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Princeton University - WordNet - a lexical database for the English language Category: General Date & country: 27/01/2008, USA Words: 85192

Chamaecytisus
genus Chamaecytisus noun small late-flowering trees or subshrubs having yellow to red flowers and leathery or woody pods; often especially formerly included in genus Cytisus

Chamaedaphne
genus Chamaedaphne noun one species: leatherleaf

Chamaeleo
genus Chamaeleo noun type genus of the Chamaeleontidae

Chamaeleon
Chameleon noun a faint constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere near Apus and Mensa

Chamaeleontidae
family Chamaeleontidae noun Old World chameleons; in some classifications they are considered a superfamily of Sauria

Chamaemelum
genus Chamaemelum noun small genus of plants sometimes included in genus Anthemis: chamomile

chamber
noun a natural or artificial enclosed space

chamber music
noun serious music performed by a small group of musicians

chamber of commerce
noun an association of businessmen to protect and promote business interests

chamber orchestra
noun small orchestra; usually plays classical music

chambered
adjective having compartmental chambers; `a spiral chambered seashell`

chambered nautilus
pearly nautilus noun cephalopod of the Indian and Pacific oceans having a spiral shell with pale pearly partitions

chamberlain
noun the treasurer of a municipal corporation

Chamberlain
Arthur Neville Chamberlain noun British statesman who as Prime Minister pursued a policy of appeasement toward fascist Germany (1869-1940)

chambermaid
fille de chambre noun a maid who is employed to clean and care for bedrooms (now primarily in hotels)

chamberpot
potty noun a receptacle for urination or defecation in the bedroom

Chambers
William Chambers noun English architect (1723-1796)

chambray
noun a lightweight fabric woven with white threads across a colored warp

chameleon
chamaeleon noun lizard of Africa and Madagascar able to change skin color and having a projectile tongue

chameleon tree frog
noun a form of tree toad

chamfer
verb cut a furrow into a columns

chamfer bit
noun a bit that is used for beveling

chamfer plane
noun a plane that makes a beveled edge

chamois
Rupicapra rupicapra noun hoofed mammal of mountains of Eurasia having upright horns with backward-hooked tips

chamois cloth
noun a piece of chamois used for washing windows or cars

chamois cress
Pritzelago alpina noun small tufted perennial herb of mountains of central and southern Europe having very small flowers of usually leafless stems; sometimes placed in genus Lepidium

chamomile
camomile noun Eurasian plant apple-scented foliage and white-rayed flowers and feathery leaves used medicinally; in some classification systems placed in genus Anthemis

chamosite
noun a greenish grey or black silicate of iron and aluminum

champagne cup
noun a punch containing a sparkling wine

Champaign
noun a university town in east central Illinois adjoining Urbana

champerty
noun an unethical agreement between an attorney and client that the attorney would sue and pay the costs of the client`s suit in return for a portion of the damages awarded; `soliciting personal injury cases may constitute champerty`

champion
prizewinning adjective holding first place in a contest; `a champion show dog`; `a prizewinning wine`

championship
noun a competition at which a champion is chosen

Champlain
Samuel de Champlain noun French explorer in Nova Scotia who established a settlement on the site of modern Quebec (1567-1635)

champleve
cloisonne adjective (for metals) having areas separated by metal and filled with colored enamel and fired

Champollion
Jean Francois Champollion noun Frenchman and Egyptologist who studied the Rosetta Stone and in 1821 became the first person to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphics (1790-1832)

Champs Elysees
noun a major avenue in Paris famous for elegant shops and cafes

chanar
chanal noun thorny shrub or small tree common in central Argentina having small orange or yellow flowers followed by edible berries

chance
noun a risk involving danger; `you take a chance when you let her drive`

chance
noun a measure of how likely it is that some event will occur; a number expressing the ratio of favorable cases to the whole number of cases possible; `the probability that an unbiased coin will fall with the head up is 0.5`

chance-medley
noun unpremeditated killing of a human being in self defense

chancel
sanctuary noun area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir; often enclosed by a lattice or railing

chancellery
noun a government building housing the office of a chancellor

chancellor
premier 1 prime minister noun the person who is head of state (in several countries)

Chancellor of the Exchequer
noun the British cabinet minister responsible for finance

chancellorship
noun the office of chancellor

Chancellorsville
noun a major battle in the American Civil War (1863); the Confederates under Robert E. Lee defeated the Union forces under Joseph Hooker

chancery
court of chancery noun a court with jurisdiction in equity

chancre
noun a small hard painless nodule at the site of entry of a pathogen (as syphilis)

chancroid
noun infectious venereal ulcer

chancroidal
adjective of or relating to or having chancroids

chancrous
adjective of or having chancres

chancy
chanceful adjective of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk; `an extremely dicey future on a brave new world of liquid nitrogen, tar, and smog`- New Yorker

chandelier
pendant noun branched lighting fixture; often ornate; hangs from the ceiling

chandelle
noun a flight maneuver consisting of a steep climbing turn executed to gain altitude while changing direction

Chandi
noun malevolent aspect of Devi; `the fierce`

chandler
noun a maker (and seller) of candles and soap and oils and paints

Chandler
Raymond Thornton Chandler noun United States writer of detective thrillers featuring the character of Philip Marlowe (1888-1959)

chandlery
noun a storeroom where candles are kept

chanfron
chamfron noun medieval plate armor to protect a horse`s head

Chang Jiang
Changjiang noun the longest river of Asia; flows eastward from Tibet into the East China Sea near Shanghai

Chang Kuo
Chang Kuo-lao noun one of the 8 immortals of Taoism

change
alteration noun an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another; `the change was intended to increase sales`; `this storm is certainly a change for the worse`; `the neighborhood had undergone few modifications since his last visit years ago`

change
verb make or become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one`s or its former characteristics or essence; `her mood changes in accordance with the weather`; `The supermarket`s selection of vegetables varies according to the season`

change by reversal
turn verb change to the contrary; `The trend was reversed`; `the tides turned against him`; `public opinion turned when it was revealed that the president had an affair with a White House intern`

change hands
change owners verb be transferred to another owner; `This restaurant changed hands twice last year`

change integrity
verb change in physical make-up

change intensity
verb increase or decrease in intensity

change magnitude
verb change in size or magnitude

change of color
noun an act that changes the light that something reflects

change of course
noun a change in the direction that you are moving

change of direction
reorientation noun the act of changing the direction in which something is oriented

change of integrity
noun the act of changing the unity or wholeness of something

change of location
travel noun a movement through space that changes the location of something

change of magnitude
noun the act of changing the amount or size of something

change of shape
noun an action that changes the shape of something

change of state
noun the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics

change over
verb make a shift in or exchange of; `First Joe led; then we switched`

change posture
verb undergo a change in bodily posture

change ringing
noun ringing tuned bells in a fixed order that is continually changing

change shape
change form verb assume a different shape or form

change state
verb undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; `We turned from Socialism to Capitalism`; `The people turned against the President when he stole the election`

change surface
verb undergo or cause to undergo a change in the surface

change taste
verb alter the flavor of

change-up
change-of-pace noun a baseball thrown with little velocity when the batter is expecting a fastball

changeable
changeful adjective such that alteration is possible; having a marked tendency to change; `changeable behavior`; `changeable moods`; `changeable prices`

changeableness
changeability noun the quality of being changeable; having a marked tendency to change; `the changeableness of the weather`

changed
adjective made or become different in some respect; `he`s an altered (or changed) man since his election to Congress`

changeless
constant adjective persistent in occurrence and unvarying in nature; `maintained a constant temperature`; `principles of unvarying validity`

changelessness
unchangeability noun the quality of being unchangeable; having a marked tendency to remain unchanged

changeling
noun a child secretly exchanged for another in infancy

changer
modifier noun a person who changes something; `an inveterate changer of the menu`

changing
ever-changing adjective marked by continuous change or effective action

Changtzu
noun a mountain in the central Himalayas on the border of Tibet and Nepal (24,780 feet high)

channel
transmission channel noun a path over which electrical signals can pass; `a channel is typically what you rent from a telephone company`

channel
TV channel noun a television station and its programs; `a satellite TV channel`; `surfing through the channels`; `they offer more than one hundred channels`

channel capacity
noun the maximum data rate that can be attained over a given channel

channel catfish
channel cat noun freshwater food fish common throughout central United States

Channel Island
noun any of a group of British islands in the English Channel off the northern coast of France

Channel Islands National Park
noun a national park in California featuring sea birds and marine life