Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chagrin
chairing
chairing
verb
present participle of chair
chairman
chairman
noun
(historical) Someone whose job is to carry people in a portable chair, sedan chair, or similar conveyance.
A person presiding over a meeting.
The head of a corporate or governmental board of directors, a committee, or other formal entity.
verb
To serve as chairman.
chairmen
chairmen
noun
plural of chairman
chaldron
chaldron
noun
(archaic) An old English dry measure, containing four quarters. 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.
Alternative form of chawdron
chamfron
chamfron
noun
Protective armor for a horse's head, especially the face and ears.
chancery
chancery
adv
(boxing) With the head of an antagonist under one's arm, so that one can pommel it with the other fist at will.
(figurative) In an awkward situation; wholly under the power of someone else.
noun
(boxing, slang) The position of a boxer's head when under his adversary's arm.
(historical) 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.
(historical) In the Middle Ages, a government office that produced and notarized official documents.
(slang, archaic) Any awkward predicament.
(writing) Short for chancery hand.
In the United States, a court of equity; equity; proceeding in equity.
The type of building that houses a diplomatic mission or embassy.
The type of building that houses the offices and administration of a diocese; the offices of a diocese.
chancier
chancier
adj
comparative form of chancy: more chancy
chancres
chancres
noun
plural of chancre
chandler
chandler
noun
(historical) A servant in a large household responsible for providing candles.
A dealer in (a specific kind of) provisions or supplies; especially a ship chandler.
A person who makes or sells candles.
chanfrin
chanfrin
noun
The forepart of a horse's head.
chanfron
chanfron
noun
Alternative form of chamfron (protective armor for a horse's head, especially the face and ears).
changers
changers
noun
plural of changer
chanters
chanters
noun
plural of chanter
chanteur
chanteur
noun
A male singer; often specifically a popular or cabaret singer.
chantier
chantors
chantors
noun
plural of chantor
chaperno
chaperon
chaperon
noun
A device placed on the foreheads of horses which draw the hearse in pompous funerals.
A type of hood, often ornamental or official, with an attached cape and a tail, later worn as a hat with the face hole put over the top of the head instead.
An adult who accompanies or supervises one or more young, unmarried men or women during social occasions, usually with the specific intent of preventing some types of social or sexual interactions or illegal behavior.
verb
To accompany; to escort.
To mother.
chapourn
characin
characin
noun
Any of many diverse fish, of the order Characiformes, related to the carp and catfish and including the tetra, which were formerly all included in the family Characidae.
charango
charango
noun
A small guitar-like stringed instrument with five courses of eighteen to fifteen strings, originating in traditional Andean folk music.
charente
charente
Proper noun
One of the départements of Poitou-Charentes, France (INSEE code 16)
A river in western France
charging
charging
noun
(countable) An act or process of charging (as of a battery).
(uncountable, basketball) An offensive foul in which the player with the ball moves into a stationary defender.
verb
present participle of charge
chariton
chariton
Proper noun
the in Iowa and Missouri, USA, which is a tributary of the
a city in Iowa, USA, and the county seat of Named after a French trader.
an unincorporated community in Missouri, USA, named after the river.
charivan
charking
charking
verb
present participle of chark
charlean
charleen
charlena
charlene
charline
charlton
charlton
Proper noun
Any of many place names in England, Australia and the United States, including:
a district in the London Borough of Greenwich, England, and the home of Charlton Athletic F.C.
a village between Shepperton and Ashford, Surrey, England.
derived from the English place name.
Charlton Athletic football club.
charlyne
charmain
charmane
charmian
charmine
charming
charming
adj
Delightful in a playful way which avoids responsibility or seriousness, as if attracting through a magical charm.
Pleasant, charismatic.
noun
The casting of a magical charm.
verb
present participle of charm
charmion
charneco
charneco
noun
(obsolete) A sort of sweet wine.
charnels
charnels
noun
plural of charnel
charonic
charring
charring
noun
The incomplete combustion of organic material.
verb
present participle of char
charruan
charting
charting
noun
The act by which something is charted.
verb
present participle of chart
chaudron
chaudron
noun
Obsolete form of chawdron.
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.
chawdron
chawdron
noun
(now historical) A sauce made from chopped entrails.
(obsolete) Entrails, intestines (of animals as food)
cheering
cheering
noun
A cheer.
verb
present participle and gerund of cheer
chemarin
chephren
cheribon
cherilyn
cheriton
cherubin
cherubin
noun
Obsolete form of cherub.
Obsolete form of cherubim (plural of cherub)
chessner
chevener
chevener
noun
(obsolete) A person who embroidered hosiery
cheveron
cheveron
noun
Dated form of chevron. (V-shaped ornament)
chevrone
chevrons
chevrons
noun
plural of chevron
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chevron
chevrony
chevrony
adj
Chevron-shaped, zigzag, especially (heraldry) chevronwise.
Having chevrons, especially (heraldry) charged with chevrons.
chicaner
chicaner
noun
One who uses chicanery.
children
children
noun
plural of child.
chiltern
chiltern
Proper noun
a local government district in Buckinghamshire, England, named after the Chiltern Hills (the Chilterns).
a town in Victoria, Australia.
chincher
chinkara
chinkara
noun
Gazella bennettii, a species of gazelle found in India, Pakistan and Iran
chinkers
chinkier
chinners
chinnier
chinnier
adj
comparative form of chinny: more chinny
chiriana
chirimen
chirimen
noun
Japanese raw silk crêpe, widely used to make kimono.
chirking
chirking
verb
present participle of chirk
chirming
chirming
verb
present participle of chirm
chironym
chirping
chirping
noun
(gerund of chirp) The act, or an instance of, chirping.
verb
present participle of chirp
chirring
chirring
noun
The sound of a chirr.
verb
present participle of chirr
present participle of chirre
chlordan
chlordan
noun
Alternative form of chlordane
chlorine
chlorine
noun
A toxic, green, gaseous chemical element (symbol Cl) with an atomic number of 17.
chlorins
chlorins
noun
plural of chlorin
chlorion
chlorion
noun
(archaic) A chlorine ion.
chlornal
choiring
choiring
verb
present participle of choir
choirman
choirman
noun
A male chorister (in a church choir)
chondral
chondral
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to cartilage
chondria
chondric
chondrin
chondrin
noun
(organic chemistry) A colourless, amorphous, nitrogenous substance resembling gelatin, formed from cartilaginous tissue by long-continued action of boiling water.
chondrus
chording
chording
noun
(computing) The ability, using a keyboard or similar device, to enter characters or commands in the form of "chords" by pressing several keys simultaneously.
An arrangement of musical chords.
verb
present participle of chord
choreman
choreman
noun
A man employed to carry out chores.
choremen
choremen
noun
plural of choreman
chorines
chorines
noun
plural of chorine
chorions
chorions
noun
plural of chorion
chretien
chrisman
chrismon
chrismon
noun
(palaeography) A stylised siglum or character interpreted as an invocation of Christ in Merovingian and Carolingian documents.
A Christmas decoration with explicitly Christian religious symbolism.
A Christogram.
chrisney
christan
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.
christin
chromene
chromene
noun
(organic chemistry) Synonym of 1-benzopyran
chroming
chroming
noun
(Australia) The act of inhaling the fumes of substances such as glue or paint, usually by sniffing them from a paper bag or bottle, with the aim of getting intoxicated.
verb
present participle of chrome
chromone
chromone
noun
(organic chemistry) 1,4-benzopyrone, a derivative of benzopyran with a substituted keto group on the pyran ring
chronaxy
chronaxy
noun
Alternative form of chronaxie
chronica
chronics
chronics
noun
plural of chronic
chronist
chronist
noun
A chronicler, a person who produces a chronological account.
chronium
chronons
chronons
noun
plural of chronon
chrysene
chrysene
noun
(organic chemistry) A polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, 1,2-benzphenanthrene, containing four fused benzene rings
chundari
chunkier
chunkier
adj
comparative form of chunky: more chunky
chunters
chunters
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chunter
churinga
churners
churners
noun
plural of churner
churnful
churnful
noun
As much as a churn will hold.
churning
churning
noun
The act by which something is churned.
The quantity of butter prepared (by churning) at one time.
verb
present participle of churn
churoyan
churring
churring
verb
present participle of churr
citherns
citherns
noun
plural of cithern
cithrens
cithrens
noun
plural of cithren
cleghorn
clencher
clencher
noun
One who clenches.
clincher
clincher
noun
(cycling) A tyre with a bead around the edge to attach to the rim of the wheel when inflated.
That which clinches; that which makes something final or firm.
cochrane
cochrane
Proper noun
A town in Alberta, Canada
A town and river in Chile
A town in Ontario, Canada
A village in Wisconsin
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.
cohering
cohering
verb
present participle of cohere
coinhere
coinhere
verb
(intransitive) To inhere or exist together, as in one substance.
contchar
coranoch
cornhole
cornhole
noun
(UK, dated) A small room connected to a threshing floor.
(US) A game similar to beanbag toss, popular in Ohio, in which a bag is filled with corn feed and thrown into a hole.
(slang, vulgar) The anus.
verb
(slang, vulgar) To have anal intercourse with; to penetrate anally.
cornhusk
cornhusk
noun
The husk of an ear of corn (maize).
corniche
corniche
noun
A road built on a ledge (cliff), especially along water (a river, sea, etc).