| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| 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. |