CHLORIDE
CHLORIDE,CHLORIDIC, adjective Pertaining to a chloride
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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CHLORIDIC
CHLORIDIC, a. Pertaining to a chloride.
CHLORIN
CHLORIN, noun Chloric gas; a new name given to what has been called oxymuriatic gas. This substance has hitherto resisted all efforts to decompose it, and as it is not known to ...
CHLORINE
CHLORINE,CHLORIODIC, adjective Consisting of chlorine and iodine, or obtained from them.
CHLORIODIC
CHLORIODIC, a. Consisting of chlorine and iodine, or obtained from them.
CHLORIS
CHLORIS, noun The green finch, a small bird.
CHLORITE
CHLORITE, noun A mineral of a grass green color, opake, usually friable or easily pulverized, composed of little spangles, scales, prisms or shining small grains. It is classed ...
CHLORO-CARBONIC
CHLORO-CARBONIC,CHLORO-CARBONOUS, adjective The terms, chloro-carbonic acid and chloro-carbonous acid, are applied, the former by Thomson, and the latter by Ure, to a compound o...
CHLORO-CARBONOUS
CHLORO-CARBONOUS, a. The terms, chloro-carbonic acid and chloro-carbonous acid, are applied, the former by Thomson, and the latter by Ure, to a compound of chlorine and carbonic...
CHLOROPAL
CHLOROPAL, noun A newly observed mineral, of two varieties, the conchoidal and the earthy; the conchoidal is of a pistachio green color; the other has an earthy fracture, and bo...
CHLOROPHANE
CHLOROPHANE, noun A variety of fluor spar, from Siberia. When placed on a heated iron, it gives a beautiful emerald green light.
CHLOROPHEITE
CHLOROPHEITE, noun A rare mineral found in small nodules.
CHLOROPHYL
CHLOROPHYL, noun The green matter of the leaves of vegetables.
CHLOROSIS
CHLOROSIS, noun The green sickness; a disease of females, characterized by a pale or greenish hue of the skin, weakness, palpitation, dyspepsy, etc.
CHLOROTIC
CHLOROTIC, adjective1. Pertaining to chlorosis; as, chlorotic affections. Medical Repository.2. Affected by chlorosis; as, chlorotic nuns.
CHLOROUS
CHLOROUS, adjective Pertaining to chlorine; as chlorous oxyd.
CHOAK
CHOAK, [See Choke.]
CHOCK
CHOCK, noun In marine language, a kind of wedge for confining a cask or other body, to prevent it from moving.CHOCKs of the rudder, are pieces of timber kept in readiness to sto...
CHOCOLATE
CHOCOLATE, noun1. A paste or cake composed of the kernel of cacao, with other ingredients, usually a little sugar, cinnamon or vanilla. The nut is first ground fine, mixed with ...
CHOCOLATE-HOUSE
CHOCOLATE-HOUSE, noun A house where company many be served with chocolate.
CHOCOLATE-NUT
CHOCOLATE-NUT. [See Cacao.]
CHODE
CHODE, the old preterit of chide, which see.
CHOICE
CHOICE, noun1. The act of choosing; the voluntary act of selecting or separating from two or more things that which is preferred; or the determination of the mind in preferring ...
CHOICE-DRAWN
CHOICE-DRAWN, adjective Selected with particular care.
CHOICELESS
CHOICELESS, adjective Not having the power of choosing; not free.
CHOICELY
CHOICELY, adverb1. With care in choosing; with nice regard to preference; with exact choice; as a band of men choicely collected.2. Valuably; excellently; preferably; curiously....
CHOICENESS
CHOICENESS, noun Valuableness; particular value or worth; as the choiceness of a plant or of wine.