| Chinatown |
any neighborhood or region inhabited by Chinese in a foreign city. |
| chinaware |
tableware, ornaments, or the like made of china. |
| chincapin |
variant of chinquapin. |
| chinch |
see "chinch bug." [2 definitions] |
| chinch bug |
a small black and white insect that is destructive to grains and grasses. |
| chinchilla |
a small South American rodent that resembles a squirrel. [4 definitions] |
| chine |
a backbone, esp. of an animal; spine. [4 definitions] |
| Chinese |
a native or citizen of China, or a descendant thereof. [4 definitions] |
| Chinese boxes |
a set of boxes of graded sizes, the smaller nested inside the larger. |
| Chinese cabbage |
an edible lettucelike plant with a long cylindrical head of light-colored crisp leaves. |
| Chinese checkers |
a board game for two to six players in which marbles are moved across a pattern of holes that resembles a six-pointed star. |
| Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 |
an act signed into law in 1882 that barred Chinese laborers from immigrating to the U.S. for a period of ten years and, in addition, prohibited all Chinese immigrants from becoming naturalized citizens. Immigrants from China were not permitted naturalized citizenship until 1943. |
| Chinese lantern |
a collapsible lantern made of thin, often brightly decorated paper; Japanese lantern. |
| Chinese lantern plant |
a perennial plant grown for its orange, lantern-shaped, inflated seed casings; winter ground cherry. |
| Chinese puzzle |
an intricate, difficult puzzle or problem. |
| Chinese red |
a bright orange-red color. |
| Chink |
(offensive slang) a Chinese person. |
| chink1 |
a narrow crack; crevice; fissure. [3 definitions] |
| chink2 |
to make or cause to make a sharp, chimelike sound, as of two pieces of metal or glass striking together. [2 definitions] |
| chinkapin |
variant of chinquapin. |
| chinless |
combined form of chin. |