| CHILDBED | • childbed n. (Uncountable) The final stage of pregnancy; confinement. • childbed n. (Countable) The bed in which a baby is born. • child-bed n. Alternative form of childbed. |
| CHILDING | • childing n. (Archaic) gerund of child: the act or process of childbearing or childbirth. • childing adj. (Archaic). • childing adj. (Obsolete, figuratively) Fruitful; productive. |
| CHILDISH | • childish adj. Of or suitable for a child. • childish adj. Immature in thought or behaviour. • CHILDISH adj. like a child. |
| CHILDREN | • children n. Plural of child. • CHILD n. a young person. |
| CHILIADS | • chiliads n. Plural of chiliad. • CHILIAD n. (Greek) a group of one thousand. |
| CHILIASM | • chiliasm n. Belief in an earthly thousand-year period of peace and prosperity, sometimes equated with the return… • CHILIASM n. (Greek) the doctrine that Christ will return and reign for a thousand years. |
| CHILIAST | • chiliast n. (Christianity, typically derogatory) Synonym of millenarian: a person who believes the Second Coming… • CHILIAST n. one who believes in the second coming of Christ to reign on earth a thousand years. |
| CHILIDOG | • chilidog n. A hot dog made with chili con carne. • chili␣dog n. A hot dog topped with chili con carne. • CHILIDOG n. a hot dog topped with chili. |
| CHILLADA | • CHILLADA n. (Spanish) in Mexican cookery, a spiced fried cake made from pureed vegetables. |
| CHILLERS | • chillers n. Plural of chiller. • CHILLER n. a frightening film. |
| CHILLEST | • chillest v. (Archaic) second-person singular simple present form of chill. • CHILL adj. cool. |
| CHILLIER | • chillier adj. Comparative form of chilly: more chilly. • CHILLY adj. cool. |
| CHILLIES | • chillies n. Plural of chilli. • chillies n. Plural of chilly. • CHILLI n. (Nahuatl) the (dried) red pod of a Capsicum pepper used in sauces, relishes, etc., also CHILE, CHILI. |
| CHILLILY | • chillily adv. In a chilly manner. • CHILLY adv. cool. |
| CHILLING | • chilling adj. Becoming cold. • chilling adj. Causing cold. • chilling adj. Causing mild fear. |
| CHILLUMS | • chillums n. Plural of chillum. • CHILLUM n. (Hindi) the part of a hookah water-pipe containing the bowl and tobacco-balls. |
| CHILOPOD | • chilopod n. Any myriapod of the class Chilopoda, a centipede. • CHILOPOD n. a member of the order Chilopoda, which contains the centipedes, also CHILOPODAN. |