| 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. |