anchusa | (noun) any of various Old World herbs of the genus Anchusa having one-sided clusters of trumpet-shaped flowers | - |
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brochure | (noun) a small book usually having a paper cover | Synonyms: booklet, folder, leaflet, pamphlet |
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bronchus | (noun) either of the two main branches of the trachea | Synonyms: bronchial tube |
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catechu | (noun) East Indian spiny tree having twice-pinnate leaves and yellow flowers followed by flat pods; source of black catechu | Synonyms: Acacia catechu, Jerusalem thorn |
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(noun) extract of the heartwood of Acacia catechu used for dyeing and tanning and preserving fishnets and sails; formerly used medicinally | Synonyms: black catechu |
catechumen | (noun) a new convert being taught the principles of Christianity by a catechist | Synonyms: neophyte |
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cetchup | (noun) thick spicy sauce made from tomatoes | Synonyms: catsup, ketchup, tomato ketchup |
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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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chubby | (adjective) sufficiently fat so as to have a pleasing fullness of figure | Synonyms: embonpoint, plump |
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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 |
(verb) eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth | Synonyms: barf, be sick, cast, cat, disgorge, honk, puke, purge, regorge, regurgitate, retch, sick, spew, spue, throw up, upchuck, vomit, vomit up |
(verb) throw carelessly | Synonyms: toss |
(verb) pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, especially under the chin | Synonyms: pat |
(verb) throw away | Synonyms: ditch |
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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(verb) laugh quietly or with restraint | Synonyms: chortle, laugh softly |
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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chuff | (verb) blow hard and loudly | Synonyms: huff, puff |
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chuffed | (adjective) very pleased | - |
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chug | (noun) the dull explosive noise made by an engine | - |
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(verb) make a dull, explosive sound | - |
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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chummy | (adjective) (used informally) associated on close terms | Synonyms: buddy-buddy, thick |
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(adjective) (used colloquially) having the relationship of friends or pals | Synonyms: matey, pally, palsy-walsy |
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 | - |
(verb) group or chunk together in a certain order or place side by side | Synonyms: collocate, lump |
(verb) put together indiscriminately | Synonyms: lump |
chunking | (noun) (psychology) the configuration of smaller units of information into large coordinated units | Synonyms: unitisation, unitization |
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chunky | (adjective) short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature | Synonyms: dumpy, low-set, squat, squatty, stumpy |
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(adjective) like or containing small sticky lumps | Synonyms: lumpy |
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 | - |
(verb) perform a special church rite or service for | - |
churchgoer | (noun) a religious person who goes to church regularly | Synonyms: church member |
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churchgoing | (adjective) actively practicing a religion | - |
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churchly | (adjective) resembling or suggesting or appropriate to a church | - |
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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 |
churlish | (adjective) having a bad disposition; surly | - |
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(adjective) rude and boorish | - |
churlishly | (adverb) in a churlish manner | Synonyms: surlily |
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churn | (noun) a vessel in which cream is agitated to separate butterfat from buttermilk | Synonyms: butter churn |
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(verb) stir (cream) vigorously in order to make butter | - |
(verb) be agitated | Synonyms: boil, moil, roil |
churning | (adjective) (of a liquid) agitated vigorously; in a state of turbulence | Synonyms: roiled, roiling, roily, turbulent |
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(adjective) moving with or producing or produced by vigorous agitation | Synonyms: churned-up |
churr | (verb) make a vibrant sound, as of some birds | Synonyms: whirr |
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churrigueresco | (adjective) having elaborate symmetrical ornamentation | Synonyms: baroque, churrigueresque |
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churrigueresque | (adjective) having elaborate symmetrical ornamentation | Synonyms: baroque, churrigueresco |
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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 |
(verb) jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute | Synonyms: jump, 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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deinonychus | (noun) swift agile wolf-sized bipedal dinosaur having a large curved claw on each hind foot; of the Cretaceous | - |
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embouchure | (noun) the aperture of a wind instrument into which the player blows directly | Synonyms: mouthpiece |
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fichu | (noun) a lightweight triangular scarf worn by a woman | - |
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hachure | (noun) shading consisting of multiple crossing lines | Synonyms: crosshatch, hatch, hatching |
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interchurch | (adjective) occurring between or among or common to different churches or denominations | Synonyms: interdenominational |
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ketchup | (noun) thick spicy sauce made from tomatoes | Synonyms: catsup, cetchup, tomato ketchup |
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matchup | (noun) the pairing of people or things as for comparison or competition | Synonyms: match-up |
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nonchurchgoing | (adjective) no longer active or practicing | Synonyms: lapsed |
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pachuco | (noun) a Mexican-American teenager who belongs to a neighborhood gang and who dresses in showy clothes | - |
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parachute | (noun) rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fall | Synonyms: chute |
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(verb) jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute | Synonyms: chute, jump |
parachuter | (noun) a person who jumps from aircraft using a parachute | Synonyms: parachute jumper, parachutist |
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parachuting | (noun) descent with a parachute | Synonyms: jump |
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parachutist | (noun) a person who jumps from aircraft using a parachute | Synonyms: parachute jumper, parachuter |
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rhonchus | (noun) a sound like whistling or snoring that is heard with a stethoscope during expiration as air passes through obstructed channels | - |
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rockchuck | (noun) heavy-bodied yellowish-brown marmot of rocky areas of western North America | Synonyms: Marmota flaviventris, yellowbelly marmot |
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schuss | (verb) ski downhill | - |
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taichichuan | (noun) a Chinese system of slow meditative physical exercise designed for relaxation and balance and health | Synonyms: t'ai chi, t'ai chi chuan, tai chi, tai chi chuan, taichi |
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trichuriasis | (noun) infestation by a roundworm; common in tropical areas with poor sanitation | - |
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unchurch | (verb) exclude from a church or a religious community | Synonyms: curse, excommunicate |
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upchuck | (verb) eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth | Synonyms: barf, be sick, cast, cat, chuck, disgorge, honk, puke, purge, regorge, regurgitate, retch, sick, spew, spue, throw up, vomit, vomit up |
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woodchuck | (noun) reddish brown North American marmot | Synonyms: groundhog, Marmota monax |
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