English words: chamber orchestra to chandanam
300 English words, part 52 of 202 of the words starting with C, A to Z. 32 have a page of their own.
English words chamber orchestra to chandanam
- chamber orchestra noun: An orchestra of modest size, to play chamber music, yet larger than the various chamber ensembles named after their number of instruments (from duo to nonet).
- chamber organ noun: a small pipe organ of a type suitable for domestic use as opposed to in a church or concert hall
- chamber play noun: A play of usually three acts which can be performed with a small cast and practically no sets or costumes in a small space.
- chamber pop noun: A subgenre of rock music which places increased emphasis on melody, often incorporating vocal harmonies and bowed string instruments.
- chamber pot noun: A container used for urination and defecation, particularly those used in early modern towns before the advent of the flush toilet.
- chamber tomb noun /ˈt͡ʃeɪ̯m.bə ˌtuːm/: A communal burial place, cut into rock or hillslopes or constructed of masonry, whose chamber may or may not have an entry passage, usually covered by a mound.
- chamber utensil noun: Synonym of chamber pot.
- chamber-work noun: Sex; fornication.
- chamberbitter noun: An Asian herb of species Phyllanthus urinaria that has become a worldwide invasive weed.
- chambered adjective, verb: Having chambers.
- chambered nautilus noun: A marine mollusc, of the family Nautilidae native to the Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean, which has tentacles and a spiral shell with a series of air-filled...
- chamberer noun /ˈt͡ʃeɪmbɚɚ/: A high-ranking female servant who attends in a royal's or noble's chamber.
- chamberesque adjective: Resembling or characteristic of chamber music.
- chamberful noun: The amount that fills a chamber.
- chambering noun, verb: Sexual indulgence; wantonness.
- chamberlain noun /ˈt͡ʃeɪmbəlɪn/: A senior royal official in charge of superintending the arrangement of domestic affairs and often charged with receiving and paying out money kept in the...
- chamberlaincy noun: Synonym of chamberlainship
- chamberlainry noun: Synonym of chamberlainship.
- chamberlainship noun: The office or post of chamberlain.
- Chamberland proper noun: A surname.
- chamberless adjective: Without a chamber.
- chamberlet noun: A little chamber.
- chamberleted adjective: Alternative form of chamberletted.
- chamberletted adjective: Divided into little chambers.
- chamberlike adjective: Resembling chamber music.
- Chamberlinian adjective: Of or relating to Edward Chamberlin (1899–1967), American economist.
- chambermaid noun /ˈt͡ʃeɪm.bə.meɪd/: A maid who handles the chores in a hotel room or (chiefly historically) a bedroom in a wealthy household.
- chambermaiding noun: The work of a chambermaid.
- chambermate noun: A person with whom one shares a chamber or room.
- chamberpot noun: Alternative spelling of chamber pot.
- chambers noun, verb /ˈt͡ʃeɪmbəz/: A set of rooms in a building used as an office or a residential apartment.
- Chambersburg proper noun: An unincorporated community and township in Pike County, Illinois.
- Chambersian adjective /t͡ʃeɪmˈbɜː(ɹ).zi.ən/: Of or relating to William Chambers (1723–1796), Swedish architect based in London.
- chambersite noun: An orthorhombic-pyramidal mineral containing boron, chlorine, manganese, and oxygen.
- chamberslide noun: A removable polystyrene media chamber (for growing cells) attached to a standard glass microscope slide
- chamberstick noun: A short candlestick with a pan at the base to catch dripping wax.
- Chambertin noun: A grand cru Burgundy wine from part of Gevrey-Chambertin, France.
- chamberware noun: Toiletries that are designed for use in a bedroom, such as bowls with ewers, shaving mugs, chamber pots, soap dishes, etc.
- chamberwoman noun: Synonym of chambermaid.
- Chambéry proper noun: A city and prefecture, the capital of Savoie department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.
- chambira noun: Astrocaryum chambira, a type of palm native to the Amazon rainforest, or the wood of this tree.
- Chamblee proper noun: A surname.
- Chamblin proper noun: A surname.
- chambon noun: A strap that connects the girth or surcingle to rings on either side of the bridle or halter, preventing the horse from raising its head beyond a fixed point.
- Chambord proper noun /ʃɒ̃ˈbɔː(ɹ)/: A commune and town in Loir-et-Cher department, Centre-Val de Loire, France.
- chambranle noun /ˈʃɒmbɹɒnlə/: In architecture, the case or frame used on three sides around a chamber door, large window, or fireplace mantel, and the border decorations.
- chambray noun /ˈʃɒmbɹeɪ/: A soft fabric woven with a white weft and coloured warp.
- chambré adjective /ˈʃɒmbɹeɪ/: Of wine: brought to room temperature for the room in which it is to be served.
- chambress noun: A woman in charge of clothing and bedding in a convent.
- chamcha noun: A sycophant and hanger-on or lackey.
- chamchagiri noun: sycophancy, flattery.
- Chamdo proper noun: A prefecture-level city of the Tibet Autonomous Region, China.
- chameck noun: Peruvian spider monkey; Ateles chamek
- chameleon adjective, noun /kəˈmi.li.ən/: A small to mid-size reptile, of the family Chamaeleonidae, and one of the best known lizard families able to change color and project its long tongue.
- chameleon cichlid noun: An American fish of species Australoheros facetus.
- chameleon-like adjective: Alternative form of chameleonlike.
- chameleon mineral noun: A manganese salt, especially potassium permanganate.
- chameleon plant noun: A plant of the species Houttuynia cordata.
- chameleon schema noun: An XML schema with no target namespace.
- chameleon vine noun: Synonym of pilpil (“Boquila trifoliolata”)
- chameleonesque adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a chameleon.
- chameleonic adjective: Resembling a chameleon: readily changing color or other attributes.
- chameleonically adverb: In a chameleonic way.
- chameleonise verb: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of chameleonize.
- chameleonize verb: To change colour or turn various colours; to be transformed (to suit changing circumstances).
- chameleonlike adjective: Having the characteristics of a chameleon.
- chameli noun: jasmine (Jasminum)
- chamelot noun: Alternative form of camlet.
- chamerophyte noun: Any herbaceous or woody plant whose buds overwinter just above soil level
- chamets noun: Alternative spelling of chametz.
- chametz adjective, noun /həˈmɛts/: Food products made from leavened grain flour, which may not be consumed on Passover.
- chametz-based adjective: Synonym of chametz
- chametz-free adjective: Synonym of non-chametz
- chamfer noun, verb /ˈt͡ʃæm.fə/: An obtuse-angled relief or cut at an edge added for a finished appearance and to break sharp edges.
- chamfered adjective, verb: Containing chamfers
- chamferer noun: A tool for chamfering.
- chamfering noun, verb: A chamfer.
- chamferless adjective: Without a chamfer.
- chamfrain noun: Alternative form of chamfron.
- chamfrein noun: Alternative form of chamfron (protective armor for a horse's head, especially the face and ears).
- chamfret noun: A small gutter; a furrow or groove.
- chamfron noun /ˈt͡ʃam.fɹən/: Protective armor for a horse's head, especially the face and ears.
- Chami proper noun: A female given name.
- Chamic adjective: Of or relating to a subgroup of Malayo-Polynesian languages spoken in Aceh (Sumatra, Indonesia) and in parts of Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, and Hainan, China.
- Chamicuro noun: A member of an indigenous people of Peru.
- chamid noun: Any bivalve mollusk in the family Chamidae.
- chamigrane noun: A spiro sesquiterpene with IUPAC name 1,1,5,9-tetramethylspiro[5.5]undecane
- chamigrene noun: The sesquiterpene (R)-11-methylene-3,7,7-trimethylspiro[5.5]undec-2-ene
- chamigrenyl noun: A univalent radical or cation derived from chamigrene
- chamisa noun: rubber rabbitbrush (Ericameria nauseosa)
- chamisal noun: Dated form of chamise (“American shrub”).
- chamise noun: An evergreen shrub native to California, Adenostoma fasciculatum, in the botanical family Rosaceae
- chamiso noun: An evergreen shrub, Atriplex canescens, found in the southwestern United States.
- chamissonolide noun: A sesquiterpene lactone found in Arnica chamissonis.
- Chamito- prefix: Alternative spelling of Hamito-.
- Chamito-Semitic adjective: Alternative spelling of Hamito-Semitic.
- Chamizal proper noun: A territory along the Rio Grande, the subject of a territorial dispute between Mexico and the United States from 1864 to 1964.
- Chamkanni noun: A particular Pashtun tribe.
- chamma noun: Alternative form of shamma.
- chammy noun, verb /ˈʃæmi/: Alternative form of shammy.
- chamo noun: Alternative form of jamo.
- chamoe noun: any melon of species Cucumis melo, primarily grown in Korea, Japan, and northern China.
- chamois adjective, noun, verb /ˈʃæmwɑː/: A short-horned goat antelope native to mountainous terrain in southern Europe; Rupicapra rupicapra.
- chamois leather noun: A soft suede leather, originally from the chamois but now made from sheepskin, used in cleaning and polishing.
- chamoisite noun: Alternative form of chamosite.
- chamoix noun: Alternative form of chamois.
- Chamoli proper noun: A district of Uttarakhand, India.
- chamomile noun: US standard spelling of camomile.
- chamomile tea noun: Alternative form of camomile tea.
- chamomilla noun: camomile
- Chamonix proper noun /ˈʃæməniː/: A town in Haute-Savoie department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.
- Chamorra noun: A female Chamorro.
- Chamorro adjective, noun /t͡ʃəˈmɒɹəʊ/: An indigenous native islander of the Mariana Islands consisting of Guam and Northern Mariana Islands of Saipan, Rota, and Tinian.
- CHamoru noun: Alternative form of Chamorro (ethnicity)
- chamosite noun: A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, oxygen, and silicon.
- chamositic adjective: Relating to chamosite.
- chamotte noun /ʃəˈmɑt/: A ceramic raw material with a high percentage of silica and alumina.
- Chamoun proper noun: A surname from Arabic
- chamoy noun /t͡ʃəˈmɔɪ/: A type of sauce from Mexico made from pickled fruit, chili and other ingredients
- chamoyada noun: A sweet and spicy type of shaved ice drink prepared with fruit and flavored with chamoy.
- champ noun, verb /t͡ʃæmp/: Clipping of champion.
- champ at the bit verb: To bite the bit, especially when restless.
- champ clos noun: A field officially set aside for the fighting of a knightly duel or tournament: the area enclosed by the lists.
- champ down on verb: Alternative form of chomp down on (to eat).
- champ up verb: To pull upwards, e.g. to pull plants out of the ground.
- Champa proper noun /ˈtʃæm.pə/: A collection of Cham polities in what is now Vietnam from the 2nd century through 1832.
- Champa rice noun: A fast-maturing, drought-resistant variety of rice from the Champa Kingdom in contemporary central Vietnam.
- champac noun: A type of Asian tree with fragrant blossoms, Magnolia champaca
- champaca noun: champac; Magnolia champaca; a large evergreen tree in the Magnoliaceae family.
- champacol noun: Synonym of guaiol.
- champacyclin noun: A cyclic octapeptide present in Streptomyces champavatii
- champada noun: A superior species of jackfruit.
- champadak noun: Alternative form of chempedak.
- champagne adjective, noun, verb /ʃæmˈpeɪn/: Alternative form of champagne (“type of sparkling wine made in France”).
- champagne breakfast noun: A luxurious breakfast including champagne, served as part of a special day or outing.
- champagne bucket noun: A bowl or bucket designed for holding ice cubes or crushed ice that is used to chill a bottle of champagne.
- champagne cocktail noun: A cocktail made with sugar, Angostura bitters, champagne and brandy, garnished with a maraschino cherry.
- champagne cola noun: A yellow to brown sweetened carbonated beverage, produced mainly in the tropics of Latin America or India, with a flavour comparable to bubblegum or cream soda.
- champagne coupe noun: A shallow, broad-bowled, saucer-shaped stemmed glass.
- champagne flute noun: A piece of stemware with a long stem and a tall, narrow bowl on top, designed to keep champagne desirable during its consumption by preventing heat from the...
- champagne girl noun: A waitress in a bar who serves champagne.
- champagne glass noun: A drinking vessel made of glass with a stem, intended for champagne or sparkling wine, with two basic shapes; a champagne flute or champagne coupe.
- champagne lounge noun: A champagne room.
- Champagne mango noun: A smaller, oblong mango variety native to Mexico, highly prized for its velvety, fiberless texture and intensely sweet, honeylike flavor.
- champagne music noun: A light, rhythmic, melodic style of big band music associated with Lawrence Welk (1903–1992), American accordionist and bandleader.
- champagne pink noun: A light shade of pink.
- champagne powder noun: Powdery snow.
- champagne problem noun: The need to make a decision between alternatives that are both desirable.
- champagne room noun: A VIP room in a strip club usually equipped with a bar, where a customer can purchase private time with a stripper.
- champagne soda noun: Synonym of champagne cola.
- champagne stirrer noun: An ornamental stick, often with a branched end, placed or stirred in champagne to reduce the bubbles.
- champagne tap noun: A bloodless sample of cerebrospinal fluid from a lumbar puncture (colloquially, a spinal tap).
- champagne taste on a beer billfold noun: Synonym of champagne taste on a beer budget.
- champagne taste on a beer budget noun: Expensive desires or preferences which one lacks the finances to fulfill satisfactorily.
- champagne taste on a beer pocketbook noun: Synonym of champagne taste on a beer budget.
- champagne taste on a beer salary noun: Synonym of champagne taste on a beer budget.
- champagne taste on a beer wallet noun: Synonym of champagne taste on a beer budget.
- Champagne vinegar noun: A mild, floral, and slightly sweet vinegar made by fermenting champagne (or the base wines used to make champagne) into acetic acid.
- champagne whisk noun: A small whisklike utensil, often made of silver, specifically designed for stirring the bubbles out of champagne.
- champagneless adjective: Without champagne.
- champagnelike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of champagne.
- champagney adjective: Resembling or characteristic of the drink champagne.
- champagnization noun: The turning of wine into champagne.
- champagnize verb: To turn (wine) into champagne.
- champagny adjective: Alternative spelling of champagney.
- champaign adjective, noun /ˈʃæmpeɪn/: Open countryside, or an area of open countryside.
- champain adjective, noun: Alternative form of champaine.
- champaine adjective, noun: Curved (concave), enarched, or sometimes varriated; especially in the phrase point champaine, an abatement consisting of a curved (or sometimes horizontal)...
- champak noun: Alternative form of champac (Magnolia champaca)
- champaka noun: Alternative form of champac (Magnolia champaca)
- champan noun: Alternative form of sampan (“type of boat”).
- champana noun: Alternative form of sampan (“type of boat”).
- champane noun: Alternative form of sampan (“type of boat”).
- champansky noun /ʃæmˈpænski/: Imitation champagne, chiefly Russian in origin.
- champart noun: The division of the produce of land, the right of the feudal lord.
- champas noun: The native peat of Peru.
- champe noun: Alternative form of champ.
- champeen noun: A champion.
- Champenois adjective, noun: Of, from or relating to Champagne, wine-producing cultural region, part of the administrative region of Grand Est, France.
- champer noun: One who champs (bites or chews).
- champers noun /ˈʃæmpə(ɹ)z/: Champagne (wine).
- champertor noun: One guilty of champerty; one who purchases a suit, or the right of suing, and carries it on at his or her own expense, in order to obtain a share of the gain.
- champertous adjective: Having the quality of champerty; being an instance of champerty.
- champerty noun: The investing of money into a third party's lawsuit in which one has no vested interest.
- champeta noun: A form of local independent music from Colombia.
- champfrein noun: Alternative form of chamfron (“protective armor for a horse's head”).
- champian adjective, noun: Synonym of champaign.
- champignon noun /ʃæmˈpɪnjən/: Any mushroom of the genus Agaricus.
- Champigny proper noun: A commune in Marne department, Grand Est, France.
- champing noun, verb: The sound or action of one who champs (bites or chews).
- champion adjective, noun, verb /ˈt͡ʃæm.pi.ən/: An ongoing winner in a game or contest.
- Champion Bay poison noun: The plant Gastrolobium oxylobioides.
- champion data noun: The best result data among many experiments with uncontrolled variations.
- champion-elect noun: One who is to be made a champion.
- champion in chief noun: The foremost champion; the most prominent or important defender.
- championer noun: One who champions something.
- championess noun: A female champion.
- championing noun, verb: The act of one who champions something; fervent support.
- championize verb: To champion.
- championless adjective: Without a champion.
- championlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a champion.
- Champions tiebreak noun: An extension of a tiebreak (sometimes played instead of a deciding set) in which the winner is the first player to reach ten points and lead by a margin of two
- championship noun /ˈtʃæm.pi.ən.ʃɪp/: A competition to determine a champion, especially the final of a series of competitions.
- Champissage noun: A form of Indian head massage, supposed to release pent-up negative energies.
- Champlain proper noun: A surname from French.
- champlevé adjective, noun /ˌʃɒ̃mləˈveɪ/: Having the ground engraved or cut out in the parts to be enamelled; inlaid in depressions made in the ground; said of a kind of enamel work in which...
- Champlin proper noun: A surname.
- Champness proper noun: A surname.
- Champney proper noun: A surname from Old French.
- champon noun: An Asian noodle dish with pork, seafood, and vegetables in a soup.
- champorado noun /t͡ʃɐm.poˈɾaː.d̪o/: champorado (a sweet chocolate rice porridge in Philippine cuisine)
- Champoux proper noun: A surname from French.
- champoy noun /t͡ʃɐmˈpoɪ̯/: A snack made from preserved yangmei or sometimes tamarind.
- champsodontid noun: Any fish in the family Champsodontidae.
- champsosaur noun: Any extinct diapsid reptile of the genus †Champsosaurus.
- champsosaurid noun: Any extinct reptile in the family Champsosauridae.
- champurrado noun: A traditional chocolate-based atole found in Mexico, containing panela, vanilla, anise and cinnamon.
- Champy noun: Any of a class of aquatic monsters said to inhabit Lake Champlain.
- Champy plate noun: The monocortical miniplate used in the Champy technique.
- Champy's line noun: An ideal line of osteosynthesis for mandible fractures, used in the Champy technique.
- chamsa noun: Alternative form of hamsa.
- chamsin noun: Alternative form of khamsin.
- chan noun, suffix /t͡ʃæn/: An IRC channel.
- Chan's megastick noun: A very long stick insect of the species Phobaeticus chani in family Phasmatidae.
- chana noun /ˈt͡ʃʌnə/: A dish principally made from chickpeas or chickpea paste.
- chana daal noun: Alternative spelling of chana dal.
- chana dahl noun: Alternative spelling of chana dal.
- chana dal noun: An Indian dish of chickpeas cooked with onion, garlic, tomatoes and spices.
- chana dhal noun: Alternative spelling of chana dal.
- Chanaanite noun: Alternative spelling of Canaanite.
- chanachur noun: Synonym of Bombay mix.
- Chanakya noun /ˈtʃɑːnəkjə/: A shrewd politician or, in general, a cunning person; a Machiavelli.
- Chananaean adjective, noun: Alternative spelling of Chananean
- Chananean adjective, noun: Synonym of Canaanite
- chanate noun: a kind of bird
- chanbara noun: A Japanese genre of period action film about samurai.
- chanca piedra noun: A plant native to tropical coastal areas, Phyllanthus niruri, used to produce an herbal supplement.
- chance adjective, adverb, noun, verb /t͡ʃɑːns/ [t͡ʃʰɑːns]: An opportunity or possibility.
- chance acquaintance noun: A person whom one knows, often only minimally, having originally met them by chance, without prior arrangement.
- chance card noun: A card, in any of various games, with instructions to be followed by a player whose token lands on a "chance" space, usually affording them some chance...
- chance'd be a fine thing phrase: Synonym of no chance or fat chance, with a somewhat more cheerful attitude.
- chance-medley noun: The killing of another in self-defence upon a sudden and unpremeditated encounter.
- chance on verb: Alternative form of chance upon.
- chance one's arm verb: To take a risk.
- chance passenger noun: a passenger of public transport that has a ticket but with a different schedule than the desired departure schedule
- chance the ducks verb: To take a risk.
- chance upon verb /ˈt͡ʃɑːns əˌpɒn/: To find (someone or something) by chance.
- chance would be a fine thing phrase: Alternative form of chance'd be a fine thing.
- chanceable adjective: Happening by chance; accidental
- chanceably adverb: by chance
- chanceful adjective /ˈt͡ʃænsfəl/: hazardous; random
- chancefully adverb: by chance or coincidence
- chancel noun /ˈtʃɑːnsəl/: The space around the altar in a church or cathedral, often enclosed, for use by the clergy and the choir. In medieval cathedrals the chancel was usually...
- chancel organ noun: A division of a pipe organ for accompanying a choir.
- chancel repair liability noun: A legal requirement for certain homeowners to pay for repairs to their local church.
- chanceless adjective: Achieved without taking chances.
- chancelessness noun: Absence of chance or a chance.
- chancellery noun /ˈtʃɑːn.sə.lə.ɹi/: The rank or post of a chancellor.
- chancellor noun /ˈtʃɑːnsələ/: A senior secretary or official with administrative or legal duties, sometimes in charge of some area of government such as finance or justice.
- chancellor's pudding noun: Synonym of cabinet pudding.
- chancelloress noun: A female chancellor.
- chancelloriid noun: Any extinct animal in the family Chancelloriidae.
- chancellorism noun: Government by a chancellor.
- chancellorship noun: The status of being a chancellor.
- Chancellorsville proper noun: An unincorporated community in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, United States.
- chancellory noun: Alternative spelling of chancellery.
- chancelry noun: Alternative form of chancellery.
- chancely adverb: By chance.
- chancemedley noun: Alternative spelling of chance-medley.
- chancer noun /ˈtʃɑːn.sə(ɹ)/: A scheming opportunist.
- chancery adverb, noun /ˈt͡ʃɑːnsəɹɪ/: In England, formerly, the highest court of judicature next to the Parliament, exercising jurisdiction at law, but chiefly in equity; but under the...
- chancery court noun: Synonym of court of equity
- chancery hand noun: Either of two styles of handwriting: a written form of black letter used in France and England from about 1350, developed in the Lateran chancelry in the...
- chances are adverb: It is likely that, it is probable that
- chancetaking noun: The act of engaging in an activity that involves risk.
- chancewise adverb: By chance; at random.
- chancey adjective: Alternative spelling of chancy.
- chanceyness noun: Alternative spelling of chanciness.
- chanchada noun: A style of popular Brazilian film, often including satires of Hollywood movies.
- chanchito noun: Australoheros facetus, the chameleon cichlid.
- chancily adverb: In a chancy manner.
- chanciness noun: The quality of being chancy or risky; riskiness.
- chancing noun, verb: Something that happens by chance.
- chancla noun /ˈt͡ʃɑŋklə/: A slipper or flip-flop
- chancleta noun: A slipper or sandal without a heel, such as a flip-flop or mule.
- Chanco proper noun: A city in Chile.
- Chanco cheese noun: A cheese, originally produced in the Cardenal Caro province and later in the town of Chanco, in Chile.
- chancre noun /ˈʃæŋ.kɚ/: Skin lesion, sometimes associated with certain contagious diseases such as syphilis.
- chancre mechanic noun: A medic.
- chancriform adjective: Having the form of a chancre
- chancroid noun /ˈʃæŋ.kɹɔɪd/: A sexually transmitted infection, caused by bacteria of species Haemophilus ducreyi, characterized by painful sores on the genitalia.
- chancroidal adjective: Relating to chancroid.
- chancrous adjective: Of the nature of a chancre; affected by chancre.
- chancy adjective /ˈtʃænsi/: Uncertain; risky; hazardous.
- Chand proper noun: A surname from Hindi.
- Chanda proper noun: A surname from Hindi.
- chandal noun: Alternative form of chandala.
- chandala noun: A person involved in the disposal of corpses, traditionally a lower-caste Hindu and considered untouchable.
- Chandan proper noun: A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- chandanam noun: sandalwood (substance)
Part 51 · Part 53 · English words: C
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under C: 60,525 words, in 202 parts.