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Showing words for CHIMERA using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Chimera

chimera, hermaic

6 Letter Words for Chimera

achier, achime, archei, archie, cahier, charie, chimar, chimer, crimea, eriach, hermai, marche, mehari, meriah, micher, mirach, remica, richea

5 Letter Words for Chimera

acher, acier, aeric, aimer, amice, amire, arche, ceria, chair, chare, charm, cheir, chime, chirm, chria, cimar, craie, crame, cream, crime, echar, erica, haire, harem, harim, hemic, herma, hermi, hiera, ihram, macer, mache, machi, maire, march, marie, meach, merch, merci, micah, miche, rache, ramie, reach, reich, rheic, rhema, rhime, riche, rimae

4 Letter Words for Chimera

acer, ache, acme, acre, ahem, aire, amic, amie, arch, cair, came, cami, care, cera, chai, cham, char, chem, cher, chia, cima, cira, cire, cram, crim, each, eira, emic, emir, eria, eric, haec, hair, hame, hami, hare, harm, hear, heir, hera, herm, hire, iare, icer, mace, mach, mair, marc, mare, mari, mear, mech, merc, meri, miae, mica, mice, mire, race, rach, rame, rami, ream, reim, rhea, rice, rich, riem, rima, rime

3 Letter Words for Chimera

ace, ach, aer, ahi, aim, air, ame, ami, arc, are, arm, cai, cam, car, cer, cha, che, chi, chm, cia, cie, cir, eam, ear, ech, ecm, eir, era, hae, ham, hei, hem, her, hia, hic, hie, him, hir, ice, ich, ira, ire, mac, mae, mar, mea, meh, mei, mer, mia, mic, mir, mri, rah, rai, ram, rea, rec, reh, rei, rem, rha, rhe, ria, rie, rim

Definitions for Chimera

[1] (often initial capital letter ) a mythological, fire-breathing monster, commonly represented with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail.
[2] any similarly grotesque monster having disparate parts, especially as depicted in decorative art.
[3] a horrible or unreal creature of the imagination; a vain or idle fancy: He is far different from the chimera your fears have made of him.
[4] Genetics . an organism composed of two or more genetically distinct tissues, as an organism that is partly male and partly female, or an artificially produced individual having tissues of several species.
[5] (often capital) Greek myth a fire-breathing monster with the head of a lion, body of a goat, and tail of a serpent
[6] a fabulous beast made up of parts taken from various animals
[7] a wild and unrealistic dream or notion
[8] biology an organism, esp a cultivated plant, consisting of at least two genetically different kinds of tissue as a result of mutation, grafting, etc

Words related to Chimera

rainbow, monster, fabrication, delusion, hallucination, fancy, illusion, figment, mirage, monstrosity, snare, bubble, specter, bogy

Words nearby Chimera

chimborazo, chimbote, chime, chime hoop, chime in, chimera, chimere, chimeric, chimerical, chimichanga, chimichurri

Origin of Chimera

1350–1400; Middle English chimera < Latin chimaera < Greek chímaira she-goat; akin to Old Norse gymbr, English gimmer ewe-lamb one year (i.e., one winter) old, Latin hiems winter (see hiemal), Greek cheimṓn winter

Word origin for Chimera

C16: from Latin chimaera, from Greek khimaira she-goat, from khimaros he-goat

Synonyms for Chimera

bogy, bubble, delusion, fabrication, fancy, figment, hallucination, illusion, mirage, monster, monstrosity, rainbow, snare, specter, fata morgana, fool's paradise, ignis fatuus, pipe dream, virtual reality