chasmaladj.
/ˈkazməl/ Of the nature of or belonging to a chasm.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > an opening or aperture > [adjective] > wide or gaping
chasmy1793
chasmal1871
chasmic1926
the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > extension downwards or depth > [adjective] > very
groundlessc888
bottomlessc1400
profound?a1425
neal1574
soundlessc1595
insoundable1602
gulfy1607
unbottomed1615
depthless1619
unsoundable1629
chin-deep1634
fathomless1638
abysming1644
unfounded1648
abysmal1656
plumbless1665
unfathomablea1676
chasmy1793
fathom-deep1835
plummetlessc1861
chasmal1871
abyssal1903
1871 W. D. Howells Their Wedding Journey ix Any commanding point was sufficiently chasmal and precipitous.
1882 Harper's Mag. Feb. 351 A chasmal difference exists between Orleanists, Legitimists, Bonapartists, and the Opportunist Government.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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adj.1871- speciations
- specie
- specie -bill
- specie bank-bill
- specie bank-note
- specie bankbill
- specie banknote
- specie bill
- specie book
- specie issue
- specie jar
- specie note
- specie parcel
- specie payment
- specie point
- specie value
- specie-
- specie-room
- speciegraphical
- specieroom
- species
- species being
- species diversity
- species group
- species pair