RACEMIC

Definition: RACEMIC

RACEMIC

Adjective

1. Pertaining to, or designating, an acid found in many kinds of grapes. It is also obtained from tartaric acid, with which it is isomeric, and from sugar, gum, etc., by oxidation. It is a sour white crystalline substance, consisting of a combination of dextrorotatory and levorotatory tartaric acids.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Domain	Definitions
Health	Optically inactive but resolvable in the way of all racemic compounds. (references)
Medicine	2)optically inactive but resolvable in the way of all racemic compounds. Source: European Union. (references)
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Crosswords: RACEMIC

English words defined with "RACEMIC": Pyruvic ♦ Racemate, racemic acid. (references)

Specialty definitions using "RACEMIC": Dexmedetomidine ♦ Levonorgestrel ♦ racemic tartaric acid ♦ Sodium Lactate. (references)

"RACEMIC" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "RACEMIC" is used about 6 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
Adjective (general or positive)	100%	6	143,867

Expressions using "RACEMIC": racemic acid ♦ racemic tartaric acid. Additional references.
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Language		Translations for "RACEMIC"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Bulgarian		гроздов (grape). (various references)

Danish		racemisk. (various references)

Dutch		racemisch, racemeus. (various references)

Finnish		raseeminen viinihappo (racemic acid, racemic tartaric acid). (various references)

French		racémique. (various references)

German		razemisch. (various references)

Greek		ρακεμικός. (various references)

Italian		racemico. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		ラセミ�" (racemic body). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		ラセミたい (racemic body). (various references)

Pig Latin		acemicray.(various references)

Portuguese		racémico. (various references)

Spanish		racémico (racemose). (various references)

Swedish		racemvinsyra (racemic acid, racemic tartaric acid), racemisk vinsyra (racemic acid, racemic tartaric acid), druvsyra (racemic acid, racemic tartaric acid). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Words rhyming with "RACEMIC" (pronounced 'Ra*ce"mic'): Achromic, Adiathermic, Anaseismic, Antibromic, Antiloimic, Antipharmic, Bioplasmic, Bromic, Cadmic, Chromic, Clysmic, Cumic, Dermic, Diathermic, Dichromic, Endermic, Endosmosmic, Endospermic, Endothermic, Enepidermic, Epidermic, Epispermic, Exophthalmic, Exothermic, Fehmic, formic, Gelsemic, haemic, Heliochromic, Homodermic, Humic, Hydrobromic, Hygrophthalmic, hypodermic, Idiothermic, Isobathythermic, Isochasmic, Isocheimic, Lexipharmic, Loimic, macrocosmic, Menispermic, Mesodermic, monochromic, Monogrammic, Monothalmic, Neocosmic, Nucleoplasmic, Ophthalmic, Osmic, Oxybromic, Palmic, Panspermic, Perbromic, Perchromic, Photothermic, Plasmic, Platycnemic, Polychromic, Protoplasmic, Sacchulmic, Spanaemic, Spermic, Sphygmic, Stereochromic, Taxidermic, Tenesmic, Theobromic, thermic, Trigrammic, Uraemic, Vehmic. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: ceramic.
	Words within the letters "a-c-c-e-i-m-r"
	-2 letters: acmic, aimer, amice, areic, cerci, ceria, ceric, circa, cream, crime, erica, macer, mecca, micra, ramie.
	-3 letters: acme, acre, amie, amir, came, care, ceca, cire, cram, emic, emir, mace, mair, marc, mare, mica, mice, mire, race, rami, ream, rice, rime.
	-4 letters: ace, aim, air, ami, arc, are, arm, cam, car, ear, era, ice, ire, mac, mae, mar, mir, ram, rec, rei, rem, ria, rim.
	-5 letters: ae, ai, am, ar, em, er, ma, me, mi, re.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-c-e-i-m-r"
	+1 letter: ceramics.
	+2 letters: acclaimer, chimaeric.
	+3 letters: acclaimers, bacteremic, ceramicist, chimerical, cochairmen, commercial, decametric, democratic, microscale.
	+4 letters: acidimetric, acromegalic, ceramicists, chiromancer, chrominance, clericalism, climacteric, commercials, democracies, euchromatic, gimcrackery, macronuclei, malpractice, meritocracy, metacentric, microscales, mobocracies, monocracies, necromantic, timocracies.
	+5 letters: acclimatizer, accomplisher, acromegalics, actinometric, agrichemical, agrochemical, calorimetric, checkmarking, chimerically, chiromancers, chiromancies, chrominances, circumjacent, circumstance, clericalisms, climacterics, cochairwomen, commercially, counterclaim, heroicomical, malpractices, meritocratic, mesothoracic, metacentrics, metacercaria, metathoracic, microbalance, microcapsule, microcephaly, microclimate, mycobacteria, necromancies, preeclamptic, semicircular, thermotactic, uncommercial, undemocratic.
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