| anchor | (noun) a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving | Synonyms: ground tackle |
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| (noun) a central cohesive source of support and stability | Synonyms: backbone, keystone, linchpin, lynchpin, mainstay |
| (noun) a television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which several correspondents contribute | Synonyms: anchorman, anchorperson |
| anchorage | (noun) the act of anchoring | - |
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| (noun) place for vessels to anchor | Synonyms: anchorage ground |
| (noun) a fee for anchoring | - |
| (noun) the condition of being secured to a base | - |
| (noun) the provision of a sense of security or steadfastness | - |
| anchorite | (noun) one retired from society for religious reasons | Synonyms: hermit |
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| anchorman | (noun) a television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which several correspondents contribute | Synonyms: anchor, anchorperson |
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| anchorperson | (noun) a television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which several correspondents contribute | Synonyms: anchor, anchorman |
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| cephalochordate | (noun) fish-like animals having a notochord rather than a true spinal column | - |
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| choragus | (noun) (ancient Greece) leader of a group or festival; leader of a chorus | - |
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| choral | (noun) a stately Protestant (especially Lutheran) hymn tune | Synonyms: chorale |
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| chorale | (noun) a stately Protestant (especially Lutheran) hymn tune | Synonyms: choral |
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| chord | (noun) a combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously when sounded together | - |
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| (noun) a straight line connecting two points on a curve | - |
| chordamesoderm | (noun) the area of mesoderm that forms the notochord | Synonyms: chordomesoderm |
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| chordate | (noun) any animal of the phylum Chordata having a notochord or spinal column | - |
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| chorditis | (noun) inflammation of the vocal cords | - |
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| (noun) inflammation of the spermatic cord or vocal cords or vocal folds | - |
| chordomesoderm | (noun) the area of mesoderm that forms the notochord | Synonyms: chordamesoderm |
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| chordophone | (noun) a stringed instrument of the group including harps, lutes, lyres, and zithers | - |
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| chore | (noun) a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee | Synonyms: job, task |
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| chorea | (noun) any of several degenerative nervous disorders characterized by spasmodic movements of the body and limbs | - |
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| (noun) chorea in dogs | Synonyms: canine chorea |
| choreographer | (noun) someone who creates new dances | - |
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| choreography | (noun) a show involving artistic dancing | Synonyms: stage dancing |
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| (noun) the representation of dancing by symbols as music is represented by notes | - |
| (noun) a notation used by choreographers | - |
| chorine | (noun) a woman who dances in a chorus line | Synonyms: chorus girl, showgirl |
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| chorioallantois | (noun) the very vascular fetal membrane composed of the fused chorion and adjacent wall of the allantois | Synonyms: chorioallantoic membrane |
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| choriomeningitis | (noun) a cerebral meningitis with cellular infiltration of the meninges | - |
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| chorion | (noun) the outermost membranous sac enclosing the embryo in higher vertebrates (reptiles, birds and mammals) | - |
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| chorioretinitis | (noun) inflammation of the choroid layer behind the retina | - |
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| chorister | (noun) a singer in a choir | - |
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| chorizo | (noun) a spicy Spanish pork sausage | - |
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| choroid | (noun) a highly vascular membrane in the eye between the retina and the sclera; a dark pigmentation minimizes the scattering of light inside the eye | Synonyms: choroid coat |
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| chortle | (noun) a soft partly suppressed laugh | Synonyms: chuckle |
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| chorus | (noun) the part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of singers | Synonyms: refrain |
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| (noun) any utterance produced simultaneously by a group | - |
| (noun) a group of people assembled to sing together | - |
| (noun) a body of dancers or singers who perform together | Synonyms: chorus line |
| (noun) a company of actors who comment (by speaking or singing in unison) on the action in a classical Greek play | Synonyms: Greek chorus |
| clavichord | (noun) an early stringed instrument like a piano but with more delicate sound | - |
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| corchorus | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Corchorus having large leaves and cymose clusters of yellow flowers; a source of jute | - |
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| harpsichord | (noun) a clavier with strings that are plucked by plectra mounted on pivots | Synonyms: cembalo |
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| harpsichordist | (noun) someone who plays the harpsichord | - |
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| ichor | (noun) a fluid product of inflammation | Synonyms: festering, purulence, pus, sanies, suppuration |
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| (noun) (Greek mythology) the rarified fluid said to flow in the veins of the Gods | - |
| kinetochore | (noun) a specialized condensed region of each chromosome that appears during mitosis where the chromatids are held together to form an X shape | Synonyms: centromere |
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| mantichora | (noun) a mythical monster having the head of man (with horns) and the body of a lion and the tail of a scorpion | Synonyms: manticora, manticore, mantiger |
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| notochord | (noun) a flexible rodlike structure that forms the supporting axis of the body in the lowest chordates and lowest vertebrates and in embryos of higher vertebrates | - |
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| orthochorea | (noun) a form of chorea in which spasms occur mainly when the patient is erect | - |
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| schorl | (noun) black tourmaline | - |
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| terpsichore | (noun) taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music | Synonyms: dance, dancing, saltation |
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| terpsichorean | (noun) a performer who dances professionally | Synonyms: dancer, professional dancer |
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| urochord | (noun) a notochord of a larval tunicate typically confined to the caudal region | - |
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| (noun) primitive marine animal having a saclike unsegmented body and a urochord that is conspicuous in the larva | Synonyms: tunicate, urochordate |
| urochordate | (noun) primitive marine animal having a saclike unsegmented body and a urochord that is conspicuous in the larva | Synonyms: tunicate, urochord |
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