Part 14

~Certainty~, _n._ ~1.~ Surety, indubitableness, certitude, freedom from doubt.

~2.~ Truth, fact, fixed fact, accomplished fact, real state.

~Certificate~, _n._ ~1.~ Voucher, testimony.

~2.~ Testimonial, attestation, credential.

~Certify~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Attest, testify to, vouch for.

~2.~ Verify, ascertain, determine, make certain.

~Certitude~, _n._ CERTAINTY.

~Cerulean~, _a._ Azure, blue, sky-colored, sky-blue.

~Cerumen~, _n._ EAR-WAX.

~Ceruse~, _n._ White-lead, carbonate of lead.

~Cespitose~, _a._ Turfy, turf-like.

~Cespitous~, _a._ Turfy, turf-like.

~Cessation~, _n._ Stoppage, stop, intermission, remission, suspension, pause, rest, respite, discontinuance.

~Cession~, _n._ ~1.~ Surrender, relinquishment, yielding, renunciation, abandonment.

~2.~ Grant, conveyance.

~Cestus~, _n._ [L.] Girdle (_especially the girdle of Venus_), belt, cincture, band.

~_Cetacean_~, _n._ Cetaceous animal.

~Cetacean~, _a._ Of the whale kind.

~Cetaceous~, _a._ Of the whale kind.

~Chafe~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Rub, hurt by rubbing, wear by rubbing.

~2.~ Irritate, vex, annoy, fret, tease, gall, chagrin, provoke, ruffle, offend, nettle, incense, enrage, exasperate, anger, make angry.

~Chafe~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Be rubbed, be worn by rubbing.

~2.~ Rage, fret, fume.

~Chaff~, _n._ ~1.~ Husks, hulls, glumes.

~2.~ Refuse, worthless matter.

~Chaff~, _v. a._ Ridicule, mock, scoff, deride, jeer, flout, make fun of, POKE FUN AT.

~Chaffer~, _v. n._ Higgle, haggle, bargain, negotiate.

~Chagrin~, _n._ Mortification, vexation, displeasure, disquiet, ill- humor.

~Chagrin~, _v. a._ Mortify, vex, irritate, chafe, annoy, displease, provoke, put out of temper.

~Chain~, _n._ ~1.~ Fetter, manacle, shackle, bond.

~2.~ Connected series, orderly succession.

~Chain~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Fasten with a chain.

~2.~ Confine, restrain, fetter, shackle, trammel.

~3.~ Enslave, hold in bondage.

~Chair~, _n._ ~1.~ Movable seat.

~2.~ Seat of justice, seat of authority.

~3.~ Chairman, presiding officer.

~4.~ Professorship.

~Chairman~, _n._ Chair, presiding officer.

~Chaldaic~, _n._ Chaldee, Chaldaic language.

~Chaldee~, _n._ Chaldaic, Chaldaic language.

~Chalice~, _n._ Cup (_especially the communion-cup_), bowl.

~Chalky~, _a._ Cretaceous.

~Challenge~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Defy, dare, brave, invite to trial, call to combat, call to answer.

~2.~ Demand, require, claim, call for.

~3.~ (_Law._) Object to, take exceptions to.

~Challenge~, _n._ ~1.~ Defiance, summons to trial, call to combat, call to answer.

~2.~ (_Law._) Exception, objection.

~Chalybeate~, _a._ Impregnated with iron.

~Cham~, _n._ Khan, sovereign prince (_of Tartary_).

~Chamber~, _n._ ~1.~ Apartment, room, hall.

~2.~ Cavity, hollow place.

~3.~ Legislative body.

~Chamber-fellow~, _n._ Chum.

~Chamber-pot~, _n._ Urinal, jorden.

~Chamfer~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Bevel.

~2.~ Channel, flute, groove, cut furrows in, cut channels in.

~Chamfer~, _n._ ~1.~ Bevel.

~2.~ Fluting, channel, furrow.

~Champ~, _v. a._ Bite, chew, gnaw.

~Champaign~, _n._ Flat, open country.

~Champaign~, _a._ Flat, (_as land_), level, open.

~Champion~, _n._ ~1.~ Combatant (_in behalf of others_), fighter, warrior.

~2.~ Defender, protector, vindicator.

~Chance~, _n._ ~1.~ Accident, casualty, contingency, fortuity, fortune, fortuitous event, unforseen event.

~2.~ Risk, hazard, peril, jeopardy.

~Chance~, _v. n._ Happen, occur, befall, betide, take place, fall out, turn up, come to pass.

~Chancery~, _n._ ~1.~ Court of Equity, Court of Chancery.

~2.~ [_U. S._] Equity, proceedings in equity.

~Change~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Shift, remove for another, set aside for others.

~2.~ ALTER, vary, modify, make different, make some change in.

~3.~ Exchange, barter, commute, give in exchange.

~Change~, _v. n._ Alter, vary, shift, veer, turn, undergo change, change about.

~Change~, _n._ ~1.~ Alteration, variation, mutation, commutation, transition, transmutation, revolution.

~2.~ Vicissitude, variety, novelty, innovation.

~3.~ Small coin, small money.

~Changeable~, _a._ ~1.~ Variable, inconstant, unsteady, unsteadfast, unstable, unsettled, mutable, uncertain.

~2.~ Fickle, wavering, vacillating, fitful, capricious, volatile, giddy, like a weather-cock.

~Change about~, CHANGE.

~Change hands~, Change owners.

~Changeling~, _n._ ~1.~ Child (_taken or left in place of another_).

~2.~ Oaf, simpleton, fool, DUNCE.

~Channel~, _n._ ~1.~ Passage, duct, conduit, water-course.

~2.~ Gutter, furrow, fluting, chamfer.

~3.~ Strait, arm of the sea, narrow sea.

~4.~ Avenue, route, way.

~Channel~, _v. a._ Groove, flute, chamfer, cut furrows in, cut channels in.

~Chant~, _v. a._ & _n._ Sing, warble, carol.

~Chant~, _n._ Song, carol, melody.

~Chanter~, _n._ Singer, songster.

~Chanticleer~, _n._ Cock, ROOSTER.

~Chaos~, _n._ ~1.~ Matter in a disorganized state, matter in confusion.

~2.~ Disorder, confusion.

~Chaotic~, _a._ Disordered, confused.

~Chap~, _v. a._ Crack, split, cleave.

~Chap~, _v. n._ Crack, open in slits.

~Chap~, _n._ ~1.~ Cleft, crack, opening.

~2.~ Boy, youth, fellow.

~Chaparral~, _n._ Thicket (_of brambles and thorny shrubs_).

~Chapeau~, _n._ [Fr.] Hat.

~Chapel~, _n._ Church, temple, meeting-house, place of worship.

~Chap-fallen~, _a._ [Sometimes spelled _chopfallen_.] Dejected, dispirited, depressed, discouraged, melancholy, sad, downcast, disheartened, downhearted, desponding, despondent, BLUE, crestfallen, low-spirited, in low spirits.

~Chaplet~, _n._ Garland, wreath, coronal.

~Chaps~, _n. pl._ Mouth, jaws.

~Char~, _v. a._ Burn, scorch, reduce to charcoal.

~Character~, _n._ ~1.~ Mark, figure, sign, emblem, letter.

~2.~ Constitution, quality, nature, disposition, cast, turn, bent.

~3.~ Person, personage, individual.

~4.~ Reputation, repute.

~Characteristic~, _a._ Special, peculiar.

~Characteristic~, _n._ Peculiarity, marked feature.

~Characterization~, _n._ Designation (_of properties_), specification.

~Characterize~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Distinguish, designate, mark.

~2.~ Describe, set forth the character of, specify the peculiarities of.

~Charcoal~, _n._ Wood-coal.

~Charge~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Load, burden, freight, lade.

~2.~ Intrust, put in one's keeping or care.

~3.~ Ascribe, impute, lay, put, bring home to, lay to one's door, lay to one's charge.

~4.~ Accuse, arraign, impeach, inculpate, criminate, indict, tax, call to account, take to task, inform against.

~5.~ Command, order, bid, require, enjoin.

~6.~ Attack, assault, fall upon, bear down upon, set on.

~Charge~, _v. n._ Make an onset, make a charge.

~Charge~, _n._ ~1.~ Load, lading, cargo, freight, burden, what is carried.

~2.~ Trust, care, custody, ward, management.

~3.~ Commission, duty, office, employment.

~4.~ Order, injunction, direction, mandate, precept, command.

~5.~ Instruction, exhortation.

~6.~ Accusation, crimination.

~7.~ Cost, expense, outlay, expenditure.

~8.~ Price, sum charged.

~9.~ Onset, onslaught, assault, attack, encounter.

~10.~ (_Her._) Bearing.

~Chargeable~, _a._ ~1.~ Ascribable, attributable, imputable, referrible, traceable, owing, to be charged.

~2.~ Liable to be accused.

~3.~ Burdensome (_as a cause of expense_).

~Charger~, _n._ ~1.~ Dish, platter.

~2.~ War-horse.

~Charily~, _ad._ Cautiously, warily, heedfully, carefully.

~Charitable~, _a._ ~1.~ Benevolent, kind, benign, full of good will.

~2.~ Beneficent, liberal, free, bountiful, generous, munificent, open- hearted, free-hearted, open-handed.

~Charity~, _n._ ~1.~ Benevolence, kindness, tenderness, affection, benignity, humanity, kind-heartedness, fellow-feeling, good-will, good- nature, milk of human kindness.

~2.~ Beneficence, liberality, generosity, bounty, alms-giving, active goodness, doing of good.

~3.~ Benefaction, gift, alms.

~Charivari~, _n._ [_Fr._] Discordant music, mock serenade.

~Charlatan~, _n._ Quack, empiric, mountebank, pretender, impostor, cheat.

~Charlatanic~, _a._ Empirical, quackish.

~Charlatanry~, _n._ Quackery, empiricism, trickery, deceit.

~Charles's Wain~, The Great Bear, URSA MAJOR, The Wain.

~Charm~, _n._ ~1.~ Spell, enchantment, incantation, witchery, magic, sorcery, necromancy, magical power.

~2.~ Attraction, fascination, allurement, attractiveness.

~Charm~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Subdue by a charm, allay by enchantment.

~2.~ Fascinate, enchant, delight, attract, captivate, catch, transport, enravish, enrapture, enamour, bewitch, allure, win, please highly, lead captive.

~Charmer~, _n._ Enchanter, magician, sorcerer.

~Charming~, _a._ Fascinating, captivating, enchanting, enrapturing, bewitching, delightful, lovely, very pleasant.

~Charnel-house~, _n._ Ossuary, GRAVE.

~Charter~, _n._ ~1.~ Instrument, deed, indenture, act of incorporation.

~2.~ Right, privilege, prerogative, immunity, franchise, liberty.

~Charter~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Incorporate, establish by charter, grant by charter.

~2.~ Let or hire (_a ship_).

~Chary~, _a._ Cautious, wary, careful, shy.

~Chase~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Pursue, hunt, track, run after, give chase to.

~2.~ Emboss, enchase.

~Chase away~, Drive away, force away.

~Chase~, _n._ ~1.~ Hunting, hunt, field-sport.

~2.~ Pursuit, race.

~Chasm~, _n._ ~1.~ Breach, opening, cleft, fissure.

~2.~ Gap, hiatus, cavity, hollow.

~Chasseur~, _n._ [Fr.] Horseman, horse-soldier, equestrian, chevalier, mounted soldier.

~Chaste~, _a._ ~1.~ Pine, undefiled, virtuous, modest, continent.

~2.~ Decent, not obscene.

~3.~ Uncorrupt, unaffected, simple, neat, in good taste.

~4.~ Refined, elegant, classic.

~Chasten~, _v. a._ Chastise, correct, punish, castigate.

~Chastening~, _n._ Chastisement, punishment, correction, castigation.

~Chastise~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Chasten, correct, punish, castigate.

~2.~ Repress, restrain, moderate, check, sober down.

~Chastisement~, _n._ Punishment, chastening, correction.

~Chastity~, _n._ ~1.~ Purity, virtue, modesty, continence.

~2.~ Decency, freedom from obscenity.

~3.~ Unaffectedness, simplicity.

~Chat~, _v. n._ Prattle, chatter, prate, babble, gossip, confabulate, talk freely, have a free and easy talk.

~Chat~, _n._ Prattle, prate, gossip, confabulation, chit-chat, easy conversation, free and easy talk.

~Chattels~, _n. pl._ Goods, effects, furniture, movables, movable property.

~Chatter~, _v. n._ Prate, prattle, chat, gossip, talk idly, talk freely.

~Chatter~, _n._ Prate, prattle, CHAT.

~Chatterer~, _n._ Prater, prattler, tattler, gossip, babbler, gadder, gadabout, rattle-head.

~Cheap~, _a._ ~1.~ Low-priced.

~2.~ Common, of little value, of small account.

~Cheapen~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Bid for, bargain for, ask the price of, try to get cheaper, haggle about, chaffer about.

~2.~ Make cheap, lessen in value.

~Cheat~, _v. a._ Defraud, trick, deceive, dupe, gull, overreach, jockey, cozen, chouse, outwit, bamboozle, circumvent, delude, hoodwink, diddle, beguile, mislead, inveigle, gammon, impose upon.

~Cheat~, _n._ ~1.~ Trick, deception, imposture, imposition, juggle, stratagem, finesse, fraud, circumvention, delusion, artifice, deceit, chouse, BAM.

~2.~ Trickster, impostor, rogue, knave, swindler, sharper, cheater, artful fellow.

~Cheater~, _n._ Trickster, CHEAT.

~Check~, _n._ ~1.~ Restraint, curb, bridle, hinderance, stop, obstacle, impediment, obstruction, bar, barrier, damper, interference, rebuff, repression, control.

~2.~ Counter register, corresponding indenture, corresponding cipher.

~3.~ Mark, symbol, sign.

~4.~ Order for money.

~5.~ Ticket, certificate of right.

~6.~ Checkered cloth.

~Check~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Restrain, curb, bridle, hinder, obstruct, repress, chastise, counteract, control, put a restraint upon, hold in check, put a damper upon, nip in the bud.

~2.~ Reprove, chide, reprimand, rebuke.

~3.~ Note with a mark.

~Checker~, _v. a._ Variegate, diversify.

~Checker-berry~, _n._ Partridge-berry, squaw-vine, winter-clover (_Mitchella repens_).

~Checkers~, _n. pl._ Draughts.

~Checkmate~, _v. a._ Beat (_at chess_), conquer, vanquish, put in check.

~Cheek~, _n._ ~1.~ Side of the face.

~2.~ [_Colloquial._] Boldness, impudence, insolence, impertinence, sauciness, assurance, audacity, presumption, face, front, effrontery, brass.

~Cheek-bone~, _n._ ZYGOMA.

~Cheek by jowl~, Close (_as in familiar intercourse_), face to face, side by side, TÈTE-À-TÈTE, in close proximity.

~Cheeky~, _a._ [_Colloquial._] Bold, forward, pert, assuming, BRASSY, brazen-faced.

~Cheer~, _n._ ~1.~ Mirth, gayety, joy, gladness, CHEERFULNESS.

~2.~ Entertainment, provisions, food, repast, viands, victuals.

~3.~ Acclamation, shout of applause.

~Cheer~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Gladden, exhilarate, inspirit, enliven, animate, incite, encourage.

~2.~ Comfort, console, solace, make cheerful.

~3.~ Applaud, clap, salute with cheers.

~Cheerful~, _a._ Lively, sprightly, animated, joyful, joyous, blithe, mirthful, buoyant, gleeful, gay, cheery, airy, sunny, jocund, jolly, in good spirits, of good cheer, in high feather.

~Cheerfulness~, _n._ Liveliness, animation, joyfulness, joy, gladness, mirthfulness, cheer, buoyancy of spirits, flow of spirits, good spirits.

~Cheesy~, _a._ Caseous, of the nature of cheese.

~Chef-d'œuvre~, _n._ [Fr.] Master-piece, master-work, master-stroke, paragon, capital performance.

~Chemise~, _n._ Shift, smock.

~Cherish~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Nurture, foster, nourish, nurse, sustain, support, comfort, care for, treat tenderly.

~2.~ Harbor, entertain, indulge, encourage, hold dear, embrace heartily.

~Cherup~, _v. n._ Chirp, chirrup.

~Cherup~, _v. a._ Encourage (_by chirruping_), inspirit, animate, cheer, chirrup.

~Chest~, _n._ Breast, thorax, trunk (_of the body_).

~Chetah~, _n._ [Sometimes written _Cheetah_.] Hunting leopard (_Felis jubata_).

~Chevalier~, _n._ Knight, CAVALIER.

~Chew~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Masticate, manducate, MUNCH.

~2.~ Champ, bite, gnaw.

~3.~ Meditate, ruminate, muse on, reflect upon, chew the cud upon.

~Chew~, _v. n._ Meditate, ruminate, muse, reflect.

~Chicane~, _n._ ~1.~ Trick, shift, ruse, stratagem, wile, artifice, fetch, CLAP-TRAP.

~2.~ Trickery, sophistry, chicanery.

~Chicanery~, _n._ Trickery, duplicity, chicane, sophistry, sophistication, deception.

~Chiccory~, _n._ Succory.

~Chickadee~, _n._ Black-capped titmouse (_Parus atricapillus_).

~Chickaree~, _n._ Red squirrel (_Sciurus Hudsonius_).

~Chide~, _v. a._ Rebuke, reprimand, censure, reprove, blame, upbraid, admonish, scold, scold at.

~Chief~, _a._ ~1.~ Leading, supreme, headmost, first, supreme, most eminent.

~2.~ Principal, main, prime, vital, especial, great, grand, cardinal, master, most important.

~Chief~, _n._ ~1.~ Chieftain, commander.

~2.~ Leader, head, corypheus, principal person.

~Chiefly~, _ad._ ~1.~ Principally, eminently, mainly, especially, particularly, above all.

~2.~ Mostly, for the most part.

~Chieftain~, _n._ Leader (_of a clan or of troops_), chief, commander, captain.

~Chiffonnier~, _n._ [_Fr._] Rag-picker.

~Chigoe~, _n._ CHIGRE.

~Chigre~, _n._ (_Ent._) Jigger, chigoe (_Pulex penetrans_).

~Child~, _n._ [_pl. Children_.] ~1.~ Infant, babe, baby, nursling, suckling, chit, brat, bantling, bairn, little one.

~2.~ Young person.

~3.~ Offspring, issue, progeny.

~Child-bearing~, _n._ CHILDBIRTH.

~Childbed~, _n._ Parturition, CHILDBIRTH.

~Childbirth~, _n._ Parturition, delivery, travail, labor, childbed, child-bearing.

~Childhood~, _n._ Infancy, minority, pupilage, nonage.

~Childish~, _a._ ~1.~ Puerile, infantile, infantine, young, tender.

~2.~ Foolish, silly, weak, trifling, frivolous.

~Childlike~, _a._ Docile, meek, submissive, dutiful.

~Children~, _pl._ of CHILD.

~Chiliad~, _n._ Thousand.

~Chill~, _a._ Cold, frigid, chilly, bleak.

~Chill~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Make chilly, make cold.

~2.~ Depress, discourage, deject, dampen, dishearten.

~Chilly~, _a._ Cool, CHILL, somewhat cold.

~Chime~, _n._ Consonance, harmony, correspondence of sound.

~Chime~, _v. n._ Harmonize, accord, sound in harmony.

~Chime in with~, Agree with, fall in with.

~Chimera~, _n._ Illusion, hallucination, delusion, fantasy, phantom, dream, idle fancy, creature of the imagination.

~Chimerical~, _a._ Imaginary, fantastic, fanciful, visionary, illusory, shadowy, wild, Quixotic, Utopian.

~Chimney-corner~, _n._ Fireside.

~China~, _n._ Porcelain, China ware.

~Chincapin~, _n._ [Written also _Chinquapin_ and _Chinkapin_.] Dwarf chestnut (_Castanea pumila_).

~Chink~, _n._ ~1.~ Opening, gap, crack, cranny, crevice, cleft, rift, fissure, narrow aperture.

~2.~ [_Colloquial._] Money, coin.

~Chink~, _v. a. & n._ Jingle.

~Chip~, _v. a._ Hew, cut chips from.

~Chip~, _n._ Fragment, scrap, small piece.

~Chipmunk~, _n._ [Written also _Chipmonk_ and _Chipmuk_.] HACKEE, striped squirrel.

~Chirography~, _n._ Handwriting, hand, style of penmanship.

~Chiromancy~, _n._ Palmistry.

~Chirrup~, _v. n._ Chirp, cherup.

~Chirrup~, _v. a._ Encourage, animate, inspirit, cheer, cherup.

~Chisel~, _v. a._ Cut, carve, sculpture.

~Chit-chat~, _n._ Prattle, prate, gossip, chat, easy conversation, familiar talk, idle talk, free and easy talk.

~Chivalric~, _a._ Gallant, CHIVALROUS.

~Chivalrous~, _a._ Gallant, adventurous, valiant, brave, warlike, bold.

~Chivalry~, _n._ ~1.~ Knighthood, knight-errantry.

~2.~ Valor, gallantry.

~Chloride of barium~, Muriate of baryta, hydrochlorate of baryta.

~Chloride of lime~, Bleaching powder.

~Chloride of mercury~, Calomel, protochloride of mercury, subchloride of mercury.

~Chlorosis~, _n._ (_Med._) Green-sickness.

~Chogret~, _n._ [_Indian name._] Conner, cunner, burgall, blue perch.

~Choice~, _n._ Preference, election, selection, option, ALTERNATIVE.

~Choice~, _a._ ~1.~ Select, exquisite, precious, valuable, rare, uncommon, excellent.

~2.~ Frugal, careful, chary, sparing.

~Choke~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Suffocate, stifle, smother, strangle, throttle.

~2.~ Suppress, overpower, overcome, keep down.

~3.~ Obstruct, close, block, stop, bar.

~Choke~, _v. n._ Be choked.

~Choke-damp~, _n._ Foul air, carbonic acid, carbonic-acid gas (_accumulated in wells and pits_).

~Chokeful~, _a._ Brimful, quite full.

~Choler~, _n._ ~1.~ Bile.

~2.~ Anger, wrath, ire, fury, rage, spleen, exasperation.

~Cholera asphyxia~, Asiatic cholera, spasmodic cholera.

~Choleric~, _a._ Irascible, irritable, hasty, testy, touchy, petulant, waspish, hot, fiery, passionate.

~Choose~, _v. a._ Select, elect, prefer, cull, pick, pick out, single out, fix upon, pitch upon, catch at, make choice of.

~Chop~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Cut (_with a quick blow_).

~2.~ Mince, cut into small pieces.

~Chop~, _v. n._ Shift, veer, change suddenly.

~Chop~, _n._ ~1.~ Slice, piece cut off.

~2.~ Brand, quality.

~Chop-fallen~, _a._ [Preferably spelled CHAP-FALLEN.] MELANCHOLY, sad.

~Chop-house~, _n._ Restaurant (_of a low class_), eating-house.

~Choral~, _n._ Psalm-tune.

~Chord~, _n._ ~1.~ String (_of a musical instrument_).

~2.~ Harmonious tones.

~3.~ (_Geom._) Right line uniting the extremities of an arc.

~Chore~, _n._ Small job, light task.

~Chouse~, _v. a._ Deceive, cheat, trick, delude, defraud, swindle, dupe, gull, bamboozle, BAM, cozen, diddle, overreach, circumvent, beguile, hoodwink, victimize, take in, impose upon, put upon, practise upon, play upon.

~Chouse~, _n._ ~1.~ Dupe, tool, gull, simpleton, cully.

~2.~ Trick, cheat, wile, ruse, BAM, imposture, imposition, fraud, deception, circumvention, deceit, double-dealing, stratagem, finesse, artifice, delusion, crafty device, piece of knavery.

~Chowchow~, _n._ [_Chinese._] Mixed pickles.

~Chowchow~, _a._ Mixed, of several sorts.

~Chowder~, _n._ Fish soup.

~Christ~, _n._ The Anointed, The Messiah, Jesus, Immanuel, The Saviour, The Redeemer, The Mediator, The Intercessor, The Advocate, The Judge, The Son of God, The Son of man, The Lamb of God, The Word.

~Christen~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Baptize.

~2.~ Denominate, name, term, designate, style, call, dub, entitle, TITLE.

~Christian~, _n._ Disciple of Christ.

~Christian name~, Baptismal name (_as distinguished from the family name or surname_).

~Christianity~, _n._ Religion of Christians, Christian religion, teachings of Christ, the Gospel, divine revelation.

~Christmas rose~, Black hellebore (_Helleborus niger_).

~Chrome-yellow~, _n._ Chromate of lead.

~Chronic~, _a._ Inveterate, deep-seated, of long duration.

~Chronicle~, _n._ ~1.~ Register (_of events in the order of time_), diary, journal.

~2.~ Record, history, annals, narration, narrative, recital, account.

~Chronicle~, _v. a._ Record, register.

~Chronicler~, _n._ Historian.

~Chronometer~, _n._ Time-keeper, time-piece.

~Chrysalis~, _n._ Pupa, aurelia, nympha.

~Chubbed~, _a._ Plump, CHUNKY, bonny, short and thick.

~Chubby~, _a._ Plump, CHUNKY, bonny, short and thick.

~Chuck~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Tap or pat (_under the chin_).

~2.~ Throw, pitch, hurl, toss, FLIRT.

~Chuck~, _n._ ~1.~ Tap or pat (_under the chin_).

~2.~ Throw, toss.

~Chuckle~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Giggle, titter, laugh (_convulsively, in triumph or in derision_).

~2.~ Exult, triumph, crow.

~Chuckle~, _n._ Giggle, titter, laughter (_half suppressed_), chuckling.

~Chuckle-head~, _n._ [_Low._] Blockhead, DUNCE.

~Chuckle-headed~, _a._ Thick-headed, stupid, dull.

~Chuckling~, _n._ Giggle, titter, CHUCKLE.

~Chum~, _n._ Chamber-fellow, room-mate.

~Chump~, _n._ Chunk.

~Chunk~, _n._ Chump.

~Chunky~, _a._ [_U. S._] Plump, chubby, short and thick.

~Church~, _n._ ~1.~ Temple, house of worship, house of God, meeting- house.

~2.~ Body of Christians.

~3.~ Ecclesiastical authority (_as distinguished from that of the State_).

~Churchman~, _n._ ~1.~ Ecclesiastic, clergyman, minister, pastor, divine, priest.

~2.~ Episcopalian.

~Churchyard~, _n._ Burying-ground, burial-ground, graveyard, cemetery, necropolis.

~Churl~, _n._ ~1.~ Rustic, peasant, proletary, countryman, clodhopper, bumpkin, ploughman, clown.

~2.~ Ill-bred man, surly fellow.

~3.~ Niggard, miser, skinflint, scrimp, curmudgeon, hunks, mean fellow.

~Churlish~, _a._ ~1.~ Rude, harsh, BRUSQUE, uncivil, impolite, rough, brutal, surly, cynical, snarling, snappish, waspish.

~2.~ Crabbed, morose, sullen, ill-tempered.

~3.~ Niggardly, miserly, close, close-fisted, sordid, penurious, stingy, mean, mercenary, avaricious, illiberal.

~Churlishness~, _n._ ~1.~ Rudeness, incivility, roughness, brutality, barbarism.

~2.~ Crabbedness, moroseness, sullenness, tartness, acrimony, acerbity, asperity, harshness, bitterness, ill temper, bad blood.

~3.~ Niggardliness, stinginess, penuriousness, closeness, meanness.

~Churn-owl~, _n._ Goat-sucker, night-jar, wheel-bird (_Caprimulgus Europæus_).

~Churr-worm~, _n._ Mole-cricket, fan-cricket, fen-cricket (_Gryllotalpa vulgaris_).

~Cicada~, _n._ Harvest-fly, LOCUST (_popularly, but erroneously, so called in the U. S._).

~Cicatrice~, _n._ Scar, seam.

~Cicatrix~, _n._ Scar, seam.

~Cicatrize~, _v. a._ Heal, skin over.

~Cicisbeo~, _n._ [_It._] Gallant (_of a married woman_), beau, suitor, lover, admirer, dangler about women.

~Ci-devant~, _a._ [_Fr._] Former, late, quondam, old-time.

~Cimeter~, _n._ Falchion.

~Cimeter-shaped~, _a._ Acinaciform.

~Cimmerian~, _a._ Black, very dark, intensely dark.

~Cinchona~, _n._ Quinquina, Peruvian bark, Jesuit's bark, Cinchona bark.

~Cincture~, _n._ Band, belt, girdle, cestus.

~Cinctured~, _a._ Girded, belted.

~Cinders~, _n. pl._ Embers.

~Cinereous~, _a._ Ashy, cineritious, like ashes.

~Cineritious~, _a._ Ashy, CINEREOUS.

~Cinnabar~, _n._ ~1.~ Red sulphuret of mercury (_native_), bi- sulphuret of mercury.

~2.~ Vermilion, red sulphuret of mercury (_artificial_).

~Cion~, _n._ Sprout, shoot, twig, branch, scion, offshoot.

~Cipher~, _n._ ~1.~ Zero, naught or nought, nothing.

~2.~ Character, symbol, device.

~3.~ Secret character, private alphabet.

~Cipher~, _v. n._ Practise arithmetic.

~Circean~, _a._ Magical, enchanting.

~Circle~, _n._ ~1.~ Round, plane figure.

~2.~ Circumference, periphery, ring.

~3.~ Orb, sphere, globe, ball.

~4.~ Returning series.

~5.~ Compass, enclosure.

~6.~ Company, society, class, fraternity, COTERIE, CLIQUE, set.

~Circlet~, _n._ Little circle.