| Chianti |
a dry Italian table wine, usu. red. |
| chiao |
see "jiao." |
| chiaroscuro |
the arrangement of contrasting light and shade in pictorial representation. |
| chic |
elegant or fashionable; stylish. [2 definitions] |
| Chicago |
a major U.S. city in Illinois near the southern tip of Lake Michigan. |
| Chicana |
a woman or girl of Mexican descent who lives in or is a citizen of the United States. |
| chicane |
trickery or deception; chicanery. [4 definitions] |
| chicanery |
deception by clever or cunning means. [2 definitions] |
| Chicano |
an American citizen or resident of Mexican descent. |
| chicha |
a beer of Central and South America made from fermented corn or fruit. |
| chichi |
ostentatiously showy or fashionable. |
| chick |
a newly hatched or immature bird or fowl, esp. a chicken. [3 definitions] |
| chickadee |
a small North American bird with a gray body and black head and throat. |
| chickaree |
see "red squirrel." |
| Chickasaw |
a member of a tribe of North American Indians originally of Mississippi, now in Oklahoma. [2 definitions] |
| chicken |
the common farm fowl, kept for its meat and eggs. [4 definitions] |
| chicken-fried |
dipped in batter or coated with flour and seasonings and fried. |
| chicken hawk |
any of various hawks that prey or are thought to prey on barnyard fowl, esp. chickens. |
| chicken-hearted |
(informal) cowardly; timid. |
| chicken-livered |
(informal) cowardly; timid. |
| chicken out |
(informal) to refrain from doing an intended thing because of fear; to lose one's courage to do something. |