chamaeleon | (noun) lizard of Africa and Madagascar able to change skin color and having a projectile tongue | Synonyms: chameleon |
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chamarre | (noun) a fur-lined coat decorated with braid, worn in the sixteenth century. | Synonyms: chimer, simarre |
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chamber | (noun) a natural or artificial enclosed space | - |
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(noun) a room used primarily for sleeping | Synonyms: bedchamber, bedroom, sleeping accommodation, sleeping room |
(noun) a room where a judge transacts business | - |
(noun) an enclosed volume in the body | - |
(noun) a deliberative or legislative or administrative or judicial assembly | - |
(verb) place in a chamber | - |
chambered | (adjective) having compartmental chambers | - |
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chamberlain | (noun) the treasurer of a municipal corporation | - |
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(noun) an officer who manages the household of a king or nobleman | - |
chambermaid | (noun) a maid who is employed to clean and care for bedrooms (now primarily in hotels) | Synonyms: fille de chambre |
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chamberpot | (noun) a receptacle for urination or defecation in the bedroom | Synonyms: potty, thunder mug |
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chambray | (noun) a lightweight fabric woven with white threads across a colored warp | - |
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chameleon | (noun) lizard of Africa and Madagascar able to change skin color and having a projectile tongue | Synonyms: chamaeleon |
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(noun) a changeable or inconstant person | - |
chamfer | (noun) two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees | Synonyms: bevel, cant |
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(verb) cut a furrow into a columns | Synonyms: chase, furrow |
(verb) cut a bevel on; shape to a bevel | Synonyms: bevel |
chamfron | (noun) medieval plate armor to protect a horse's head | Synonyms: chanfron, front-stall, frontstall, testiere |
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chammy | (noun) a soft suede leather formerly from the skin of the chamois antelope but now from sheepskin | Synonyms: chammy leather, chamois, chamois leather, shammy, shammy leather |
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chamois | (noun) hoofed mammal of mountains of Eurasia having upright horns with backward-hooked tips | Synonyms: Rupicapra rupicapra |
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(noun) a soft suede leather formerly from the skin of the chamois antelope but now from sheepskin | Synonyms: chammy, chammy leather, chamois leather, shammy, shammy leather |
chamomile | (noun) Eurasian plant with apple-scented foliage and white-rayed flowers and feathery leaves used medicinally; in some classification systems placed in genus Anthemis | Synonyms: Anthemis nobilis, camomile, Chamaemelum nobilis |
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chamosite | (noun) a greenish grey or black silicate of iron and aluminum | - |
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champ | (noun) someone who has won first place in a competition | Synonyms: champion, title-holder |
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(verb) chew noisily or vigorously | Synonyms: chomp |
(verb) chafe at the bit, like horses | - |
champagne | (noun) a white sparkling wine either produced in Champagne or resembling that produced there | Synonyms: bubbly |
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champaign | (noun) extensive tract of level open land | Synonyms: field, plain |
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champerty | (noun) an unethical agreement between an attorney and client that the attorney would sue and pay the costs of the client's suit in return for a portion of the damages awarded | - |
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champion | (adjective) holding first place in a contest | Synonyms: prizewinning |
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(noun) someone who fights for a cause | Synonyms: fighter, hero, paladin |
(noun) someone who has won first place in a competition | Synonyms: champ, title-holder |
(noun) a person who backs a politician or a team etc. | Synonyms: admirer, booster, friend, protagonist, supporter |
(noun) someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field | Synonyms: ace, adept, genius, hotshot, maven, mavin, sensation, star, superstar, virtuoso, whiz, whizz, wiz, wizard |
(verb) protect or fight for as a champion | Synonyms: defend |
championship | (noun) the act of providing approval and support | Synonyms: backing, backup, patronage |
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(noun) a competition at which a champion is chosen | - |
(noun) the status of being a champion | Synonyms: title |
champleve | (adjective) (for metals) having areas separated by metal and filled with colored enamel and fired | Synonyms: cloisonne |
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