Skip to main content

English words: chimney-glass to Chinese mugwort

300 English words, part 68 of 202 of the words starting with C, A to Z. 12 have a page of their own.

English words chimney-glass to Chinese mugwort

  1. chimney-glass noun: A mirror placed above a mantelpiece.
  2. chimney hook noun: A hook for suspending pots and kettles over a fire.
  3. chimney money noun: A tax formerly paid on all chimneys in England.
  4. chimney piece noun: Alternative form of chimneypiece.
  5. chimney pot noun: A short earthenware pipe, placed on top of a chimney to improve the draft.
  6. chimney-pot hat noun: A type of cylindrical top hat traditionally worn as formal attire.
  7. chimney's afire phrase: A phrase shouted when blood gushes out of a whale's blowhole after a killing blow is struck with a lance
  8. chimney stack noun: A vertical structure, normally of brick, rising from a roof, containing one or more flues, each one terminating in a chimney pot.
  9. chimney stalk noun: A very tall chimney.
  10. chimney swallow noun: barn swallow (Hirundo rustica)
  11. chimney sweep noun: A person whose job is to clean soot from chimneys.
  12. chimney sweep's cancer noun: Synonym of chimney sweep's carcinoma.
  13. chimney sweep's carcinoma noun: soot wart
  14. chimney sweeper noun: Synonym of chimney sweep.
  15. chimney swift noun: A rapid-flying bird that feeds on flying insects, Chaetura pelagica, with a breeding range in the eastern US extending into Canada and winter range in...
  16. chimneyboard noun: Synonym of fireboard.
  17. chimneybreast noun: Alternative form of chimney-breast.
  18. chimneyed adjective: Featuring one or more chimneys.
  19. chimneyful noun: The amount that fits in a chimney
  20. chimneyhead noun: The upper part of a chimneystack
  21. chimneyless adjective: Without a chimney.
  22. chimneylike adjective: Resembling a chimney, especially in shape
  23. chimneyman noun: A tax collector who collected the chimney-duty.
  24. chimneypiece noun: A mantelpiece.
  25. chimneypot noun: Alternative form of chimney pot.
  26. chimneyscape noun: A landscape dominated by chimneys.
  27. chimneystack noun: Alternative form of chimney stack.
  28. chimneysweep noun: Alternative form of chimney sweep.
  29. chimneysweeper noun: Alternative form of chimney sweeper.
  30. chimo interjection, noun /ˈt͡ʃi.moʊ/: Hello; goodbye.
  31. chimole noun: A Caribbean soup made of chicken, vegetables, and spices.
  32. chimonanthus noun: Any Asian shrub of the genus Chimonanthus, especially a form of allspice
  33. chimonophilous adjective: Having the chief development taking place during the winter.
  34. chimopelagic adjective: That is normally pelagic but rises to surface waters in winter
  35. chimp noun, verb /t͡ʃɪmp/: Clipping of chimpanzee.
  36. chimpanzee noun /t͡ʃɪmˈpæn.zi/: Pan troglodytes, a species of great ape native to the savannas and forests of Africa, and believed by biologists to be the closest extant relative to humans...
  37. chimpanzee fire noun: Synonym of foxfire (“fungal bioluminescence phenomenon”).
  38. chimpanzeelike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a chimpanzee.
  39. chimpanzoid adjective: Resembling (that of) a chimpanzee.
  40. chimpette noun: A female chimp.
  41. chimphuman noun: Synonym of chuman.
  42. chimpiness noun: The quality or state of resembling a chimpanzee.
  43. chimpish adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a chimpanzee.
  44. chimpkind noun: The chimpanzee species in its entirety.
  45. chimplike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a chimpanzee.
  46. chimpling noun: A young or diminutive chimpanzee.
  47. chimponaut noun: A chimpanzee used in a spaceflight programme.
  48. chimpy adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a chimpanzee.
  49. chimurenga noun: A genre of Zimbabwean popular music, originally focusing on revolutionary themes.
  50. chin noun, verb /ˈt͡ʃɪn/: The bottom of a face, (specifically) the typically jutting jawline below the mouth.
  51. chin cactus noun: Any of cactus of the genus Gymnocalycium.
  52. chin chin interjection, noun, verb /ˌt͡ʃɪnˈt͡ʃɪn/: A salutation, especially a drinking toast.
  53. chin chow noun: grass jelly
  54. chin cleft noun: Synonym of cleft chin.
  55. chin cough noun: Synonym of whooping cough.
  56. chin curtain noun: A beard that grows along the jawline and covers the chin completely.
  57. chin dimple noun: Synonym of cleft chin.
  58. chin groove noun: The anatomical dip or bend located directly under the muzzle where the lower lip meets the jawbone.
  59. chin guard noun: A protective guard for a person's chin.
  60. chin job noun: A plastic surgical procedure to cosmetically alter the appearance of the chin.
  61. chin music noun: A fastball thrown near the batter's chin, often to set up a subsequent pitch thrown low and outside.
  62. chin roll noun: A juggling maneuver where the object (usually a club) is placed and balanced on the chin and allowed to fall into the opposite hand.
  63. chin shield noun: Any of the scales found on the underside of a snake's head towards the anterior and touching the lower labial scales.
  64. chin strip noun: Synonym of chinstrap (“type of beard”).
  65. chin up noun, phrase, verb /t͡ʃɪˈnʌp/: Be happy; cheer up.
  66. chin-up bar noun: Synonym of chinning bar.
  67. chin wag noun: Alternative spelling of chinwag.
  68. chin whelk noun: sycosis
  69. china noun /ˈt͡ʃaɪnə/: Alternative letter-case form of china: porcelain tableware.
  70. China aster noun: Callistephus chinensis, an ornamental plant native to China.
  71. China bark noun: cinchona bark
  72. China bean noun: A soybean (Glycine max).
  73. china blue adjective, noun: A pale blue-grey colour.
  74. China bug noun: A fresh off the boat Chinese-American immigrant.
  75. china cabinet noun: A piece of furniture, usually with glass fronts and sides, used to hold and display porcelain or other ceramics.
  76. China cap noun: A conical metal strainer.
  77. china clay noun: Alternative form of china clay.
  78. China cymbal noun: A kind of cymbal designed to produce a bright, crisp, explosive tone, common in heavy metal and thrash metal.
  79. china doll noun: An Asian tree or shrub grown for its glossy foliage in warm climates and elsewhere as a container plant, Radermachera sinica.
  80. China girl noun: A moving or still image of a woman or mannequin, used by film processing technicians to calibrate colour balance and exposure of skin tones in reproduction.
  81. China goose noun: swan goose
  82. China grass noun: A plant, the true ramie (Boehmeria nivea).
  83. China hand noun: A 19th-century, non-Chinese merchant in the treaty ports of China.
  84. China ink noun /ˈt͡ʃaɪnə ɪŋk/: Synonym of India ink.
  85. china marker noun: Synonym of china pencil.
  86. China matting noun: Synonym of India matting.
  87. China orange noun: A kind of sweet orange, first brought into Europe from China by the Portuguese.
  88. china pencil noun: A wax-based pencil used for writing on shiny surfaces.
  89. China pink noun: Synonym of rainbow pink.
  90. china plate noun: A plate made of china.
  91. China plus one noun: The strategy of avoiding investing only in China, instead diversifying business into other countries such as India, Thailand, or Vietnam.
  92. china root noun: An East Asian plant of species Smilax glabra and the drugs made from the root, used in traditional Chinese medicine and formerly as a treatment for syphilis.
  93. China rose noun: A plant or flower of the repeat-blooming Chinese rose species Rosa chinensis.
  94. China's final warning noun: A warning that carries no real consequences; an empty threat.
  95. China stone noun: A medium grained, feldspar-rich, partially kaolinized granite characterized by the absence of iron-bearing minerals.
  96. China Syndrome noun: A hypothetical kind of catastrophic failure in which a nuclear reactor melts through the floor of its containment system and (if on land) penetrates the...
  97. China tea noun: A tea made from the leaves of the Camellia sinensis plant, a variety of the tea plant that is mainly grown in southern China.
  98. china ware noun: Alternative form of chinaware.
  99. China watcher noun: A person who monitors current affairs in the People's Republic of China.
  100. China wax noun: Synonym of Chinese wax.
  101. China White noun: α-Methylfentanyl, a recreational drug related to heroin.
  102. chinaball noun: A chinaberry.
  103. chinaberry noun: The bead tree or azedarach, Melia azedarach, a deciduous tree in the mahogany family Meliaceae, native to India, southern China and Australia, or its fruit.
  104. Chinaboo noun: Synonym of Sinophile.
  105. chinacrin noun: Synonym of quinacrine.
  106. chinacrine noun: Synonym of quinacrine.
  107. chinafish noun: Any of several fish of the family Ophicephalidae or of the genus Sebastodes
  108. Chinafolk noun: Chinese people.
  109. chinagraph noun: A Chinagraph brand grease pencil.
  110. chinaldine noun: Alternative form of quinaldine.
  111. chinalike adjective: Resembling china (the ceramic or porcelain material) or some aspect of it.
  112. chinaman noun /ˈt͡ʃaɪnəmən/: A dealer in porcelain (china).
  113. Chinaman's chance in hell noun: Synonym of snowball's chance in hell.
  114. Chinamanfish noun: A type of snapper native to the western Pacific, Symphorus nematophorus, which is a commercial food fish in some areas, but ciguatoxic in others.
  115. Chinamania noun: An obsession with the Chinese culture, language, or people.
  116. Chinamaniac noun: A person obsessed with collecting porcelain; an avid china collector.
  117. Chinamax adjective: Of a freight ship: conforming to the regulations concerning maximum permitted width, length, and draft allowed in Chinese ports.
  118. Chinamaxx verb /ˈt͡ʃaɪnəmæks/: To adopt Chinese norms and traditions.
  119. Chinamaxxer noun: One who Chinamaxxes (to adopt Chinese norms and traditions).
  120. Chinamaxxing noun: A Western social media trend of adopting Chinese norms and traditions.
  121. chinampa noun: A floating island in a shallow lake bed, upon which crops were grown.
  122. Chinantec adjective, noun: Any of an indigenous people of Oaxaca and Veracruz, Mexico.
  123. Chinantecan adjective: Of or relating to the Chinantec people.
  124. Chinaphobia noun: Synonym of Sinophobia.
  125. chinaphthol noun: Synonym of quinaphthol (“when used as an antiseptic”).
  126. chinar noun: An oriental plane tree (Platanus orientalis).
  127. chinaroot noun: Alternative form of China root.
  128. chinas noun: A people mentioned in ancient Indian literature from the first millennium BC and first millennium AD, such as the Mahabharata, Laws of Manu, and Puranic...
  129. Chinatown noun /ˈtʃaɪnətaʊn/: A district of a city or town (in a country other than China) in which there is a large concentration of Chinese residents and businesses.
  130. Chinatowner noun: An inhabitant of Chinatown.
  131. Chinatsu proper noun: A female given name from Japanese.
  132. chinaur noun: Alternative form of chinar.
  133. Chinaward adjective, adverb: Toward China.
  134. chinaware noun /ˈt͡ʃaɪ.nə.wɛɹ/: Synonym of china: porcelain tableware.
  135. chinazol noun: Alternative form of quinazol.
  136. chinband noun: A band of fabric worn around the chin.
  137. chinbone noun: That part of the mandible that forms the chin.
  138. chincapin noun: Alternative form of chinquapin.
  139. chinch noun, verb /t͡ʃɪnt͡ʃ/: The bedbug (Cimex lectularius).
  140. Chincha proper noun: A native people of Peru.
  141. chinchalok noun: Alternative form of cincalok.
  142. chinchayote noun: The edible tuber of the chayote, Sechium edule.
  143. chincherinchee noun: A South African perennial plant (Ornithogalum thyrsoides).
  144. chinchilla noun /t͡ʃɪnˈt͡ʃɪlə/: A small, crepuscular rodent of the genus Chinchilla, native to the Andes Mountains, prized for their very soft fur and often kept as pets.
  145. chinchilla rat noun: Any of the caviomorph rodents of family Abrocomidae, native to the Andes Mountains.
  146. chinchilla wattle noun: Acacia chinchillensis, a species of flowering plant native to Australia.
  147. chinchillada noun /ˈt͡ʃɪn.t͡ʃɪˈlɑ.də/: An enchilada made with chinchilla meat.
  148. chinchillalike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a chinchilla.
  149. chinchillated adjective: displaying chinchillation.
  150. chinchillation noun: A mixture of colours ticked with a darker shade, found on the cheeks of certain rabbits.
  151. chinchillid noun: Any rodent in the family Chinchillidae.
  152. chinchilline adjective: Relating to, or resembling, the chinchilla, or other mammals of the family Chinchillidae.
  153. chinchilloid noun: Any rodent of the superfamily Chinchilloidea
  154. chinchillon noun: viscacha
  155. chinchin interjection: Alternative form of chin-chin.
  156. chinchona noun: Alternative form of cinchona (“bark of the tree”).
  157. chinchweed noun: Alternative form of cinchweed.
  158. chinchy adjective: Alternative spelling of chintzy (“miserly”).
  159. chincloth noun: A chinband.
  160. chincona noun: Alternative form of cinchona (“bark of the tree”).
  161. Chincoteague noun: Ellipsis of Chincoteague pony.
  162. Chincoteague pony noun: A breed of horse that developed and lives in a feral condition on Assateague Island in the states of Virginia and Maryland as one of the many breeds of...
  163. chincough noun: Alternative form of chin cough (“whooping cough”).
  164. chincy adjective: Alternative spelling of chintzy.
  165. chindee noun: Alternative form of chindi.
  166. chindi noun: A harmful ghost believed to leave the body upon death and linger near the deceased's possessions.
  167. Chindian adjective, noun: Of or relating to both China and India.
  168. Chindit noun: A member of an allied commando unit operating behind enemy lines in northern Burma during World War II.
  169. Chindo adjective, noun: Chinese Indonesian; an Indonesian with Chinese descent, whether mixed or pure ethnic Chinese, especially those who identify as such.
  170. Chindwin proper noun: A river of Myanmar, the largest tributary of the country's main river, the Ayeyarwady.
  171. chine adjective, noun, verb /t͡ʃaɪn/: The top of a ridge.
  172. chined adjective, verb /t͡ʃaɪnd/: Pertaining to, or having, a (particular type of) chine or backbone.
  173. chinela noun: A flat slipper worn in the Philippines
  174. chinele noun: Alternative form of chinela.
  175. chineless adjective: Lacking or without a chine.
  176. Chinen proper noun: A surname from Japanese.
  177. chinenoside noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
  178. Chinery proper noun: A surname.
  179. Chinese adjective, noun /t͡ʃaɪˈniːz/: Of, from, or related to China, particularly now the People's Republic of China.
  180. Chinese ace noun: An inept airplane pilot.
  181. Chinese alligator noun: An alligator native to eastern China, Alligator sinensis.
  182. Chinese anemone noun: Pulsatilla chinense.
  183. Chinese anise noun: star anise
  184. Chinese arrowroot noun: Synonym of kudzu
  185. Chinese astrology noun: The astrology system which was developed in China and is based on yin and yang, twelve signs represented by animals, the lunisolar calendar and five planets.
  186. Chinese balance noun: A type of steelyard.
  187. Chinese bayberry noun: yangmei (Myrica rubra ⇒ Morella rubra)
  188. Chinese bellflower noun: A plant of the species Platycodon grandiflorus, sole species of genus Platycodon, native to east Asia.
  189. Chinese bezique noun: A variant of bezique played with six decks.
  190. Chinese blue noun: A artificial blue pigment made from barium copper tetrasilicate (“BaO·CuO·(SiO₂)₄”), used in ancient China from the Western Zhou period (1045 BCE) until the...
  191. Chinese box noun: One of a set of Chinese boxes.
  192. Chinese boxes noun: A set of boxes, of different sizes, each fitting inside the next larger one.
  193. Chinese boxing noun: Synonym of sanda: a Chinese combat sport similar to kickboxing.
  194. Chinese boxthorn noun: Synonym of Chinese wolfberry.
  195. Chinese broccoli noun: Brassica oleracea var. alboglabra, kailan, a long, blue-green vegetable with thick, glossy stems and leaves typically eaten in Chinese and particularly...
  196. Chinese burn noun: The prank of grabbing a victim's forearm in both hands and twisting the skin in opposite directions causing a sharp, stinging sensation.
  197. Chinese cabbage noun: Bok choy (Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis).
  198. Chinese cassia noun: Synonym of Chinese cinnamon.
  199. Chinese celery noun: Apium graveolens var. secalinum, a variety of celery with smaller stalks and flavorful leaves, grown in East Asian countries for use in cooking.
  200. Chinese character noun: Any character used in the written form of several languages of China, Japan, Korea and Vietnam.
  201. chinese checkers noun: A board game played by two to six people, in which players aim to move their own pieces to the corner opposite their starting position by single moves or...
  202. Chinese chequers noun: Alternative spelling of Chinese checkers.
  203. Chinese cherry noun: Chinese flowering cherry (Prunus cyclamina)
  204. Chinese chess noun: A board game similar to chess, invented and traditionally played in China.
  205. Chinese chicken salad noun: A salad, common in parts of the United States, made with chopped chicken and other ingredients such as lettuce, cabbage, carrots, cucumbers, deep-fried...
  206. Chinese chive noun: The garlic chive, Allium tuberosum.
  207. Chinese cinnamon noun: An evergreen tree (Cinnamomum cassia) originating in southern China, and widely cultivated for its aromatic bark, which is used to produce cinnamon.
  208. Chinese compass noun: Synonym of luópán.
  209. Chinese compliment noun: A pretense of deference; a veiled or subtle insult.
  210. Chinese crab apple noun: Synonym of Siberian crab apple (Malus baccata).
  211. Chinese Crested noun: Synonym of Chinese Crested Dog.
  212. Chinese Crested Dog noun: A toy dog that resembles a long-snouted Chihuahua with tufts of hair about the head and ears, tail and feet.
  213. Chinese crocodile lizard noun: A semiaquatic anguimorph lizard, of species Shinisaurus crocodilurus, found only in cool forests in southeastern China and northeastern Vietnam.
  214. Chinese cut noun: Synonym of French cut.
  215. Chinese cymbal noun: Synonym of China cymbal.
  216. Chinese cypress noun: Cupressus duclouxiana, a conifer of the family Cupressaceae, found only in China.
  217. Chinese date noun: The jujube (Ziziphus jujuba).
  218. Chinese desert cat noun: Synonym of Chinese mountain cat.
  219. Chinese dogwood noun: A tree of species Cornus kousa.
  220. Chinese dragon noun: A mythical serpentine creature, usually depicted as long and snake-like, with many claws, common in several East Asian cultures.
  221. Chinese dream noun: Alternative letter-case form of Chinese Dream.
  222. Chinese drive noun: A snick between the slips.
  223. Chinese dumpling noun: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see Chinese, dumpling. (This entry is a translation hub.)
  224. Chinese edible frog noun: A species of frog (Hoplobatrachus chinensis, syn. Hoplobatrachus rugulosus), found mostly in Southeast Asia.
  225. Chinese eight-ball noun: A pocket billiards game for two players, combining the play of eight-ball (except by shooting object balls into the cue ball instead of the other way round)...
  226. Chinese elder noun: A species of elderberry, Sambucus javanica, in the family Adoxaceae native to subtropical and tropical Asia.
  227. Chinese elm noun: The tree Ulmus parvifolia.
  228. Chinese evergreen noun: Any of various plants of the genus Aglaonema.
  229. Chinese evergreen magnolia noun: Magnolia delavayi, a species of magnolia.
  230. Chinese fan palm noun: Livistona chinensis, a subtropical palm tree of east Asia.
  231. Chinese fermented rice noun: Synonym of sweet fermented rice (“a traditional food of China”).
  232. Chinese fermented sweet rice noun: Synonym of sweet fermented rice (“a traditional food of China”).
  233. Chinese fighting stick noun: One of a pair of traditional Chinese martial arts weapons consisting of a short, hard wooden stick.
  234. Chinese Filipino adjective, noun /ˌt͡ʃaɪ̯.n̪ɪs fɪ.lɪˈpiː.n̪o/: Alternative form of Filipino-Chinese.
  235. Chinese finger puzzle noun: A Chinese finger trap.
  236. Chinese finger trap noun: A gag toy, used to play practical jokes, that traps the victim's fingers in both ends of a small cylinder woven from bamboo.
  237. Chinese fire drill noun: A prank performed while stopped in a car at a red light, and where each passenger, including the driver, shouts "Chinese fire drill", exits the vehicle,...
  238. Chinese firewall noun: Alternative form of Chinese Wall (“information barrier within an organization”).
  239. Chinese fleece vine noun: Alternative form of Chinese fleecevine (Fallopia baldschuanica).
  240. Chinese fleecevine noun: Any member of the species Fallopia baldschuanica of flowering plants in the knotweed family.
  241. Chinese folk religion noun: The diverse array of indigenous religious practices among Han Chinese communities, encompassing the veneration of ancestors, spirits, deities, and...
  242. Chinese food syndrome noun: Synonym of Chinese restaurant syndrome.
  243. Chinese foot noun: A chi, a traditional Chinese unit of distance based on the human forearm, now standardized variously as (Mainland China) ¹/₃ or (Taiwan) ¹⁰/₃₃ of a meter.
  244. Chinese forget-me-not noun: Cynoglossum amabile, a species of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae, native to Asia.
  245. Chinese full stop noun: Synonym of ideographic full stop.
  246. Chinese gall noun: A gall produced on Chinese sumac (Rhus chinensis, syn. Rhus semialata) infested by the female Chinese sumac aphids (Schlechtendalia chinensis).
  247. Chinese garter noun: a narrow garter band strip of rubber, usually a meter long, used in various jumping games
  248. Chinese geomancy noun: Feng shui.
  249. Chinese ginger noun: Fingerroot, Boesenbergia rotunda.
  250. Chinese goldthread noun: A herb, Coptis chinensis, used in traditional Chinese medicine.
  251. Chinese goose noun: The domestic goose Anser cygnoides domesticus.
  252. Chinese gooseberry noun: The fruit of the carambola tree, Averrhoa carambola.
  253. Chinese grapefruit noun: Synonym of pomelo (“SE-Asian citrus fruit”).
  254. Chinese green noun: Synonym of lokao.
  255. Chinese green radish noun: Synonym of watermelon radish.
  256. Chinese grosbeak noun: An Asian finch, Eophona migratoria
  257. Chinese hackberry noun: A tree, Celtis sinensis, of the family Cannabaceae and native to slopes in East Asia.
  258. Chinese hamburger noun: Synonym of roujiamo (“Chinese meat sandwich”).
  259. Chinese hamster noun: Any member of the species Cricetulus griseus of hamsters originating in the deserts of northern China and Mongolia.
  260. Chinese hamster ovary cell noun: A family of immortalized cell lines derived from the epithelial cells of the ovary of the Chinese hamster, often used in biological and medical research and...
  261. Chinese handcuffs noun: A Chinese finger trap.
  262. Chinese hat plant noun: A flowering plant of species Holmskioldia sanguinea.
  263. Chinese hat snail noun: A snail of genus Calyptraea.
  264. Chinese hawthorn noun: Crataegus pinnatifida, a species of shrub that produces a medicinal herb used in Chinese traditional medicine.
  265. Chinese hedgehog noun: A species of hedgehog, Erinaceus amurensis, native to eastern China, Russia, Manchuria, and the Korean Peninsula.
  266. Chinese hibiscus noun: A China rose (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis), native to east Asia.
  267. Chinese home run noun: A home run hit to the minimum distance possible, usually just over the outfield fence closest to home plate.
  268. Chinese homer noun: Synonym of Chinese home run.
  269. Chinese honeysuckle noun: A tropical vine used in traditional medicine (Combretum indicum).
  270. Chinese hound's tongue noun: Synonym of Chinese forget-me-not
  271. Chinese indigo noun: Dyer's woad (Isatis tinctoria, syn. Isatis indigotica).
  272. Chinese-ish adjective: Somewhat Chinese.
  273. Chinese jump rope noun: A children's game in which two participants hold a string of rubber bands tied in a circle with their feet and a third participant is challenged to make a...
  274. Chinese juniper noun: Juniperus chinensis, a shrub or tree, very variable in shape, reaching 1-20 m tall, native to northeast Asia.
  275. Chinese kale noun: Brassica oleracea var. alboglabra, kailan,: a long, blue-green vegetable with thick, glossy stems and leaves typically eaten in Chinese and particularly...
  276. Chinese keys noun: Fingerroot, Boesenbergia rotunda.
  277. Chinese knotweed noun: A flowering plant of species Persicaria chinensis, from the family Polygonaceae, widespread across China, Japan, the Indian Subcontinent, Indonesia,...
  278. Chinese lacquer tree noun: A tree of speciesToxicodendron vernicifluum, native to Asia, whose toxic sap is used to make lacquerware.
  279. Chinese landing noun: The landing of an aircraft with one wing lower than the other.
  280. Chinese lantern noun: A paper lantern in bright colours used for decorative purposes, commonly painted with Chinese art and calligraphy motifs; some float in the air like hot-air...
  281. Chinese lantern structure noun: A coordination complex where two metal atoms are bridged by four bidentate ligands.
  282. Chinese leaf noun: Chinese cabbage
  283. Chinese leaves noun: Chinese cabbage.
  284. Chinese lettuce noun: Synonym of celtuce.
  285. Chinese-like adjective: Resembling or characteristic of Chinese people or their culture.
  286. Chinese lilac noun: A hybrid flowering plant of nothospecies Syringa × chinensis.
  287. Chinese long bean noun: Synonym of asparagus bean
  288. Chinese macaroni noun: A stir-fried dish where macaroni replaces Chinese noodles.
  289. Chinese magic mirror noun: A kind of ancient mirror made from polished bronze and capable of projecting a pattern onto a surface when struck by bright light.
  290. Chinese mallow noun: A plant of the mallow genus Malva in the family of Malvaceae (Malva verticillata) found in East Asia from Pakistan to China.
  291. Chinese mantis noun: Any member of the species Tenodera sinensis of mantis, originating in China.
  292. Chinese medicine noun: traditional Chinese medicine
  293. Chinese menu noun: A set of choices from which the user or customer makes multiple selections, specifically one or more choices from each of two or more distinct categories.
  294. Chinese Mestizo noun /ˌt͡ʃaɪ̯.n̪ɪs mɛsˈt̪iː.zo/: A person of mixed ethnic Chinese Filipino and Austronesian Filipino ancestry.
  295. Chinese middle finger noun: An obscene gesture made by sticking up the pinky finger of a hand.
  296. Chinese mile noun: A li, a traditional Chinese unit of distance equal to 1500 Chinese feet or 150 zhangs, now standardized as a half-kilometer (500 meters).
  297. Chinese mitten crab noun: Eriocheir sinensis, a medium-sized burrowing crab with furry claws, native to parts of Asia.
  298. Chinese money noun: Risky alternatives to cash, such as convertible securities, low interest debentures, or warrants, when they are used to purchase shares in a company.
  299. Chinese mountain cat noun: A small wild cat, Felis bieti, living in western China.
  300. Chinese mugwort noun: A herbaceous perennial plant from one of two species, Artemisia argyi or Artemisia verlotiorum, used in traditional Chinese medicine.

Part 67 · Part 69 · 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.