a genus of shrubs of tropical and subtropical New World.

a genus of deciduous trees or shrubs: fringe tree.

Same as Chopine, n.

A piece of wood, stone, or other substance, separated by an ax, chisel, or cutting instrument.

a cheap hard material made from wood chips that are pressed together and bound with synthetic resin.

A squirrel-like animal of the genus Tamias, sometimes called the striped squirrel, chipping squirrel, ground squirrel, hackee. The common species of the United States is the Tamias striatus.

having a small piece broken off; as, a chipped tooth.

Designating furniture designed, or like that designed, by Thomas Chippendale, an English cabinetmaker of the 18th century. Chippendale furniture was generally of simple but graceful outline with delicately carved rococo ornamentation, sculptured either in the solid wood or, in the cheaper specimens, separately and glued on. In the more elaborate pieces three types are recognized: French Chippendale, having much detail, like Louis Quatorze and Louis Quinze; Chinese Chippendale, marked by latticework and pagodalike pediments; and Gothic Chippendale, attempting to adapt medieval details. The forms, as of the cabriole and chairbacks, often resemble Queen Anne. In chairs, the seat is widened at the front, and the back toward the top widened and bent backward, except in Chinese Chippendale, in which the backs are usually rectangular.

Lively; cheerful; talkative.

A tribe of Indians formerly inhabiting the northern and western shores of Lake Superior; -- called also Objibways.

A chip; a piece separated by a cutting or graving instrument; a fragment.

A small American sparrow (Spizella socialis), very common near dwelling; -- also called chipping bird and chipping sparrow, from its simple note.

A ship's carpenter.

Gout in the hand.

Having the gout in the hand, or subject to that disease.

A plant (Agathotes Chirayta) found in Northern India, having medicinal properties to the gentian, and esteemed as a tonic and febrifuge.

Lively; cheerful; in good spirits.

To chirp or to make a mournful cry, as a bird.

Clamor, or confused noise; buzzing.

The art of judging character by the shape and appearance of the hand.

A writing which, requiring a counterpart, was engrossed twice on the same piece of parchment, with a space between, in which was written the word chirographum, through which the parchment was cut, and one part given to each party. It answered to what is now called a charter party. The last part of a fine of land, commonly called the foot of the fine.

One who practice the art or business of writing or engrossing.

Of or pertaining to chirography.

A chirographer; a writer or engrosser.

The art of writing or engrossing; handwriting; as, skilled in chirography.

A mechanical contrivance for exercising the fingers of a pianist.

Relating to chirology.

One who communicates thoughts by signs made with the hands and fingers.

The art or practice of using the manual alphabet or of communicating thoughts by sings made by the hands and fingers; a substitute for spoken or written language in intercourse with the deaf and dumb. See Dactylalogy.

One who practices chiromancy.

The art or practice of foretelling events, or of telling the fortunes or the disposition of persons by inspecting the hand; palmistry.

Of or pertaining to chiromancy.

A chiromancer.

Relating to chironomy.

The art of moving the hands in oratory or in pantomime; gesture

An instrument to guid the hands and fingers of pupils in playing on the piano, etc.

One who treats diseases of the hands and feet; especially, one who removes corns and bunions.

The art of treating diseases of the hands and feet.

a method of medical treatment that manipulates body structures, especially the spine, in the belief that it restores proper nerve functioning.

a therapist who practics chiropractic.

any mammal belonging to the order chiroptera; a bat.

an ancient order of mammalia dating to the early Eocene, including the bats. They are nocturnal mouselike mammals having four toes of each of the anterior limbs elongated and connected by a web, so that they form membranous wings that can be used in flying. They also have anatomical adaptations, including large ears, for echolocation, by which they navigate and in some cases find insects. The order includes the suborders Megachiroptera (the fruit bats) and Microchiroptera (insectivorous bats). See Bat. Previously spelled cheiroptera.

nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.

A fortune teller.

A short, sharp note, as of a bird or insect.

One who chirps, or is cheerful.

Cheering; enlivening.

In a chirping manner.

To coo, as a pigeon.

The act of chirping; a chirp.

Cheerful; joyous; chatty.

A surgeon.

Surgically.

Surgery.

Surgical

To cut, pare, gouge, or engrave with a chisel; as, to chisel a block of marble into a statue.

a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud.

one of the two major languages of Zimbabwe.

The capital city of Moldova. Population (2000) = 676,700.

The third month of the Jewish civil year; the ninth month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar, occupying a part of November and a part of December; -- same as Kislev.

Chideth.

Familiar or trifling talk; prattle.

A white amorphous horny substance forming the harder part of the outer integument of insects, crustacea, and various other invertebrates; entomolin.

The process of becoming chitinous.

Having the nature of chitin; consisting of, or containing, chitin.

small intestines of hogs prepared as food.

An under garment among the ancient Greeks, nearly representing the modern shirt.

a shrubby tree of the U. S. Pacific coast (Rhamnus purshianus or Rhamnus purshiana), whose bark is the cascara sagrada, used as a mild cathartic or laxative.

To chirp in a tremulous manner, as a bird.

The frill to the breast of a shirt, which when ironed out resembled the small entrails. See Chitterlings.

The smaller intestines of swine, etc., fried for food.

The axis deer of India.

Full of chits or sprouts.

A short letter or note; a written message or memorandum; a certificate given to a servant; a pass, or the like.

A cavalry raid; hence, a military expedition.

Relating to chivalry; knightly; chivalrous.

Pertaining to chivalry or knight-errantry; warlike; heroic; gallant; high-spirited; high-minded; magnanimous.

In a chivalrous manner; gallantly; magnanimously.

A body or order of cavaliers or knights serving on horseback; illustrious warriors, collectively; cavalry.

a noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to a newly married couple.

Leggings.

A filament of a stamen.

A perennial plant (Allium Schoenoprasum), allied to the onion, having hollow cylindrical leaves used for seasoning. The young leaves are used in omelets, etc.

same as chivy.

To goad, drive, hunt, throw, or pitch; to repeatedly cause annoyance or concern to.

Having a mantle; -- applied to certain gastropods.

a coccoid rickettsia which may infect birds and mammals; it causes infections of eyes and lungs and the genitourinary tract.

A natural family of gram-negative bacteria which are parasites in warm-blooded vertebrates.

A natural family of green algae some of which are colored red by hematochrome.

The type genus of the Chlamydomonadaceae; they are solitary biflagellated plantlike algae common in fresh water and damp soil. They multiply freely and are often a pest around filtration plants.

a genus of frilled lizards.

A small South American edentate (Chlamyphorus truncatus, and Chlamyphorus retusus) allied to the armadillo. It is covered with a leathery shell or coat of mail, like a cloak, attached along the spine.

A loose and flowing outer garment, worn by the ancient Greeks; a kind of cloak.

A cutaneous affection characterized by yellow or yellowish brown pigmented spots.

A colorless oily liquid, CCl3.CHO, of a pungent odor and harsh taste, obtained by the action of chlorine upon ordinary or ethyl alcohol.

a chemical substance (CCl3.CH(OH)2) which is a hydrate of trichloroacetaldehyde. It crystallizes as white monoclinic plates, obtained by treating chloral with water. It produces sleep when taken internally or hypodermically, and is used in medicine as a hypnotic and sedative; -- called also chloral

A compound of chloral and formic amide used to produce sleep.

A morbid condition of the system resulting from excessive use of chloral.

An impure aqueous solution of chloride of aluminium, used as an antiseptic and disinfectant.

A yellow crystalline substance, C6Cl4.O2, regarded as a derivative of quinone, obtained by the action of chlorine on certain benzene derivatives, as aniline.

A salt of chloric acid; as, chlorate of potassium.

See Aurochloride.

Same as Hydrochloric.

One of a class of compounds formed from certain polybasic alcohols (and especially glycerin) by the substitution of chlorine for one or more hydroxyl groups.

Pertaining to, or obtained from, chlorine; -- said of those compounds of chlorine in which this element has a valence of five, or the next to its highest; as, chloric acid, HClO3.

To treat or prepare with a chloride, as a plate with chloride of silver, for the purposes of photography.

A binary compound of chlorine with another element or radical; as, chloride of sodium (common salt).

Of or pertaining to a chloride; containing a chloride.

See Chloridate.

See Chlorometry.

To treat, or cause to combine, with chlorine.

The act or process of subjecting anything to the action of chlorine; especially, a process for the extraction of gold by exposure of the auriferous material to chlorine gas.

One of the elementary substances, commonly isolated as a greenish yellow gas, two and one half times as heavy as air, of an intensely disagreeable suffocating odor, and exceedingly poisonous. It is abundant in nature, the most important compound being common salt (Sodium chloride). It is powerful oxidizing, bleaching, and disinfecting agent. Symbol Cl. Atomic weight, 35.4.

Compounded of chlorine and iodine; containing chlorine and iodine.

A compound of chlorine and iodine.

Any salt of chlorous acid; as, chlorite of sodium.

Pertaining to, or containing, chlorite; as, chloritic sand.

A colorless gas, CH3Cl, of a sweet odor, easily condensed to a liquid; -- called also methyl chloride.

A green substance, supposed to be the cause of the green color of the blood in some species of worms.

A patent anodyne medicine, containing opium, chloroform, Indian hemp, etc.