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.

Inflammatory swelling of the conjunctival tissue surrounding the cornea.

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.

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.

See Cheetah.

A measure of grain equal to 0.7218 of an imperial quarter, or 5.95 Winchester bushels.

See Chivachie.

See Chiefage.

A horse; hence, a support or frame.

A piece of timber or an iron barrel traversed with iron-pointed spikes or spears, five or six feet long, used to defend a passage, stop a breach, or impede the advance of cavalry, etc.

A horseman; a knight; a gallant young man.

See Cheval.

To come to an issue; to turn out; to succeed; as, to cheve well in a enterprise.

A hairlike envelope.

A river fish; the chub.

A variant of Chieftain.

Made of cheveril; pliant.

To make as pliable as kid leather.

The extreme end of the chancel or choir; properly the round or polygonal part.

A valuable breed of mountain sheep in Scotland, which takes its name from the Cheviot hills.

A machine for raising guns or mortar into their carriages.

One of the nine honorable ordinaries, consisting of two broad bands of the width of the bar, issuing, respectively from the dexter and sinister bases of the field and conjoined at its center.

Having a chevron; decorated with an ornamental figure of a zigzag from.

A bearing like a chevron, but of only half its width.

In the manner of a chevron; as, the field may be divided chevronwise.

A small ruminant of the family Tragulid/ a allied to the musk deer. It inhabits Africa and the East Indies. See Kanchil.

to repeatedly cause annoyance or concern to; to chevy; -- same as chivy.

A cry used in hunting.

To bite and grind with the teeth; to masticate.

That which is chewed; that which is held in the mouth at once; a cud.

easy to cut or chew.

One who chews.

A kind of meat pie.

biting your food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow.

An american bird (Pipilo erythrophthalmus) of the Finch family, so called from its note; -- called also rufous-sided towhee, towhee, towhee bunting and ground robin.

A warlike tribe of indians, related to the blackfeet, formerly inhabiting the region of Wyoming, but now mostly on reservations in the Indian Territory. They are noted for their horsemanship.

Of or pertaining to Chios, an island in the /gean Sea.

a dry red Italian table wine from the Chianti region of Tuscany.