| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| chaconne | noun | An old Spanish dance in moderate three-four measure, like the Passacaglia, which is slower. Both are used by classical composers as themes for variations. |
| chafewax | noun | Alt. of Chaffwax |
| chaffwax | noun | Formerly a chancery officer who fitted wax for sealing writs and other documents. |
| chaffing | present participle & vb. noun | of Chaff, The use of light, frivolous language by way of fun or ridicule; raillery; banter. |
| chaffern | verb t. | A vessel for heating water. |
| chaffery | noun | Traffic; bargaining. |
| chagreen | noun | See Shagreen. |
| chaining | present participle & vb. noun | of Chain |
| chainlet | noun | A small chain. |
| chairing | present participle & vb. noun | of Chair |
| chairmen | plural | of Chairman |
| chairman | noun | The presiding officer of a committee, or of a public or private meeting, or of any organized body., One whose business it is to cary a chair or sedan. |
| chalazas | plural | of Chalaza |
| chalazae | plural | of Chalaza |
| chalazal | adjective | Of or pertaining to the chalaza. |
| chaldaic | adjective | Of or pertaining to Chaldea., The language or dialect of the Chaldeans; Chaldee. |
| chaldean | adjective | Of or pertaining to Chaldea., A native or inhabitant of Chaldea., A learned man, esp. an astrologer; — so called among the Eastern nations, because astrology and the kindred arts were much cultivated by the Chaldeans., Nestorian. |
| chaldron | noun | An English dry measure, being, at London, 36 bushels heaped up, or its equivalent weight, and more than twice as much at Newcastle. Now used exclusively for coal and coke. |
| chaliced | adjective | Having a calyx or cup; cup-shaped. |
| chalking | present participle & vb. noun | of Chalk |
| chambrel | noun | Same as Gambrel. |
| chamfret | noun | A small gutter; a furrow; a groove., A chamfer. |
| chamfron | noun | The frontlet, or head armor, of a horse. |
| champing | present participle & vb. noun | of Champ |
| chappion | noun | One who engages in any contest; esp. one who in ancient times contended in single combat in behalf of another’s honor or rights; or one who acts or speaks in behalf of a person or a cause; a defender; an advocate; a hero., One who by defeating all rivals, has obtained an acknowledged supremacy in any branch of athetics or game of skill, and is ready to contend with any rival; as, the champion of England. |
| champion | verb t. | To furnish with a champion; to attend or defend as champion; to support or maintain; to protect. |
| chancing | present participle & vb. noun | of Chance |
| chancery | noun | In England, formerly, the highest court of judicature next to the Parliament, exercising jurisdiction at law, but chiefly in equity; but under the jurisdiction act of 1873 it became the chancery division of the High Court of Justice, and now exercises jurisdiction only in equity., In the Unites States, a court of equity; equity; proceeding in equity. |
| chandler | noun | A maker or seller of candles., A dealer in other commodities, which are indicated by a word prefixed; as, ship chandler, corn chandler. |
| chanfrin | noun | The fore part of a horse’s head. |
| changing | present participle & vb. noun | of Change |
| chanting | present participle & vb. noun | of Chant, Singing, esp. as a chant is sung. |
| chantant | adjective | Composed in a melodious and singing style. |
| chapping | present participle & vb. noun | of Chap |
| chapbook | noun | Any small book carried about for sale by chapmen or hawkers. Hence, any small book; a toy book. |
| chapelet | noun | A pair of straps, with stirrups, joined at the top and fastened to the pommel or the frame of the saddle, after they have been adjusted to the convenience of the rider., A kind of chain pump, or dredging machine. |
| chapelry | noun | The territorial district legally assigned to a chapel. |
| chaperon | noun | A hood; especially, an ornamental or an official hood., A device placed on the foreheads of horses which draw the hearse in pompous funerals., A matron who accompanies a young lady in public, for propriety, or as a guide and protector., To attend in public places as a guide and protector; to matronize. |
| chapiter | noun | A capital [Obs.] See Chapital., A summary in writing of such matters as are to be inquired of or presented before justices in eyre, or justices of assize, or of the peace, in their sessions; — also called articles. |
| chaplain | noun | An ecclesiastic who has a chapel, or who performs religious service in a chapel., A clergyman who is officially attached to the army or navy, to some public institution, or to a family or court, for the purpose of performing divine service., Any person (clergyman or layman) chosen to conduct religious exercises for a society, etc.; as, a chaplain of a Masonic or a temperance lodge. |
| chapless | adjective | Having no lower jaw; hence, fleshless. |
| chaptrel | noun | An impost. |
| charring | present participle & vb. noun | of Char |
| charcoal | verb t. | Impure carbon prepared from vegetable or animal substances; esp., coal made by charring wood in a kiln, retort, etc., from which air is excluded. It is used for fuel and in various mechanical, artistic, and chemical processes., Finely prepared charcoal in small sticks, used as a drawing implement. |
| charging | present participle & vb. noun | of Charge |
| charlock | noun | A cruciferous plant (Brassica sinapistrum) with yellow flowers; wild mustard. It is troublesome in grain fields. Called also chardock, chardlock, chedlock, and kedlock. |
| charming | present participle & vb. noun | of Charm, Pleasing the mind or senses in a high degree; delighting; fascinating; attractive. |
| charmful | adjective | Abounding with charms. |
| charneco | noun | Alt. of Charnico |
| charnico | noun | A sort of sweet wine. |
| chartism | noun | The principles of a political party in England (1838-48), which contended for universal suffrage, the vote by ballot, annual parliaments, equal electoral districts, and other radical reforms, as set forth in a document called the People’s Charter. |
| chartist | noun | A supporter or partisan of chartism. |
| chasable | adjective | Capable of being chased; fit for hunting. |
| chasible | noun | See Chasuble. |
| chasseur | noun | One of a body of light troops, cavalry or infantry, trained for rapid movements., An attendant upon persons of rank or wealth, wearing a plume and sword. |
| chastely | adverb | In a chaste manner; with purity. |
| chastise | verb t. | To inflict pain upon, by means of stripes, or in any other manner, for the purpose of punishment or reformation; to punish, as with stripes., To reduce to order or obedience; to correct or purify; to free from faults or excesses. |
| chastity | noun | The state of being chaste; purity of body; freedom from unlawful sexual intercourse., Moral purity., The unmarried life; celibacy., Chasteness. |
| chasuble | noun | The outer vestment worn by the priest in saying Mass, consisting, in the Roman Catholic Church, of a broad, flat, back piece, and a narrower front piece, the two connected over the shoulders only. The back has usually a large cross, the front an upright bar or pillar, designed to be emblematical of Christ’s sufferings. In the Greek Church the chasuble is a large round mantle. |
| chatting | present participle & vb. noun | of Chat |
| chatelet | noun | A little castle. |
| chatwood | noun | Little sticks; twigs for burning; fuel. |
| chaudron | noun | See Chawdron. |
| chauffer | noun | A table stove or small furnace, usually a cylindrical box of sheet iron, with a grate at the bottom, and an open top. |
| chaunter | noun | A street seller of ballads and other broadsides., A deceitful, tricky dealer or horse jockey., The flute of a bagpipe. See Chanter, n., 3. |
| chausses | noun pl. | The garment for the legs and feet and for the body below the waist, worn in Europe throughout the Middle Ages; applied also to the armor for the same parts, when fixible, as of chain mail. |
| chawdron | noun | Entrails. |