chap | (noun) (usually in the plural) leather leggings without a seat; joined by a belt; often have flared outer flaps; worn over trousers by cowboys to protect their legs | - |
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(noun) a crack in a lip caused usually by cold | - |
(noun) a boy or man | Synonyms: blighter, bloke, cuss, fella, feller, fellow, gent, lad |
(noun) a long narrow depression in a surface | Synonyms: crack, cranny, crevice, fissure |
(verb) crack due to dehydration | - |
chaparral | (noun) dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes | Synonyms: bush, scrub |
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chapati | (noun) flat pancake-like bread cooked on a griddle | Synonyms: chapatti |
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chapatti | (noun) flat pancake-like bread cooked on a griddle | Synonyms: chapati |
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chapeau | (noun) headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim | Synonyms: hat, lid |
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chapel | (noun) a service conducted in a place of worship that has its own altar | Synonyms: chapel service |
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(noun) a place of worship that has its own altar | - |
chapelgoer | (noun) a Protestant in England who is not a member of the Church of England | Synonyms: Nonconformist |
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chaperon | (noun) one who accompanies and supervises a young woman or gatherings of young people | Synonyms: chaperone |
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(verb) accompany as a chaperone | Synonyms: chaperone |
chaperone | (noun) one who accompanies and supervises a young woman or gatherings of young people | Synonyms: chaperon |
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(verb) accompany as a chaperone | Synonyms: chaperon |
chapfallen | (adjective) brought low in spirit | Synonyms: chopfallen, crestfallen, deflated |
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chapiter | (noun) the upper part of a column that supports the entablature | Synonyms: cap, capital |
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chaplain | (noun) a clergyman ministering to some institution | - |
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chaplaincy | (noun) the position of chaplain | Synonyms: chaplainship |
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chaplainship | (noun) the position of chaplain | Synonyms: chaplaincy |
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chaplet | (noun) flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes | Synonyms: coronal, garland, lei, wreath |
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chapleted | (adjective) provided with a chaplet | - |
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chapman | (noun) archaic term for an itinerant peddler | - |
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chapped | (adjective) used of skin roughened as a result of cold or exposure | Synonyms: cracked, roughened |
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chapter | (noun) a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled | - |
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(noun) a series of related events forming an episode | - |
(noun) a local branch of some fraternity or association | - |
(noun) an ecclesiastical assembly of the monks in a monastery or even of the canons of a church | - |
(noun) any distinct period in history or in a person's life | - |
chapterhouse | (noun) a house used as a residence by a chapter of a fraternity | Synonyms: frat house, fraternity house |
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(noun) a building attached to a monastery or cathedral; used as a meeting place for the chapter | - |
hap | (noun) an accidental happening | - |
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(verb) come to pass | Synonyms: come about, fall out, go on, happen, occur, pass, pass off, take place |
haphazard | (adjective) marked by great carelessness | Synonyms: slapdash, slipshod, sloppy |
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(adjective) dependent upon or characterized by chance | Synonyms: hit-or-miss |
(adverb) without care; in a slapdash manner | Synonyms: haphazardly |
haphazardly | (adverb) in a random manner | Synonyms: arbitrarily, at random, every which way, indiscriminately, randomly, willy-nilly |
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(adverb) without care; in a slapdash manner | Synonyms: haphazard |
haphazardness | (noun) the quality of lacking any predictable order or plan | Synonyms: noise, randomness, stochasticity |
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hapless | (adjective) deserving or inciting pity | Synonyms: miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor, wretched |
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haploid | (adjective) of a cell or organism having a single set of chromosomes | Synonyms: haploidic, monoploid |
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(noun) (genetics) an organism or cell having only one complete set of chromosomes | - |
haploidic | (adjective) of a cell or organism having a single set of chromosomes | Synonyms: haploid, monoploid |
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haploidy | (noun) the condition of being haploid | - |
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haplosporidian | (noun) parasite in invertebrates and lower vertebrates of no known economic importance | - |
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haplotype | (noun) (genetics) a combination of alleles (for different genes) that are located closely together on the same chromosome and that tend to be inherited together | - |
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haply | (adverb) by accident | Synonyms: by chance, by luck |
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happen | (verb) come to pass | Synonyms: come about, fall out, go on, hap, occur, pass, pass off, take place |
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(verb) come into being; become reality | Synonyms: materialise, materialize |
(verb) happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance | Synonyms: bechance, befall |
(verb) come upon, as if by accident; meet with | Synonyms: bump, chance, encounter, find |
(verb) chance to be or do something, without intention or causation | - |
happening | (noun) an event that happens | Synonyms: natural event, occurrence, occurrent |
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happenstance | (noun) an event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental | Synonyms: coincidence |
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happily | (adverb) in an unexpectedly lucky way | - |
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(adverb) in a joyous manner | Synonyms: blithely, gayly, jubilantly, merrily, mirthfully |
happiness | (noun) emotions experienced when in a state of well-being | - |
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(noun) state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy | Synonyms: felicity |
happy | (adjective) enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure | - |
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(adjective) well expressed and to the point | Synonyms: well-chosen |
(adjective) marked by good fortune | Synonyms: felicitous |
(adjective) eagerly disposed to act or to be of service | Synonyms: glad |
haptic | (adjective) of or relating to or proceeding from the sense of touch | Synonyms: tactile, tactual |
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haptically | (adverb) by touch | Synonyms: tactually |
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haptoglobin | (noun) a protein in plasma that binds free hemoglobin and removes it (as from wounds) | - |
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mayhap | (adverb) by chance | Synonyms: maybe, peradventure, perchance, perhaps, possibly |
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methapyrilene | (noun) antihistamine used to treat allergic responses (as rhinitis or dermatitis or pruritus) | - |
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mishap | (noun) an instance of misfortune | Synonyms: misadventure, mischance |
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(noun) an unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate | Synonyms: bad luck, mischance |
misshapen | (adjective) so badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly | Synonyms: deformed, distorted, ill-shapen, malformed |
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misshapenness | (noun) an affliction in which some part of the body is misshapen or malformed | Synonyms: deformity, malformation |
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perhaps | (adverb) by chance | Synonyms: maybe, mayhap, peradventure, perchance, possibly |
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reshape | (verb) shape anew or differently | - |
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(verb) shape again or shape differently | Synonyms: remold |
rhaphe | (noun) a ridge that forms a seam between two parts | Synonyms: raphe |
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rhapsodic | (adjective) feeling great rapture or delight | Synonyms: ecstatic, enraptured, rapt, rapturous |
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rhapsodically | (adverb) in an ecstatic manner | Synonyms: ecstatically, rapturously |
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rhapsodise | (verb) say (something) with great enthusiasm | Synonyms: rhapsodize |
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(verb) recite a rhapsody | Synonyms: rhapsodize |
rhapsodize | (verb) say (something) with great enthusiasm | Synonyms: rhapsodise |
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(verb) recite a rhapsody | Synonyms: rhapsodise |
rhapsody | (noun) (in ancient Greece) an epic poem adapted for recitation | - |
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(noun) (music) a free instrumental composition in one extended movement; typically emotional or exuberant in character | - |
(noun) an enthusiastic expression of emotion | - |
shape | (noun) the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance | Synonyms: form |
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(noun) any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline) | Synonyms: configuration, conformation, contour, form |
(noun) the visual appearance of something or someone | Synonyms: cast, form |
(noun) alternative names for the body of a human being | Synonyms: anatomy, bod, build, chassis, figure, flesh, form, frame, human body, material body, physical body, physique, soma |
(noun) a perceptual structure | Synonyms: form, pattern |
(noun) a concrete representation of an otherwise nebulous concept | Synonyms: embodiment |
(noun) the state of (good) health (especially in the phrases `in condition' or `in shape' or `out of condition' or `out of shape') | Synonyms: condition |
(verb) give shape or form to | Synonyms: form |
(verb) shape or influence; give direction to | Synonyms: determine, influence, mold, mould, regulate |
(verb) make something, usually for a specific function | Synonyms: forge, form, mold, mould, work |
shaped | (adjective) having the shape of | - |
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(adjective) shaped to fit by or as if by altering the contours of a pliable mass (as by work or effort) | Synonyms: molded, wrought |
shapeless | (adjective) having no definite form or distinct shape | Synonyms: amorphous, formless |
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(adjective) lacking symmetry or attractive form | - |
shapelessly | (adverb) in a shapeless manner | - |
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shapelessness | (noun) the quality of lacking an esthetically pleasing shape | - |
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(noun) an amorphous or indefinite shape | - |
shapeliness | (noun) the quality of having a well-rounded body | Synonyms: curvaceousness, voluptuousness |
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shapely | (adjective) having a well-proportioned and pleasing shape | - |
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shaper | (noun) a machine tool for shaping metal or wood | Synonyms: shaping machine |
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(noun) a person who makes things | Synonyms: maker |
shaping | (adjective) forming or capable of forming or molding or fashioning | Synonyms: formative, plastic |
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(noun) the act of fabricating something in a particular shape | Synonyms: formation |
(noun) any process serving to define the shape of something | Synonyms: defining |
shipshape | (adjective) characterized by order and neatness; free from disorder | Synonyms: trim, well-kept |
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slaphappy | (adjective) dazed from or as if from repeated blows | Synonyms: punch-drunk, silly |
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(adjective) cheerfully irresponsible | Synonyms: carefree, devil-may-care, freewheeling, happy-go-lucky, harum-scarum |
unhappily | (adverb) in an unpleasant way | - |
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(adverb) in an unfortunate way | Synonyms: sadly |
unhappiness | (noun) emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being | Synonyms: sadness |
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(noun) state characterized by emotions ranging from mild discontentment to deep grief | - |
unhappy | (adjective) experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent | - |
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(adjective) generalized feeling of distress | Synonyms: distressed, dysphoric |
(adjective) marked by or producing unhappiness | Synonyms: infelicitous |
(adjective) causing discomfort | - |
unshaped | (adjective) incompletely or imperfectly shaped | Synonyms: unshapen |
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unshapely | (adjective) not well-proportioned and pleasing in shape | - |
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unshapen | (adjective) incompletely or imperfectly shaped | Synonyms: unshaped |
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whap | (verb) hit hard | Synonyms: bash, bonk, bop, sock, whop |
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