Index of English words, starting with "ch"

(1) - Chaldee (n.) The language or dialect of the Chaldeans; eastern Aramaic, or the Aramaic used in Chaldea.
(2) - Chaldee (a.) Of or pertaining to Chaldea.

(1) - Chaldron (n.) An English dry measure, being, at London, 36 bushels heaped up, or its equivalent weight, and more than twice as much at Newcastle. Now used exclusively for coal and coke.

(1) - Chalet (n.) A summer cottage or country house in the Swiss mountains; any country house built in the style of the Swiss cottages.
(2) - Chalet (n.) A herdsman's hut in the mountains of Switzerland.

(1) - Chalice (n.) A cup or bowl; especially, the cup used in the sacrament of the Lord's Supper.

(1) - Chalk (v. t.) To make white, as with chalk; to make pale; to bleach.
(2) - Chalk (v. t.) To manure with chalk, as land.
(3) - Chalk (v. t.) To rub or mark with chalk.
(4) - Chalk (n.) Finely prepared chalk, used as a drawing implement; also, by extension, a compound, as of clay and black lead, or the like, used in the same manner. See Crayon.
(5) - Chalk (n.) A soft, earthy substance, of a white, grayish, or yellowish white color, consisting of calcium carbonate, and having the same composition as common limestone.