chequerworks
plural of chequerwork

chequi
Alternative form of cheki.

chequis
plural of chequi

cherishment
the act of cherishing
encouragement; comfort

cherishments
plural of cherishment

cherology
The equivalent of phonology for sign languages.

cherophobia
aversion to being happy

cherrytop
A round, red light that is mounted on top of a police car.

cherrytops
plural of cherrytop

chertification
Conversion into chert.

chertifications
plural of chertification

chertiness
The quality of being cherty.

chesed
The Jewish attribute of grace, kindness or love; one of the sephiroth

cheshirisation
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of cheshirization.

cheshirization
Synonym of transphonologization (“a type of sound change whereby a phonemic contrast that used to involve a certain feature evolves in such a way that the contrast is preserved, yet becomes associated with a different feature”).

chesil
Alternative form of chessil.

chessdom
The world of chess.

chessed
Alternative form of chesed.

chestedness
The state or quality of having a particular type of chest.

chestful
As much as a chest will hold

chestfuls
plural of chestful

chestiness
The quality of being chesty.

chestsful
plural of chestful

chetak
Alternative form of chittack.

chetaks
plural of chetak

chetnik
A member of a Serbian royalist army band.
An adherent of an nationalist revival of the historical Chetnik movement.

chetniks
plural of chetnik

cheuginess
The state of being cheugy.

chevaux
plural of cheval

chevelure
The nebulous part of a comet or star.
A head of hair.
A periwig.

chevelures
plural of chevelure

cheveronel
Alternative form of chevronel.

cheveronels
plural of cheveronel

cheville
A word or phrase whose only function is to make a sentence metrically balanced.

chevilles
plural of cheville

chevisance
Provision(s), supply.
Booty.
Remedy, resource, expedient, means of helping oneself.
The raising of money (by a borrower, by some expedient).
The furnishing of money (by a lender) for profit.
A contract or agreement (about a matter in dispute, such as a debt); in particular, an unlawful contract intended to evade laws against usury.
Chivalrous adventure.

chevisances
plural of chevisance

chevisaunce
Obsolete form of chevisance.

chevisaunces
plural of chevisaunce

chevronel
A bearing like a chevron, but of only half its width.

chevronels
plural of chevronel

chewability
The quality or degree of being chewable.

chewiness
the state of being chewy

chg
Abbreviation of change.
Abbreviation of charge.

chge
Abbreviation of change.
Abbreviation of charge.

chialoup
A type of sloop used in the East Indies.

chialoups
plural of chialoup

chicaneries
plural of chicanery

chicanery
Deception by the use of trickery, quibbling, or subterfuge.
An individual act of trickery or deception.
The quality of being inclined to trickery or deceitfulness.

chickatrice
A young cockatrice.

chickatrices
plural of chickatrice

chickdom
The world or sphere of chicks (young women).

chickenability
The quality of convenience and wide palatability in a consumer food product.

chickenheartedness
Alternative form of chicken-heartedness.

chickenhood
The state or period of being a chicken.

chickenization
The process of chickenizing, making into a vertically and horizontally integrated industry.

chickification
girlification

chicksploitation
A genre of exploitation films starring attractive young women.

chicness
The state of being chic.

chicnesses
plural of chicness

chicotte
A long knotted whip with a wooden handle, formerly used as a punishment in the Congo and Portuguese Africa.

chicottes
plural of chicotte

chiefage
A tribute by the chief; a kind of poll tax.

chiefdom
The role or status of chief.
An area or region governed by a chief.
A society larger than a tribe, but smaller or simpler than a state.

chiefdoms
plural of chiefdom

chiefhood
The state of being a chief.

chiefhoods
plural of chiefhood

chieflessness
Absence of a chief.

chiefling
A little or petty chief.

chieflings
plural of chiefling

chiefness
Quality of being chief, or principal.

chiefship
The role or position of a chief.

chieftaindom
Synonym of chiefdom (all senses)

chieftaindoms
plural of chieftaindom

chieftainries
plural of chieftainry

chieftainry
The role or status of chieftain.

chieftainship
The state of being a chieftain
The area ruled by a chieftain

chiev
Clipping of achievement.

chievance
An unlawful bargain; trade in which money is extorted as discount.

chievances
plural of chievance

chievo
Alternative form of cheevo.

chii
A call for forming a run of three consecutive tiles of the same suit using a discarded tile.

chilaca
A variety of chili native to Mexico.

chilacas
plural of chilaca

childbed
The final stage of pregnancy; confinement.
The bed in which a baby is born.

childbeds
plural of childbed

childcare
The act, practice, or occupation of supervising and taking care of young children.
A place where young children are supervised while away from their parents or guardians.

childcares
plural of childcare

childfreeness
The quality of being child-free; having no children by choice.

childhood
The state of being a child.
The time during which one is a child, from between infancy and puberty.
The early stages of development of something.

childhoods
plural of childhood

childification
The process of making childish.

childishness
The state or characteristic of being childish.
Childish behaviour.

childishnesses
plural of childishness

childism
Responding to children's particular lived experiences
Empowering children as an oppressed group
Prejudice and/or discrimination against the young.
A child-like insight or behavior made by an adult

childisms
plural of childism

childlessness
The state of being childless.

childlikeness
The state or quality of being childlike.

childlikenesses
plural of childlikeness

childliness
The state or quality of being childly.

childlore
The folklore or folk culture of children.

childlove
Paedophilic, hebephilic, or ephebophilic attraction to children of either sex; paedophilia or hebephilia.

childship
The state or relation of being a child with living parents; childhood as defined by relations rather than by age.
The set of children (offspring) that a family raises.

childtime
childhood

chiliad
A group of 1000 things, particularly
A group of 1000 things, particularly

chiliads
plural of chiliad

chiliagon
A polygon with a thousand vertices and a thousand edges.

chiliagons
plural of chiliagon

chiliahedra
plural of chiliahedron

chiliahedron
A polyhedron bounded by one thousand plane surfaces.

chiliahedrons
plural of chiliahedron

chiliasm
Belief in an earthly thousand-year period of peace and prosperity, sometimes equated with the return of Jesus for that period.

chiliasms
plural of chiliasm

chilliness
The state or sensation of being chilly; a disagreeable sensation of coldness.

chillinesses
plural of chilliness

chillingness
The quality of being chilling.

chillness
the state of being chilly

chillnesses
plural of chillness

chillout
A period of quiet, rest and relaxation, especially after a party, etc.
Synonym of downtempo.

chillouts
plural of chillout

chillth
Chilliness, especially of the atmosphere; cold.

chilognath
Any of the subclass Chilognatha of the millipedes.

chilognaths
plural of chilognath

chiltepe
A chiltepin.

chiltepin
A wild chile pepper variety, Capsicum annuum var. glabriusculum, found in Mexico and the southwestern US.

chiltepine
Alternative form of chiltepin.

chiltepines
plural of chiltepine

chiltepins
plural of chiltepin

chilth
Alternative form of chillth.

chimaerism
Alternative spelling of chimerism.

chimaerisms
plural of chimaerism

chimerality
The condition of being chimeral

chimeraplasty
A form of gene therapy that uses chimeraplasts

chimericity
The condition of being chimeric

chimerisation
Alternative form of chimerization.

chimerisations
plural of chimerisation