| CHAFFINCH | • chaffinch n. A small passerine bird, Fringilla coelebs, of the finch family, found throughout Europe and eastward… • CHAFFINCH n. a bird of the finch family. |
| CHICHIEST | • CHICHI adj. elaborately ornamented. |
| CHILIARCH | • chiliarch n. (Historical) A commander of a thousand troops in Hellenistic Greece. • CHILIARCH n. (Greek) the commander or chief of a thousand men. |
| CHINCHIER | • chinchier adj. Comparative form of chinchy: more chinchy. • CHINCHY adj. stingy. |
| CHINCHING | • CHINCH v. to fill in the seams of a boat. |
| CHINCOUGH | • chincough n. Whooping cough. • chin␣cough n. (Archaic) Synonym of whooping cough. • CHINCOUGH n. whooping cough. |
| CHIPOCHIA | • CHIPOCHIA n. (Shakespeare) a simpleton, also CAPOCCHIA. |
| CHITCHATS | • chitchats n. Plural of chitchat. • chit-chats n. Plural of chit-chat. • chit-chats v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chit-chat. |
| CHURCHIER | • churchier adj. Comparative form of churchy: more churchy. • CHURCHY adj. associated with or reminiscent of churches. |
| CHURCHING | • churching n. (Christianity) The ceremonial blessing of a woman who has given birth. • churching v. Present participle of church. • CHURCHING n. a church ceremony given to women after childbirth. |
| CHURCHISM | • churchism n. Strict adherence to the forms or principles of some church organization. • CHURCHISM n. devotion to church rules over religious precepts. |
| COACHWHIP | • coachwhip n. A long whip used by the driver of a horse-drawn coach. • coachwhip n. Masticophis flagellum, a colubrid snake of North America. • coachwhip n. Fouquieria splendens (ocotillo). |
| DISCHURCH | • dischurch v. (Transitive) To deprive of status as a church, or of membership in a church. • DISCHURCH v. (obsolete) to deprive of church rank or privileges. |
| HICCOUGHS | • hiccoughs n. Plural of hiccough. • HICCOUGH v. to make a peculiar-sounding spasmodic inhalation, also HICCUP. |
| SCHECHITA | • schechita n. Alternative form of shehitah. • SCHECHITA n. (Hebrew) the slaughtering of animals in accordance with rabbinical law, also SCHECHITAH, SHECHITA, SHECHITAH, SHEHITA, SHEHITAH. |
| THEARCHIC | • thearchic adj. Divinely sovereign or supreme. • THEARCHIC adj. divinely sovereign or supreme. |