| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| chiasma | noun | A commissure; especially, the optic commissure, or crucial union of the optic nerves. |
| chibbal | noun | See Cibol. |
| chibouk | noun | A Turkish pipe, usually with a mouthpiece of amber, a stem, four or five feet long and not pliant, of some valuable wood, and a bowl of baked clay. |
| chicane | noun | The use of artful subterfuge, designed to draw away attention from the merits of a case or question; — specifically applied to legal proceedings; trickery; chicanery; caviling; sophistry., To use shifts, cavils, or artifices. |
| chiches | plural | of Chich |
| chicken | noun | A young bird or fowl, esp. a young barnyard fowl., A young person; a child; esp. a young woman; a maiden. |
| chicory | noun | A branching perennial plant (Cichorium Intybus) with bright blue flowers, growing wild in Europe, Asia, and America; also cultivated for its roots and as a salad plant; succory; wild endive. See Endive., The root, which is roasted for mixing with coffee. |
| chiefly | adverb | In the first place; principally; preeminently; above; especially., For the most part; mostly. |
| chierte | noun | Love; tender regard. |
| chignon | noun | A knot, boss, or mass of hair, natural or artificial, worn by a woman at the back of the head. |
| chikara | noun | The goat antelope (Tragops Bennettii) of India., The Indian four-horned antelope (Tetraceros quadricornis). |
| childed | imp. & past participle | of Child, Furnished with a child. |
| childly | adjective | Having the character of a child; belonging, or appropriate, to a child., Like a child. |
| chiliad | noun | A thousand; the aggregate of a thousand things; especially, a period of a thousand years. |
| chilian | adjective | Of or pertaining to Chili., A native or citizen of Chili., Alt. of Chiliarch |
| chilled | imp. & past participle | of Chill, Hardened on the surface or edge by chilling; as, chilled iron; a chilled wheel., Having that cloudiness or dimness of surface that is called “blooming.” |
| chiloma | noun | The tumid upper lip of certain mammals, as of a camel. |
| chiming | present participle & vb. noun | of Chime |
| chimera | noun | A monster represented as vomiting flames, and as having the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of a dragon., A vain, foolish, or incongruous fancy, or creature of the imagination; as, the chimera of an author. |
| chimere | noun | The upper robe worn by a bishop, to which lawn sleeves are usually attached. |
| chimney | noun | A fireplace or hearth., That part of a building which contains the smoke flues; esp. an upright tube or flue of brick or stone, in most cases extending through or above the roof of the building. Often used instead of chimney shaft., A tube usually of glass, placed around a flame, as of a lamp, to create a draft, and promote combustion., A body of ore, usually of elongated form, extending downward in a vein. |
| chincha | noun | A south American rodent of the genus Lagotis. |
| chinche | adjective | Parsimonious; niggardly. |
| chinese | adjective | Of or pertaining to China; peculiar to China., A native or natives of China, or one of that yellow race with oblique eyelids who live principally in China., The language of China, which is monosyllabic. |
| chinked | imp. & past participle | of Chink |
| chinned | adjective | Having a chin; — used chiefly in compounds; as, short-chinned. |
| chinone | noun | See Quinone. |
| chinook | noun | One of a tribe of North American Indians now living in the state of Washington, noted for the custom of flattening their skulls. Chinooks also called Flathead Indians., A warm westerly wind from the country of the Chinooks, sometimes experienced on the slope of the Rocky Mountains, in Montana and the adjacent territory., A jargon of words from various languages (the largest proportion of which is from that of the Chinooks) generally understood by all the Indian tribes of the northwestern territories of the United States. |
| chinsed | imp. & past participle | of Chinse |
| chipped | imp. & past participle | of Chip |
| chipper | verb i. | To chirp or chirrup., Lively; cheerful; talkative. |
| chirped | imp. & past participle | of Chirp |
| chirper | noun | One who chirps, or is cheerful. |
| chirrup | verb t. | To quicken or animate by chirping; to cherup., To chirp., The act of chirping; a chirp. |
| chisleu | noun | The ninth month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, answering to a part of November with a part of December. |
| chisley | adjective | Having a large admixture of small pebbles or gravel; — said of a soil. |
| chitter | verb i. | To chirp in a tremulous manner, as a bird., To shiver or chatter with cold. |
| chittra | noun | The axis deer of India. |
| chivied | imp. & past participle | of Chivy |