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.
chapiter
chapiter
noun
(UK, law, obsolete) A written summary of matters to be inquired of or presented before justices in eyre, or justices of assize, or of the peace, in their sessions; articles.
(architecture) The capital or uppermost part of a column, upon which the roof and its decorations are supported.
Obsolete form of chapter.
chapitle
chaplets
chaplets
noun
plural of chaplet
chapters
chapters
noun
plural of chapter
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chapter
chaptrel
chaptrel
noun
(architecture, obsolete) An impost.
chaqueta
charente
charente
Proper noun
One of the départements of Poitou-Charentes, France (INSEE code 16)
A river in western France
chareter
charette
charette
noun
Alternative spelling of charret
chariest
chariest
adj
superlative form of chary: most chary
charites
charoset
charoset
noun
Alternative form of haroseth
charters
charters
noun
plural of charter
chartlet
chartley
chartres
chartres
noun
plural of chartre
chastely
chastely
adv
In a chaste manner. (either specifically virginal, or in a modest, unsexy and unrisque manner)
chastens
chastens
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chasten
chastest
chastest
adj
superlative form of chaste: most chaste
chastise
chastise
verb
To castigate; to severely scold or censure (someone).
To lightly criticize or correct (someone).
To punish (someone), especially by corporal punishment.
chastize
chastize
verb
Alternative form of chastise
chatchke
chatchke
noun
Alternative form of tchotchke
chateaus
chateaux
chateaux
noun
plural of chateau
chatelet
chatelet
noun
(obsolete) A little castle.
chatsome
chattels
chattels
noun
plural of chattel
chatters
chatters
noun
plural of chatter
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chatter
chattery
chattery
adj
Tending to chatter
chattier
chattier
adj
comparative form of chatty: more chatty
chatties
chatties
noun
plural of chattie
plural of chatty
chaunted
chaunted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chaunt
chaunter
chaunter
noun
(UK, slang, obsolete) A street seller of ballads and other broadsides.
(colloquial) A deceitful, tricky dealer or horse jockey.
The chanter or flute of a bagpipe.
chavante
chayotes
chayotes
noun
plural of chayote
cheapest
cheapest
adj
superlative form of cheap: most cheap
cheaters
cheaters
noun
(informal) Non-prescription spectacles that magnify.
plural of cheater
cheatery
cheatery
noun
(obsolete) Cheating; fraud.
cheatham
cheating
cheating
adj
Unfaithful or adulterous.
Unsporting or underhand.
noun
(cinematography) The arrangement of people or items in a film so as to give the (false) impression that shots are taken from different angles in the same location.
An act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, imposition or infidelity.
verb
present participle of cheat
cheatrie
checkbit
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.
checotah
cheddite
cheddite
noun
Any of a class of explosives containing inorganic chlorates and organic nitro compounds.
chedites
cheetahs
cheetahs
noun
plural of cheetah
cheffetz
chelated
chelated
adj
(chemistry, of a metal atom) bound with one or more chelates
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chelate
chelates
chelates
noun
plural of chelate
chelator
chelator
noun
(chemistry) A chelating agent
chemists
chemists
noun
plural of chemist
chemnitz
chemotic
chemotic
adj
Relating to chemosis.
chengteh
chepster
cheriton
cheroots
cheroots
noun
plural of cheroot
cherrita
chertier
chertier
adj
comparative form of cherty: more cherty
chertsey
chertsey
Proper noun
A town in Surrey, England.
A town in New Zealand.
A municipality in Quebec, Canada.
cheshunt
cheshunt
Proper noun
A town in Hertfordshire, England.
chessart
chessist
chessist
noun
(archaic) A player of chess.
chestful
chestful
noun
As much as a chest will hold
chestier
chestier
adj
comparative form of chesty: more chesty
chestily
chestily
adv
In a chesty manner.
chestnut
chestnut
adj
Of a deep reddish-brown colour, like that of a chestnut.
noun
(UK) The horse-chestnut.
(figurative) An old joke; a worn-out meme, phrase, ploy, etc. so often repeated as to have grown tiresome or ineffective (often in the phrase "old chestnut").
(uncountable) A dark, reddish-brown colour, as seen on the fruit of the chestnut tree.
(uncountable) The wood of a chestnut tree.
A nut of this tree or shrub.
A reddish-brown horse.
A round or oval horny plate found on the inner side of the leg of a horse or other animal, similar to a birthmark on a human.
A tree or shrub of the genus Castanea.
chetopod
chetopod
noun
Alternative form of chaetopod
chetrums
chetrums
noun
plural of chetrum
chetumal
chetvert
chetvert
noun
Alternative form of tchetvert
chevalet
chevalet
noun
A rack or rest used in woodwork or glassworking.
cheveret
cheviots
cheviots
noun
plural of cheviot
chewiest
chewiest
adj
superlative form of chewy: most chewy
chiefest
chiefest
adj
superlative form of chief: most chief
chierete
chigetai
chigetai
noun
Alternative form of dziggetai
chilcote
chillest
chillest
verb
(archaic) second-person singular simple present form of chill
chiltern
chiltern
Proper noun
a local government district in Buckinghamshire, England, named after the Chiltern Hills (the Chilterns).
a town in Victoria, Australia.
chimbote
chimkent
chinfest
chinfest
noun
(colloquial) A session of chat or gossip; a chinwag.
chintses
chintses
noun
plural of chints
chintzes
chintzes
noun
plural of chintz
chiolite
chiolite
noun
(mineralogy) A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, fluorine, and sodium.
chiquest
chirkest
chirkest
adj
superlative form of chirk: most chirk
chirotes
chistera
chitters
chitters
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chitter
chitties
chitties
noun
plural of chitty
chiveret
chloette
chlorate
chlorate
noun
(chemistry) Any salt of chloric acid.
chlorite
chlorite
noun
(chemistry, countable) Any salt of chlorous acid.
(mineralogy) A dark green mineral resembling serpentine, being a mixed silicate of magnesium, iron and aluminium.
choanate
choanate
adj
(biology) Having a choana
choanite
choanite
noun
A spongiform fossil of the historical genus Choanites, thought to resemble a petrified sea-anemone.
Any of genus Choanites Mantell, 1822 sensu Laubenfels, 1936, accepted as Suberites Nardo, 1833, certain demosponges.
choicest
choicest
adj
superlative form of choice: most choice
chokiest
chokiest
adj
superlative form of choky: most choky
cholates
cholates
noun
plural of cholate
choleate
choleate
noun
(organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of choleic acid
cholents
cholents
noun
plural of cholent
chordate
chordate
adj
Of such animals.
noun
A member of the phylum Chordata; numerous animals having a notochord at some stage of their development; in vertebrates this develops into the spine.
chortled
chortled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chortle
chortler
chortler
noun
Someone who chortles
chortles
chortles
noun
plural of chortle
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chortle
chouette
chouteau
chouteau
Proper noun
a town in Oklahoma, USA.
chowtime
chowtime
noun
(slang) The time when food is eaten; a mealtime.
chretien
christed
christel
christen
christen
verb
(colloquial) To use for the first time.
(informal) To douse or wet with blood, urine, tears, or other liquid.
(obsolete) To Christianize.
(transitive) To perform the religious act of baptism upon; to baptize.
(transitive, by extension) To name.
christie
christie
noun
(skiing) A high-speed ski turn in which the skis are kept parallel.
christye
chromate
chromate
noun
(inorganic chemistry) any salt of chromic acid; in solution the yellow chromate anion (CrO₄²⁻) is in equilibrium with the orange dichromate anion (Cr₂O₇²⁻), the relative amount of each ion depending on the pH; they are both very powerful oxidizing agents
verb
To treat with a chromate solution
chromite
chromite
noun
(mineralogy) A dark brown mineral species with the formula FeCr₂O₄.
Any member of the chromite-magnesiochromite series that is a mixed oxide of iron, magnesium and chromium with the formula (Fe,Mg)Cr₂O₄. It is a commercial source of chromium.
chrotoem
chrystel
chuffest
chunters
chunters
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chunter
chutnees
chutnees
noun
plural of chutnee
chutneys
chutneys
noun
plural of chutney
citherns
citherns
noun
plural of cithern
cithrens
cithrens
noun
plural of cithren
claithes
clarseth
cleantha
clothier
clothier
noun
A person who makes or sells cloth or clothing.
clutched
clutched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of clutch
clutcher
clutcher
noun
One who clutches.
clutches
clutches
noun
(usually in the plural) Grasp; possession; control.
plural of clutch
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of clutch
coachlet
coachlet
noun
A little coach (vehicle).
cochlite
cofather
cohasset
cohasset
Proper noun
a CDP in California, USA.
a town in Massachusetts, USA, which is an exclave of
a city in Minnesota, USA.
an unincorporated community in Virginia, USA.
cohenite
cohenite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal yellowish white mineral containing carbon, cobalt, iron, and nickel.
coherent
coherent
adj
(botany) Attaching or pressing against an organ of the same nature.
(mathematics, of a sheaf) Belonging to a specific class of sheaves having particularly manageable properties closely linked to the geometrical properties of the underlying space.
(physics) Of waves having the same direction, wavelength and phase, as light in a laser.
Aesthetically ordered.
Having a natural or due agreement of parts; harmonious: a coherent design.
Orderly, logical and consistent.
Unified; sticking together; making up a whole.
cohlette
cohobate
cohobate
noun
The concentrated distillate so formed
verb
(chemistry, alchemy) To treat a material with a boiling liquid and repeatedly return the distillate.
cohosted
cohosted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cohost
colchyte
comaetho
comether
comether
noun
(dialect) Alternative form of come-hither
comptche
conchate
conchite
conchite
noun
(paleontology) A fossil or petrified conch or shell.