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

chopped
shredded adjective prepared by cutting; `sliced tomatoes`; `sliced ham`; `chopped clams`; `chopped meat`; `shredded cabbage`

chopped steak
chop steak noun a patty of ground cooked beef

chopper
pearly noun informal terms for a human `tooth`

chopper
noun a grounder that bounces high in the air

choppiness
noun used of the sea during inclement or stormy weather

chopping block
noun a steady wooden block on which food can be cut or diced or wood can be split

chopping board
cutting board noun a wooden board where meats or vegetables can be cut

choppy
jerky adjective marked by abrupt transitions; `choppy prose`

chopstick
noun one of a pair of slender sticks used as oriental tableware to eat food with

choragic
adjective pertaining to or characteristic of a choragus

choragus
noun (ancient Greece) leader of a group or festival; leader of a chorus

choral ode
noun ode sung by the chorus in classical Greek drama

chorale
choral noun a stately Protestant (especially Lutheran) hymn tune

chorale prelude
noun a composition for organ using a chorale as a basis for variations

chorally
adverb by a chorus; `chorally accompanied`

chord
noun a combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously when sounded together

chord
verb bring into consonance, harmony, or accord while making music or singing

chordal
adjective relating to or consisting of or emphasizing chords; `chordal assonance in modern music`; `chordal rather than contrapuntal music`

chordamesoderm
chordomesoderm noun the area of mesoderm that forms the notochord

Chordata
phylum Chordata noun comprises true vertebrates and animals having a notochord

chordate
adjective of or relating to or characteristic of the Chordata

chordate family
noun any family in the phylum Chordata

chordate genus
noun any genus in the phylum Chordata

Chordeiles
genus Chordeiles noun a genus of Caprimulgidae

chorditis
noun inflammation of the vocal cords

chordophone
noun a stringed instrument of the group including harps, lutes, lyres, and zithers

Chordospartium
genus Chordospartium noun 2 species of small New Zealand trees: weeping tree broom; endangered

chorea
noun any of several degenerative nervous disorders characterized by spasmodic movements of the body and limbs

choreic abasia
noun abasia related to abnormal movements of the legs

choreograph
verb plan and oversee the development and details of; `The meeting between the two Presidents had been carefully choreographed`

choreographer
noun someone who creates new dances

choreographic
adjective of or concerned with choreography

choreography
noun the representation of dancing by symbols as music is represented by notes

choric
adjective relating to or written for or in the style of a Greek chorus; `a choric Greek tragedy`

chorioallantois
chorioallantoic membrane noun very vascular fetal membrane composed of the fused chorion and adjacent wall of the allantois

choriomeningitis
noun a cerebral meningitis with cellular infiltration of the meninges

chorion
noun outermost membranous sac enclosing the embryo in higher vertebrates (reptiles, birds and mammals)

chorionic
adjective of or relating to a chorion; `a chorionic villus is a minute vascular projection on the fetal chorion`

chorionic villus
noun one of the tiny villi that stick out of the fetal chorion and combine with the mother`s uterine tissue to form the placenta

chorionic villus sampling
chorionic villus biopsy noun a prenatal test to detect birth defects at an early stage of pregnancy; tissue from the chorionic villi is assayed

chorioretinitis
noun inflammation of the choroid layer behind the retina

Choriotis
genus Choriotis noun Australian bustard

chorister
noun a singer in a choir

Chorizagrotis
genus Chorizagrotis noun moths whose larvae are army cutworms

Chorizema
genus Chorizema noun genus of Australian twining vines and small shrubs: flame peas

chorizo
noun a spicy Spanish pork sausage

choroid
choroid coat noun a highly vascular membrane in the eye between the retina and the sclera

choroid plexus
plexus choroideus noun a vascular plexus of the cerebral ventricles that regulate intraventricular pressure

choroid vein
vena choroidea noun either of two veins serving the choroid coat of the eye

choroidal artery
arteria choroidea noun an artery that supplies the choroid plexus

choropleth map
noun a map that uses graded differences in shading or color or the placing of symbols inside defined areas on the map in order to indicate the average values of some property or quantity in those areas

chortle
chuckle noun a soft partly suppressed laugh

chorus
noun any utterance produced simultaneously by a group; `a chorus of boos`

chorus
noun a company of actors who comment (by speaking or singing in unison) on the action in a classical Greek play

chorus frog
noun any of several small North American frogs having a loud call

chorus girl
showgirl noun a woman who dances in a chorus line

chorus line
noun a body of dancers or singers who perform together

chosen
adjective preferred above all others; `the chosen few`; `her chosen abode`

chosen people
noun any people believing themselves to be chosen by God

chough
noun a European corvine bird of small or medium size with red legs and glossy black plumage

chow
chuck 2 eats noun informal terms for a meal

chow line
noun a queue of people waiting for food to be served (especially at a military camp)

chow mein
noun chop suey served with fried noodles

chowder
noun a thick soup or stew made with milk and bacon and onions and potatoes

chrestomathy
noun a selection of passages from different authors that is compiled as an aid in learning a language

chrism
chrisom noun a consecrated ointment consisting of a mixture of oil and balsam

Christ`s-thorn
noun thorny Eurasian shrub with dry woody winged fruit

Christchurch
noun industrial city at the center of a rich agricultural region

christella
noun any of several tropical ferns of the genus Christella having thin brittle fronds

Christendom
noun the collective body of Christians throughout the world and history (found predominantly in Europe and the Americas and Australia); `for a thousand years the Roman Catholic Church was the principal church of Christendom`

christening
noun giving a Christian name at baptism

Christian
adjective relating to or characteristic of Christianity; `Christian rites`

Christian Church
noun a Protestant church that accepts the Bible as the only source of true Christian faith and practices baptism by immersion

Christian era
Common era noun the time period beginning with the supposed year of Christ`s birth

Christian holy day
noun a religious holiday for Christians

Christian liturgy
noun the Christian worship services

Christian name
baptismal name noun the first name given to Christians at birth or christening

Christian Science
Church of Christ Scientist noun Protestant denomination founded by Mary Baker Eddy in 1866

Christian Scientist
noun a member of the Protestant church founded in the United States by Mary Baker Eddy

Christian theology
noun the teachings of Christian churches

Christianity
Christian religion noun a monotheistic system of beliefs and practices based on the Old Testament and the teachings of Jesus as embodied in the New Testament and emphasizing the role of Jesus as savior

Christianization
Christianisation noun conversion to Christianity

Christianize
Christianise verb convert to Christianity; `missionaries have tried to Christianize native people all over the world`

christianly
adjective becoming to or like a Christian; `gentle christianly behavior`

Christie
Agatha Christie noun prolific English writer of detective stories (1890-1976)

christless
nonchristian adjective not believing in Christ

christlike
christly adjective resembling or showing the spirit of Christ

Christmas
Christmas Day noun a Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Christ; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland

Christmas
Christmastime noun period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6

Christmas begonia
blooming-fool begonia noun hybrid winter-blooming begonia grown for its many large pink flowers

Christmas bells
noun any of several plants of the genus Blandfordia having large orange or crimson flowers

Christmas berry
noun spiny evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having spreading branches usually blue or mauve flowers and red berries

Christmas box
noun a present given at Christmas for services during the year

Christmas bush
Christmas tree 4 Ceratopetalum gummiferum noun Australian tree or shrub with red flowers; often used in Christmas decoration

Christmas cactus
Schlumbergera buckleyi noun epiphytic cactus of Brazilian ancestry widely cultivated as a houseplant having jointed flat segments and usually rose-purple flowers that bloom in winter

Christmas cake
noun a rich fruitcake (usually covered with icing and marzipan) and eaten at Christmas

Christmas card
noun a card expressing a Christmas greeting

Christmas Eve
45627 noun the day before Christmas

Christmas factor
factor IX noun coagulation factor whose absence is associated with hemophilia B

Christmas fern
canker brake noun North American evergreen fern having pinnate leaves and dense clusters of lance-shaped fronds