Nouns

chirpiness

noun

cheerful and lively

chittagong

noun

a port city and industrial center in southeastern Bangladesh...

chivaree

noun

a noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to...

chive

noun

perennial having hollow cylindrical leaves used for seasonin...

chittamwood

noun

shrubby tree of the Pacific coast of the United States; yiel...

chiasm

noun

an intersection or crossing of two tracts in the form of the...

chiasmus

noun

inversion in the second of two parallel phrases

chiasma

noun

an intersection or crossing of two tracts in the form of the...

chiaroscuro

noun

a monochrome picture made by using several different shades...

chichewa

noun

a member of the Bantu-speaking people of Malawi and eastern...

chimaera

noun

(Greek mythology) fire-breathing female monster with a lion'...

chinaberry

noun

evergreen of tropical America having pulpy fruit containing...

chinoiserie

noun

a style in art reflecting Chinese influence; elaborately dec...

chirography

noun

beautiful handwriting

chiropody

noun

the branch of medicine concerned with the feet

chios

noun

an island in the Aegean Sea off the west coast of Turkey; be...

chiroptera

noun

an old order dating to early Eocene: bats: suborder Megachir...

chiropteran

noun

nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form m...

chinookan

noun

a Penutian language spoken by the Chinook

chirico

noun

Italian painter (born in Greece) whose deep shadows and barr...

chitin

noun

a tough semitransparent horny substance; the principal compo...

chiromancer

noun

fortuneteller who predicts your future by the lines on your...

chlamys

noun

collective term for the outer parts of a flower consisting o...

chlordiazepoxide

noun

a tranquilizer (trade names Librium and Libritabs) used in t...

chiton

noun

primitive elongated bilaterally symmetrical marine mollusk h...

chlamydospore

noun

thick-walled asexual resting spore of certain fungi and alga...

chloasma

noun

a tan discoloration of a woman's face that is associated wit...

chloris

noun

tufted or perennial or annual grasses having runners: finger...

chlorambucil

noun

an alkylating agent (trade name Leukeran) used to treat some...

chloramine

noun

any of several compounds containing chlorine and nitrogen; u...

chlortetracycline

noun

a yellow crystalline antibiotic (trade name Aureomycin) used...

chloramphenicol

noun

an oral antibiotic (trade name Chloromycetin) used to treat...

chlorination

noun

disinfection of water by the addition of small amounts of ch...

chlorella

noun

any alga of the genus Chlorella

chlorenchyma

noun

parenchyma whose cells contain chloroplasts

chlorobenzene

noun

a colorless volatile flammable liquid with an almond odor th...

chlorinity

noun

a measure of the quantity of chlorine or other halides in wa...

chlorite

noun

a generally green or black mineral; it occurs as a constitue...

chloroacetophenone

noun

a tear gas that is weaker than CS gas but lasts longer

chloromycetin

noun

an oral antibiotic (trade name Chloromycetin) used to treat...

chlorophyl

noun

any of a group of green pigments found in photosynthetic org...

chloropicrin

noun

a heavy colorless insoluble liquid compound that causes tear...

chloroprene

noun

derivative of butadiene used in making neoprene by polymeriz...

chloroquine

noun

an antimalarial drug used to treat malaria and amebic dysent...

chlorophyll

noun

any of a group of green pigments found in photosynthetic org...

chloroplast

noun

plastid containing chlorophyll and other pigments; in plants...

chlorosis

noun

iron deficiency anemia in young women; characterized by weak...

chlorothiazide

noun

a diuretic drug (trade name Diuril) used in the treatment of...

choiceness

noun

the quality of being very good indeed

choirmaster

noun

the musical director of a choir