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

Cherubini
Luigi Cherubini noun Italian composer of church music and operas (1760-1842)

chervil
noun fresh ferny parsley-like leaves used as a garnish with chicken and veal and omelets and green salads and spinach

Chesapeake Bay retriever
noun American breed having a short thick oily coat ranging from brown to light tan

Chesapeake Bay
noun a large inlet of the North Atlantic between Virginia and Maryland; fed by Susquehanna River

Cheshire cat
noun a fictional cat with a broad fixed smile on its face; created by Lewis Carroll

Cheshire cheese
noun a mild yellow English cheese with a crumbly texture

chess
chess game noun a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent`s king

chess club
noun a club of people to play chess

chess master
noun a chess player of great skill

chess match
noun a match between chess players

chess move
noun the act of moving a chess piece

chess player
noun someone who plays the game of chess

chess set
noun checkerboard and a set of 32 pieces used to play chess

chessboard
chess board noun a checkerboard used to play chess

chessman
chess piece noun any of 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess

chest
noun box with a lid; used for storage; usually large and sturdy

chest
pectus noun the part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates

chest cavity
thoracic cavity noun the cavity in the vertebrate body enclosed by the ribs between the diaphragm and the neck and containing the lungs and heart

chest of drawers
chest 1 bureau noun furniture with drawers for keeping clothes

chest pain
noun pain in the chest

chest protector
noun protective garment consisting of a pad worn in baseball by catchers and by football players

chest register
chest voice noun the lower ranges of the voice in speaking or singing

Chester
noun a city of southeastern Pennsylvania on the Delaware river (an industrial suburb of Philadelphia)

Chester A. Arthur
Chester Alan Arthur noun elected vice president and became 21st President of the United States when Garfield was assassinated (1830-1886)

chesterfield
noun a fitted overcoat with a velvet collar

Chesterton
G. K. Chesterton noun conservative English writer of the Roman Catholic persuasion; in addition to volumes of criticism and polemics he wrote detective novels featuring Father Brown (1874-1936)

chestnut
adjective (of hair) of a golden brown to reddish brown color; `a chestnut horse`; `chestnut hair`

chestnut blight
chestnut canker noun a disease of American chestnut trees

chestnut oak
noun an oak having leaves resembling those of chestnut trees

chestnut-brown
adjective (of hair) of brown tinged with chestnut

chestnut-colored
chestnut-coloured adjective having the color of chestnuts

chetrum
noun 100 chetrums equal 1 ngultrum in Bhutan

cheval glass
noun a full length mirror mounted in a frame in which it can be tilted

cheval-de-frise
chevaux-de-frise noun defensive structure consisting of a movable obstacle composed of barbed wire or spikes attached to a wooden frame; used to obstruct cavalry

Chevalier
noun French actor and cabaret singer (1888-1972)

Cheviot
noun hardy hornless sheep of the Cheviot Hills noted for its short thick wool

Cheviots
Cheviot Hills noun a range of hills on the border between England and Scotland

chevron
stripe noun V-shaped sleeve badge indicating military rank and service; `they earned their stripes in Kuwait`

chevrotain
mouse deer noun very small hornless deer-like ruminant of tropical Asia and west Africa

chew
chewing noun biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow

chew over
think over verb reflect deeply on a subject; `I mulled over the events of the afternoon`; `philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years`; `The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate`

chew the fat
shoot the breeze verb talk socially without exchanging too much information; `the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze`

Chewa
noun a member of a Negro people of Malawi and eastern Zambia and northern Zimbabwe

chewable
cuttable adjective easy to cut or chew

chewer
noun someone who chews (especially someone who chews tobacco)

chewing gum
gum noun a preparation (usually made of sweetened chicle) for chewing

chewink
cheewink noun common towhee of eastern North America

chewy
adjective (of a consistency) requiring chewing; `chewy caramels`

Cheyenne
noun the Algonquian language spoken by the Cheyenne

chi
khi noun the 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet

Chiacoan peccary
noun a recently discovered large wild pig of Paraguay

Chian
adjective of or relating to Chios

Chian turpentine
noun a turpentine exuded by the terebinth

Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang Chung-cheng noun Chinese military and political figure; in the Chinese civil war that followed World War II he was defeated by the Chinese communists and in 1949 was forced to withdraw to Taiwan where he served as president of Nationalist China until his death (1897-1975)

Chianti
noun dry red Italian table wine from the Chianti region of Tuscany

chiaroscuro
noun a monochrome picture made by using several different shades of the same color

chiasma
chiasm noun an intersection or crossing of two tracts in the form of the letter X

chiasmal
chiasmic adjective of or relating to a chiasm

chiasmus
noun inversion in the second of two parallel phrases

chic
smart adjective elegant and stylish; `chic elegance`; `a smart new dress`; `a suit of voguish cut`

Chicago
Windy City noun largest city in Illinois; a bustling Great Lakes port that extends 26 miles along the southwestern shoreline of Lake Michigan

chicane
noun a movable barrier used in motor racing; sometimes place before a dangerous corner to reduce speed as cars pass in single file

chicanery
chicane noun the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)

Chicano
noun a person of Mexican descent

Chichewa
noun the Bantu language of the Chewa of east central Africa

chichi
adjective affectedly trendy and fashionable

chichipe
Lemaireocereus chichipe noun tall treelike Mexican cactus with edible red fruit

chick
noun young bird especially of domestic fowl

chickadee
noun any of various small grey-and-black songbirds of North America

Chickamauga
battle of Chickamauga noun a Confederate victory in the American Civil War (1863); Confederate forces under Braxton Bragg defeated Union forces

Chickasaw
noun the Muskhogean language of the Chickasaw

chickasaw plum
hog plum 1 hog plum bush noun small native American shrubby tree bearing small edible yellow to reddish fruit

chicken
chickenhearted adjective easily frightened

chicken and rice
noun rice and chicken cooked together with or without other ingredients and variously seasoned

chicken broth
chicken stock noun a stock made with chicken

chicken cacciatore
chicken cacciatora noun chicken casserole prepared with tomatoes and mushrooms and herbs in the Italian style

chicken casserole
noun chicken cooked and served in a casserole

chicken coop
coop 1 hencoop noun a farm building for housing poultry

chicken cordon bleu
noun thin slices of chicken stuffed with cheese and ham and then sauteed

chicken farm
noun farm where chickens are raised for sale

chicken feed
scratch noun dry mash for poultry

chicken hawk
hen hawk noun nontechnical term for any hawks said to prey on poultry

chicken Kiev
noun pounded chicken cutlets rolled around butter (that has been seasoned with herbs) and then covered with crumbs and fried

chicken leg
chicken drumstick noun the lower joint of the leg of a chicken

Chicken Little
noun a fictional character who was hit on the head with an acorn and believed that the sky was falling

chicken liver
noun liver of a chicken used as meat

chicken louse
shaft louse noun a louse parasitic on poultry

chicken manure
noun chicken excreta used as fertilizer

chicken Marengo
noun braised chicken with onions and mushrooms in a wine and tomato sauce

chicken mousse
noun mousse made with chicken

chicken out
back off verb remove oneself from an obligation; `He bowed out when he heard how much work was involved`

chicken paprika
chicken paprikash noun chicken simmered in broth with onions and paprika then mixed with sour cream

chicken roundworm
Ascaridia galli noun intestinal parasite of domestic fowl

chicken salad
noun salad composed primarily of chopped chicken meat

chicken sandwich
noun a sandwich made with a filling of sliced chicken

chicken scratch
noun cramped or illegible handwriting

chicken snake
noun large North American snake

chicken soup
noun soup made from chicken broth

chicken stew
noun a stew made with chicken

chicken taco
noun a taco with a chicken filling