| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| chebec | noun | See Chebacco., A small American bird (Empidonax minimus); the least flycatcher. |
| checky | adjective | Divided into small alternating squares of two tinctures; — said of the field or of an armorial bearing. |
| cheeky | a Brazen-faced; impudent; bold. | |
| cheese | noun | The curd of milk, coagulated usually with rennet, separated from the whey, and pressed into a solid mass in a hoop or mold., A mass of pomace, or ground apples, pressed together in the form of a cheese., The flat, circular, mucilaginous fruit of the dwarf mallow (Malva rotundifolia)., A low courtesy; — so called on account of the cheese form assumed by a woman’s dress when she stoops after extending the skirts by a rapid gyration. |
| cheesy | adjective | Having the nature, qualities, taste, form, consistency, or appearance of cheese. |
| chegoe | noun | Alt. of Chegre |
| chegre | noun | See Chigoe. |
| chelae | plural | of Chela |
| chemic | noun | A chemist; an alchemist., A solution of chloride of lime., Chemical. |
| cheque | noun | See Check. |
| chequy | noun | Same as Checky. |
| cherif | noun | See Cherif. |
| cherry | noun | A tree or shrub of the genus Prunus (Which also includes the plum) bearing a fleshy drupe with a bony stone;, The common garden cherry (Prunus Cerasus), of which several hundred varieties are cultivated for the fruit, some of which are, the begarreau, blackheart, black Tartarian, oxheart, morelle or morello, May-duke (corrupted from Medoc in France)., The wild cherry; as, Prunus serotina (wild black cherry), valued for its timber; P. Virginiana (choke cherry), an American shrub which bears astringent fruit; P. avium and P. Padus, European trees (bird cherry)., The fruit of the cherry tree, a drupe of various colors and flavors., The timber of the cherry tree, esp. of the black cherry, used in cabinetmaking, etc., A peculiar shade of red, like that of a cherry., Like a red cherry in color; ruddy; blooming; as, a cherry lip; cherry cheeks. |
| cherty | adjective | Like chert; containing chert; flinty. |
| cherub | noun | A mysterious composite being, the winged footstool and chariot of the Almighty, described in Ezekiel i. and x., A symbolical winged figure of unknown form used in connection with the mercy seat of the Jewish Ark and Temple., One of a order of angels, variously represented in art. In European painting the cherubim have been shown as blue, to denote knowledge, as distinguished from the seraphim (see Seraph), and in later art the children’s heads with wings are generally called cherubs., A beautiful child; — so called because artists have represented cherubs as beautiful children. |
| cherup | verb i. | To make a short, shrill, cheerful sound; to chirp. See Chirrup., To excite or urge on by making a short, shrill, cheerful sound; to cherup to. See Chirrup., A short, sharp, cheerful noise; a chirp; a chirrup; as, the cherup of a cricket. |
| chetah | noun | See Cheetah. |
| cheval | noun | A horse; hence, a support or frame. |
| cheven | noun | A river fish; the chub. |
| chevet | noun | The extreme end of the chancel or choir; properly the round or polygonal part. |
| chewed | imp. & past participle | of Chew |
| chewer | noun | One who chews. |
| chewet | noun | A kind of meat pie. |