Index of English words, starting with "ch"

(1) - Chinch (n.) A bug (Blissus leucopterus), which, in the United States, is very destructive to grass, wheat, and other grains; -- also called chiniz, chinch bug, chink bug. It resembles the bedbug in its disgusting odor.
(2) - Chinch (n.) The bedbug (Cimex lectularius).

(1) - Chinchilla (n.) A heavy, long-napped, tufted woolen cloth.
(2) - Chinchilla (n.) The fur of the chinchilla.
(3) - Chinchilla (n.) A small rodent (Chinchilla lanigera), of the size of a large squirrel, remarkable for its fine fur, which is very soft and of a pearly gray color. It is a native of Peru and Chili.

(1) - Chine (v. t.) Too chamfer the ends of a stave and form the chine..
(2) - Chine (v. t.) To cut through the backbone of; to cut into chine pieces.
(3) - Chine (n.) The edge or rim of a cask, etc., formed by the projecting ends of the staves; the chamfered end of a stave.
(4) - Chine (n.) A piece of the backbone of an animal, with the adjoining parts, cut for cooking. [See Illust. of Beef.]
(5) - Chine (n.) The backbone or spine of an animal; the back.
(6) - Chine (n.) A chink or cleft; a narrow and deep ravine; as, Shanklin Chine in the Isle of Wight, a quarter of a mile long and 230 feet deep.