One who deals in cheese.

A thin portion of the rind of a cheese. Scrimping; mean; as, cheeseparing economy.

The quality of being cheesy.

Having the nature, qualities, taste, form, consistency, or appearance of cheese.

A species of leopard (Cyn/lurus jubatus) tamed and used for hunting in India. The woolly cheetah of South Africa is Cyn/lurus laneus. It runs very fast in short spurts while hunting.

the common rufous-sided towhee of eastern North America, Pipilo erythrophthalmus.

A chief or head person.

A masterpiece; a capital work in art, literature, etc.

See Chigoe.

The process of forming an artificial tip or part of a lip, by using for the purpose a piece of healthy tissue taken from some neighboring part.

See Chilopoda.

One of the Chiroptera; -- an older spelling of chiropter.

An earlier spelling for Chiroptera, an order of Mammalia, including the bats, having four toes of each of the anterior limbs elongated and connected by a web, so that they can be used like wings in flying. See Chiroptera and Bat.

chiropterous; belonging to the Chiroptera, or Bat family.

The typical pentadactyloid limb of the higher vertebrates.

The art of reading character as it is delineated in the hand.

A genus of extinct animals, so named from fossil footprints rudely resembling impressions of the human hand, and believed to have been made by labyrinthodont reptiles. See Illustration in Appendix.

See Ciclatoun.

A turkish fabric of silk and cotton, with gold thread interwoven.

In India, a dependent person occupying a position between that of a servant or slave and a disciple; hence, a disciple or novice.

Same as Cheliferous.

a compound formed by combination of a metal ion in solution with a compound containing heteroatoms (such as oxygen or nitrogen), in which at least two heteroatoms are bound to the metal. The bonds may be covalent or non-covalent. Chelates in some cases have very low dissociation constants, and organic compounds (chelating agents) which form such chelates are therefore used to reduce the concentration of free metal ions in solution.

combined with a chelator so as to form a chelate; -- of metal ions.

a compound which forms a chelate with a metal ion.

the process of removing a heavy metal from a solution by means of a chelate; the treatment of lead or mercury poisoning by adding a chelating agent to the blood.

An alkaloidal principle obtained from the celandine, and named from the red color of its salts. It is a colorless crystalline substance, and acts as an acrid narcotic poison. It is identical with sanguinarine.

One of the anterior pair of mouth organs, terminated by a pincherlike claw, in scorpions and allied Arachnida. They are homologous with the falcers of spiders, and probably with the mandibles of insects.

having chelicerae.

The hollow at the flexure of the arm.

Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the celandine.

a genu having only one species; the greater celandine.

A small stone taken from the gizzard of a young swallow. -- anciently worn as a medicinal charm.

See Book scorpion, under Book.

Having cheliform claws, like a crab.

Having a movable joint or finger closing against a preceding joint or a projecting part of it, so that the whole may be used for grasping, as the claw of a crab; pincherlike.

A genus of hardy perennial flowering plants, of the order Scrophulariace/, natives of North America; -- called also snakehead, turtlehead, shellflower, etc.

an order comprising the false scorpions.

An order of reptiles, including the tortoises and turtles, peculiar in having a part of the vertebr/, ribs, and sternum united with the dermal plates so as to form a firm shell. The jaws are covered by a horny beak. See Reptilia; also, Illust. in Appendix.

Of or pertaining to animals of the tortoise kind. One of the Chelonia.

a natural family including the green turtles; hawksbills.

A genus of marine amphipod crustacea, which bore into and sometimes destroy timber.

A claw. See Chela.

a city in the Asian part of Russia.

a genus of snapping turtles.

a natural family comprising the snapping turtles.

Chemical.

A substance used for producing a chemical effect; a reagent.

According to chemical principles; by chemical process or operation.

Engraved by a voltaic battery.

Any mechanical engraving process depending upon chemical action; specif., a process of zinc etching not employing photography.

A garment for women, consisting of chemise and drawers united in one.

The sensitiveness exhibited by small free-swimming organisms, as bacteria, zoospores of alg/, etc., to chemical substances held in solution. They may be attracted (positive chemotaxis) or repelled (negative chemotaxis).

A shift, or undergarment, worn by women.

An under-garment, worn by women, usually covering the neck, shoulders, and breast.

The force exerted between the atoms of elementary substance whereby they unite to form chemical compounds; chemical attraction; affinity; -- sometimes used as a general expression for chemical activity or relationship.

A person versed in chemistry or given to chemical investigation; an analyst; a maker or seller of chemicals or drugs.

a retail shop where medicine and other articles are sold; a drugstore.

That branch of science which treats of the composition of substances, and of the changes which they undergo in consequence of alterations in the constitution of the molecules, which depend upon variations of the number, kind, or mode of arrangement, of the constituent atoms. These atoms are not assumed to be indivisible, but merely the finest grade of subdivision hitherto attained. Chemistry deals with the changes in the composition and constitution of molecules. See Atom, Molecule.

One of a number of processes by which an impression from an engraved plate is obtained in relief, to be used for printing on an ordinary printing press.

A term sometimes applied to the decomposition of organic substance into more simple bodies, by the use of chemical agents alone.

Chemical action taking place through an intervening membrane.

Pertaining to, or produced by, chemosmosis.

adsorption (especially when irreversible) by means of chemical instead of physical forces; as, chemosorption of gaseous nitrogen on iron catalysts.

having the capacity to adsorb by chemical as contrasted with physical forces.

Synthesis of organic compounds by energy derived from chemical changes or reactions. Chemosynthesis of carbohydrates occurs in the nitrite bacteria through the oxidation of ammonia to nitrous acid, and in the nitrate bacteria through the conversion of nitrous into nitric acid.

of or pertaining to chemotherapy; using chemotherapy; having properties beneficial for chemotherapy.

the use of chemical agents to treat or control disease (or mental illness); -- also used especially in reference to the use of chemicals to treat cancer.

a wild goose having white adult plumage.

small silvery marine food fish (Genyonemus lineatus) found off California.

A chinese reed instrument, with tubes, blown by the mouth.

Tufted cord, of silk or worsted, for the trimming of ladies' dresses, for embroidery and fringes, and for the weft of Chenille rugs.

An order of birds, including the swans, ducks, geese, flamingoes and screamers.

an order which corresponds approximately to the older group Centrospermae.

a genus of plants comprising the goosefoots and including the pigweed.

molding artificial teeth using low-fusing metals or alloys.

The European starling.

See Check.

Same as Checker.

A coin. See Sequin.

Same as Checky.

See Sherif.

A small downy-leaved tree (Anona Cherimolia), with fragrant flowers. It is a native of Peru.

To treat with tenderness and affection; to nurture with care; to protect and aid.

deeply loved or valued.

One who cherishes.

Encouragement; comfort.

See Kermes.

See Cony.

An Appalachian tribe of Indians, formerly inhabiting the region about the head waters of the Tennessee River. They are now mostly settled in the Indian Territory, and have become one of the most civilized of the Indian Tribes.

A kind of cigar, originally brought from Manila, in the Philippine Islands; now often made of inferior or adulterated tobacco.

Like a red cherry in color; ruddy; blooming; as, a cherry lip; cherry cheeks.

small quahog larger than a littleneck.

A peninsula; a tract of land nearly surrounded by water, but united to a larger tract by a neck of land or isthmus; as, the Cimbric Chersonese, or Jutland; the Tauric Chersonese, or Crimea.

An impure, massive, flintlike quartz or hornstone, of a dull color.

Like chert; containing chert; flinty.

A mysterious composite being, the winged footstool and chariot of the Almighty, described in Ezekiel i. and x.

Of or pertaining to cherubs; angelic.

The Hebrew plural of Cherub.. Cf. Seraphim.

A cherub.

A short, sharp, cheerful noise; a chirp; a chirrup; as, the cherup of a cricket.

A plant (Anthriscus cerefolium) with pinnately divided aromatic leaves, of which several curled varieties are used in soups and salads.

To choose

See Chasuble.

The wood louse.

A species of brome grass (Bromus secalinus) which is a troublesome weed in wheat fields, and is often erroneously regarded as degenerate or changed wheat; it bears a very slight resemblance to oats, and if reaped and ground up with wheat, so as to be used for food, is said to produce narcotic effects; -- called also cheat and Willard's bromus.

The wild service of Europe (Purus torminalis).

The board used in the game of chess, having eight rows of alternate light and dark squares, eight in each row. See Checkerboard.

The wooden mold in which cheese is pressed.

The platforms, consisting of two or more planks doweled together, for the flooring of a temporary military bridge.

Gravel or pebbles.

A piece used in the game of chess.

Mellow earth; mold.

A piece of oak bolted perpendicularly on the side of a vessel, to aid in drawing down and securing the clew of the mainsail.

Strife; contention; controversy.

Having (such) a chest; -- in composition; as, broad-chested; narrow-chested.

a davenport with upright armrests.

A variety of feldspar found in crystals in the county of Chester, Pennsylvania.

The chestnut tree.

Of or pertaining of a chestnut; of a reddish brown color; as, chestnut curls.

marked by a large or well-developed chest.