chistka
noun
chist·ka
ˈchis(t)kə
plural -s
: a political purge
Word History
Etymology
Russian, literally, cleaning, cleansing, from chistit' to clean, from chisty clean, from Old Russian čistŭ; akin to Latin scindere to split
- esthesio-
- esthesioblast
- esthesiometers
- esthesis
- esthesises
- esthete
- esthete, esthetic, esthetical, esthetician, estheticism, estheticize
- esthetes
- esthetic
- esthetical
- esthetically
- esthetician
- estheticians
- estheticism
- estheticisms
- estheticize
- estheticized
- estheticizes
- estheticizing
- esthetics
- esthoniae
- Esthonian
- esthonians
- esthonias
- Estienne