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channelise

verb · cause to form a channel

Example: channelize a stream

chaotic

adjective · lacking a visible order or organization

chapfallen

adjective · brought low in spirit

Example: left us fatigued and deflated spiritually

characteristic

adjective · typical or distinctive

Example: heard my friend's characteristic laugh

characteristically

adverb · in characteristic manner

Example: he arrived characteristically late

charge up

verb · cause to be agitated, excited, or roused

Example: The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks

charitably

adverb · in a charitable manner

Example: she treated him charitably

charles river

noun · a river in eastern Massachusetts that empties into Boston Harbor and that separates Cambridge from Boston

chastely

adverb · in a chaste and virtuous manner

Example: she lived chastely

chastise

verb · censure severely

Example: She chastised him for his insensitive remarks

cheaply

adverb · with little expenditure of money

Example: I bought this car very cheaply

cheat on

verb · be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage

Example: She cheats on her husband

check in

verb · announce one's arrival, e.g. at hotels or airports

check over

verb · examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition

Example: check the brakes

check up on

verb · examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition

Example: check the brakes

cheekily

adverb · in a brash cheeky manner

Example: brashly, she asked for a rebate

cheerlessly

adverb · in an unhappy manner

Example: he cheerlessly set out to do the task

cheesed off

adjective · greatly annoyed; out of patience

Example: had an exasperated look on his face

chemical action

noun · (chemistry) any process determined by the atomic and molecular composition and structure of the substances involved

chemiluminescent

adjective · relating to the phenomenon of chemiluminescence

Example: fireflies are chemiluminescent

chemisorptive

adjective · having the capacity to adsorb by chemical as contrasted with physical forces

chevvy

verb · annoy continually or chronically

Example: He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked

chiasmal

adjective · of or relating to a chiasm

child

noun · a young person of either sex

Example: she writes books for children

childishly

adverb · in a childlike manner

Example: he acted very childishly

childlike

adjective · befitting a young child

Example: childlike charm

childproof

verb · make safe against children

Example: childproof the apartment

chilean rimu

noun · about the hardiest Podocarpaceae species; prostrate spreading shrub similar to mountain rimu; mountains of southern Chile

chinchona

noun · any of several trees of the genus Cinchona

chinese-red

adjective · of a vivid red to reddish-orange color

chintzily

adverb · in a stingy manner

Example: their rich uncle treated them rather chintzily

chip at

verb · engrave or cut by chipping away at a surface

Example: carve one's name into the bark

chip away

verb · remove or withdraw gradually:

Example: These new customs are chipping away at the quality of life

chipper

adjective · having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air- Frances G. Patton- H.M.Reynolds

Example: looking chipper, like a man...diverted by his own wit

chitter

verb · make high-pitched sounds, as of birds

chivalrously

adverb · in a gallant manner

Example: he gallantly offered to take her home

chivvy

verb · annoy continually or chronically

Example: He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked

chivy

verb · annoy continually or chronically

Example: He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked

chock up

verb · crowd or pack to capacity

Example: the theater was jampacked

chock-a-block

adverb · as completely as possible

Example: it was chock-a-block full

chockablock

adjective · packed full to capacity

Example: chowder chockablock with pieces of fish

choose

verb · pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives

Example: Take any one of these cards

choosy

adjective · difficult to please

chop off

verb · remove by or as if by cutting

Example: cut off the ear

chop-chop

adverb · with rapid movements

Example: he works quickly

chorally

adverb · by a chorus

Example: chorally accompanied

chordal

adjective · relating to or consisting of or emphasizing chords

Example: chordal assonance in modern music

chromatically

adverb · with respect to color

Example: chromatically pure

chromium-plate

verb · plate with chromium

Example: chrome bathroom fixtures

chronically

adverb · in a slowly developing and long lasting manner

Example: chronically ill persons

chronologically

adverb · with respect to chronology

Example: he is chronologically older

chronologize

verb · establish the order in time of something

Example: The archivist chronologized the documents

chubby

adjective · sufficiently fat so as to have a pleasing fullness of figure;

Example: a chubby child

chukaku-ha

noun · an ultra-leftist militant group founded in 1957 from the breakup of the Japanese Communist Party; includes a covert action wing

Example: Chukaku-Ha attacks tend to cause property damage rather than casualties

churchman

noun · a clergyman or other person in religious orders