Churning (n.) The quantity of butter made at one operation.
Churrus (n.) A powerfully narcotic and intoxicating gum resin which exudes from the flower heads, seeds, etc., of Indian hemp.
Churrworm (n.) An insect that turns about nimbly; the mole cricket; -- called also fan cricket.
Chuse (v. t.) See Choose.
Chute (n.) A framework, trough, or tube, upon or through which objects are made to slide from a higher to a lower level, or through which water passes to a wheel.
Chute (n.) See Shoot.
Chutney (n.) Alt. of Chutnee
Chutnee (n.) A warm or spicy condiment or pickle made in India, compounded of various vegetable substances, sweets, acids, etc.
Chylaceous (a.) Possessed of the properties of chyle; consisting of chyle.
Chylaqueous (a.) Consisting of chyle much diluted with water; -- said of a liquid which forms the circulating fluid of some inferior animals.
Chyle (n.) A milky fluid containing the fatty matter of the food in a state of emulsion, or fine mechanical division; formed from chyme by the action of the intestinal juices. It is absorbed by the lacteals, and conveyed into the blood by the thoracic duct.
Chylifaction (n.) The act or process by which chyle is formed from food in animal bodies; chylification, -- a digestive process.
Chylifactive (a.) Producing, or converting into, chyle; having the power to form chyle.
Chyliferous (a.) Transmitting or conveying chyle; as, chyliferous vessels.
Chylific (a.) Chylifactive.
Chylification (n.) The formation of chyle. See Chylifaction.
Chylificatory (a.) Chylifactive.
Chylify (v. t. & i.) To make chyle of; to be converted into chyle.
Chylopoetic (a.) Concerned in the formation of chyle; as, the chylopoetic organs.
Chylous (a.) Consisting of, or similar to, chyle.
Chyluria (n.) A morbid condition in which the urine contains chyle or fatty matter, giving it a milky appearance.
Chyme (n.) The pulpy mass of semi-digested food in the small intestines just after its passage from the stomach. It is separated in the intestines into chyle and excrement. See Chyle.
Chymic () Alt. of Chymistry
Chymist () Alt. of Chymistry
Chymistry () See Chemic, Chemist, Chemistry.
Chymiferous (a.) Bearing or containing chyme.
Chymification (n.) The conversion of food into chyme by the digestive action of gastric juice.
Chymify (v. t.) To form into chyme.
Chymous (a.) Of or pertaining to chyme.
Chyometer (n.) An instrument for measuring liquids. It consists of a piston moving in a tube in which is contained the liquid, the quantity expelled being indicated by the graduation upon the piston rod.
Cibarious (a.) Pertaining to food; edible.
Cibation (n.) The act of taking food.
Cibation (n.) The process or operation of feeding the contents of the crucible with fresh material.
Cibol (n.) A perennial alliaceous plant (Allium fistulosum), sometimes called Welsh onion. Its fistular leaves areused in cookery.
Ciboria (pl. ) of Ciborium
Ciborium (n.) A canopy usually standing free and supported on four columns, covering the high altar, or, very rarely, a secondary altar.
Ciborium (n.) The coffer or case in which the host is kept; the pyx.
Cicadas (pl. ) of Cicada
Cicadae (pl. ) of Cicada
Cicada (n.) Any species of the genus Cicada. They are large hemipterous insects, with nearly transparent wings. The male makes a shrill sound by peculiar organs in the under side of the abdomen, consisting of a pair of stretched membranes, acted upon by powerful muscles. A noted American species (C. septendecim) is called the seventeen year locust. Another common species is the dogday cicada.
Cicala (n.) A cicada. See Cicada.
Cicatrice (n.) A cicatrix.
Cicatricial (a.) Relating to, or having the character of, a cicatrix.
Cicatricle (n.) The germinating point in the embryo of a seed; the point in the yolk of an egg at which development begins.
Cicatrisive (a.) Tending to promote the formation of a cicatrix; good for healing of a wound.
Cicatrices (pl. ) of Cicatrix
Cicatrix (n.) The pellicle which forms over a wound or breach of continuity and completes the process of healing in the latter, and which subsequently contracts and becomes white, forming the scar.
Cicatrizant (n.) A medicine or application that promotes the healing of a sore or wound, or the formation of a cicatrix.
Cicatrization (n.) The process of forming a cicatrix, or the state of being cicatrized.
Cicatrized (imp. & p. p.) of Cicatrize
Cicatrizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cicatrize
Cicatrize (v. t.) To heal or induce the formation of a cicatrix in, as in wounded or ulcerated flesh.
Cicatrize (v. i.) To heal; to have a new skin.
Cicatrose (a.) Full of scars.
Cicely (n.) Any one of several umbelliferous plants, of the genera Myrrhis, Osmorrhiza, etc.
Cicero (n.) Pica type; -- so called by French printers.
Ciceroni (pl. ) of Cicerone
Cicerones (pl. ) of Cicerone
Cicerone (n.) One who shows strangers the curiosities of a place; a guide.
Ciceronian (a.) Resembling Cicero in style or action; eloquent.
Ciceronianism (n.) Imitation of, or resemblance to, the style or action Cicero; a Ciceronian phrase or expression.
Cichoraceous (a.) Belonging to, or resembling, a suborder of composite plants of which the chicory (Cichorium) is the type.
Cich-pea (n.) The chick-pea.
Cicisbeism (n.) The state or conduct of a cicisbeo.
Cicisbei (pl. ) of Cicisbeo
Cicisbeo (n.) A professed admirer of a married woman; a dangler about women.
Cicisbeo (n.) A knot of silk or ribbon attached to a fan, walking stick, etc.
Ciclatoun (n.) A costly cloth, of uncertain material, used in the Middle Ages.
Cicurate (v. t.) To tame.
Cicuration (n.) The act of taming.
Cicuta (n.) a genus of poisonous umbelliferous plants, of which the water hemlock or cowbane is best known.
Cicutoxin (n.) The active principle of the water hemlock (Cicuta) extracted as a poisonous gummy substance.
Cid (n.) Chief or commander; in Spanish literature, a title of Ruy Diaz, Count of Bivar, a champion of Christianity and of the old Spanish royalty, in the 11th century.
Cid (n.) An epic poem, which celebrates the exploits of the Spanish national hero, Ruy Diaz.
Cider (n.) The expressed juice of apples. It is used as a beverage, for making vinegar, and for other purposes.
Ciderist (n.) A maker of cider.
Ciderkin (n.) A kind of weak cider made by steeping the refuse pomace in water.
Ci-devant (a.) Former; previous; of times gone by; as, a ci-devant governor.
Cierge (n.) A wax candle used in religous rites.
Cigar (n.) A small roll of tobacco, used for smoking.
Cigarette (n.) A little cigar; a little fine tobacco rolled in paper for smoking.
Cilia (n. pl.) The eyelashes.
Cilia (n. pl.) Small, generally microscopic, vibrating appendages lining certain organs, as the air passages of the higher animals, and in the lower animals often covering also the whole or a part of the exterior. They are also found on some vegetable organisms. In the Infusoria, and many larval forms, they are locomotive organs.
Cilia (n. pl.) Hairlike processes, commonly marginal and forming a fringe like the eyelash.
Cilia (n. pl.) Small, vibratory, swimming organs, somewhat resembling true cilia, as those of Ctenophora.
Ciliary (a.) Pertaining to the cilia, or eyelashes. Also applied to special parts of the eye itself; as, the ciliary processes of the choroid coat; the ciliary muscle, etc.
Ciliary (a.) Pertaining to or connected with the cilia in animal or vegetable organisms; as, ciliary motion.
Ciliata (n. pl.) One of the orders of Infusoria, characterized by having cilia. In some species the cilia cover the body generally, in others they form a band around the mouth.
Ciliate (a.) Alt. of Ciliated
Ciliated (a.) Provided with, or surrounded by, cilia; as, a ciliate leaf; endowed with vibratory motion; as, the ciliated epithelium of the windpipe.
Cilice (n.) A kind of haircloth undergarment.
Cilician (a.) Of or pertaining to Cilicia in Asia Minor.
Cilician (n.) A native or inhabitant of Cilicia.
Cilicious (a.) Made, or consisting, of hair.
Ciliform (a.) Alt. of Ciliiform
Ciliiform (a.) Having the form of cilia; very fine or slender.
Ciliograde (a.) Moving by means of cilia, or cilialike organs; as, the ciliograde Medusae.
Cilium (n.) See Cilia.
Cill (n.) See Sill., n. a foundation.
Cillosis (n.) A spasmodic trembling of the upper eyelid.