Putnam's Word Book
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Chapter 36 : chime, n. unison, harmony; carillon.chimera, n. delusion, phantom, hallucination, illus
chime, n. unison, harmony; carillon.
chimera, n. delusion, phantom, hallucination, illusion.
chimney, n. a.s.sociated Words: cowl, flue, hoveling, smoke jack, chimney-breast, tewel.
chimney corner. ingle nook, ingleside.
chin: n. a.s.sociated Words: genian, mental, gill, wattle, chuck, submental.
China, n. Celestial Empire, Cathay (Old name).
China clay. kaolin.
Chinaman, n. Chinese, Celestial, Mongol, Mongolian; mandarin; coolie.
china ware. china, porcelain.
Chinese, n. a.s.sociated Words: sinology, sinologue, sinicism, sinic, yamen, haikwan, hong, canque, sinological, Taoism, Confucianism, Manchu, kotow, li, abacus, chinoiserie, taotai.
Chinese idol. joss. a.s.sociated Word: ting.
c.h.i.n.k, n. crack, cranny, crevice; (Colloq.) money, cash, coin.
chin whelk. sycosis.
chipper, a. lively, vivacious, cheerful, talkative.
chirp, v. chirrup, cherup, cheep, pue.
chivalrous, a. gallant, knightly, magnanimous, valiant.
chivalry, n. knighthood, gallantry, knight-errantry.
choice, n. selection, election, alternative, option, preference, discrimination, preferment, volition. Antonyms: coercion, compulsion, indiscrimination.
choice, a. select, rare, _recherche_; careful, sparing, chary Antonyms: indiscriminate, promiscuous, common.
choir-leader, n. chorister, precentor, choir-master.
choir vestments. cotta; ca.s.sock.
choke, v. strangle, throttle, stifle, suffocate, suppress.
choleric, a. irascible, irritable, petulant, testy.
choose, v. select, elect, prefer, cull, pick out.
chop, v. hack, mince, hash, haggle.
chop, n. stroke, chopping; jaw, chap; pl. flews.
chorus, n. (Greek.) a.s.sociated Words: strophe, antistrophe, epode.
chosen, a. selected.
Christmas, n. Yule, Yuletide, Christmastide.
Christmas mummer. guiser.
chronic, a. habitual, lingering, inveterate.
chronicle, n. record, account, narrative, diary, history.
chrysalis, n. aurelia, nympha, coc.o.o.n, kell.
chum, n. roommate; companion, intimate, a.s.sociate, friend, crony.
church, n. temple, sanctuary, house of G.o.d, meeting house, fane; cathedral; chapel, oratory, minster, bethel, tabernacle, chantry; kirk (Scotch); synagogue (Jewish); denomination, sect; basilica.
a.s.sociated Words: ecclesiastical, ecclesiology, ecclesiolatry, ecclesiasticism, parish, hierarch, hierarchy, hierocracy, hierolatry, hierology, hierarchism, irenics, cure, evangelical, verger, beadle, chancel, clearstory, nave, transept, vestry, presbytery, prebend, prebendary, lectern, apse, irenicon, living, benefice, sinecure, glebe, see, prelacy, convocation, synod, conference, conclave, consistory, crypt, schism, orthodoxy, heterodoxy, unchurch, sacristan, sacristy, Dorcastry, Sarum use.
church and state. a.s.sociated Words: Erastian, Erastianism.
church dignitary. prelate, primate, elder, deacon, dean, hierarch, bishop.
church fathers. a.s.sociated Words: patristic, patristics, patrology, patrist.
churchly, a. ecclesiastical.
church officer. vestryman, warden, presbyter, trustee.
churl, n. rustic, hind, b.u.mpkin, lout, boor.
churlish, a. boorish, rude, morose, unamiable.
chyle, n. a.s.sociated Words: chylification, chylifaction, chylify, achylous, chylaceous, chylous, chyliferous, chylocyst, lacteal, chylopoiesis, chylopoietic.
chyme, n. a.s.sociated Words: chymification, chymiferous, chymify, chymous, achymous.
cigar, n. (small) stogie; tobie; cheroot.
cinch, n. (Colloq.) tight grip.
cipher, n. zero, naught, nothing; nonent.i.ty, n.o.body; device, monogram.
cipher writing. cryptography, crytograph, steganography, cryptogram.
circle, n. ring; circ.u.mference, periphery; circuit; clique, coterie, set, cla.s.s; annulation, annulus.