Nouns

chrysotile

noun

a grey or green fibrous mineral; an important source of comm...

chrysoprase

noun

a green variety of chalcedony valued as a gemstone

chrysoberyl

noun

a rare hard yellow green mineral consisting of beryllium alu...

chrysomelid

noun

brightly colored beetle that feeds on plant leaves; larvae i...

chrysolite

noun

a brown or yellow-green olivine found in igneous and metamor...

chubbiness

noun

the property of having a plump and round body

chuckhole

noun

a pit or hole produced by wear or weathering (especially in...

chuckwalla

noun

a herbivorous lizard that lives among rocks in the arid part...

chuddar

noun

a cloth used as a head covering (and veil and shawl) by Musl...

chukka

noun

a shoe that comes up to the ankle and is laced through two o...

chukker

noun

(polo) one of six divisions into which a polo match is divid...

chumminess

noun

the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability

chukchi

noun

an indigenous and isolated language of unknown origin spoken...

chunnel

noun

the railroad tunnel between France and England under the Eng...

chutzpa

noun

(Yiddish) unbelievable gall; insolence; audacity

chufa

noun

European sedge having small edible nutlike tubers

chyle

noun

a milky fluid consisting of lymph and emulsified fats; forme...

chuvash

noun

a member of a people of Turkic speech living in the Volga re...

churidars

noun

tight trousers worn by people from the Indian subcontinent (...

chyme

noun

a semiliquid mass of partially digested food that passes fro...

ciardi

noun

United States poet and critic (1916-1986)

chymosin

noun

an enzyme that occurs in gastric juice; causes milk to coagu...

cicatrix

noun

a mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured...

cicatrice

noun

a mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured...

cilium

noun

any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of th...

ciliata

noun

class of protozoa having cilia or hairlike appendages on par...

cinquefoil

noun

any of a numerous plants grown for their five-petaled flower...

cinchonine

noun

an alkaloid derivative of the bark of cinchona trees that is...

cinchona

noun

any of several trees of the genus Cinchona

cincture

noun

a band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt...

cincinnatus

noun

Roman statesman regarded as a model of simple virtue; he twi...

cineraria

noun

herb of Canary Islands widely cultivated for its blue or pur...

cingulum

noun

(anatomy) an encircling structure (as the ridge around the b...

cinerarium

noun

a niche for a funeral urn containing the ashes of the cremat...

cinnamene

noun

a colorless oily liquid; the monomer for polystyrene

circassian

noun

a member of the Sunni Muslim people living in northwestern C...

circe

noun

(Greek mythology) a sorceress who detained Odysseus on her i...

circinus

noun

a small faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near...

circlet

noun

a small circle

circumflex

noun

a diacritical mark (^) placed above a vowel in some language...

circumnavigation

noun

traveling around something (by ship or plane)

circumscription

noun

the act of circumscribing

circumvolution

noun

the act of turning or winding or folding around a central ax...

circumvention

noun

the act of evading by going around

cirripede

noun

marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages; f...

circularization

noun

circulating printed notices as a means of advertising

cirriped

noun

marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages; f...

cirrocumulus

noun

a cloud at a high altitude consisting of a series of regular...

cirrostratus

noun

a thin uniform layer of hazy cloud at high altitude

cisterna

noun

a sac or cavity containing fluid especially lymph or cerebro...