chemical

IPA: kˈɛmʌkʌɫ

(chemistry, sciences) Any specific chemical element or chemical compound or alloy.
(colloquial) An artificial chemical compound.
(slang) An addictive drug.

Of or relating to chemistry.
Of or relating to a material or processes not commonly found in nature or in a particular product.
(obsolete) Of or relating to alchemy.

Examples of "chemical" in Sentences

The qualification of the chemical is theirs, not mine.
Scientists studied the air a mile away from the site and found what they called a chemical factory.
The term chemical was used by the Lebanese Association for Human Rights. text was changed per Mirvat's request
Through the industrialist and a retired British defence force officer, he came into contact with what he called the chemical and biological warfare mafia.
By the term chemical properties we have reference to the chemical composition of the soil, the chemical changes which take place in the soil, and the conditions which influence these changes.
It some such fashion the periodic strokes of the smaller ether waves accumulate, till the atoms on which their timed impulses impinge are jerked asunder, and what we call chemical decomposition ensues.
In a second experiment, the HML team mimicked a chemical pollutant challenge by injecting blue crabs with a chemical** known to inhibit oxidative phosphorylation, a metabolic process that manufactures energy.
Since the system will probably never change, so that we learn all of these effects before a chemical is allowed into use, we have to be vigilent in studying the effects after said chemical is introduced into the environment.
Most of people, though, that I've spoken with -- and I spoke to a couple friends this morning on the phone -- say it's absolutely ridiculous that he would have put himself through what I described as chemical torture -- Soledad.