the former name of an island republic in the Indian Ocean off the southeast coast of India, now called Sri Lanka. It is an independent nation with an area of 25,332 sq. mi. and a population of about 14 million people.
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Of or pertaining to Ceylon; -- since the change of name, replaced by Sri Lankan. A native or natives of Ceylon; -- since the change of name, replaced by Sri Lankan.
Tea; -- the Chinese (Mandarin) name, used generally in early works of travel, and now for a kind of rolled tea used in Central Asia.
a modern ballroom dance from Latin America; it uses two slow steps followed by three quick small steps, with swaying movements of the hips, and has many variations of movements based on that rhythm.
same as cha-cha.
The red-bellied woodpecker (Melanerpes Carolinus).
A white wine made near Chablis, a town in France.
A long whip, such as is used in the East in the infliction of punishment.
To pursue. See Chase v. t.
The Texan guan (Ortalis vetula).
To toss up the head frequently, as a horse to avoid the restraint of the bridle.
A large species of African baboon (Cynocephalus porcarius); -- called also ursine baboon. [See Illust. of Baboon.]
An old Spanish dance in moderate three-four measure, like the Passacaglia, which is slower. Both are used by classical composers as themes for variations.
See Shad.
a genus of clinid fishes consisting of the pikeblennies.
either of two battles in ancient Greece, one in which Philip of Macedon defeated the Athenians and Thebans (338 BC), or another in which Sulla defeated Mithridates (86 BC).
a stiff chitinous seta or bristle especially of an annelid worm.
of or relating to chaetae (setae or bristles).
A genus of fossil corals, common in the lower Silurian limestones.
Bearing set/.
Of or pertaining to the Ch/todonts or the family Ch/todontid/.
a natural family comprising the butterfly fishes.
Of or pertaining to the Ch/tognatha.
any worm of the Chaetognatha; transparent marine worm with horizontal lateral and caudal fins and a row of movable curved spines at each side of the mouth.
a phylum consisting of the arrowworms, a group of small active transparent free-swimming marine worms, of which the genus Sagitta is the type. They have groups of curved spines on each side of the head.
of or pertaining to the Chaetognatha.
Pertaining to the Ch/topoda. One of the Ch/topoda.
A very extensive order of Annelida (segmented worms), characterized by the presence of lateral set/, or spines, on most or all of the segments. They are divided into two principal groups: Oligoch/ta, including the earthworms and allied forms, and Polych/ta, including most of the marine species.
The arrangement of bristles on an insect.
Heat excited by friction.
A kind of beetle; the cockchafer. The name is also applied to other species; as, the rose chafer.
An open furnace or forge, in which blooms are heated before being wrought into bars.
The cudweed (Gnaphalium), used to prevent or cure chafing.
To make fun of; to turn into ridicule by addressing in ironical or bantering language; to quiz.
To buy or sell; to trade in.
One who chaffers; a bargainer.
A vessel for heating water.
Traffic; bargaining.
A bird of Europe (Fringilla c/lebs), having a variety of very sweet songs, and highly valued as a cage bird; -- called also copper finch.
The use of light, frivolous language by way of fun or ridicule; raillery; banter.
Without chaff.
Formerly a chancery officer who fitted wax for sealing writs and other documents.
Abounding in, or resembling, chaff.
The act of rubbing, or wearing by friction; making by rubbing.
a form of trypanosomiasis caused by infection with Trypamosoma cruzi, found principally in South America. It is transmitted by certain species of reduviid bugs, and has natural reservoirs in dogs, armadillos, rodents and other domestic and wild mammals.
See Shagreen.
Chagrined.
feeling vexed, especially due to feeling inferior or unworthy and hence embarrassed; as, chagrined at the poor sales of his book.
To fasten, bind, or connect with a chain; to fasten or bind securely, as with a chain; as, to chain a bulldog.
bound with chains; as, prisoners chained together to prevent escape.
Having no chain; not restrained or fettered.
A small chain.
having a form resembling a chain; as, chainlike clusters of bacteria.
metal shackles connected by chains, used to bind hands or legs; as, he was kept two weeks in chains.
a portable power saw having teeth that are linked to form an endless chain, rotated about two pivot points by a power mechanism, such as an electric motor or a gasoline engine.
Work looped or linked after the manner of a chain; chain stitch work.
To place in a chair.
a ski lift on which riders are seated.
The presiding officer of a committee, or of a public or private meeting, or of any organized body.
The office of a chairman of a meeting or organized body.
the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization; -- same as chair{3} or chairman{1}, but used to achieve a sex-neutral register.
a female officer who presides at the meetings of a committee, meeting, or organization; a female chairperson.
A two-wheeled carriage for two persons, with a calash top, and the body hung on leather straps, or thorough-braces. It is usually drawn by one horse.
The crested screamer of Brazil (Palamedea chavaria syn. Chauna chavaria), so called in imitation of its notes; -- called also chauna, and faithful kamichi. It is often domesticated and is useful in guarding other poultry. See Kamichi.
The place on an ovule, or seed, where its outer coats cohere with each other and the nucleus.
Of or pertaining to the chalaza.
Same as Chalaza.
Having or bearing chalazas.
A small circumscribed tumor of the eyelid caused by retention of secretion, and by inflammation of the Melbomian glands.
A process of fecundation in which the pollen tube penetrates to the embryosac through the tissue of the chalaza, instead of entering through the micropyle. It was originally discovered by Treub in Casuarina, and has since been found to occur regularly in the families Betulace/ and Juglandace/. Partial chalazogamy is found in Ulmus, the tube here penetrating the nucleus midway between the chalaza and micropyle.
Native blue vitriol. See Blue vitriol, under Blue.
Of or pertaining to chalcedony.
A cryptocrystalline, translucent variety of quartz, having usually a whitish color, and a luster nearly like wax.
The Mexican name for turquoise. See Turquoise.
One of a tropical family of snakelike lizards (Chalcid/), having four small or rudimentary legs.
the type genus of the Chalcididae.
Native copper sulphide, called also copper glance, and vitreous copper; a mineral of a black color and metallic luster.
An engraver on copper or brass; hence, an engraver of copper plates for printing upon paper.
The act or art of engraving on copper or brass, especially of engraving for printing.
Copper pyrites, or yellow copper ore; a common ore of copper, containing copper, iron, and sulphur. It occurs massive and in tetragonal crystals of a bright brass yellow color.
Of or pertaining to Chaldea. The language or dialect of the Chaldeans; Chaldee.
An idiom or peculiarity in the Chaldee dialect.
Of or pertaining to Chaldea. A native or inhabitant of Chaldea. A learned man, esp. an astrologer; -- so called among the Eastern nations, because astrology and the kindred arts were much cultivated by the Chaldeans. Nestorian.
Of or pertaining to Chaldea. The language or dialect of the Chaldeans; eastern Aramaic, or the Aramaic used in Chaldea.
A kind of bird; the oyster catcher.
An English dry measure, being, at London, 36 bushels heaped up, or its equivalent weight, and more than twice as much at Newcastle. Now used exclusively for coal and coke.
A herdsman's hut in the mountains of Switzerland.
A cup or bowl; especially, the cup used in the sacrament of the Lord's Supper.
Having a calyx or cup; cup-shaped.
To rub or mark with chalk.
a string impregnated with powdered chalk, used in construction to mark a straight line on a surface, such as a wall. The string is held taut on the surface between the two end points of the line to be made, the center of the line is drawn away from the surface, and the string is released and snapped against the surface, leaving a line of chalk in the desired location.
a dark sheet of slate used as a surface for writing on, with chalk.
A man who digs chalk.
The state of being chalky.
a quarry for mining chalk.
A mass of chalk.
Consisting of, or resembling, chalk; containing chalk; as, a chalky cliff; a chalky taste.
To assert a right; to claim a place.
That may be challenged.
having doubts expressed about its truth.
One who challenges.
requiring full use of one's abilities or resources; as, challenging task.
A soft and delicate woolen, or woolen and silk, fabric, for ladies' dresses.
A bed blanket.
Of or pertaining to the Chalybes, an ancient people of Pontus in Asia Minor, celebrated for working in iron and steel.
Any water, liquid, or medicine, into which iron enters as an ingredient.
Steel blue; of the color of tempered steel.
Native iron carbonate; -- usually called siderite.
The sovereign prince of Tartary; -- now usually written khan.
A signal made for a parley by beat of a drum.
a genus of small late-flowering trees or subshrubs having yellow to red flowers and leathery or woody pods; -- often used especially for those formerly included in genus Cytisus.
a genus consisting of only one species, the leatherleaf.
the type genus of the Chamaeleontidae.
a lizard of Africa and Madagascar able to change skin color and having a projectile tongue.
a small constellation in the southern skies between Hydrus and Musca.
a natural family comprising the Old World chameleons; in some classifications Rhiptoglossa is considered a superfamily of Sauria.
a small genus of plants sometimes included in genus Anthemis; chamomile.
a perennial plant that sets its dormant vegetative buds just at or above the surface of the ground.
The Angora goat. See Angora goat, under Angora.
To shut up, as in a chamber.
Having a chamber or chambers; as, a chambered shell; a chambered gun.
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