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on; he is still afraid lest any of his actions should be thrown away in private. Addison. Chemists would be rich if they could still do in great quantities what they have sometimes done in little. Boyle.

Above or beyond chemistry; inexplicable by chemical laws. J. Le Conte.

system of philosophy; a system of government; a system of divinity; a system of botany or chemistry; a military system; the solar system. The best way to learn any science, is to begin with a regular system, or a short and plain scheme of that science well drawn up into a narrow compass. I. Watts.

A combining form (also used adjectively) used in chemistry to denote the presence of tartar or of some of its compounds or derivatives.

usiness, art, science, or the like; nomenclature; technical terms; as, the terminology of chemistry. The barbarous effect produced by a German structure of sentence, and a terminology altogether new. De Quincey.

A combining form from Gr. qe`rmh heat, qermo`s hot, warm; as in thermochemistry, thermodynamic.

Of or pertaining to thermochemistry; obtained by, or employed in, thermochemistry.

To change into another substance; to transmute; as, the alchemists sought to transform lead into gold.

.), the conversion of base metals into gold or silver, a process often attempted by the alchemists. See Alchemy, and Philosopher's stone, under Philosopher.

Examination by a test; experiment, as in chemistry, metallurgy, etc.

Consisting of, or pertaining to, copper, formerly called by chemists Venus. [Obs.] Boyle.

bottle with two or three necks; -- so called after the inventor, Peter Woulfe, an English chemist.

bining form from Gr. xanqo`s yellow; as in xanthocobaltic salts. Used also adjectively in chemistry.

A combining form from zinc; in chemistry, designating zinc as an element of certain double compounds. Also used adjectively.

Pertaining to zoöchemistry.

Animal chemistry; zoöchemistry. Dunglison.