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Churchdom

The institution, government, or authority of a church.

Churchism

Strict adherence to the forms or principles of some church organization; sectarianism.

Churchlike

Befitting a church or a churchman; becoming to a clergyman.

Churchly

Pertaining to, or suitable for, the church; ecclesiastical.

Churchmanship

The state or quality of being a churchman; attachment to the church.

Churchwarden

One of the officers (usually two) in an Episcopal church, whose duties vary in different dioceses, but always include the provision of what is necessary for the communion service.

Churchy

Relating to a church; unduly fond of church forms.

Churchyard

The ground adjoining a church, in which the dead are buried; a cemetery.

Churl

Churlish; rough; selfish.

Churlish

Like a churl; rude; cross-grained; ungracious; surly; illiberal; niggardly.

Churlishness

Rudeness of manners or temper; lack of kindness or courtesy.

Churly

Rude; churlish; violent.

Churn

To perform the operation of churning.

Churr

To utter by churring.

Churrus

A powerfully narcotic and intoxicating gum resin which exudes from the flower heads, seeds, etc., of Indian hemp.

Churrworm

An insect that turns about nimbly; the mole cricket; -- called also fan cricket.

Chute

A framework, trough, or tube, upon or through which objects are made to slide from a higher to a lower level, or through which water passes to a wheel.

Chutnee Chutney

A warm or spicy condiment or pickle made in India, compounded of various vegetable substances, such as chopped fruits or green tomatoes, etc., often cooked with sweets and acids such as sugar and vinegar, with ginger and spices.

chutzpah chutzpa

aggressive boldness or unmitigated effrontery; gall; as, he had the chutzpah to question my decision.

Chylaceous

Possessed of the properties of chyle; consisting of chyle.

Chylaqueous

Consisting of chyle much diluted with water; -- said of a liquid which forms the circulating fluid of some inferior animals.

Chyle

A milky fluid containing the fatty matter of the food in a state of emulsion, or fine mechanical division; formed from chyme by the action of the intestinal juices. It is absorbed by the lacteals, and conveyed into the blood by the thoracic duct.

Chylifaction

The act or process by which chyle is formed from food in animal bodies; chylification, -- a digestive process.

Chylifactive

Producing, or converting into, chyle; having the power to form chyle.

Chyliferous

Transmitting or conveying chyle; as, chyliferous vessels.

Chylify

To make chyle of; to be converted into chyle.

Chylopoetic

Concerned in the formation of chyle; as, the chylopoetic organs.

Chylous

Consisting of, or similar to, chyle.

Chyluria

A morbid condition in which the urine contains chyle or fatty matter, giving it a milky appearance.

Chyme

The pulpy mass of semi-digested food in the small intestines just after its passage from the stomach. It is separated in the intestines into chyle and excrement. See Chyle.

Chymification

The conversion of food into chyme by the digestive action of gastric juice.

Chyometer

An instrument for measuring liquids. It consists of a piston moving in a tube in which is contained the liquid, the quantity expelled being indicated by the graduation upon the piston rod.

Ci-devant

Former; previous; of times gone by; as, a ci-devant governor.

Cibol

A perennial alliaceous plant (Allium fistulosum), sometimes called Welsh onion. Its fistular leaves areused in cookery.

Ciborium

A canopy usually standing free and supported on four columns, covering the high altar, or, very rarely, a secondary altar.

Cicada

Any species of the genus Cicada or of the family Cicadidae. They are large hemipterous insects, with nearly transparent wings. The male makes a shrill sound by peculiar organs in the under side of the abdomen, consisting of a pair of stretched membranes, acted upon by powerful muscles. A noted American species (Cicada septendecim) is called the seventeen year locust. Another common species is the dogday cicada.

Cicadidae

a family of insects comprising the cicadas.

Cicatricial

Relating to, or having the character of, a cicatrix.

Cicatricle

The germinating point in the embryo of a seed; the point in the yolk of an egg at which development begins.

Cicatrisive

Tending to promote the formation of a cicatrix; good for healing of a wound.

Cicatrix

The pellicle which forms over a wound or breach of continuity and completes the process of healing in the latter, and which subsequently contracts and becomes white, forming the scar.

Cicatrizant

A medicine or application that promotes the healing of a sore or wound, or the formation of a cicatrix.

Cicatrization

The process of forming a cicatrix, or the state of being cicatrized.

Cicely

Any one of several umbelliferous plants, of the genera Myrrhis, Osmorrhiza, etc.

Cicero

Pica type; -- so called by French printers.

Cicerone

One who shows strangers the curiosities of a place; a guide.

Ciceronian

Resembling Cicero in style or action; eloquent.

Ciceronianism

Imitation of, or resemblance to, the style or action Cicero; a Ciceronian phrase or expression.

Cichoraceous

Belonging to, or resembling, a suborder of composite plants of which the chicory (Cichorium) is the type.

Cicisbeo

A professed admirer of a married woman; a dangler about women.

Ciclatoun

A costly cloth, of uncertain material, used in the Middle Ages.

Ciconiidae

a natural family of birds comprising the storks.

Ciconiiformes

an order of chiefly tropical marsh-dwelling fish-eating wading birds with long legs and bills and (except for flamingos) unwebbed feet, including the herons; storks; spoonbills; flamingos; and ibises.

Cicuta

a genus of poisonous umbelliferous plants, of which the water hemlock or cowbane is best known.

Cicutoxin

The active principle of the water hemlock (Cicuta) extracted as a poisonous gummy substance.

Cider

The expressed juice of apples. It is used as a beverage, for making vinegar, and for other purposes.

Ciderkin

A kind of weak cider made by steeping the refuse pomace in water.

Cierge

A wax candle used in religous rites.

Cigar

A small roll of tobacco, used for smoking.

cigar-shaped

cylindrical, tapering at each end; having the shape of a cigar.

Cigarette

A little cigar; a little fine tobacco rolled in paper for smoking.

cigarfish Cigar fish

a small fusiform fish (Decapterus punctatus), allied to the mackerel, found in the West Atlantic and on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico.

cigarillo

a small cigar or cigarette wrapped in tobacco instead of paper.

cilantro

an Old World herb (Coriandrum sativum) with aromatic parsleylike leaves and seed.

cilial

of or pertaining to a cilium or cilia.

Ciliata

One of the orders of Infusoria, characterized by having cilia. In some species the cilia cover the body generally, in others they form a band around the mouth.

Ciliated Ciliate

Provided with, or surrounded by, cilia; as, a ciliate leaf; endowed with vibratory motion; as, the ciliated epithelium of the windpipe.

Cilice

A kind of haircloth undergarment.

Cilician

Of or pertaining to Cilicia in Asia Minor. A native or inhabitant of Cilicia.

Ciliograde

Moving by means of cilia, or cilialike organs; as, the ciliograde Medus/.

Cill

See Sill., n. a foundation.

Cillosis

A spasmodic trembling of the upper eyelid.

Cima

A kind of molding. See Cyma.

Cimbal

A kind of confectionery or cake.

Cimbia

A fillet or band placed around the shaft of a column as if to strengthen it.

Cimbrian

Of or pertaining to the Cimbri. One of the Cimbri. See Cimbric.

Cimbric

Pertaining to the Cimbri, an ancient tribe inhabiting Northern Germany. The language of the Cimbri.

Cimeliarch

A superintendent or keeper of a church's valuables; a churchwarden.

Cimex

A genus of hemipterous insects of which the bedbug is the best known example. See Bedbug.

Cimicifuga

a small genus of perennial herbs of N temperate regions: bugbane.

Cimmerian

Pertaining to the Cimmerii, a fabulous people, said to have lived, in very ancient times, in profound and perpetual darkness.

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