chiropractic
— Noun
– English
~ a method of treatment that manipulates body structures (especially the spine) to relieve low back pain or even headache or high blood pressure
chiropractor
— Noun
– English
~ a therapist who practices chiropractic
chiroptera
— Noun
– English
~ an old order dating to early Eocene: bats: suborder Megachiroptera (fruit bats); suborder Microchiroptera (insectivorous bats)
chiropteran
— Noun
– English
~ nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate
chirp
— Verb
– English
~ make high-pitched sounds; "the birds were chirping in the bushes"
chirpy
— Adjective
– English
~ (birds or insects) characterized by or tending to chirp
chirpy
— Adjective
– English
~ characterized by liveliness and lightheartedness; "buoyant spirits"; "his quick wit and chirpy humor"; "looking bright and well and chirpy"; "a perky little widow in her 70s"
chirr
— Verb
– English
~ make a vibrant noise, of grasshoppers or cicadas
chirrup
— Verb
– English
~ make high-pitched sounds; "the birds were chirping in the bushes"
chisel
— Verb
– English
~ carve with a chisel; "chisel the marble"
chisel
— Verb
– English
~ engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud; "Who's chiseling on the side?"
chisel
— Verb
– English
~ deprive somebody of something by deceit; "The con-man beat me out of $50"; "This salesman ripped us off!"; "we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme"; "They chiseled me out of my money"
chisel
— Noun
– English
~ an edge tool with a flat steel blade with a cutting edge
chiseled
— Adjective
– English
~ having a clean and distinct outline as if precisely cut along the edges; "a finely chiseled nose"; "well-defined features"