English words: chonga to choriambic

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English words chonga to choriambic

chonga noun: The stems of Caralluma adscendens, used as a vegetable.
chongake noun: A kimarite in which the attacker hooks his heel behind that of his opponent from the inside, pulls the leg towards him, grabs the opponent's arm on the same...
Chongjin proper noun: A city in North Hamgyong Province, North Korea, the third largest city in North Korea.
Chongqing proper noun /t͡ʃɒŋˈt͡ʃɪŋ/: A direct-administered municipality and city in western China.
Chongqing chicken noun: A spicy Chinese dish of chicken and dried red chili peppers.
Chongqing dog noun: A dog of a medium-sized compact muscular breed developed for hunting in the mountains of East Sichuan, China.
chonguri noun: A four-stringed lute from western Georgia related to the panduri.
Chongyang proper noun /t͡ʃɔŋˈjæŋ/: A county of Xianning, Hubei, China.
Choni proper noun: The ship of characters Cheryl Blossom and Toni Topaz from the television series Riverdale.
chonies noun /ˈt͡ʃəʊ.nis/: Panties.
chōnin noun: A member of a social class of merchants and craftsmen in Japan.
chonite noun: A rock formed from very fine volcanic ash, finer than tuff.
chonk adjective, noun, verb /t͡ʃɒnk/: Alternative form of chank (“type of shell”).
chonk up verb: To become fat or large, especially from overeating or overfeeding.
chonker noun: An obese cat.
chonkiness noun: The quality of being chonky.
chonky adjective /ˈt͡ʃɒŋki/: Alternative form of chonk (“adorably chunky or large”).
chonmage noun: A traditional Japanese topknot haircut worn by men, traditionally associated with samurai and more recently with sumo wrestlers.
Chono noun: A member of an extinct indigenous people of the southern Chilean archipelago.
chonolith noun: A type of igneous rock intrusion.
CHONPS noun: Initialism of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, phosphorus, sulfur: the main elements that occur naturally in carbon-based living systems on Earth.
chonse noun: Alternative form of jeonse.
chonta noun: Any of various palm trees, such as Juania australis and Astrocaryum species.
Chontal noun: A member of any of various ethnic groups in the Mesoamerican world.
Chonyi noun: A member of the Chonyi People, a tribe on the coast of Kenya.
choo contraction, noun, suffix /tʃuː/: The sound of a locomotive whistle.
choo choo noun /ˈtʃuːˌtʃuː/: The sound made by the whistle of a steam locomotive or ship.
choo choo train noun: Alternative spelling of choo-choo train.
choo pattern verb: Alternative spelling of chut pattern.
chooch noun: A stupid person; a meathead.
choochkie noun: The least auklet, Aethia pusilla (formerly Simorhynchus pusillus).
choochoo noun: Alternative form of choo-choo.
choodle noun /ˈt͡ʃuː.dəl/: A mixed breed dog that is partially chihuahua and partially poodle.
choof noun, verb: Marijuana.
choofa noun: Synonym of smudge pot (“oil-burning device used to prevent frost on fruit trees”).
choofer noun: A person who habitually smokes marijuana.
choogle noun, verb: To have a good time.
chook interjection, noun /t͡ʃʊk/: A chicken, especially a hen.
chook-house noun: Alternative form of chookhouse.
chook raffle noun: A fund-raising raffle in which an uncooked, dressed chicken is the prize.
chookas interjection /ˈt͡ʃʊkəz/: Expression of encouragement given to performers before a theatrical or musical performance.
chookers interjection: Alternative form of chookas.
chookhouse noun /ˈtʃʊkhæɔs/: A henhouse or chicken coop.
chookie noun /ˈt͡ʃʊki/: A small or young domestic fowl; a chick.
chookish adjective: Chickenlike.
chooky noun: Alternative form of chookie (“chicken”).
chookyard noun: A chicken run.
choola noun: Alternative form of chula.
Choolia noun: Alternative form of Chulia.
Chooliah noun: Alternative form of Chulia.
choom noun: An Englishman.
choomar noun: Alternative spelling of chamar.
choon noun: A song or track, especially one that is catchy.
choong adjective /t͡ʃʊŋ/: exciting, attractive
choops interjection: Keep quiet.
choora noun: A set of bangles traditionally worn by a bride on her wedding day and for some time after, especially in Punjab.
choosability noun: The property of being choosable.
choosable adjective, noun: Able to be chosen or selected.
choose conjunction, noun, verb /t͡ʃuːz/: To pick; to make the choice of; to select.
choose cone noun: A cone allowing a driver to choose the inside or outside lane during a restart, by driving past on one side or the other.
choose one's battles verb: Synonym of pick one's battles.
choose one's fighter verb: To select something as one's preferred choice from a set of related things, people etc.
choose out verb: To pick out (something); to select (something).
choose sides verb: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see choose, sides.
choose the wrong horse verb: Synonym of back the wrong horse.
choose up verb: To form (sides or teams), usually for a game, by having two individual players choose their teammates.
choose violence verb: To disrespect or insult someone in a particularly audacious and unexpected manner.
choose your own adventure noun: An interactive book or visual novel written from a second-person point of view, with the reader assuming the role of the protagonist and making choices that...
chooseable adjective: Alternative spelling of choosable.
chooser noun /ˈt͡ʃuːzə(ɹ)/: One who chooses something.
choosey adjective: Alternative spelling of choosy.
choosily adverb /ˈt͡ʃuːzɪli/: In a choosy manner; pickily.
choosin' verb: Pronunciation spelling of choosing.
choosiness noun: the state of being choosy
choosing noun, verb /ˈt͡ʃuːzɪŋ/: The act of making a choice.
choosingly adverb: In a choosy manner; pickily.
choosy adjective /ˈt͡ʃuːzi/: Taking care when choosing that what is chosen best suits one's tastes, desires or requirements.
choot pattern verb: Alternative spelling of chut pattern.
choottachi noun: Synonym of orange chromide (“type of cichlid fish”).
chop noun, verb /t͡ʃɒp/: A cut of meat, often containing a section of a rib.
chop and change verb: To change or exchange repeatedly.
chop and chat noun: Synonym of stand and stir.
chop and drop noun: The practice of removing plants by cutting them down to the soil level, without removing the roots.
chop chop adverb, interjection, noun: Used to urge someone to do something quickly.
chop-chop-chop noun: The sound of helicopter blades.
chop chord noun: A clipped backbeat; a muted chord that marks the off-beats or upbeats.
chop cup noun: A cup with a magnet inside and a magnetic ball, used in magic tricks.
chop dollar noun: A silver dollar stamped to attest its purity.
chop down verb: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see chop, down.
chop house noun: Alternative form of chophouse.
chop it up verb: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see chop up.
chop logic adjective, noun, verb: Characterized by equivocation or by overly complex or specious argumentation; improperly reasoned.
chop mill noun: A mill in which grain is coarsely ground as feed for livestock.
chop off verb: To sever by chopping or as if by chopping.
chop onions verb: To lead someone to cry, often in relief after a long struggle, or in response to a story involving third parties.
chop out verb: To remove by chopping.
chop shop noun, verb: A facility where stolen motor vehicles are disassembled in order to sell their mechanical parts.
chop suey noun /ˈtʃɒp ˈsuːi/: A stir-fried vegetable dish, served with pieces of beef or pork in a semi-thick sauce, and often soy sauce.
chop up verb: To cut or chop (meat, etc.) into separate pieces.
chopboat noun: A licensed lighter (watercraft) employed in the transportation of goods to and from larger vessels.
chopcherry noun: A game involving cherries.
chopchurch noun: An exchanger of benefices; one of a class of secular priests who trafficked in ecclesiastical benefices.
chopdar noun: A ceremonial guard.
chope verb /t͡ʃəʊp/: To reserve (a place), such as a seat in a fast food restaurant, sometimes by placing a packet of tissue paper on it.
chopette noun: Synonym of choplet.
chopfallen adjective: Synonym of chapfallen.
chophouse noun: An inexpensive restaurant that specializes in chops or steaks; a steakhouse.
chopin noun: A liquid unit of measure of almost half a pint.
chopine noun /tʃəʊˈpiːn/: A bottle of wine (usually Bordeaux) containing 0.250 fluid liters, ⅓ of the volume of a standard bottle.
Chopinian adjective: Of or pertaining to Frédéric Chopin.
choplet noun: A food product consisting of meat moulded into the form of a chop.
choplike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a chop (cut of meat).
choplogic adjective, noun: Alternative spelling of chop logic.
choplogical adjective: Characterized by equivocation or by overly complex or specious argumentation; improperly reasoned.
chopmill noun: Alternative spelling of chop mill.
chopon noun: Alternative form of chapan.
Chopp proper noun: A surname.
choppable adjective: Capable of being chopped.
chopped adjective, verb /t͡ʃɒpt/: Cut or diced into small pieces.
chopped and screwed noun: A technique of remixing hip-hop music by reducing the tempo and then modifying the track by skipping beats, record scratching, etc.
chopped beef noun: Synonym of ground beef
chopped liver noun /ˈt͡ʃɒpt ˌlɪvə/: A Jewish pâté-like food, usually spread on bread, made by mincing beef or chicken liver and onions which have been broiled or fried in schmaltz (“chicken...
chopped logic noun, verb: Reasoning which is improper; sophistry.
choppelganger noun: Someone who looks like an unattractive or chopped version of someone else.
chopper noun, verb /ˈtʃɒp.ə/: A tool for chopping wood; an axe/ax.
chopper coupling noun: Synonym of Norwegian coupling.
chopper squad noun: An emergency response team that utilizes helicopters for rapid transport and medical care.
choppers noun: Teeth.
choppily adverb /ˈt͡ʃɒ.pɪli/: In a choppy manner.
choppin' noun, verb: Pronunciation spelling of chopping.
choppiness noun: the state of being choppy
chopping adjective, noun, verb: The action by which something is chopped; the act of assailing something with chops.
chopping and changing noun, verb: Frequent change or alteration, especially where this is seen as unnecessary or disruptive.
chopping block noun: A thick wooden slab used as a cutting surface for preparing food, splitting firewood or kindling, etc.
chopping board noun: Synonym of cutting board.
chopping-knife noun: A large, heavy-bladed knife designed primarily to be used with a chopping stroke.
chopping mill noun: A chop mill.
chopping stump noun: A tall log used as a platform for splitting firewood with an axe.
choppy adjective /ˈt͡ʃɒ.pi/: Having many small, rough waves.
choppy-changey adjective: prone to, or caused by, chopping and changing; changeable; unpredictable; fickle; inconsistent; haphazard; disjointed
Chopra proper noun: A surname from Punjabi.
chops noun, verb /t͡ʃɑps/: plural of chop
chops and changes noun: alterations
chopse verb: To loudly insult and subject to verbal abuse; to berate.
chopshop noun: Alternative form of chop shop.
chopsocky noun: A genre of exaggerated martial arts films made primarily in Hong Kong and Taiwan during the 1960s and 1970s.
chopstick noun, verb /ˈt͡ʃɒp.stɪk/: An East Asian eating utensil typically used as a pair held in one hand to grip food items, mix liquids, or scoop food out of a bowl. The utensil is a stick,...
chopstick land noun: China.
chopstick legs noun: Long, thin legs.
chopstick-like adjective: Resembling a chopstick; long and thin.
chopstick rest noun: A small ornament on which a pair of chopsticks may be placed to prevent them from becoming contaminated or rolling off the table.
chopstick stand noun: Synonym of chopstick rest.
chopsticker noun: One who uses chopsticks.
chopstickery noun: The skill or art of using chopsticks.
chopstickful noun: The amount that can be held in a pair of chopsticks.
chopstickiness noun: The state of being chopsticky.
chopstickish adjective: Resembling a chopstick or chopsticks; long and thin.
chopstickism noun: Racist attitudes towards Asians or Asian culture.
chopstickless adjective: Lacking, or not using, chopsticks.
chopsticklike adjective: Alternative spelling of chopstick-like.
chopstickology noun: The art of using chopsticks.
chopsticky adjective: Resembling a chopstick; long and thin.
chopstix noun: Informal spelling of chopsticks.
chopsy adjective: Inclined to chopse; excessively talkative in an irritating or disrespectful manner.
Choptank noun: A member of an Algonquian-speaking Native American people historically inhabiting the Eastern Shore of Maryland on the Delmarva Peninsula.
Chopunnish noun: The Nez Perce people.
Choquet proper noun: A surname from French [in turn from Picard].
Choquet integral noun: A kind of subadditive or superadditive integral to measure the expected utility of an uncertain event.
chor verb: Alternative form of chore (“to steal”).
choragic adjective /kɔˈɹædʒɪk/: Of or pertaining to a choragus.
choragraphy noun: A writing technique in which thematically relevant images are rearranged in the hope of producing insight.
choragus noun: A chorus leader, especially one who provided at his own expense and under his own supervision one of the choruses for the musical contests at Athens.
choral adjective, noun /ˈkɔːɹəl/: Of, relating to, written for, or performed by a choir or a chorus.
choral scholar noun: A student at a university, school or church who receives a stipend or scholarship for singing in that institution's choir.
Choralcelo noun: An early electronic organ with two keyboards.
chorale noun /kɒˈrɑːl/: A form of Lutheran or Protestant hymn tune.
choralelike adjective: Resembling a chorale (hymn tune).
choraleon noun: Synonym of aeolomelodicon.
choralist noun: A singer or composer of chorales.
choralization noun: The act or process of choralizing.
choralize verb: To adapt for performance by a chorus.
chorally adverb: In a choral manner; as a choir.
choralography noun: Choreographed movements performed by a choir while singing.
chorangiomatosis noun: A placental disorder characterized by capillary vascular lesions.
chorangiosis noun: A hemangioma of the placenta associated with diabetes
Chorasmian adjective, noun /kɒˈɹæz.mɪ.ən/: of, from, or pertaining to Chorasmia
chorba noun /ʃoɹ.ba/: stews or rich soups found in national cuisines across the Middle East, Maghreb, Iran, Turkey, Southeast Europe, Central Asia, East Africa and South Asia
chord noun, verb /kɔːd/: A harmonic set of three or more notes that is heard as if sounding simultaneously.
chord change noun: A change in the harmony of a piece of music, as it progresses, from one chord to another.
chord changes noun: plural of chord change.
chord organ noun: An electronic musical instrument having a single short keyboard and a set of chord buttons, enabling the musician to play a melody or lead with one hand and...
chord progression noun: A pattern of two or more chords, often chords diatonic to a particular key.
chorda dorsalis noun: notochord
chorda pistillaris noun: The line of tissue between the stigma and the cavity of the ovary.
chorda tympani noun /ˌkɔɹ.də ˈtɪm.pəˌnaɪ/: A branch of the facial nerve that traverses the middle ear cavity and the infratemporal fossa and supplies autonomic fibers to the sublingual and...
chordacentrum noun: The centrum of a vertebra
chordaceous adjective: string-like
chordae tendineae noun /ˌkɔːdi tɛnˈdɪniˌi/: The cord-like tendons that connect the papillary muscles to the tricuspid valve and the mitral valve in the heart.
chordal adjective /ˈkɔː.dəl/: Of, pertaining to, or consisting of chords.
chordality noun: The property of being chordal.
chordally adverb: In a chordal manner; in terms of musical chords.
chordamesoderm noun: The axial mesoderm, which lies along the central axis under the neural tube and gives rise to the notochord.
chordamesodermal adjective: Relating to the chordamesoderm.
chordariaceous adjective: Of or relating to the family Chordariaceae of brown algae.
chordate adjective, noun /ˈkɔːdeɪt/: A member of the phylum Chordata; numerous animals having a notochord at some stage of their development; in vertebrates this develops into the spine.
chordatelike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a chordate.
chorded adjective, verb: Through which input is supplied by pressing a relatively small number of keys in combinations, as though playing chords.
chordee noun /ˈkɔːdiː/: An abnormal downward curve to the erect penis.
chordeumatidan noun: Any millipede of the order Chordeumatida
chordin noun: A particular bone morphogenetic protein antagonist
chording noun, verb: An arrangement of musical chords.
chorditis noun: inflammation of the vocal cords
chordless adjective: Lacking chords.
chordlessness noun: Absence of chords.
chordlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a chord (straight line connecting points of a curve).
chordoblast noun: An immature notochord
chordodid noun: Any nematomorph in the family Chordodidae.
chordoepithelioma noun: chordoma
chordoid adjective: Relating to, resembling or composed of chordomas
chordoma noun: A slow-growing, malignant tumor arising from remnants of the notochord.
chordomesoblast noun: Synonym of chordamesoderm.
chordomesoblastic adjective: Relating to or composed of chordomesoblasts
chordoneural adjective: Relating to the spinal chord and the neurenteric canal
chordophone noun: Any musical instrument that produces sound from one or more vibrating strings; a string instrument.
chordophonic adjective: Of or relating to the chordophones.
chordoplasm noun: The part of an egg that would develop into a notochord
chordopox noun: Any virus of the subfamily Chordopoxvirinae.
chordopoxvirus noun: Any virus of the subfamily Chordopoxvirinae.
chordotomy noun: Alternative spelling of cordotomy.
chordotonal adjective, noun: Describing the stretch receptors in arthropods that detect the position of body segments or appendages
chordwise adjective, adverb: In the manner of a chord (straight line connecting points of a curve).
chordwork noun: The playing of chords (especially if technically accomplished).
chore noun, suffix, verb /t͡ʃɔː/: A task, especially a regularly needed task for the upkeep of a home or similar, such as housecleaning or preparing meals.
chore coat noun: A type of sturdy jacket originally designed for workwear.
chore horse noun: A kind of portable electrical generator.
chore jacket noun: Synonym of chore coat.
chore wheel noun: A rotatable circular sign allowing people's names to be matched up with chores, so that housework can be completed according to a rota system.
chorea noun /ˈkʰorɪjɑ/: An Ancient Greek circular dance accompanied by a chorus.
chorea-acanthocytosis noun: A rare hereditary disease caused by a mutation in a gene that directs structural proteins in red blood cells.
chorea gravidarum noun: A rare type of chorea occurring as a complication of pregnancy.
choreal adjective: Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting chorea
choreatic adjective: Of or relating to chorea.
choreatiform adjective: Resembling chorea.
choreboy noun: A young man employed to carry out chores.
choree noun /ˈkɔːɹiː/: a choreus, trochee (a foot of two syllables, the first long and the second short)
choreful adjective: Characterised by chores; chorelike
choregic adjective: Of or relating to a choregus.
choregos noun: Alternative form of choregus.
choregraph verb: Alternative form of choreograph.
choregrapher noun: Alternative form of choreographer.
choregraphic adjective: Alternative form of choreographic.
choregus noun /kəˈɹiːɡəs/: The leader of a chorus in Ancient Greece
choreic adjective, noun: Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting chorea
choreiform adjective: Resembling chorea.
choreiform movement noun: repetitive and rapid, jerky, involuntary movement that appears to be well-coordinated; often seen in Huntington's disease.
choreiformic adjective: Choreiform.
chorein noun: A protein associated with acanthocytosis and chorea
choreless adjective: Without chores
chorelike adjective: Like a chore; tedious or laborious in nature
choreman noun: A man employed to carry out chores.
choreo noun, prefix /ˈkɔɹioʊ/: choreography
choreoacanthocytosis noun: Alternative form of chorea-acanthocytosis.
choreoathetoid adjective: Resembling or characteristic of choreoathetosis.
choreoathetosis noun: The occurrence of involuntary movements in a combination of chorea (irregular migrating contractions) and athetosis (twisting and writhing).
choreoathetotic adjective: Relating to choreoathetosis.
choreodrama noun: A drama acted out in dance.
choreograph verb /ˈkɒɹiəɡɹɑːf/: To design and record the choreography for a dramatic work such as a ballet.
choreographable adjective: Capable of being choreographed.
choreographed adjective, verb: made to work together; orchestrated
choreographer noun: One who choreographs.
choreographic adjective: Of or pertaining to choreography.
choreographical adjective: choreographic
choreographically adverb: as if choreographed.
choreographics noun: choreography
choreographing noun, verb: Choreography.
choreographist noun: A choreographer.
choreography noun /ˌkɔɹiˈɑɡɹəfi/: The art of creating, arranging and recording the dance movements of a work, such as a ballet.
choreoid adjective: Resembling chorea.
choreological adjective: Of or relating to choreology.
choreologically adverb: In terms of or by means of choreology.
choreologist noun: One who studies choreology.
choreology noun: The study of the aesthetic and science of forms of dance and other human movement, by means of notation.
choreomania noun: Synonym of tarantism (“dance mania; dance epidemic”).
choreomusicological adjective: Of, or pertaining to choreomusicology.
choreomusicology noun: A field of study concerned with the relationship between music and dance.
choreopoem noun: A performance combining a poem-reading with bodily movement.
choreotrich noun: Any of a group of small marine ciliates, including the tintinnids.
choreotrichid noun: Any ciliate of the subclass Choreotrichia
chorepiscopal adjective: Pertaining to a chorepiscopus or his change or authority.
chorepiscopus noun: A country or suffragan bishop, appointed in the ancient church by a diocesan bishop to exercise episcopal jurisdiction in a rural district.
choresome adjective: Characteristic of a chore; marked by drudgery or toil; toilsome; (by extension) difficult; tedious; laborious
choreus noun: A trochee.
choreutic adjective: Relating to a chorus
choreutid noun: Any member of the family Choreutidae of moths.
chorewoman noun: A woman employed to carry out chores.
Chorezmian adjective, noun: Alternative form of Chorasmian.
chori burger noun: A hamburger made with a chorizo patty instead of beef.
chorial adjective: Relating to a chorion
choriamb noun /ˈkɔɹiæm/: A choriambus.
choriambic adjective, noun: Of or relating to a choriamb.

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.