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CHATELAINE n.
chain or chains attached for a watch, keys, trinkets, etc. Also used adjectively; as, a chatelaine chain.
CHATELET n.
A little castle.
CHATELLANY n.
Same as Castellany.
CHEATER n. 2 definitions
One who cheats.
CHECKMATE v. 4 definitions
To defeat completely; to terminate; to thwart. To checkmate and control my just demands. Ford.
CHELATE a.
Same as Cheliferous.
CHINOOK STATE n.
Washington -- a nickname. See Chinook, n.
CHLAMYDATE a.
Having a mantle; -- applied to certain gastropods.
CHLORATE n.
A salt of chloric acid; as, chlorate of potassium.
CHLORAURATE n.
See Aurochloride.
CHLORIDATE v.
To treat or prepare with a chloride, as a plate with chloride of silver, for the purposes of photography. R. Hunt.
CHLORINATE v.
To treat, or cause to combine, with chlorine.
CHOCOLATE n. 2 definitions
The beverage made by dissolving a portion of the paste or cake in boiling water or milk. Chocolate house, a house in which customers may be served with chocolate. -- Chocolate nut. See Cacao.
CHOLATE n.
A salt of cholic acid; as, sodium cholate.
CHROMATE n.
A salt of chromic acid.
CICURATE v.
To tame. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
CILIATE; CILIATED a.
Provided with, or surrounded by, cilia; as, a ciliate leaf; endowed with vibratory motion; as, the ciliated epithelium of the windpipe.
CIRCINATE a. 2 definitions
Rolled together downward, the tip occupying the center; -- a term used in reference to foliation or leafing, as in ferns. Gray.
CIRCULATE v. 3 definitions
a circle or circuitously; to move round and return to the same point; as, the blood circulates in the body. Boyle.
CIRCUMAGITATE v.
To agitate on all sides. Jer. Taylor.
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