Anagrams of CHIMA

• Austrian physicist and philosopher who introduced the Mach number and who founded logical positivism (1838-1916)

• An autocrat or dominant critic, especially Samuel Johnson.

• A ruler over various Turkish, Tatar and Mongol peoples in the Middle Ages.

• An Ottoman sultan.

• A noble or man of rank in various Muslim countries of Central Asia, including Afghanistan.

• A caravanserai; a resting-place for a travelling caravan.

• To chew.

• A female gypsy.

• Short for masala chai, a beverage made with black teas, steamed milk and sweet spices, based loosely on Indian recipes.

• A Mexican sage grown for its edible seeds, Salvia hispanica.

• Salvia columbariae, a sage with similar seeds, native to the southwestern US and northwestern Mexico.

• the 5th letter of the Hebrew alphabet

• a very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses; the most difficult gas to liquefy; occurs in economically extractable amounts in certain natural gases (as those found in Texas and Kansas)

• the 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet

• the circulating life energy that in Chinese philosophy is thought to be inherent in all things; in traditional Chinese medicine the balance of negative and positive forms in the body is believed to be essential for good health

• meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked)

• (Old Testament) the second son of Noah

• a licensed amateur radio operator

• an unskilled actor who overacts

• exaggerate one's acting

• any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves; used as dielectrics because of their resistance to electricity

• An approximation to the sound of a hiccup, used e.g. to indicate drunkenness.