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

Charles Dudley Warner
noun United States filmmaker who with his brothers founded the movie studio that produced the first talking picture (1881-1958)

Charles Edward Ives
noun United States composer noted for his innovative use of polytonality (1874-1954)

Charles Francis Hall
noun United States explorer who led three expeditions to the Arctic (1821-1871)

Charles I
Charles Stuart noun son of James I who was King of England and Scotland and Ireland; was deposed and executed by Oliver Cromwell (1600-1649)

Charles II
noun King of England and Scotland and Ireland during the Restoration (1630-1685)

Charles IX
noun King of France from 1560 to 1574 whose reign was dominated by his mother Catherine de Medicis (1550-1574)

Charles James Fox
noun English statesman who supported American independence and the French Revolution (1749-1806)

Charles Lamb
Elia noun English essayist (1775-1834)

Charles Martin Hall
noun United States chemist who developed an economical method of producing aluminum from bauxite (1863-1914)

Charles Taze Russell
noun United States religious leader who founded the sect that is now called Jehovah`s Witnesses (1852-1916)

Charles the Bald
noun as Charles II he was Holy Roman Emperor and as Charles I he was king of France (823-877)

Charles Thomson Rees Wilson
noun Scottish physicist who invented the cloud chamber (1869-1959)

Charles VII
noun King of France who began his reign with most of northern France under English control; after the intervention of Jeanne d`Arc the French were able to defeat the English and end the Hundred Years` War (1403-1461)

Charles Wesley
noun English clergyman and brother of John Wesley who wrote many hymns (1707-1788)

Charleston
noun an American ballroom dance in syncopated rhythm; popular early in the 20th century

Charleston
noun state capital of West Virginia in the central part of the state on the Kanawha river

Charlestown
noun a former town and present-day neighborhood of Boston; settled in 1629

Charlestown Navy Yard
noun the navy yard in Boston where the frigate `Constitution` is anchored

charley horse
charley-horse noun a muscular cramp (especially in the thigh or calf) following vigorous exercise

charlotte
noun a mold lined with cake or crumbs and filled with fruit or whipped cream or custard

charlotte russe
noun lady fingers enclosing Bavarian cream

Charlottetown
noun the provincial capital and largest city of Prince Edward Island

charm
good luck charm noun something believed to bring good luck

charm campaign
noun a campaign of flattery and friendliness (by a company, politician, etc.) to become more popular and gain support

charm quark
noun a quark with an electric charge of +2/3 and a mass 2900 times that of an electron and a charm of +1

charmer
beguiler noun a person who charms others (usually by personal attractiveness)

charming
magic adjective possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers; `charming incantations`; `magic signs that protect against adverse influence`; `a magical spell`; ``tis now the very witching time of night`- Shakespeare; `wizard wands`; `wizardly powers`

charmingly
adverb in a charming manner

charnel
ghastly adjective gruesomely indicative of death or the dead; `a charnel smell came from the chest filled with dead men`s bones`; `ghastly shrieks`; `the sepulchral darkness of the catacombs`

charnel house
charnel noun a vault or building where corpses or bones are deposited

Charolais
noun large white or cream-colored breed from France

Charon
noun (Greek mythology) the ferryman who brought the souls of the dead across the river Styx or the river Acheron to Hades

Charophyceae
class Charophyceae noun in some classifications: contains only the order Charales

charred
adjective having been burned so as to affect color or taste

charred pancake cup
noun a common name for a variety of Sarcosomataceae

Charronia
genus Charronia noun a genus of Mustelidae

chart
noun a map designed to assist navigation by air or sea

chartaceous
papery adjective of or like paper

charter
noun a document incorporating an institution and specifying its rights; includes the articles of incorporation and the certificate of incorporation

charter member
noun one of the original members when an organization was founded

charter school
noun an experimental public school for kindergarten through grade 12; created and organized by teachers and parents and community leaders; operates independently of other schools

chartered
adjective hired for the exclusive temporary use of a group of travelers; `a chartered plane`; `the chartered buses arrived on time`

chartered accountant
noun a British accountant who is a member of a professional body that has a royal charter

charterhouse
noun a Carthusian monastery

Chartism
noun the principles of a body of 19th century English reformers who advocated better social and economic conditions for working people

chartist
noun a stock market analyst who tries to predict market trends from graphs of recent prices of securities

chartless
uncharted adjective (of unknown regions) not yet surveyed or investigated; `uncharted seas`

chartreuse
adjective of something having the yellowish green color of Chartreuse liqueur

charwoman
char noun a human female who does housework; `the char will clean the carpet`

Charybdis
noun (Greek mythology) a ship-devouring whirlpool lying on the other side of a narrow strait from Scylla

Chase
Salmon P. Chase noun United States politician and jurist who served as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1808-1873)

chase away
drive out 1 turn back 2 drive away verb force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings; `Drive away potential burglars`; `drive away bad thoughts`; `dispel doubts`; `The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers`

chaser
noun a drink to follow immediately after another drink

chasm
noun a deep opening in the earth`s surface

chasse
sashay noun (ballet) quick gliding steps with one foot always leading

chassis
noun the skeleton of a motor vehicle consisting of a steel frame supported on springs that holds the body and motor

chaste
adjective abstaining from unlawful sexual intercourse

chastely
virtuously adverb in a chaste and virtuous manner; `she lived chastely`

chasten
verb restrain or temper

chastise
castigate verb censure severely; `She chastised him for his insensitive remarks`

chastised
corrected adjective punished for misbehavior; `the chastised child sat humbly in the corner`

chastity
celibacy noun abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows)

chastity
sexual morality noun morality with respect to sexual relations

chasuble
noun a long sleeveless vestment worn by a priest when celebrating Mass

chat
confab noun an informal conversation

chat room
chatroom noun a site on the internet where a number of users can communicate in real time (typically one dedicated to a particular topic)

chat up
flirt verb talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions; `The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries`; `My husband never flirts with other women`

chateau
noun an impressive country house (or castle) in France

Chateaubriand
noun a very thick center cut of beef tenderloin

chatelaine
noun a chain formerly worn at the waist by women; for carrying a purse or bunch of keys etc.

Chateura
genus Chateura noun a genus of Apodidae

Chattahoochee
Chattahoochee River noun a river rising in northern Georgia and flowing southwest and south to join the Flint River at the Florida border where they form the Apalachicola River

Chattanooga
battle of Chattanooga noun in the American Civil War (1863) the Union armies of Hooker, Thomas, and Sherman under the command of Ulysses S. Grant won a decisive victory over the Confederate Army under Braxton Bragg

chattel
personal chattel noun personal as opposed to real property; any tangible movable property (furniture or domestic animals or a car etc)

chattel mortgage
noun a loan to buy some personal item; the item (or chattel) is security for the loan

chatter
chattering noun the high-pitched continuing noise made by animals (birds or monkeys)

chatter mark
noun a mark made by a chattering tool on the surface of a workpiece

chatterer
babbler noun an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker

chattering
adjective engaged in making a rapid repetitive noise resembling speech; `the chattering sparrows`

chattily
volubly adverb in a chatty manner; ``when I was a girl,` she said chattily, `I used to ride a bicycle``

chatty
gabby adjective full of trivial conversation; `kept from her housework by gabby neighbors`

Chaucer
Geoffrey Chaucer noun English poet remembered as author of the Canterbury Tales (1340-1400)

chauffeur
noun a man paid to drive a privately owned car

chauffeuse
noun a woman chauffeur

chaulmoogra
chaulmoogra tree noun East Indian tree with oily seeds yield chaulmoogra oil used to treat leprosy

chaulmoogra oil
noun an oil from chaulmoogra trees; used in treatment of skin diseases and leprosy

Chauna
genus Chauna noun crested screamers

chauvinism
jingoism noun fanatical patriotism

chauvinist
jingoist noun an extreme bellicose nationalist

chauvinistic
flag-waving(a) adjective fanatically patriotic

Chavez
noun Mexican composer of nationalistic works using themes from Indian folk music (1899-1978)

chaw
verb chew without swallowing; `chaw tobacco`

cheap
chinchy adjective embarrassingly stingy

cheap money
noun credit available at low rates of interest

cheap shot
noun an illegal and unsportsmanlike act of unnecessary violence; `he called a penalty on them when the lineman took a cheap shot at the quarterback`

cheapjack
shoddy adjective cheap and shoddy; `cheapjack moviemaking...that feeds on the low taste of the mob`- Judith Crist

cheaply
inexpensively adverb with little expenditure of money; `I bought this car very cheaply`

cheaply
adverb in a cheap manner; `a cheaply dressed woman approached him in the bar`

cheapness
tat noun tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar

cheapskate
tightwad noun a miserly person