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.

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.

The arrangement of light and dark parts in a work of art, such as a drawing or painting, whether in monochrome or in color. The art or practice of so arranging the light and dark parts as to produce a harmonious effect. Cf. Clair-obscur.

A painter who cares for and studies light and shade rather than color.

A commissure; an intersection or crossing of two tracts; especially, the optic commissure, or crucial union of the optic nerves.

of or pertaining to a chiasma.

An inversion of the order of words or phrases, when repeated or subsequently referred to in a sentence

A variety of andalusite; -- called also macle. The tessellated appearance of a cross section is due to the symmetrical arrangement of impurities in the crystal.

See Cibol.

A Turkish pipe, usually with a mouthpiece of amber, a stem, four or five feet long and not pliant, of some valuable wood, and a bowl of baked clay.

Original and in good taste or form; stylish; in current fashion, fashionable.

A red coloring matter. extracted from the Bignonia Chica, used by some tribes of South American Indians to stain the skin.

A Mexican prickly poppy (Argemone platyceras), which has migrated into California.

To use shifts, cavils, or artifices.

One who uses chicanery.

Mean or unfair artifice to perplex a cause and obscure the truth; stratagem; sharp practice; sophistry.

See Chicory.

The chick-pea.

See Chica.

A fabulous cow of enormous size, whose food was patient wives, and which was therefore in very lean condition.

A leguminous plant (Lathyrus sativus), with broad flattened seeds which are sometimes used for food.

A chicken.

A sentimental motion picture that appeals particularly to women. See flick, n., movie.

A Small leguminous plant (Cicer arietinum) of Asia, Africa, and the south of Europe; the chich; the dwarf pea; the gram.

A chicken; a fowl; also, a trivial term of endearment for a child.

A small bird, the blackcap titmouse (Parus atricapillus), of North America; -- named from its note.

The American red squirrel (Tamiasciurus Hudsonius, formerly Sciurus Hudsonius); -- so called from its cry.

A tribe of North American Indians (Southern Appalachian) allied to the Choctaws. They formerly occupied the northern part of Alabama and Mississippi, but now live in the Indian Territory.

A young bird or fowl, esp. a young barnyard fowl.