| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| chaetognath | adjective | Of or pertaining to the Chaetognatha. |
| chargrining | present participle & vb. noun | of Chagrin |
| chain wheel | A chain pulley, or sprocket wheel., An inversion of the chain pump, by which it becomes a motor driven by water. | |
| chalcedonic | adjective | Of or pertaining to chalcedony. |
| chalcid fly | One of a numerous family of hymenopterous insects (Chalcididae. Many are gallflies, others are parasitic on insects. | |
| chalkcutter | noun | A man who digs chalk. |
| challenging | present participle & vb. noun | of Challenge |
| chamberlain | noun | An officer or servant who has charge of a chamber or chambers., An upper servant of an inn., An officer having the direction and management of the private chambers of a nobleman or monarch; hence, in Europe, one of the high officers of a court., A treasurer or receiver of public money; as, the chamberlain of London, of North Wales, etc. |
| chambermaid | noun | A maidservant who has the care of chambers, making the beds, sweeping, cleaning the rooms, etc., A lady’s maid. |
| championing | present participle & vb. noun | of Champion |
| chancellery | noun | Chancellorship. |
| channelling | of Channel | |
| chanterelle | noun | A name for several species of mushroom, of which one (Cantharellus cibrius) is edible, the others reputed poisonous. |
| chanticleer | noun | A cock, so called from the clearness or loudness of his voice in crowing. |
| chaotically | adverb | In a chaotic manner. |
| chaperoning | present participle & vb. noun | of Chaperon |
| chaperonage | noun | Attendance of a chaperon on a lady in public; protection afforded by a chaperon. |
| charactered | imp. & past participle | of Character |
| chargehouse | noun | A schoolhouse. |
| charismatic | adjective | Of or pertaining to a charism. |
| charlatanic | adjective | Alt. of Charlatanical |
| charlatanry | noun | Undue pretensions to skill; quackery; wheedling; empiricism. |
| chartaceous | adjective | Resembling paper or parchment; of paper-like texture; papery. |
| chartomancy | noun | Divination by written paper or by cards. |
| chartometer | noun | An instrument for measuring charts or maps. |
| chastisable | adjective | Capable or deserving of chastisement; punishable. |
| chazy epoch | An epoch at the close of the Canadian period of the American Lower Silurian system; — so named from a township in Clinton Co., New York. See the Diagram under Geology. | |
| checkerwork | noun | Work consisting of or showing checkers varied alternately as to colors or materials., Any aggregate of varied vicissitudes. |
| checkmating | present participle & vb. noun | of Checkmate |
| checkstring | noun | A cord by which a person in a carriage or horse car may signal to the driver. |
| cheerisness | noun | Cheerfulness. |
| cheiroptera | noun pl. | An order of mammalia, including the bats, having four toes of each of the anterior limbs elongated and connected by a web, so that they can be used like wings in flying. See Bat. |
| cheirosophy | noun | The art of reading character as it is delineated in the hand. |
| chekelatoun | noun | See Ciclatoun. |
| chelidonius | noun | A small stone taken from the gizzard of a young swallow. — anciently worn as a medicinal charm. |
| cheliferous | adjective | Having cheliform claws, like a crab. |
| chemosmosis | noun | Chemical action taking place through an intervening membrane. |
| chemosmotic | adjective | Pertaining to, or produced by, chemosmosis. |
| cherishment | noun | Encouragement; comfort. |
| chess-apple | noun | The wild service of Europe (Purus torminalis). |
| chesterlite | noun | A variety of feldspar found in crystals in the county of Chester, Pennsylvania. |
| cheverliize | verb i. | To make as pliable as kid leather. |
| chevronwise | adverb | In the manner of a chevron; as, the field may be divided chevronwise. |
| chiaroscuro | noun | Alt. of Chiaro-oscuro |
| chiastolite | noun | A variety of andalusite; — called also macle. The tessellated appearance of a cross section is due to the symmetrical arrangement of impurities in the crystal. |
| chichevache | noun | A fabulous cow of enormous size, whose food was patient wives, and which was therefore in very lean condition. |
| chickabiddy | noun | A chicken; a fowl; also, a trivial term of endearment for a child. |
| chicken pox | A mild, eruptive disease, generally attacking children only; varicella. | |
| chief baron | The presiding judge of the court of exchequer. | |
| chieftaincy | noun | Alt. of Chieftainship |
| chiff-chaff | noun | A species of European warbler (Sylvia hippolais); — called also chip-chap, and pettychaps. |
| chilognatha | noun pl. | One of the two principal orders of myriapods. They have numerous segments, each bearing two pairs of small, slender legs, which are attached ventrally, near together. |
| chiragrical | adjective | Having the gout in the hand, or subject to that disease. |
| chirography | noun | The art of writing or engrossing; handwriting; as, skilled in chirography., The art of telling fortunes by examining the hand. |
| chirologist | noun | One who communicates thoughts by signs made with the hands and fingers. |
| chiromancer | noun | One who practices chiromancy. |
| chiromanist | noun | Alt. of Chiromantist |
| chiromantic | adjective | Alt. of Chiromantical |
| chiropodist | noun | One who treats diseases of the hands and feet; especially, one who removes corns and bunions. |
| chirurgical | adjective | Surgical |
| chitterling | noun | The frill to the breast of a shirt, which when ironed out resembled the small entrails. See Chitterlings. |
| chlamyphore | noun | A small South American edentate (Chlamyphorus truncatus, and C. retusus) allied to the armadillo. It is covered with a leathery shell or coat of mail, like a cloak, attached along the spine. |
| chloraurate | noun | See Aurochloride. |
| chlorhydric | adjective | Same as Hydrochloric. |
| chlorhydrin | noun | One of a class of compounds formed from certain polybasic alcohols (and especially glycerin) by the substitution of chlorine for one or more hydroxyl groups. |
| chlorimetry | noun | See Chlorometry. |
| chlorinated | imp. & past participle | of Chlorinate |
| chloriodine | noun | A compound of chlorine and iodine. |
| chlorometer | noun | An instrument to test the decoloring or bleaching power of chloride of lime. |
| chlorometry | noun | The process of testing the bleaching power of any combination of chlorine. |
| chlorophane | noun | A variety of fluor spar, which, when heated, gives a beautiful emerald green light., The yellowish green pigment in the inner segment of the cones of the retina. See Chromophane. |
| chlorophyll | noun | Literally, leaf green; a green granular matter formed in the cells of the leaves (and other parts exposed to light) of plants, to which they owe their green color, and through which all ordinary assimilation of plant food takes place. Similar chlorophyll granules have been found in the tissues of the lower animals. |
| chlorpicrin | noun | A heavy, colorless liquid, CCl3.NO2, of a strong pungent odor, obtained by subjecting picric acid to the action of chlorine. |
| chockablock | adjective | Hoisted as high as the tackle will admit; brought close together, as the two blocks of a tackle in hoisting. |
| chokecherry | noun | The astringent fruit of a species of wild cherry (Prunus Virginiana); also, the bush or tree which bears such fruit. |
| choke-strap | noun | A strap leading from the bellyband to the lower part of the collar, to keep the collar in place. |
| cholecystis | noun | The gall bladder. |
| choledology | noun | A treatise on the bile and bilary organs. |
| choleriform | adjective | Resembling cholera. |
| cholesteric | adjective | Pertaining to cholesterin, or obtained from it; as, cholesteric acid. |
| cholesterin | noun | A white, fatty, crystalline substance, tasteless and odorless, found in animal and plant products and tissue, and especially in nerve tissue, in the bile, and in gallstones. |
| cholochrome | noun | See Bilirubin. |
| cholophaein | noun | See Bilirubin. |
| chondrodite | noun | A fluosilicate of magnesia and iron, yellow to red in color, often occurring in granular form in a crystalline limestone. |
| chondrology | noun | The science which treats of cartilages. |
| chondromata | plural | of Chondroma |
| chondrostei | noun pl. | An order of fishes, including the sturgeons; — so named because the skeleton is cartilaginous. |
| chondrotomy | noun | The dissection of cartilages. |
| choregraphy | noun | The art of representing dancing by signs, as music is represented by notes. |
| chorography | noun | the mapping or description of a region or district. |
| chrismation | noun | The act of applying the chrism, or consecrated oil. |
| chrismatory | noun | A cruet or vessel in which chrism is kept. |
| christcross | noun | The mark of the cross, as cut, painted, written, or stamped on certain objects, — sometimes as the sign of 12 o’clock on a dial., The beginning and the ending. |
| christening | present participle & vb. noun | of Christen |
| christendom | noun | The profession of faith in Christ by baptism; hence, the Christian religion, or the adoption of it., The name received at baptism; or, more generally, any name or appelation., That portion of the world in which Christianity prevails, or which is governed under Christian institutions, in distinction from heathen or Mohammedan lands., The whole body of Christians. |
| christianly | adverb | In a manner becoming the principles of the Christian religion., Christianlike. |
| christology | noun | A treatise on Christ; that department of theology which treats of the personality, attributes, or life of Christ. |
| chromascope | noun | An instrument for showing the optical effects of color. |
| chromatical | adjective | Chromatic. |
| chromatrope | noun | An instrument for exhibiting certain chromatic effects of light (depending upon the persistence of vision and mixture of colors) by means of rapidly rotating disks variously colored., A device in a magic lantern or stereopticon to produce kaleidoscopic effects. |
| chromoblast | noun | An embryonic cell which develops into a pigment cell. |
| chromogenic | adjective | Containing, or capable of forming, chromogen; as, chromogenic bacteria. |
| chromograph | noun | An apparatus by which a number of copies of written matter, maps, plans, etc., can be made; — called also hectograph. |
| chromophane | noun | A general name for the several coloring matters, red, green, yellow, etc., present in the inner segments in the cones of the retina, held in solution by fats, and slowly decolorized by light; distinct from the photochemical pigments of the rods of the retina. |
| chromophore | noun | Any chemical group or residue (as NO2; N2; or O2) which imparts some decided color to the compound of which it is an ingredient. |
| chronicling | present participle & vb. noun | of Chronicle |
| chronograph | noun | An instrument for measuring or recording intervals of time, upon a revolving drum or strip of paper moved by clockwork. The action of the stylus or pen is controlled by electricity., Same as Chronogram, 1., A chronoscope. |
| chronologer | noun | Same as Chronologist., A person who investigates dates of events and transactions; one skilled in chronology. |
| chronologic | adjective | Alt. of Chronological |
| chronometer | noun | An instrument for measuring time; a timekeeper., A portable timekeeper, with a heavy compensation balance, and usually beating half seconds; — intended to keep time with great accuracy for use an astronomical observations, in determining longitude, etc., A metronome. |
| chronometry | noun | The art of measuring time; the measuring of time by periods or divisions. |
| chronoscope | noun | An instrument for measuring minute intervals of time; used in determining the velocity of projectiles, the duration of short-lived luminous phenomena, etc. |
| chrysalides | plural | of Chrysalis |
| chrysarobin | noun | A bitter, yellow substance forming the essential constituent of Goa powder, and yielding chrysophanic acid proper; hence formerly called also chrysphanic acid. |
| chrysoberyl | noun | A mineral, found in crystals, of a yellow to green or brown color, and consisting of aluminia and glucina. It is very hard, and is often used as a gem. |
| chrysocolla | noun | A hydrous silicate of copper, occurring massive, of a blue or greenish blue color. |
| chrysoidine | noun | An artificial, yellow, crystalline dye, C6H5N2.C6H3(NH2)2. Also, one of a group of dyestuffs resembling chrysoidine proper. |
| chrysophane | noun | A glucoside extracted from rhubarb as a bitter, yellow, crystalline powder, and yielding chrysophanic acid on decomposition. |
| chrysoprase | noun | An apple-green variety of chalcedony, colored by nickel. It has a dull flinty luster, and is sometimes used in jewelry. |
| chrysosperm | noun | The seed of gold; a means of creating gold. |
| chubbedness | noun | The state of being chubby. |
| chucklehead | noun | A person with a large head; a numskull; a dunce. |
| churchgoing | adjective | Habitually attending church., Summoning to church. |
| churchmanly | adjective | Pertaining to, or becoming, a churchman. |
| chylaqueous | adjective | Consisting of chyle much diluted with water; — said of a liquid which forms the circulating fluid of some inferior animals. |
| chyliferous | adjective | Transmitting or conveying chyle; as, chyliferous vessels. |
| chylopoetic | adjective | Concerned in the formation of chyle; as, the chylopoetic organs. |
| chymiferous | adjective | Bearing or containing chyme. |