| chiffonier |
a tall, narrow chest of drawers, often with a mirror attached at the top. |
| chigger |
a tiny parasitic mite larva that lives in the skin of vertebrates, causing severe itching and possible spreading of infectious disease. [2 definitions] |
| chignon |
a hairstyle in which a woman's long hair is coiled, rolled, or twisted and secured at the nape of the neck or back of the head. |
| chigoe |
a kind of tropical flea, the fertile female of which lives parasitically in the skin of humans and other animals, where she swells with eggs and causes severe irritation and often infection. |
| Chihuahua |
a Mexican state on the northern border, or its capital. [2 definitions] |
| chilblain |
(usu. pl.) an irritation or inflammation of the skin, usu. of the hands, feet, or face, caused by exposure to dampness and cold. |
| child |
a young human; baby. [5 definitions] |
| childbearing |
the process of conceiving, carrying, and giving birth to a child. [2 definitions] |
| childbed |
the condition of a woman as she gives birth to a child. |
| childbirth |
the act or occasion of giving birth to a child; parturition. |
| child care |
the practice, service, or business of caring for other people's children, esp. young children whose parents work outside the home. |
| childhood |
the period or state of being a child. |
| childish |
typical of or appropriate for a child. [2 definitions] |
| child labor |
the full-time employment of children under a minimum age specified by law. |
| childless |
not having a son or daughter.. |
| childlike |
like or appropriate to a child, esp. in simplicity, openness, or innocence. |
| childproof |
made or arranged so as to be free from potential damage by children or from hazardous misuse by them. [2 definitions] |
| child-rearing |
the process of raising children, including taking care of their daily needs as well as actively or indirectly instilling values in them. |
| children |
pl. of child. |
| child's play |
something that is very easily done; cinch. |
| Chile |
a South American country on the Pacific coast south of Peru. |