CPage 233
- English Word Chelicera Definition One of the anterior pair of mouth organs, terminated by a pincherlike claw, in scorpions and allied Arachnida. They are homologous with the falcers of spiders, and probably with the mandibles of insects.
- English Word Chelicerae Definition of Chelicera
- English Word Chelidon Definition The hollow at the flexure of the arm.
- English Word Chelidonic Definition Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the celandine.
- English Word Chelidonius Definition A small stone taken from the gizzard of a young swallow. -- anciently worn as a medicinal charm.
- English Word Chelifer Definition See Book scorpion, under Book.
- English Word Cheliferous Definition Having cheliform claws, like a crab.
- English Word Cheliform Definition Having a movable joint or finger closing against a preceding joint or a projecting part of it, so that the whole may be used for grasping, as the claw of a crab; pincherlike.
- English Word Chelone Definition A genus of hardy perennial flowering plants, of the order Scrophulariaceae, natives of North America; -- called also snakehead, turtlehead, shellflower, etc.
- English Word Chelonia Definition An order of reptiles, including the tortoises and turtles, peculiar in having a part of the vertebrae, ribs, and sternum united with the dermal plates so as to form a firm shell. The jaws are covered by a horny beak. See Reptilia; also, Illust. in Appendix.
- English Word Chelonian Definition Of or pertaining to animals of the tortoise kind.
- English Word Chelonian Definition One of the Chelonia.
- English Word Chelura Definition A genus of marine amphipod crustacea, which bore into and sometimes destroy timber.
- English Word Chely Definition A claw. See Chela.
- English Word Chemic Definition A chemist; an alchemist.
- English Word Chemic Definition A solution of chloride of lime.
- English Word Chemic Definition Chemical.
- English Word Chemical Definition Pertaining to chemistry; characterized or produced by the forces and operations of chemistry; employed in the processes of chemistry; as, chemical changes; chemical combinations.
- English Word Chemical Definition A substance used for producing a chemical effect; a reagent.
- English Word Chemically Definition According to chemical principles; by chemical process or operation.