| AUTOCHTHONIC | • autochthonic adj. Existing where it was formed or born; native, aboriginal, indigenous. • AUTOCHTHONIC adj. indigenous, aboriginal, also AUTOCHTHONAL, AUTOCHTHONOUS. |
| CHEEKPOUCHES | • cheek␣pouches n. Plural of cheek pouch. • CHEEKPOUCH n. a dilatation of the cheek forming a bag, e.g. as in a chipmunk. |
| CHIQUICHIQUI | • CHIQUICHIQUI n. (Tupi) a piassava palm tree of South America. |
| CHUCKLEHEADS | • chuckleheads n. Plural of chucklehead. • CHUCKLEHEAD n. a foolish person. |
| CHURCHGOINGS | • churchgoings n. Plural of churchgoing. • CHURCHGOING n. attending church. |
| CHURCHIANITY | • Churchianity n. (Derogatory) Any practices of Christianity that place a larger emphasis on the habits of church life… • CHURCHIANITY n. a usually excessive or narrowly sectarian attachment to the practices and interests of a particular church. |
| CHURCHLINESS | • churchliness n. The state or quality of being churchly. • CHURCHLINESS n. the state of being churchly, resembling a church. |
| CHURCHPEOPLE | • churchpeople n. Plural of churchperson. • Church␣People n. Synonym of Fancy Dutch. • CHURCHPEOPLE n. people who attend church. |
| CHURCHWARDEN | • churchwarden n. (Britain) A lay officer of the Church of England who handles the secular affairs of the parish. • churchwarden n. (US) A similar functionary of the Episcopal church. • churchwarden n. (UK, slang) A churchwarden pipe. |
| DISCHURCHING | • dischurching v. Present participle of dischurch. • DISCHURCH v. (obsolete) to deprive of church rank or privileges. |
| MEGACHURCHES | • megachurches n. Plural of megachurch. • mega-churches n. Plural of mega-church. • MEGACHURCH n. a church, usually Protestant, with a very large congregation, typically housed in a complex offering sophisticated multimedia presentations and a range of secular facilities and services. |
| NONCHURCHING | • NONCHURCH v. to take away a church's status as a church. |
| OVERSCHUTCHT | • OVERSCHUTCHT adj. (Shakespeare) variously conjectured to mean overworn in service or whipped at the cart's tail, also OVERSCUTCHED. |