| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| chachalaca | noun | The Texan guan (Ortalis vetula). |
| chaetodont | noun | A marine fish of the family Chaetodontidae. The chaetodonts have broad, compressed bodies, and usually bright colors., Of or pertaining to the Chaetodonts or the family Chaetodontidae. |
| chaetopoda | noun pl. | A very extensive order of Annelida, characterized by the presence of lateral setae, or spines, on most or all of the segments. They are divided into two principal groups: Oligochaeta, including the earthworms and allied forms, and Polychaeta, including most of the marine species. |
| chaetotaxy | noun | The arrangement of bristles on an insect. |
| chaffering | present participle & vb. noun | of Chaffer |
| chain pump | A pump consisting of an endless chain, running over a drum or wheel by which it is moved, and dipping below the water to be raised. The chain has at intervals disks or lifts which fit the tube through which the ascending part passes and carry the water to the point of discharge. | |
| chalcedony | noun | A cryptocrystalline, translucent variety of quartz, having usually a whitish color, and a luster nearly like wax. |
| chalcidian | noun | One of a tropical family of snakelike lizards (Chalcidae), having four small or rudimentary legs. |
| chalcocite | noun | Native copper sulphide, called also copper glance, and vitreous copper; a mineral of a black color and metallic luster. |
| chalkiness | noun | The state of being chalky. |
| chalkstone | noun | A mass of chalk., A chalklike concretion, consisting mainly of urate of sodium, found in and about the small joints, in the external ear, and in other situations, in those affected with gout; a tophus. |
| challenged | imp. & past participle | of Challenge |
| challenger | noun | One who challenges. |
| chalybeate | adjective | Impregnated with salts of iron; having a taste like iron; as, chalybeate springs., Any water, liquid, or medicine, into which iron enters as an ingredient. |
| chalybeous | adjective | Steel blue; of the color of tempered steel. |
| chambering | present participle & vb. noun | of Chamber, Lewdness. |
| chambertin | noun | A red wine from Chambertin near Dijon, in Burgundy. |
| chamfering | present participle & vb. noun | of Chamfer |
| champertor | noun | One guilty of champerty; one who purchases a suit, or the right of suing, and carries it on at his own expense, in order to obtain a share of the gain. |
| champignon | noun | An edible species of mushroom (Agaricus campestris). |
| championed | imp. & past participle | of Champion |
| chanceable | adjective | Fortuitous; casual. |
| chanceably | adverb | By chance. |
| chancellor | noun | A judicial court of chancery, which in England and in the United States is distinctively a court with equity jurisdiction. |
| chandelier | noun | A candlestick, lamp, stand, gas fixture, or the like, having several branches; esp., one hanging from the ceiling., A movable parapet, serving to support fascines to cover pioneers. |
| chandlerly | adjective | Like a chandler; in a petty way. |
| changeable | adjective | Capable of change; subject to alteration; mutable; variable; fickle; inconstant; as, a changeable humor., Appearing different, as in color, in different lights, or under different circumstances; as, changeable silk. |
| changeably | adverb | In a changeable manner. |
| changeless | adjective | That can not be changed; constant; as, a changeless purpose. |
| changeling | noun | One who, or that which, is left or taken in the place of another, as a child exchanged by fairies., A simpleton; an idiot., One apt to change; a waverer., Taken or left in place of another; changed., Given to change; inconstant. |
| channelled | of Channel | |
| channeling | present participle & vb. noun | of Channel, The act or process of forming a channel or channels., A channel or a system of channels; a groove. |
| chapellany | noun | A chapel within the jurisdiction of a church; a subordinate ecclesiastical foundation. |
| chaperoned | imp. & past participle | of Chaperon |
| chapfallen | adjective | Having the lower chap or jaw drooping, — an indication of humiliation and dejection; crestfallen; discouraged. See Chopfallen. |
| chaplaincy | noun | The office, position, or station of a chaplain. |
| charactery | noun | The art or means of characterizing; a system of signs or characters; symbolism; distinctive mark., That which is charactered; the meaning. |
| chargeable | adjective | That may be charged, laid, imposed, or imputes; as, a duty chargeable on iron; a fault chargeable on a man., Subject to be charge or accused; liable or responsible; as, revenues chargeable with a claim; a man chargeable with murder., Serving to create expense; costly; burdensome. |
| chargeably | adverb | At great cost; expensively. |
| chargeless | adjective | Free from, or with little, charge. |
| chargeship | noun | The office of a charge d’affaires. |
| charioting | present participle & vb. noun | of Chariot |
| charioteer | noun | One who drives a chariot., A constellation. See Auriga, and Wagones. |
| charitable | adjective | Full of love and good will; benevolent; kind., Liberal in judging of others; disposed to look on the best side, and to avoid harsh judgment., Liberal in benefactions to the poor; giving freely; generous; beneficent., Of or pertaining to charity; springing from, or intended for, charity; relating to almsgiving; eleemosynary; as, a charitable institution., Dictated by kindness; favorable; lenient. |
| charitably | adverb | In a charitable manner. |
| charmeress | noun | An enchantress. |
| chartering | present participle & vb. noun | of Charter |
| charterist | noun | Same as Chartist. |
| chartreuse | noun | A Carthusian monastery; esp. La Grande Chartreuse, mother house of the order, in the mountains near Grenoble, France., An alcoholic cordial, distilled from aromatic herbs; — made at La Grande Chartreuse. |
| chartulary | noun | See Cartulary. |
| chastening | present participle & vb. noun | of Chasten |
| chasteness | noun | Chastity; purity., Freedom from all that is meretricious, gaudy, or affected; as, chasteness of design. |
| chastising | present participle & vb. noun | of Chastise |
| chatelaine | noun | An ornamental hook, or brooch worn by a lady at her waist, and having a short chain or chains attached for a watch, keys, trinkets, etc. Also used adjectively; as, a chatelaine chain. |
| chatellany | noun | Same as Castellany. |
| chatoyment | noun | Changeableness of color, as in a mineral; play of colors. |
| chattelism | noun | The act or condition of holding chattels; the state of being a chattel. |
| chattering | present participle & vb. noun | of Chatter, The act or habit of talking idly or rapidly, or of making inarticulate sounds; the sounds so made; noise made by the collision of the teeth; chatter. |
| chattiness | noun | The quality of being chatty, or of talking easily and pleasantly. |
| chaunterie | noun | See Chantry. |
| chauvinism | noun | Blind and absurd devotion to a fallen leader or an obsolete cause; hence, absurdly vainglorious or exaggerated patriotism. |
| cheapening | present participle & vb. noun | of Cheapen |
| cheap-jack | noun | Alt. of Cheap-john |
| cheap-john | noun | A seller of low-priced or second goods; a hawker. |
| checkering | present participle & vb. noun | of Checker |
| checklaton | noun | Ciclatoun., Gilded leather. |
| checkmated | imp. & past participle | of Checkmate |
| cheerfully | adverb | In a cheerful manner, gladly. |
| cheeriness | noun | The state of being cheery. |
| cheeringly | adverb | In a manner to cheer or encourage. |
| cheesiness | noun | The quality of being cheesy. |
| cheilopoda | noun | See Ch/lopoda. |
| cheirepter | noun | One of the Cheiroptera. |
| chelicerae | plural | of Chelicera |
| chelidonic | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the celandine. |
| chemically | adverb | According to chemical principles; by chemical process or operation. |
| chemisette | noun | An under-garment, worn by women, usually covering the neck, shoulders, and breast. |
| chemolysis | noun | A term sometimes applied to the decomposition of organic substance into more simple bodies, by the use of chemical agents alone. |
| cherimoyer | noun | A small downy-leaved tree (Anona Cherimolia), with fragrant flowers. It is a native of Peru., Its delicious fruit, which is succulent, dark purple, and similar to the custard apple of the West Indies. |
| chersonese | noun | A peninsula; a tract of land nearly surrounded by water, but united to a larger tract by a neck of land or isthmus; as, the Cimbric Chersonese, or Jutland; the Tauric Chersonese, or Crimea. |
| cherubical | adjective | Of or pertaining to cherubs; angelic. |
| chessboard | noun | The board used in the game of chess, having eight rows of alternate light and dark squares, eight in each row. See Checkerboard. |
| cheventein | noun | A variant of Chieftain. |
| chevisance | noun | Achievement; deed; performance., A bargain; profit; gain., A making of contracts., A bargain or contract; an agreement about a matter in dispute, such as a debt; a business compact., An unlawful agreement or contract. |
| chevrotain | noun | A small ruminant of the family Tragulidae a allied to the musk deer. It inhabits Africa and the East Indies. See Kanchil. |
| chickasaws | noun pl. | A tribe of North American Indians (Southern Appalachian) allied to the Choctaws. They formerly occupied the northern part of Alabama and Mississippi, but now live in the Indian Territory. |
| chief hare | A small rodent (Lagamys princeps) inhabiting the summits of the Rocky Mountains; — also called crying hare, calling hare, cony, American pika, and little chief hare. | |
| chiffonier | noun | Alt. of niere |
| childbirth | noun | The act of bringing forth a child; travail; labor. |
| childishly | adverb | In the manner of a child; in a trifling way; in a weak or foolish manner. |
| chiliarchy | noun | A body consisting of a thousand men. |
| chiliastic | adjective | Millenarian. |
| chilliness | noun | A state or sensation of being chilly; a disagreeable sensation of coldness., A moderate degree of coldness; disagreeable coldness or rawness; as, the chilliness of the air., Formality; lack of warmth. |
| chilognath | noun | A myriapod of the order Chilognatha. |
| chilostoma | noun pl. | Alt. of Chilostomata |
| chimaeroid | adjective | Related to, or like, the chimaera. |
| chimerical | adjective | Merely imaginary; fanciful; fantastic; wildly or vainly conceived; having, or capable of having, no existence except in thought; as, chimerical projects. |
| chimpanzee | noun | An african ape (Anthropithecus troglodytes or Troglodytes niger) which approaches more nearly to man, in most respects, than any other ape. When full grown, it is from three to four feet high. |
| chinaldine | noun | See Quinaldine. |
| chincherie | noun | Penuriousness. |
| chinchilla | noun | A small rodent (Chinchilla lanigera), of the size of a large squirrel, remarkable for its fine fur, which is very soft and of a pearly gray color. It is a native of Peru and Chili., The fur of the chinchilla., A heavy, long-napped, tufted woolen cloth. |
| chin cough | Whooping cough. | |
| chinoidine | noun | See Quinodine. |
| chinquapin | noun | A branching, nut-bearing tree or shrub (Castanea pumila) of North America, from six to twenty feet high, allied to the chestnut. Also, its small, sweet, edible nat. |
| chippeways | noun pl. | A tribe of Indians formerly inhabiting the northern and western shores of Lake Superior; — called also Objibways. |
| chirognomy | noun | The art of judging character by the shape and appearance of the hand. |
| chirograph | noun | A writing which, requiring a counterpart, was engrossed twice on the same piece of parchment, with a space between, in which was written the word chirographum, through which the parchment was cut, and one part given to each party. It answered to what is now called a charter party., The last part of a fine of land, commonly called the foot of the fine. |
| chiromancy | noun | The art or practice of foretelling events, or of telling the fortunes or the disposition of persons by inspecting the hand; palmistry. |
| chiromonic | adjective | Relating to chironomy. |
| chiroplast | noun | An instrument to guid the hands and fingers of pupils in playing on the piano, etc. |
| chirpingly | adverb | In a chirping manner. |
| chirruping | present participle & vb. noun | of Chirrup |
| chirurgeon | noun | A surgeon. |
| chirurgery | noun | Surgery. |
| chiselling | of Chisel | |
| chivalrous | adjective | Pertaining to chivalry or knight-errantry; warlike; heroic; gallant; high-spirited; high-minded; magnanimous. |
| chlamydate | adjective | Having a mantle; — applied to certain gastropods. |
| chloralism | noun | A morbid condition of the system resulting from excessive use of chloral. |
| chloridate | verb t. | To treat or prepare with a chloride, as a plate with chloride of silver, for the purposes of photography. |
| chloridize | verb t. | See Chloridate. |
| chlorinate | verb t. | To treat, or cause to combine, with chlorine. |
| chloriodic | adjective | Compounded of chlorine and iodine; containing chlorine and iodine. |
| chlorodyne | noun | A patent anodyne medicine, containing opium, chloroform, Indian hemp, etc. |
| chloroform | noun | A colorless volatile liquid, CHCl3, having an ethereal odor and a sweetish taste, formed by treating alcohol with chlorine and an alkali. It is a powerful solvent of wax, resin, etc., and is extensively used to produce anaesthesia in surgical operations; also externally, to alleviate pain., To treat with chloroform, or to place under its influence. |
| chock-full | adjective | Quite full; choke-full. |
| choiceness | noun | The quality of being of particular value or worth; nicely; excellence. |
| chokeberry | noun | The small apple-shaped or pear-shaped fruit of an American shrub (Pyrus arbutifolia) growing in damp thickets; also, the shrub. |
| choke damp | See Carbonic acid, under Carbonic. | |
| choke-full | adjective | Full to the brim; quite full; chock-full. |
| choke pear | A kind of pear that has a rough, astringent taste, and is swallowed with difficulty, or which contracts the mucous membrane of the mouth., A sarcasm by which one is put to silence; anything that can not be answered. | |
| cholagogue | adjective | Promoting the discharge of bile from the system., An agent which promotes the discharge of bile from the system. |
| cholericly | adverb | In a choleric manner; angrily. |
| choliambic | noun | A verse having an iambus in the fifth place, and a spondee in the sixth or last. |
| chondrigen | noun | The chemical basis of cartilage, converted by long boiling in water into a gelatinous body called chondrin. |
| chondritic | adjective | Granular; pertaining to, or having the granular structure characteristic of, the class of meteorites called chondrites. |
| chondritis | noun | An inflammation of cartilage. |
| chondrogen | noun | Same as Chondrigen. |
| chopchurch | noun | An exchanger or an exchange of benefices. |
| chopfallen | adjective | Having the lower chop or jaw depressed; hence, crestfallen; dejected; dispirited; downcast. See Chapfallen. |
| chop-logic | noun | One who bandies words or is very argumentative. |
| choriambic | adjective | Pertaining to a choriamb., A choriamb. |
| choriambus | noun | A foot consisting of four syllables, of which the first and last are long, and the other short (- ~ ~ -); that is, a choreus, or trochee, and an iambus united. |
| chorograph | noun | An instrument for constructing triangles in marine surveying, etc. |
| chorometry | noun | The art of surveying a region or district. |
| christened | imp. & past participle | of Christen |
| christless | adjective | Without faith in Christ; unchristian. |
| christlike | adjective | Resembling Christ in character, actions, etc. |
| chromatics | noun | The science of colors; that part of optics which treats of the properties of colors. |
| chromatism | noun | The state of being colored, as in the case of images formed by a lens., An abnormal coloring of plants. |
| chromatype | noun | A colored photographic picture taken upon paper made sensitive with potassium bichromate or some other salt of chromium., The process by which such picture is made. |
| chromosome | noun | One of the minute bodies into which the chromatin of the nucleus is resolved during mitotic cell division; the idant of Weismann. |
| chromotype | noun | A sheet printed in colors by any process, as a chromolithograph. See Chromolithograph., A photographic picture in the natural colors. |
| chronicled | imp. & past participle | of Chronicle |
| chronicler | noun | A writer of a chronicle; a recorder of events in the order of time; an historian. |
| chronogram | noun | An inscription in which certain numeral letters, made to appear specially conspicuous, on being added together, express a particular date or epoch, as in the motto of a medal struck by Gustavus Adolphus in 1632: ChrIstVs DVX; ergo trIVMphVs.- the capitals of which give, when added as numerals, the sum 1632., The record or inscription made by a chronograph. |
| chronology | noun | The science which treats of measuring time by regular divisions or periods, and which assigns to events or transactions their proper dates. |
| chronopher | noun | An instrument signaling the correct time to distant points by electricity. |
| chrysalids | plural | of Chrysalid |
| chrysaurin | noun | An orange-colored dyestuff, of artificial production. |
| chrysolite | noun | A mineral, composed of silica, magnesia, and iron, of a yellow to green color. It is common in certain volcanic rocks; — called also olivine and peridot. Sometimes used as a gem. The name was also early used for yellow varieties of tourmaline and topaz. |
| chrysology | noun | That branch of political economy which relates to the production of wealth. |
| chrysotype | noun | A photographic picture taken upon paper prepared by the use of a sensitive salt of iron and developed by the application of chloride of gold., 2process, invented by Sir J.Herschel. |
| chub-faced | adjective | Having a plump, short face. |
| chuffiness | noun | The quality of being chuffy. |
| church-ale | noun | A church or parish festival (as in commemoration of the dedication of a church), at which much ale was used. |
| churchgoer | noun | One who attends church. |
| church-haw | noun | Churchyard. |
| churchless | adjective | Without a church. |
| churchlike | adjective | Befitting a church or a churchman; becoming to a clergyman. |
| churchship | noun | State of being a church. |
| churchyard | noun | The ground adjoining a church, in which the dead are buried; a cemetery. |
| churlishly | adverb | In a churlish manner. |
| chylaceous | adjective | Possessed of the properties of chyle; consisting of chyle. |