(medicine) A chalk-like concretion, consisting mainly of urate of sodium, found in those affected with gout; a tophus.
(obsolete) A mass or piece of chalk.
chalkworker
chameleonlike
chameleonlike
adj
Alternative form of chameleon-like.
championlike
championlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a champion.
changemaker
changemaker
noun
One who makes a change.
changepocket
chappelka
chariotlike
chariotlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a chariot.
charked
charked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chark
charnockite
charnockite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthopyroxene-bearing quartz-feldspar rock.
charnockites
charnockites
noun
plural of charnockite
chatchke
chatchke
noun
Alternative form of tchotchke
chatchkes
chatchkes
noun
plural of chatchke
chayefsky
cheapjack
cheapjack
adj
shabby
noun
A peddler, a travelling hawker.
cheapskate
cheapskate
noun
(by extension) Someone who does not give freely.
Someone who stingily avoids spending money.
cheapskates
cheapskates
noun
plural of cheapskate
chebeck
cheboksary
cheboksary
Proper noun
The capital city of Chuvashia, Russia
chechako
chechakos
check
check
adj
(heraldry) Divided into small squares (chequers) by transverse vertical and horizontal lines.
noun
(US) A bill, particularly in a restaurant.
(US) A mark (especially a checkmark: ✓) used as an indicator.
(US) An order to a bank to pay money to a named person or entity.
(chess) A situation in which the king is directly threatened by an opposing piece.
(contact sports) A maneuver performed by a player to take another player out of the play.
(falconry) The forsaking by a hawk of its proper game to follow other birds. [from 15th c.]
(textiles, usually pluralized) A pattern made up of a grid of squares of alternating colors; a checkered pattern.
A control; a limit or stop.
A lengthwise separation through the growth rings in wood.
A mark, certificate, or token by which errors may be prevented, or a thing or person may be identified.
A small chink or crack.
A token used instead of cash in gaming machines, or in gambling generally.
An inspection or examination.
Any fabric woven with such a pattern.
verb
(US, often used with "off") To mark items on a list (with a checkmark or by crossing them out) that have been chosen for keeping or removal or that have been dealt with (for example, completed or verified as correct or satisfactory).
(chess) To make a move which puts an adversary's king in check; to put in check.
(falconry) To turn, when in pursuit of proper game, and fly after other birds.
(nautical) To slack or ease off, as a brace which is too stiffly extended.
(obsolete) To clash or interfere.
(poker) To announce that one is remaining in a hand without betting.
(sports) To disrupt another player with the stick or body to obtain possession of the ball or puck.
(street basketball) To pass or bounce the ball to an opponent from behind the three-point line and have the opponent pass or bounce it back to start play.
(transitive) To mark with a check pattern.
To act as a curb or restraint.
To chide, rebuke, or reprove.
To control, limit, or halt.
To crack or gape open, as wood in drying; or to crack in small checks, as varnish, paint, etc.
To inspect; to examine.
To leave in safekeeping.
To leave with a shipping agent for shipping.
To make a stop; to pause; with at.
To make checks or chinks in; to cause to crack.
To verify or compare with a source of information.
To verify the accuracy of a text or translation, usually making some corrections (proofread) or many (copyedit).
checkable
checkable
adj
(finance, not comparable) Alternative form of chequable
Able to be checked or verified.
Able to be marked with a check mark, or tick.
checkage
checkage
noun
The act of marking with a check mark.
The items or amount to which attention is called by a check mark.
checkback
checkback
noun
(bridge) A play of a designated card as a prompt to one's partner to respond with a play indicating the kinds of card he/she holds.
checkbird
checkbit
checkbite
checkbite
noun
(dentistry) An interocclusal record made by placing a plastic material (that subsequently hardens) between the upper and lower teeth
checkbits
checkbook
checkbook
noun
Alternative form of chequebook
checkbooks
checkbooks
noun
plural of checkbook
checke
checked
checked
adj
(Canada, US) Having a pattern of checks; checkered.
(aviation or other transport, of baggage) Delivered to the airline (or train line, ferry, etc.) during check-in to be stored in an inaccessible area to the passenger (the hold) during the flight (or other journey).
(phonology) Of consonants, glottalized.
(phonology) Of syllables, having a coda.
Verified or validated in some way.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of check
checker
checker
noun
A pattern of alternating colours as on a chessboard.
A playing piece in the game of checkers (British: draughts).
An individual square appearing in such a pattern.
One who hinders or stops something.
One who makes a check mark.
One who or that which checks or verifies something.
The clerk who tallies cost of purchases and accepts payment.
The fruit of the wild service tree or chequer tree, Photinia villosa, syn. Sorbus terminalis
verb
(intransitive) To develop markings in a pattern of alternating light and dark positions, like a checkerboard.
(transitive) To mark in a pattern of alternating light and dark positions, like a checkerboard.
checkerbellies
checkerbelly
checkerberries
checkerberries
noun
plural of checkerberry
checkerberry
checkerberry
Noun
The teaberry, Gaultheria procumbens.
checkerbloom
checkerbloom
noun
Any of the flowering plants in the genus Sidalcea.
checkerboard
checkerboard
noun
(film) A style of negative cutting that avoids visible splice marks.
A board, usually square, covered with such a pattern; especially such a board with 8×8 squares, used to play chess and draughts/checkers.
A pattern of squares of alternating colours.
verb
(transitive) To checker; to mark with an alternating pattern of light and dark.
checkerboarded
checkerboarded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of checkerboard
checkerboarding
checkerboarding
noun
(computer graphics) Synonym of checkerboard rendering
verb
present participle of checkerboard
checkerboards
checkerboards
noun
plural of checkerboard
checkerbreast
checkered
checkered
adj
(figurative) Changeable; inconsistent; having variations or uncertainty; marked by many problems or failures.
Divided into squares, or into light and dark patches.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of checker
checkering
checkering
noun
Alternative form of chequering
verb
present participle of checker
checkerist
checkerist
noun
One who plays the game of checkers.
checkers
checkers
noun
(board games, US, Canada, in the singular) A game for two players played on a chessboard; the players have 12 pieces each, and the object is to capture all the opponent’s pieces by jumping over them. Other European varieties have larger boards and more playing pieces.
plural of checker
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of checker
checkerspot
checkerspot
noun
Any of a group of butterflies of the subfamily Nymphalinae whose wings bear a checkered, spotted pattern.
checkerwise
checkerwise
adj
Alternative spelling of chequerwise
checkerwork
checkerwork
noun
(figuratively) Any aggregate of varied vicissitudes.
Work consisting of or showing checkers, varied alternately by colour or material.
checkery
checkhook
checking
checking
noun
(ice hockey) The act of physically keeping an opposing player in check.
(informal) A checking account.
verb
present participle of check
checklaton
checklaton
noun
Alternative form of ciclatoun
checkle
checkless
checkless
adj
(US) Without checks (financial instruments); chequeless.
That cannot be checked or restrained.
checkline
checklist
checklist
noun
A list of tasks to be completed, names to be consulted, conditions to be verified and similar.
An inventory, especially of species.
verb
(transitive) To add to a checklist.
checklisted
checklisted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of checklist
checklisting
checklisting
verb
present participle of checklist
checklists
checklists
noun
plural of checklist
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of checklist
checkman
checkman
noun
A man employed to operate a check valve.
checkmark
checkmark
noun
Alternative form of check mark
verb
(transitive) To mark with a ✓ symbol; to tick.
checkmarked
checkmarked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of checkmark
checkmarking
checkmarking
verb
present participle of checkmark
checkmate
checkmate
intj
(by extension) Said when one has placed a person in a losing situation with no escape.
(chess) Word called out by the victor when making a move that wins the game.
noun
(figuratively, by extension) Any losing situation with no escape; utter defeat.
The conclusive victory in a game of chess that occurs when an opponent's king is threatened with unavoidable capture.
verb
(transitive, by extension) To place in a losing situation that has no escape.
(transitive, chess) To put the king of an opponent into checkmate.
checkmated
checkmated
adj
(chess) Having a king in check with no possible move to escape check, thus losing the game.
(figuratively) Suffering a personal loss with no obvious chance to escape the loss.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of checkmate
checkmates
checkmates
noun
plural of checkmate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of checkmate
checkmating
checkmating
verb
present participle of checkmate
checkoff
checkoff
noun
(US) A tax on sales of agricultural goods in order to finance a generic commodity marketing program.
(US) The collection of union dues or other fees from employees via deductions from their wages.
(US) The optional allocation of part of a citizen's income tax towards the presidential election campaign fund.
checkoffs
checkoffs
noun
plural of checkoff
checkout
checkout
noun
(Internet, by extension) The process of confirming and paying for an online purchase.
(darts) The number of points that a player scores on their final, winning visit to the oche.
A test to see if some device is functioning properly.
An inspection or investigation.
The place in a supermarket where this is done.
The process of checking out items at a supermarket or library.
The process of checking out of a hotel, or the latest time to vacate a room in one.
checkouts
checkouts
noun
plural of checkout
checkpoint
checkpoint
noun
(computing) A situation, often represented by a point in time, at which the state of a database system is known to be valid, and to which it can be returned in the event of a crisis by using a combination of backups and logs; the data stored at this event.
(video games) A predetermined point in a map, level or scenario that the player may resume from if they die or restart from if they choose to.
A point or place where a check is performed, especially a point along a road or on a frontier where travellers are stopped for inspection
verb
To set a checkpoint.
checkpointed
checkpointed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of checkpoint
checkpointing
checkpointing
verb
present participle of checkpoint
checkpoints
checkpoints
noun
plural of checkpoint
checkrack
checkrail
checkrail
noun
Alternative spelling of check rail
checkrein
checkrein
noun
A strap used to keep horses' heads high, fashionable in Victorian England but painful and damaging to a horse's neck.
checkroll
checkroll
noun
A list of servants in a household, or slaves on a plantation.
checkroom
checkroom
noun
(US) A room where outdoor clothing or luggage may be temporarily stored.
checkrooms
checkrooms
noun
plural of checkroom
checkrope
checkrow
checkrow
verb
(agriculture) To plant seeds at the intersections of a criss-cross pattern previously marked out on the ground.
checkrowed
checkrowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of checkrow
checkrower
checkrower
noun
(agriculture) A device for checkrowing.
checkrowing
checkrowing
verb
present participle of checkrow
checkrows
checkrows
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of checkrow
checks
checks
noun
plural of check
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of check
checkstone
checkstrap
checkstring
checkstring
noun
A cord used by a passenger in a carriage to signal to the driver to slow down or go faster.
checksum
checksum
noun
(mathematics, computing) A number, derived by applying a suitable algorithm to some data, used to check whether errors have occurred in transmission, storage or data entry.
verb
(mathematics, computing) To compute a checksum.
checksummed
checksummed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of checksum
checksumming
checksumming
verb
present participle of checksum
checksums
checksums
noun
plural of checksum
checkup
checkup
noun
A routine inspection.
A routine visit to the doctor, dentist, or the like.
checkups
checkups
noun
plural of checkup
checkweigher
checkweigher
noun
Alternative form of check weigher
checkweighman
checkweighman
noun
A person, elected by miners, whose task is to check what the mine owner's weighman states has been the amount of coal that has been mined; used especially if the miners' wages are related to production.
checkweighmen
checkweighmen
noun
plural of checkweighman
checkwork
checkwork
noun
Anything made so as to form alternate squares like those of a checkerboard.
checkwriter
checkwriter
noun
A machine that writes on preprinted checks in such a way as to prevent fraudulent alteration of the check.
One who writes checks.
checky
checky
adj
Alternative form of chequy
chedlock
cheechako
cheechako
noun
Someone new to Alaska or the Yukon; originally, a gold rush newcomer.
cheechakos
cheechakos
noun
plural of cheechako
cheek
cheek
noun
(anatomy) The soft skin on each side of the face, below the eyes; the outer surface of the sides of the oral cavity.
(anatomy, informal, usually in the plural) The lower part of the buttocks that is often exposed beneath very brief underwear, swimwear, or extremely short shorts.
(biology, informal) One of the genae, flat areas on the sides of a trilobite's cephalon.
(figurative, informal, uncountable) Impudence.
(in the plural) The branches of a bridle bit. .
(metalworking) The middle section of a flask, made so that it can be moved laterally, to permit the removal of the pattern from the mould.
(nautical) pump-cheek, pump-cheeks, a piece of wood cut out fork-shaped in which the brake is fastened by means of a bolt and can thus move around and move the upper box of the pump up and down
Either side of an axehead.
One of the pieces of a machine, or of timber or stonework, that form corresponding sides or a similar pair.
verb
Don't cheek me, you little rascal!
To be impudent towards.
To pull a horse's head back toward the saddle using the cheek strap of the bridle.
cheekbone
cheekbone
noun
The small prominent bone of the cheek.
cheekbones
cheekbones
noun
plural of cheekbone
cheeked
cheeked
adj
(usually in combination) Having some specific type of cheek.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cheek
cheeker
cheeker
noun
(horse-riding) A rubber ring that holds the bit high in the horse's mouth.
(rare, obsolete or historical) A butcher who specifically processes cheek meat.
cheekful
cheekful
noun
A partial mouthful, enough to fill one's cheek.
cheekfuls
cheekier
cheekier
adj
comparative form of cheeky: more cheeky
cheekiest
cheekiest
adj
superlative form of cheeky: most cheeky
cheekily
cheekily
adv
In a cheeky or impudent manner.
cheekiness
cheekiness
noun
The state of being cheeky
cheekinesses
cheekinesses
noun
plural of cheekiness
cheeking
cheeking
verb
present participle of cheek
cheekish
cheekless
cheekless
adj
Without cheeks.
cheekpiece
cheekpiece
noun
A piece of armour, or the bridle of a horse, that protects the cheek.
cheeks
cheeks
noun
plural of cheek
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cheek
cheektowaga
cheeky
cheeky
adj
(Australian Aboriginal) Poisonous (of animals such as snakes), dangerous, cunning, violent, potent.
(informal) (of swimwear, underwear, etc.) tending to reveal the cheeks of the buttocks.
(informal) Impudent; impertinent; impertinently bold, often in a way that is regarded as endearing or amusing.
(informal, UK, Ireland, Australia) Indulged in.
cheesecake
cheesecake
noun
(countable and uncountable) A pie made of sweetened and flavoured cottage cheese or cream cheese, eggs and milk on a crunchy base.
(countable and uncountable, obsolete) A pie made of cream, eggs and milk (somewhat resembling the modern American chess cake).
(uncountable) Imagery of scantily clad, sexually attractive young women; pin-ups.