chub | (noun) European freshwater game fish with a thick spindle-shaped body | Synonyms: Leuciscus cephalus |
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chubbiness | (noun) the property of having a plump and round body | Synonyms: pudginess, rolypoliness, tubbiness |
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chuck | (noun) a holding device consisting of adjustable jaws that center a workpiece in a lathe or center a tool in a drill | - |
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(noun) the part of a forequarter from the neck to the ribs and including the shoulder blade | - |
(noun) informal terms for a meal | Synonyms: chow, eats, grub |
chuckhole | (noun) a pit or hole produced by wear or weathering (especially in a road surface) | Synonyms: pothole |
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chuckle | (noun) a soft partly suppressed laugh | Synonyms: chortle |
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chuckwalla | (noun) a herbivorous lizard that lives among rocks in the arid parts of southwestern United States and Mexico | Synonyms: Sauromalus obesus |
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chuddar | (noun) a cloth used as a head covering (and veil and shawl) by Muslim and Hindu women | Synonyms: chadar, chaddar, chador |
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chufa | (noun) European sedge having small edible nutlike tubers | Synonyms: Cyperus esculentus, earth almond, ground almond, rush nut, yellow nutgrass |
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chug | (noun) the dull explosive noise made by an engine | - |
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chukka | (noun) a shoe that comes up to the ankle and is laced through two or three pairs of eyelets; often made of suede | Synonyms: chukka boot |
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(noun) (polo) one of six divisions into which a polo match is divided | Synonyms: chukker |
chukker | (noun) (polo) one of six divisions into which a polo match is divided | Synonyms: chukka |
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chum | (noun) a large Pacific salmon with small spots on its back; an important food fish | Synonyms: chum salmon, Oncorhynchus keta |
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(noun) bait consisting of chopped fish and fish oils that are dumped overboard to attract fish | - |
(noun) a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities | Synonyms: brother, buddy, crony, pal, sidekick |
chumminess | (noun) the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability | Synonyms: camaraderie, comradeliness, comradery, comradeship |
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chump | (noun) a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of | Synonyms: fall guy, fool, gull, mark, mug, patsy, soft touch, sucker |
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chunga | (noun) Argentinian Cariama | Synonyms: Chunga burmeisteri, seriema |
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chunk | (noun) a compact mass | Synonyms: ball, clod, clump, glob, lump |
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(noun) a substantial amount | - |
chunking | (noun) (psychology) the configuration of smaller units of information into large coordinated units | Synonyms: unitisation, unitization |
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chunnel | (noun) the railroad tunnel between France and England under the English Channel | Synonyms: Channel Tunnel |
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church | (noun) a service conducted in a house of worship | Synonyms: church service |
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(noun) a place for public (especially Christian) worship | Synonyms: church building |
(noun) one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship | Synonyms: Christian church |
(noun) the body of people who attend or belong to a particular local church | - |
churchgoer | (noun) a religious person who goes to church regularly | Synonyms: church member |
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churchman | (noun) a clergyman or other person in religious orders | Synonyms: cleric, divine, ecclesiastic |
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churchwarden | (noun) an officer in the Episcopal church who helps a parish priest with secular matters | - |
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churchyard | (noun) the yard associated with a church | Synonyms: God's acre |
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churidars | (noun) tight trousers worn by people from the Indian subcontinent (typically with a kameez or kurta) | - |
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churl | (noun) a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement | Synonyms: barbarian, boor, Goth, peasant, tike, tyke |
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(noun) a bad-tempered person | Synonyms: crank, crosspatch, grouch, grump |
(noun) a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend | Synonyms: niggard, scrooge, skinflint |
churn | (noun) a vessel in which cream is agitated to separate butterfat from buttermilk | Synonyms: butter churn |
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chute | (noun) sloping channel through which things can descend | Synonyms: slide, slideway, sloping trough |
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(noun) rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fall | Synonyms: parachute |
chutney | (noun) a spicy condiment made of chopped fruits or vegetables cooked in vinegar and sugar with ginger and spices | Synonyms: Indian relish |
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chutzpa | (noun) (Yiddish) unbelievable gall; insolence; audacity | Synonyms: chutzpah, hutzpah |
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chutzpah | (noun) (Yiddish) unbelievable gall; insolence; audacity | Synonyms: chutzpa, hutzpah |
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chutzpanik | (noun) (Yiddish) a person characterized by chutzpa | - |
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