) |
Geography | Cylindrically shaped, more or less vertical orebody; the ore may be a vein deposit, a breccia column or a diamond-bearing volcanic breccia. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A. An ore shoot or pipe. See also:chute b. A term used for limestone pinnacles bounding zinc ore deposits. c. A vertical or nearly vertical staple shaft between a lower and an upper coal seam. d. An orebody that is roughly circular or elliptical in horizontal cross section, but may have great vertical extent e. A restricted section in a lode; rising steeply and unusually rich. See also:pipef. A cylindrical vent for volcanic rock. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A chimney is a system for venting hot gasses and smoke from a stove, furnace or fireplace to the outside of a building. They are typically almost vertical to ensure the hot gasses flow smoothly, drawing air into the combustion through convection.Chimneys have traditionally been built of brick, both in small and large buildings. Due to brick's limited ability to handle traverse loads, chimneys in houses were often build in a "stack", with a fireplace on each floor of the house sharing a single chimney, often with such a stack at the front and back of the house. Today's central heating systems have made chimney placement less critical, and the use of non-structural double-wall metal piping allows it to be bent around obstructions and through walls.
Masonry (brick) chimneys have proved particularly susceptible to crumbling during earthquakes. Government housing authorities in quake-prone cities like San Francisco and Los Angeles now recommend building new homes with stud-framed chimneys around a metal flue. (Bracing or strapping old masonry chimneys has not proved to be very effective in preventing damage or injury from earthquakes.) Perhaps predictably, a new industry provides "faux-brick" facades to cover these modern chimney structures.
Industrial chimneys were typically external structures, as opposed to being built into the wall of a building. Most often they were located near a central boiler, and the gasses carried to it with external ductwork. Today the use of single-pour concrete has almost entirely replaced brick in this role.
A characteristic problem with chimneys is they develop deposits of creosote on the walls of the structure when used with wood as a fuel. Deposits of this substance can interfere with the airflow and more importantly, they are flammable and can cause dangerous chimney fires if the deposits ignite in the chimney. Thus, it is recommended that chimneys be cleaned on a regular basis to prevent these problems. The workers who perform this task professionally are called chimney sweeps.
Other problems include "spalling" brick, in which moisture seeps into the brick and then freezes, cracking and flaking the brick and loosening mortar seals.
The term chimney may also be applied to natural features, particularly in rock formations.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Chimney."
Synonym: ChimneySynonym: lamp chimney (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Abode | Home, fatherland; country; homestead, homestall; fireside; hearth, hearth stone; chimney corner, inglenook, ingle side; harem, seraglio, zenana; household gods, lares et penates, roof, household, housing, dulce domum, paternal domicile; native soil, native land. |
Airpipe | Noun: air pipe, air tube; airhole, blowhole, breathinghole, venthole; shaft, flue, chimney, funnel, vent, nostril, nozzle, throat, weasand, trachea; bronchus, bronchia; larynx, tonsils, windpipe, spiracle; ventiduct, ventilator; louvre, jalousie, Venetian blinds; blowpipe. (wind); pipe. (tube); jhilmil; smokestack. |
Opening | Way, path; thoroughfare; channel; passage, passageway; tube, pipe; water pipe; air pipe; vessel, tubule, canal, gut, fistula; adjutage, ajutage; ostium; smokestack; chimney, flue, tap, funnel, gully, tunnel, main; mine, pit, adit, shaft; gallery. |
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Screenplays | It looks like there's beer coming out of the chimney. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) While we're gone, I want you to sweep the chimney! (AlfTales; writing credit: Bradley Kesden; Mitchell Kriegman) But with, you know, Christmas night, flying reindeer, coming down the chimney, all true (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer) A fat man, trying to squeeze through a narrow chimney, and I taunt him with Oreos and whole milk (Ally McBeal; writing credit: Henri Vernes) A bomb falling down a chimney. Let me tell you something: I was in the building where we filmed that with a 10-inch model made out of Legos (Wag the Dog; writing credit: Hilary Henkin) | |
Lyrics | Cause I rock from summer til Santa comes down the chimney (Keep Their Headz Ringin; performing artist: Dr. Dre) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Little Chimney Sweep (1960) The Little Chimney Sweep (1954) Duke of Chimney Butte (1921) Razing a Chimney (1900) | |
Song Titles | Sweep, Chimney Sweep (performing artist: Steeleye Span) | |
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 | Tube worms feeding at base of a black smoker chimney hydrothermal vent. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP). |  | Black smoker chimney and shrimp on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP). |
 | Camp Fechner, CCC Camp, Officer Quarters Chimney. Credit: Merv Coleman. |  | Moon shining over Chimney Rock. Credit: Steve Lent. |
 | [Cystoscopy: Instrument used by Desormeaux incorporating kerosene lamp, chimney vent, and mirror]. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Garden structures, one with sculptural groups (?); arcaded structure with central chimney. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Unidentified U-shaped house (two-and-a-half story) with gambrel roof and prominent chimney. Perspective sketch. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Firemen rushing to burning building, fireman with parrot in cage, man reading "Banner" newspaper, charred ruins with chimney. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Child shepherdess and boy chimney sweep on chimney] / Lydia Field Emmet. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Hannegan and Wallace looking up chimney for Santa Claus. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Casa Milia - Chimney skyline" by Sam Segar Commentary: "Chimnies on the roof of the Gaudi designed Casa Mila in Barcelona." | "American Flag over Chimney Roc" by William J. Ray Commentary: "Took this while hiking above Chimney Rock in the beautiful Appalachians of North Carolina." |
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| Author | Quotation |
Sir Philip Sidney | With a tale, for sooth, he comet unto you; with a tale which holdeth children from play, and old men from the chimney corner. |
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Emma | Austen, Jane | At one time Patty came to say she thought the kitchen chimney wanted sweeping |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Jondrette opened a closet near the chimney, took out an old cap and put it on his head after brushing it with his sleeve |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Smoke was rising from the tin chimney of the house |
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Health | Use window screens, chimney caps, and draft-guards beneath doors to attics, fill electrical and plumbing holes with stainless steel wool or caulking, and ensure that all doors to the outside close tightly. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Chimney" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 97.39% of the time. "Chimney" is used about 651 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 97.39% | 634 | 10,258 |
| Noun (proper) | 2.45% | 16 | 87,710 |
| Noun (common) | 0.15% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 651 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "chimney": big Chimney ♦ chimney bellflower ♦ Chimney board ♦ chimney breast ♦ Chimney cap ♦ chimney cooling tower ♦ chimney corner ♦ chimney damper ♦ chimney hat ♦ chimney hood ♦ Chimney hook ♦ chimney loading ♦ Chimney lug ♦ Chimney money ♦ chimney piece ♦ chimney plant ♦ chimney pot ♦ chimney stack ♦ chimney stalk ♦ chimney swallow ♦ chimney sweep ♦ Chimney sweeper ♦ chimney swift ♦ chimney tower ♦ fairy chimney ♦ lamp chimney ♦ ore chimney ♦ smoke like a chimney ♦ steam chimney ♦ stick chimney. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "chimney": chimney-boys, Chimney-breast, chimney-breasts, chimney-cap, chimney-cradles, chimney-flue, chimney-groove, chimney-jambs, chimney-lamp, chimney-like, chimney-mouth, Chimney-piece, chimney-pieces, chimney-place, chimney-pot, chimney-pot hat, chimney-pots, chimney-shelf, chimney-sized, chimney-stack, chimney-stacks, chimney-sweep, chimney-sweeper, chimney-sweepers, chimney-sweeping, chimney-sweeps, chimney-top. | |
Ending with "chimney": parrot-in-the-chimney, tall-chimney. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
chimney | 892 | chimney top | 21 |
chimney rock | 256 | chimney fireplace | 19 |
chimney cap | 237 | chimney construction | 18 |
chimney rock north carolina | 189 | chimney fan | 18 |
chimney sweep | 117 | chimney farm three | 18 |
chimney repair | 86 | chimney starter | 17 |
chimney flashing | 63 | three chimney inn | 17 |
chimney liner | 62 | blake chimney sweeper william | 17 |
chimney rock park | 52 | camping chimney rock | 17 |
chimney pot | 47 | glass chimney | 17 |
chimney ten | 39 | chimney sweep inn | 17 |
chimney cleaning | 34 | chimney swifts | 16 |
chimney cover | 32 | chimney pipe | 16 |
the chimney sweeper | 32 | charcoal chimney starter | 16 |
chimney swift | 31 | chimney three | 15 |
charcoal chimney | 28 | brick chimney | 15 |
chimney cleaning ottawa | 24 | solar chimney | 15 |
chimney ottawa sweep | 24 | chimney building | 15 |
green chimney | 23 | build a chimney | 15 |
chimney design | 21 | chimney lining | 14 |
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| Language | Translations for "chimney"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | poç llampe me vajguri, oxhak (family, fire place, kin, noble stock, smokestack), gyp (canal, channel, conduit, duct, fistula, funnel, pipe, stack, trumpet, tube, vent). (various references) | |
Arabic | مدخنة القطار, مدخنة (brazier, funnel, smokestack, stack), المستوقد, المصطلى. (various references) | |
Basque | tximinia. (various references) | |
Blackfoot | saisí'toya'tsis. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | кюнец (smokestack, stovepipe), кратер на вулкан, комин (chimney stack, shaft, smokestack, vent), камина (fireplace, grate, hearth), лампено шише (lamp chimney), процеп (crevice, pole, rent, shaft). (various references) | |
Chamorro | chiminea. (various references) | |
Chinese | 烟囱 (Chimneys), 煙囪 , 囪 (window). (various references) | |
Cornish | chymbla. (various references) | |
Czech | komín (smokestack, stack). (various references) | |
Danish | skorsten (fireplace, hearth, smokestack). (various references) | |
Dutch | schoorsteen (fireplace, hearth, smokestack). (various references) | |
Esperanto | kamentubo (smokestack), fumtubo (smokestack). (various references) | |
Farsi | نک , کوره (Kiln, Manhole, Oven, Stove), دودکش (Funnel, Shaft, Stack, Tube, Uptake), بخاری (Gaseous, Heater, Stove). (various references) | |
Finnish | savutorvi (funnel, smoke pipe, smokestack, stack), savupiippu (funnel, smokestack), piippu (barrel, pipe), malmipiippu (neck, ore chimney, ore deposit, ore pipe, pipe, pipe of ore, pipe vein, stock). (various references) | |
French | cheminée (channel). (various references) | |
German | schornstein (funnel, smokestack, stack), kamin (fireplace, grate, hearth), zylinder (cyl, cylinder, cylinders, drum, lamp chimney, lamp glass, roller, silk hat, top hat, tophat, tophats, topper), esse (eat, forge, hearth, smokestack). (various references) | |
Greek | καμινάδα. (various references) | |
Hebrew | מעשנה (funnel, louver, smokestack, stack), ארובה (flue, louver, smokestack, stack, window). (various references) | |
Hungarian | kémény (chimney-pot, chimney-stack, flue, funnel, smokestack, stack, vent). (various references) | |
Indonesian | cerobong asap (flue), semprong. (various references) | |
Irish | simléar. (various references) | |
Italian | fumaiuolo (smokestack), fumaiolo (fireplace, fireside, funnel), camino (fireplace). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 煙道 (flue), 煙突 , 煙突 , 煙管 (pipe with metal tipped stem, stolen train ride), 煙出し , 煙り出し . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | けむりだし, けむだし, えんどう (course, flue, green peas, long walk, roadside, roundabout way, route), えんかん (lead pipe, torus), えんとつ. (various references) | |
Korean | 굴뚝 (Chimneys, flue, smokestack). (various references) | |
Manx | chymlee. (various references) | |
Occitan | chiminèa. (various references) | |
Papago | chimi-nihya. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | imneychay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | chaminé (fireplace, hearth, lamp-chimney, smokestack). (various references) | |
Romanian | crater (crater), coş (acne, basket, basketful, blackhead, cage, chest, creel, flue, grog-blossom, hamper, hopper, pannier, rising, smoke stack, spot, tidy, tilt), cãmin (fireplace, fireside, grate, hearth, home, hostel, mantelpiece, rest), sticlã de lampã, horn (flue), burlan de coş, şemineu (fireplace, flue, hearth). (various references) | |
Russian | труба дымовая, труба (aqueduct, duct, funnel, pipe, pipes, piping, trumpet, tube), ламповое стекло (lamp chimney, lamp-chimney), дымоход (flue, funnel, stovepipe, tunnel). (various references) | |
Scottish | similear (a chimney), luidhear (a vent, vent), àrlas. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | ognjište (hearth, hearthstone, ingle), odžak, dimnjak (funnel, smokestack, stack). (various references) | |
Spanish | chimenea (bawl, fireplace, fireside, hearth, howl, pipe, smokestack). (various references) | |
Swedish | skorsten (chimney stack, chimneypot, funnel, smokestack, stack). (various references) | |
Turkish | baca (chimney stack, flue, funnel, pipe, shaft, smokestack, stack). (various references) | |
Turkmen | truba (r) (pipe, tube). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | кратер (crater), комин (funnel), камін (fireplace, grate, mantel), вогнище (balefire, bonfire, fireplace, nursery), лампове скло, притулок (accommodation, asylum, bield, cover, harbour, niche, nook, port, purlieu, refuge, sanctuary, shelter, subterfuge, succor, succour), димохід (chimney stack, stovepipe), димар (chimney stack, flue, funnel, tunnel). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | ống khói lò sưởi thông phong đèn. (various references) | |
Welsh | simnai, simdde, lwfer (louver), llumon (stack), ffumer (funnel). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | kaminos. (various references) |
| Late Latin | 300-700 | caminata. (various references) |
| Old French | 900-1400 | cheminee. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Hosea Chapter 13, Verse 3 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Dia touto esontai wV nefelh prwinh kai wV drosoV orqrinh poreuomenh wsper cnouV apofuswmenoV af' alwnoV kai wV atmiV apo akridwn |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Idcirco erunt quasi nubes matutina et sicut ros matutinus praeteriens sicut pulvis turbine raptus ex area et sicut fumus de fumario |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Therfore thei shuln be as a morewe clowde, or myst, and as morewe dewe passynge, as dust rauyshid with whirlwynd of the feeld, and as smoke of the chymney. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud and as the early dew that passeth away, as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the early dew that passeth away, as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind from the floor, and as the smoke from the chimney. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | So they will be like the morning cloud, like the dew which goes early away, like the dust of the grain which the wind is driving out of the crushing-floor, like smoke going up from the fireplace. |
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| Language | Hosea Chapter 13, Verse 3 |
| Cebuano | Busa sama sila sa panganod sa kaadlawon, ug sama sa yamog sa kabuntagon nga sayong mahanaw, sama sa tahop nga ipalid sa alimpulos gikan sa salog-nga-giukanan, ug sama usab sa aso gikan sa panghaw. |
| Croatian | Zato, bit æe oni kao oblak jutarnji, kao rosa koje brzo nestaje, kao pljeva raznesena s gumna, kao dim što kroz otvor izlazi. |
| Danish | Derfor: som Morgentåge, som Duggen, der årle svinder, som Avner, der blæses fra Lo, som Røg fra Røghul skal de blive. |
| Dutch | Daarom zullen zij zijn als een morgenwolk, en als een vroegkomende dauw, die henengaat; als kaf van den dorsvloer, en als rook uit den schoorsteen wordt weggestormd. |
| Finnish | Sentähden he ovat kuin aamupilvi, kuin kaste, joka varhain haihtuu, kuin akanat, jotka puimatantereelta lentävät, kuin savu, joka häipyy ikkunasta. |
| French | C`est pourquoi ils seront comme la nuée du matin, Comme la rosée qui bientôt se dissipe, Comme la balle emportée par le vent hors de l`aire, Comme la fumée qui sort d`une fenêtre. |
| German | Darum werden sie sein wie die Morgenwolke und wie der Tau, der frühmorgens vergeht; ja, wie die Spreu, die von der Tenne verweht wird, und wie der Rauch von dem Schornstein. |
| Haitian Creole | Konsa, moun sa yo ap disparèt tankou yon vapè ki leve granmaten, tankou lawouze lè solèy fin leve. Y'ap tankou pay van an ap leve soti sou glasi. Y'ap tankou lafimen k'ap soti nan yon fetay kizin. |
| Hungarian | Azért olyanná lesznek, mint a reggeli felhõ és mint a harmat, a mely korán eltûnik; mint a szérûrõl elsodort polyva és mint a kéménynek füstje. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Karena itu orang-orang itu akan lenyap seperti kabut atau embun di pagi hari. Mereka akan seperti debu merang yang ditiup angin di pengirikan gandum, dan seperti asap yang keluar dari cerobong. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka sebab itu sekarang mereka itu seperti sebuah awan pada waktu fajar dan seperti air embun pada pagi hari, yang lenyap seperti sekam, yang diterbangkan oleh angin ribut dari tempat pengirik dan seperti asap, yang naik dari dalam lubang dapur. |
| Maori | Mo reira ka rite ratou ki te kapua o te ata, ki te tomairangi hoki e ngaro wawe atu nei, ki te papapa hoki e aia atu ana e te paroro i te patunga witi, a ki te paowa hoki o te tumere. |
| Norwegian | Derfor skal de bli som en morgensky, lik duggen som tidlig svinner bort, lik agner som vinden fører bort fra treskeplassen, og som røk fra et røkfang. |
| Portuguese | Por isso serão como a nuvem de manhã, e como o orvalho que cedo passa; como a palha que se lança fora da eira, e como a fumaça que sai pela janela. |
| Rumanian | De aceea, vor fi ca norul de dimineayq, ca roua care trece repede, ca pleava suflatq de vknt din arie, ca fumul, care iese din horn. |
| Russian | ъБ ФП ПОЙ ВХДХФ ЛБЛ ХФТЕООЙК ФХНБО, ЛБЛ ТПУБ, УЛПТП ЙУЮЕЪБАЭБС, ЛБЛ НСЛЙОБ, УЧЕЧБЕНБС У ЗХНОБ, Й ЛБЛ ДЩН ЙЪ ФТХВЩ. |
| Spanish | Por tanto, serán como la niebla de la mañana y como el rocío del amanecer, que se desvanece; como el tamo que es arrebatado de la era, y como el humo que sale por la ventana. |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "chimney": chimneylike, chimneypiece, chimneypieces, chimneys. (additional references) | |
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"Chimney" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: chidney, Chigny, Chimen, Chimene, chimeny, chimey, chimley, chimmey, chimmney, chimmny, chimniey, Chimny, Chinery, Chinmen, chinney, chinny, Chinoy, criminy, Hcimna, Khamanei, Khameneie, Khomenei, Timney, Timoney. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "chimney" (pronounced khi"mnē) |
| 3 | -m n ē | calumny. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-h-i-m-n-y" | |
-1 letter: hyenic. | |
-2 letters: chime, chine, chyme, hemic, hemin, hymen, meiny, miche, mince, mincy, niche, yince. | |
-3 letters: chin, cine, cyme, emic, hymn, inch, mice, mien, mine, nice, yech. | |
-4 letters: chi, hem, hen, hey, hic, hie, him, hin, ice, ich, icy, men, nim, yeh, yen, yin. | |
-5 letters: eh, em, en, he, hi, hm, in, me, mi, my, ne. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-h-i-m-n-y" | |
+1 letter: chimneys. | |
+2 letters: machinery. | |
+3 letters: hemocyanin, hypermanic, myasthenic. | |
+4 letters: chimneylike, hemocyanins, hemodynamic, hyoscyamine, hypermnesic, myasthenics. | |
+5 letters: chimneypiece, erythromycin, hemodynamics, honeycombing, hydromancies, hyoscyamines, hyperendemic, mechanically, monophyletic, nonhemolytic, nympholeptic, perionychium, phonemically. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Quotations: Familiar 10. Quotations: Fiction 11. Quotations: Non-fiction 12. Usage Frequency | 13. Expressions 14. Expressions: Internet 15. Translations: Modern 16. Translations: Ancient | 17. Bible Trace 18. Derivations 19. Rhymes 20. Anagrams | 21. Bibliography |
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