| chard |
a variety of cultivated beet having large leafstalks and leaves, which are used as a vegetable. |
| chardonnay |
(often cap.) a dry white table wine. [2 definitions] |
| charge |
to give (someone) a responsibility or duty. [22 definitions] |
| chargeable |
combined form of charge. |
| charge account |
a business arrangement between a buyer and seller in which the seller allows the buyer to charge purchases to an account, for which he or she will be billed later. |
| charge card |
see "credit card." |
| charged |
carrying electrical energy. |
| chargé d'affaires |
a foreign service official who takes charge of diplomatic business whenever an ambassador or minister is temporarily absent. [2 definitions] |
| charger |
a thing or person that charges. [3 definitions] |
| charging station |
a machine that supplies electrical energy to vehicles powered by electricity, or the place having such a machine. |
| chariness |
frugality or miserliness. [2 definitions] |
| chariot |
in ancient times, a two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle driven from a standing position. [3 definitions] |
| charioteer |
one who drives a chariot. [2 definitions] |
| charisma |
an unusual ability to influence people and arouse devotion. [2 definitions] |
| charismatic |
having unusually strong personal allure or appeal; marked by charisma. [3 definitions] |
| charitable |
generous in donations or benevolent actions for needy persons. [3 definitions] |
| charity |
something given to a needy person or persons; alms. [5 definitions] |
| charivari |
see "shivaree." |
| charlatan |
one who deceitfully claims to possess a particular skill or expertise; fraud; quack. |
| Charlemagne |
a king of the Franks and emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (742-814). |
| Charles Chaplin |
an English-born actor, director, and producer, esp. of U.S. films (b.1889--d.1977). |