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.

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

plural of chemical

The chemical industry.

(archaic) Practising chemistry (or, earlier, alchemy); pertaining to these sciences. / (obsolete) Produced through alchemy; counterfeit. / (now rare) Chemical.

(now rare) A chemist or (earlier) an alchemist. / (obsolete) A solution of chloride of lime, used in bleaching.

(obsolete, transitive) To bleach with a solution of chloride of lime.

Using a chemical reaction, process, or operation. / According to the principles of chemistry.

(colloquial) Reminiscent of chemicals.

simple past tense and past participle of chemicalize