Chloralum (n.) An impure aqueous solution of chloride of aluminium, used as an antiseptic and disinfectant.
Chloranil (n.) A yellow crystalline substance, C6Cl4.O2, regarded as a derivative of quinone, obtained by the action of chlorine on certain benzene derivatives, as aniline.
Chlorate (n.) A salt of chloric acid; as, chlorate of potassium.
Chloraurate (n.) See Aurochloride.
Chlorhydric (a.) Same as Hydrochloric.
Chlorhydrin (n.) One of a class of compounds formed from certain polybasic alcohols (and especially glycerin) by the substitution of chlorine for one or more hydroxyl groups.
Chloric (a.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, chlorine; -- said of those compounds of chlorine in which this element has a valence of five, or the next to its highest; as, chloric acid, HClO3.
Chloridate (v. t.) To treat or prepare with a chloride, as a plate with chloride of silver, for the purposes of photography.
Chloride (n.) A binary compound of chlorine with another element or radical; as, chloride of sodium (common salt).
Chloridic (a.) Of or pertaining to a chloride; containing a chloride.
Chloridize (v. t.) See Chloridate.
Chlorimetry (n.) See Chlorometry.
Chlorinated (imp. & p. p.) of Chlorinate
Chlorinating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Chlorinate
Chlorinate (v. t.) To treat, or cause to combine, with chlorine.
Chlorination (n.) The act or process of subjecting anything to the action of chlorine; especially, a process for the extraction of gold by exposure of the auriferous material to chlorine gas.
Chlorine (n.) One of the elementary substances, commonly isolated as a greenish yellow gas, two and one half times as heavy as air, of an intensely disagreeable suffocating odor, and exceedingly poisonous. It is abundant in nature, the most important compound being common salt. It is powerful oxidizing, bleaching, and disinfecting agent. Symbol Cl. Atomic weight, 35.4.
Chloriodic (a.) Compounded of chlorine and iodine; containing chlorine and iodine.
Chloriodine (n.) A compound of chlorine and iodine.
Chlorite (n.) The name of a group of minerals, usually of a green color and micaceous to granular in structure. They are hydrous silicates of alumina, iron, and magnesia.
Chlorite (n.) Any salt of chlorous acid; as, chlorite of sodium.
Chloritic (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, chlorite; as, chloritic sand.
Chlormethane (n.) A colorless gas, CH3Cl, of a sweet odor, easily condensed to a liquid; -- called also methyl chloride.
Chloro- () A prefix denoting that chlorine is an ingredient in the substance named.
Chlorocruorin (n.) A green substance, supposed to be the cause of the green color of the blood in some species of worms.
Chlorodyne (n.) A patent anodyne medicine, containing opium, chloroform, Indian hemp, etc.
Chloroform (n.) A colorless volatile liquid, CHCl3, having an ethereal odor and a sweetish taste, formed by treating alcohol with chlorine and an alkali. It is a powerful solvent of wax, resin, etc., and is extensively used to produce anaesthesia in surgical operations; also externally, to alleviate pain.
Chloroformed (imp. & p. p.) of Chloroform
Chloroforming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Chloroform
Chloroform (v. t.) To treat with chloroform, or to place under its influence.
Chloroleucite (n.) Same as Chloroplastid.
Chlorometer (n.) An instrument to test the decoloring or bleaching power of chloride of lime.
Chlorometry (n.) The process of testing the bleaching power of any combination of chlorine.
Chloropal (n.) A massive mineral, greenish in color, and opal-like in appearance. It is essentially a hydrous silicate of iron.
Chloropeptic (a.) Of or pertaining to an acid more generally called pepsin-hydrochloric acid.
Chlorophane (n.) A variety of fluor spar, which, when heated, gives a beautiful emerald green light.
Chlorophane (n.) The yellowish green pigment in the inner segment of the cones of the retina. See Chromophane.
Chlorophyll (n.) Literally, leaf green; a green granular matter formed in the cells of the leaves (and other parts exposed to light) of plants, to which they owe their green color, and through which all ordinary assimilation of plant food takes place. Similar chlorophyll granules have been found in the tissues of the lower animals.
Chloroplastid (n.) A granule of chlorophyll; -- also called chloroleucite.
Chloroplatinic (a.) See Platinichloric.
Chlorosis (n.) The green sickness; an anaemic disease of young women, characterized by a greenish or grayish yellow hue of the skin, weakness, palpitation, etc.
Chlorosis (n.) A disease in plants, causing the flowers to turn green or the leaves to lose their normal green color.
Chlorotic (a.) Pertaining to, or affected by, chlorosis.
Chlorous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, chlorine; -- said of those compounds of chlorine in which this element has a valence of three, the next lower than in chloric compounds; as, chlorous acid, HClO2.
Chlorous (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, the electro-negative character of chlorine; hence, electro-negative; -- opposed to basylous or zincous.
Chlorpicrin (n.) A heavy, colorless liquid, CCl3.NO2, of a strong pungent odor, obtained by subjecting picric acid to the action of chlorine.
Chloruret (n.) A chloride.
Choak (v. t. & i.) See Choke.
Choanoid (a.) Funnel-shaped; -- applied particularly to a hollow muscle attached to the ball of the eye in many reptiles and mammals.
Chocard (n.) The chough.
Chocked (imp. & p. p.) of Chock
Chocking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Chock
Chock (v. t.) To stop or fasten, as with a wedge, or block; to scotch; as, to chock a wheel or cask.
Chock (v. i.) To fill up, as a cavity.
Chock (n.) A wedge, or block made to fit in any space which it is desired to fill, esp. something to steady a cask or other body, or prevent it from moving, by fitting into the space around or beneath it.
Chock (n.) A heavy casting of metal, usually fixed near the gunwale. It has two short horn-shaped arms curving inward, between which ropes or hawsers may pass for towing, mooring, etc.
Chock (adv.) Entirely; quite; as, chock home; chock aft.
Chock (v. t.) To encounter.
Chock (n.) An encounter.
Chockablock (a.) Hoisted as high as the tackle will admit; brought close together, as the two blocks of a tackle in hoisting.
Chock-full (a.) Quite full; choke-full.
Chocolate (n.) A paste or cake composed of the roasted seeds of the Theobroma Cacao ground and mixed with other ingredients, usually sugar, and cinnamon or vanilla.
Chocolate (n.) The beverage made by dissolving a portion of the paste or cake in boiling water or milk.
Choctaws (n. pl.) A tribe of North American Indians (Southern Appalachian), in early times noted for their pursuit of agriculture, and for living at peace with the white settlers. They are now one of the civilized tribes of the Indian Territory.
Chode () the old imp. of chide. See Chide.
Chogset (n.) See Cunner.
Choice (n.) Act of choosing; the voluntary act of selecting or separating from two or more things that which is preferred; the determination of the mind in preferring one thing to another; election.
Choice (n.) The power or opportunity of choosing; option.
Choice (n.) Care in selecting; judgment or skill in distinguishing what is to be preferred, and in giving a preference; discrimination.
Choice (n.) A sufficient number to choose among.
Choice (n.) The thing or person chosen; that which is approved and selected in preference to others; selection.
Choice (n.) The best part; that which is preferable.
Choice (superl.) Worthly of being chosen or preferred; select; superior; precious; valuable.
Choice (superl.) Preserving or using with care, as valuable; frugal; -- used with of; as, to be choice of time, or of money.
Choice (superl.) Selected with care, and due attention to preference; deliberately chosen.
Choiceful (a.) Making choices; fickle.
Choicely (adv.) With care in choosing; with nice regard to preference.
Choicely (adv.) In a preferable or excellent manner; excellently; eminently.
Choiceness (n.) The quality of being of particular value or worth; nicely; excellence.
Choir (n.) A band or organized company of singers, especially in church service.
Choir (n.) That part of a church appropriated to the singers.
Choir (n.) The chancel.
Choked (imp. & p. p.) of Choke
Choking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Choke
Choke (v. t.) To render unable to breathe by filling, pressing upon, or squeezing the windpipe; to stifle; to suffocate; to strangle.
Choke (v. t.) To obstruct by filling up or clogging any passage; to block up.
Choke (v. t.) To hinder or check, as growth, expansion, progress, etc.; to stifle.
Choke (v. t.) To affect with a sense of strangulation by passion or strong feeling.
Choke (v. t.) To make a choke, as in a cartridge, or in the bore of the barrel of a shotgun.
Choke (v. i.) To have the windpipe stopped; to have a spasm of the throat, caused by stoppage or irritation of the windpipe; to be strangled.
Choke (v. i.) To be checked, as if by choking; to stick.
Choke (n.) A stoppage or irritation of the windpipe, producing the feeling of strangulation.
Choke (n.) The tied end of a cartridge.
Choke (n.) A constriction in the bore of a shotgun, case of a rocket, etc.
Chokeberry (n.) The small apple-shaped or pear-shaped fruit of an American shrub (Pyrus arbutifolia) growing in damp thickets; also, the shrub.
Chokecherry (n.) The astringent fruit of a species of wild cherry (Prunus Virginiana); also, the bush or tree which bears such fruit.
Choke damp () See Carbonic acid, under Carbonic.
Chokedar (n.) A watchman; an officer of customs or police.
Choke-full (a.) Full to the brim; quite full; chock-full.
Choke pear () A kind of pear that has a rough, astringent taste, and is swallowed with difficulty, or which contracts the mucous membrane of the mouth.