Webster's Dictionary 1913

3808

Chutney

{ Chut″ney (?), Chut″nee (?), } n. [Hind. chatnī.] A warm or spicy condiment or pickle made in India, compounded of various vegetable substances, sweets, acids, etc.

3809

Chylaceous

Chy‐la″ceous (?), a.(Physiol.) Possessed of the properties of chyle; consisting of chyle.

3810

Chylaqueous

Chy‐la″que‐ous (?), a. [Chyle + aqueous.] (Zoöl.) Consisting of chyle much diluted with water; — said of a liquid which forms the circulating fluid of some inferior animals.

3811

Chyle

Chyle (?), n. [NL. chylus, Gr. � juice, chyle, fr. � to pour: cf. F. chyle; prob. akin to E. fuse to melt.] (Physiol.) A milky fluid containing the fatty matter of the food in a...

3812

Chylifaction

Chyl′i‐fac″tion (?), n. [Chyle + L. facere to make.] (Physiol.) The act or process by which chyle is formed from food in animal bodies; chylification, — a digestive process.

3813

Chylifactive

Chyl′i‐fac″tive (?), a.(Physiol.) Producing, or converting into, chyle; having the power to form chyle.

3814

Chyliferous

Chy‐lif″er‐ous (?), a. [Chyle + -ferous: cf. F. chylifère.] (Physiol.) Transmitting or conveying chyle; as, chyliferous vessels.

3815

Chylific

Chy‐lif″ic (?), a. Chylifactive.

3816

Chylification

Chyl′i‐fi‐ca″tion (?), n.(Physiol.) The formation of chyle. See Chylifaction.

3817

Chylificatory

Chy‐lif″i‐ca‐to‐ry (? or?), a. Chylifactive.

3818

Chylify

Chy″li‐fy (?), v. t. & i. [Chyle + -ly.] (Physiol.) To make chyle of; to be converted into chyle.

3819

Chylopoetic

Chy′lo‐po‐et″ic (?), a. [Gr. χυλοποιει̑ν to make into juice, χυλόσ juice, chyle + ποιει̑ν to make.] (Physiol.) Concerned in the formation of chyle; as, the chylopoetic organs.

3820

Chylous

Chy″lous (?), a. [Cf. F. chyleux.] (Physiol.) Consisting of, or similar to, chyle.

3821

Chyluria

‖Chy‐lu″ri‐a (?), n.(Med.) A morbid condition in which the urine contains chyle or fatty matter, giving it a milky appearance.

3822

Chyme

Chyme (?), n. [L. chymus chyle, Gr. � juice, like �, fr. � to pour: cf. F. chyme. See Chyle.] (Physiol.) The pulpy mass of semi-digested food in the small intestines just after ...

3823

Chymic

{ Chym″ic (?), Chym″ist, Chym″is‐try (?). } See Chemic, Chemist, Chemistry.

3824

Chymiferous

Chy‐mif″er‐ous (?), a. [Chyme + -ferous.] (Physiol.) Bearing or containing chyme.

3825

Chymification

Chym′i‐fi‐ca″tion (?), n. [Chyme + L. facere to make: cf. F. Chymification.] (Physiol.) The conversion of food into chyme by the digestive action of gastric juice.

3826

Chymify

Chym″i‐fy (?), v. t. [Chyme + -fy: cf. F. chymifier.] (Physiol.) To form into chyme.

3827

Chymous

Chy″mous (?), a. Of or pertaining to chyme.

3828

Chyometer

Chy‐om″e‐ter (?), n. [Gr. � to pour + -meter.] (Chem.) An instrument for measuring liquids. It consists of a piston moving in a tube in which is contained the liquid, the quanti...

3829

Ci-devant

‖Ci′–de‐vant″ (?), a. Former; previous; of times gone by; as, a ci-devant governor.

3830

Cibarious

Ci‐ba″ri‐ous (?), a. [L. cibaruus, fr. cibus food.] Pertaining to food; edible. Johnson.

3831

Cibation

Ci‐ba″tion (?), n. [L. cibatio, fr. cibare to feed.] 1. The act of taking food.2. (Alchemy) The process or operation of feeding the contents of the crucible with fresh material....

3832

Cibol

Cib″ol (?), n. [F. ciboule, LL. cepula, cepola, dim. of L. cepa, caepa, caepe, an onion. Cf. Chibbal, Cives.] A perennial alliaceous plant (Allium fistulosum), sometimes called ...

3833

Ciborium

‖Ci‐bo″ri‐um (?), n.: pl.Ciboria (#). [LL., fr. L. ciborium a cup, fr. Gr. � a seed vessel of the Egyptian bean; also, a cup made from its largeleaves, or resembling its seed ve...

3834

Cicada

Ci‐ca″da (sĭ‐kā″dȧ), n.; pl. E. Cicadas (–dȧz), L. Cicadæ (–dē). (Zoöl.) Any species of the genus Cicada. They are large hemipterous insects, with nearly transparent wings. The ...