Words in english starting with C

• chapman — Noun – English ～ archaic term for an itinerant peddler
• Chapman — Noun – English ～ United States pioneer who planted apple trees as he traveled (1774-1845)
• chapped — Adjective – English ～ used of skin roughened as a result of cold or exposure; "chapped lips"
• chapter — Noun – English ～ a local branch of some fraternity or association; "he joined the Atlanta chapter"
• chapter — Noun – English ～ any distinct period in history or in a person's life; "the industrial revolution opened a new chapter in British history"; "the divorce was an ugly chapter in their relationship"
• chapter — Noun – English ～ a series of related events forming an episode; "a chapter of disasters"
• chapter — Noun – English ～ an ecclesiastical assembly of the monks in a monastery or even of the canons of a church
• chapter — Noun – English ～ a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled; "he read a chapter every night before falling asleep"
• chapterhouse — Noun – English ～ a building attached to a monastery or cathedral; used as a meeting place for the chapter
• chapterhouse — Noun – English ～ a house used as a residence by a chapter of a fraternity
• chapultepec — Noun – English ～ a pitched battle in the Mexican War that resulted in a major victory for American forces over Mexican forces at a locality south of Mexico City (1847)
• char — Verb – English ～ burn to charcoal; "Without a drenching rain, the forest fire will char everything"
• char — Verb – English ～ burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color; "The cook blackened the chicken breast"; "The fire charred the ceiling above the mantelpiece"; "the flames scorched the ceiling"
• char — Noun – English ～ a charred substance
• char — Noun – English ～ a human female employed to do housework; "the char will clean the carpet"; "I have a woman who comes in four hours a day while I write"
• char — Noun – English ～ any of several small trout-like fish of the genus Salvelinus
• chara — Noun – English ～ green algae common in freshwater lakes of limestone districts
• charabanc — Noun – English ～ a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport; "he always rode the bus to work"
• Characeae — Noun – English ～ green algae superficially resembling horsetail ferns: stoneworts
• characid — Noun – English ～ any freshwater fish of the family Characinidae

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