| chert |
a hard compact rock, esp. of quartz, found in limestone. |
| cherub |
a heavenly being, esp. one of the second order of angels, usu. represented as a winged child with a chubby face and rosy cheeks. [2 definitions] |
| chervil |
a plant of the parsley family having aromatic leaves and used as a seasoning or as a salad herb. [2 definitions] |
| Cheshire cat |
in the nineteenth-century children's novel Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, a grinning cat that magically disappears, his grin being the last to fade away. |
| Cheshvan |
variant of Heshvan. |
| chess1 |
a game of strategy for two people in which each player starts with a king and queen, two each of bishops, knights, and rooks, and eight pawns and in which the object is to trap the opponent's king. |
| chess2 |
any of a variety of weedy grasses, esp. cheat. |
| chess3 |
a floor board of a pontoon bridge. |
| chessboard |
a checkerboard used for playing chess. |
| chessman |
any one of the pieces used in playing chess. |
| chess pie |
a custardlike dessert baked in a pastry shell. |
| chest |
the upper front section of the human body between the neck and the abdomen. [4 definitions] |
| chested |
having or designating a particular type of chest or thorax (usu. used in combination). |
| chesterfield |
a tailored, single- or double-breasted topcoat having a velvet collar. [2 definitions] |
| Chester White |
a kind of large white hog first bred in Chester County, Pennsylvania. |
| chestnut |
an edible nut produced by a tree or shrub of the beech family and having a prickly shell. [5 definitions] |
| chest of drawers |
a large piece of furniture that has several drawers and is usu. set in a bedroom to hold clothing; dresser. |
| chesty |
(informal) having a large or well-developed chest or bosom. [2 definitions] |
| chetrum |
the smaller monetary unit of Bhutan. (Cf. ngultrum.) |
| cheval glass |
a full-length framed mirror mounted in such a way that it can be tilted or swiveled. |
| chevalier |
a member of one of various orders of merit, such as the Legion of Honor. [3 definitions] |