Webster's Dictionary 1828

1702

CHILDBED

CHILDBED, noun The state of a woman bringing forth a child or being in labor; parturition.

1703

CHILDBIRTH

CHILDBIRTH, noun The act of bringing forth a child; travail; labor; as the pains of childbirth

1704

CHILDED

CHILDED, adjective Furnished with a child.CHILDERMAS DAY, noun An anniversary of the church of England, held on the 28th of December, in commemoration of the children of Bethleh...

1705

CHILDHOOD

CHILDHOOD, noun1. The state of a child, or the time in which persons are children, including the time from birth to puberty. But in a more restricted sense, the state or time fr...

1706

CHILDING

CHILDING, participle present tense Bearing children; producing; as childing women.

1707

CHILDISH

CHILDISH, adjective1. Belonging to a child; trifling; puerile.When I became a man, I put away childish things. 1 Corinthians 13:11.2. Pertaining to a child; as childish yeas or ...

1708

CHILDISHLY

CHILDISHLY, adverb In the manner of a child; in a trifling way; in a weak or foolish manner.

1709

CHILDISHNESS

CHILDISHNESS, noun Triflingness, puerility, the state or qualities of a child, in reference to manners. But in reference to the mind, simplicity, harmlessness, weakness of intel...

1710

CHILDLIKE

CHILDLIKE, adjective Resembling a child or that which belongs to children; becoming a child; meek; submissive; dutiful; as childlike obedience.

1711

CHILDLY

CHILDLY, adjective Like a child.

1712

CHILDREN

CHILDREN, nounplural Of child.

1713

CHILI

CHILI, adjective1. Cool; moderately cold; tending to cause shivering; as the chill vapors of night.2. Shivering with cold.My chill veins freeze with despair.3. Cool; distant; fo...

1714

CHILIAD

CHILIAD, noun1. A thousand; a collection or sum, containing a thousand individuals or particulars.2. The period of a thousand years.

1715

CHILIAGON

CHILIAGON, noun A plain figure of a thousand angles and sides.

1716

CHILIAHEDRON

CHILIAHEDRON, noun A figure of a thousand equal sides.

1717

CHILIARCH

CHILIARCH, noun A body consisting of a thousand men.

1718

CHILIAST

CHILIAST, noun One of the sect of Millenarians.

1719

CHILIFACTIVE

CHILIFACTIVE. [See Chylifactive.]

1720

CHILIOLITER

CHILIOLITER. [See Kiloliter.]

1721

CHILIOMETER

CHILIOMETER. [See Kilometer.]

1722

CHILL

CHILL, noun1. A shivering with cold; rigors, as in an ague; the cold fit that precedes a fever; sensation of cold in an animal body; chilliness. [See Cold and Heat.]2. A moderat...

1723

CHILLED

CHILLED, participle passive Made cool; made to shiver; dejected.

1724

CHILLI

CHILLI, noun A Mexican plant, Guinea pepper.

1725

CHILLINESS

CHILLINESS, noun1. A sensation of shivering; rigors.2. A moderate degree of coldness; as the chilliness of the air, which tends to cause a shivering.

1726

CHILLING

CHILLING, participle present tense Cooling; causing to shiver.

1727

CHILLNESS

CHILLNESS, noun Coolness; coldness; a shivering.

1728

CHILLY

CHILLY, adjective Cool; moderately cold, such as to cause shivering; as a chilly day, night, or air.