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- English Word Chef Definition Same as Chief.
- English Word Chef-d'oeuvre Definition A masterpiece; a capital work in art, literature, etc.
- English Word Chefs-d'oeuvre Definition of Chef-d'oeuvre
- English Word Chegoe Definition Alt. of Chegre
- English Word Chegre Definition See Chigoe.
- English Word Cheiloplasty Definition The process of forming an artificial tip or part of a lip, by using for the purpose a piece of healthy tissue taken from some neighboring part.
- English Word Cheilopoda Definition See Ch/lopoda.
- English Word Cheirepter Definition One of the Cheiroptera.
- English Word Cheiroptera Definition An order of mammalia, including the bats, having four toes of each of the anterior limbs elongated and connected by a web, so that they can be used like wings in flying. See Bat.
- English Word Cheiropterous Definition Belonging to the Cheiroptera, or Bat family.
- English Word Cheiropterygia Definition of Cheiropterygium
- English Word Cheiropterygium Definition The typical pentadactyloid limb of the higher vertebrates.
- English Word Cheirosophy Definition The art of reading character as it is delineated in the hand.
- English Word Cheirotherium Definition A genus of extinct animals, so named from fossil footprints rudely resembling impressions of the human hand, and believed to have been made by labyrinthodont reptiles. See Illustration in Appendix.
- English Word Chekelatoun Definition See Ciclatoun.
- English Word Chekmak Definition A turkish fabric of silk and cotton, with gold thread interwoven.
- English Word Chela Definition The pincherlike claw of Crustacea and Arachnida.
- English Word Chelae Definition of Chela
- English Word Chelate Definition Same as Cheliferous.
- English Word Chelerythrine Definition An alkaloidal principle obtained from the celandine, and named from the red color of its salts. It is a colorless crystalline substance, and acts as an acrid narcotic poison. It is identical with sanguinarine.