English words starting with ch - page 70

Meanings of Chutzpah:

noun

Extreme self-confidence or audacity.

Usage examples:

Love him or hate him, you have to admire cohen's chutzpah

Meanings of Chutzpas:

noun

Extreme self-confidence or audacity.

Usage examples:

Love him or hate him, you have to admire cohen's chutzpah

Meanings of Chuvash:

noun

A member of a people living mainly in chuvashia.

Usage examples:

The first clear mention of the chuvash by that name comes from a russian chronicle dated 1521, when…

adjective

Relating to the chuvash or their language.

Usage examples:

The chuvash poet recounts how khardzhiev personally, in a single sitting, corrected the manuscript …

Meanings of Chyle:

noun

A milky fluid containing fat droplets which drains from the lacteals of the small intestine into the lymphatic system during digestion.

Usage examples:

This produced serosanguinous fluid rather then chyle, and we inserted an intercostal drain, which d…

Meanings of Chylomicron:

noun

A droplet of fat present in the blood or lymph after absorption from the small intestine.

Usage examples:

They are transported in blood as chylomicrons.

Meanings of Chyme:

noun

The pulpy acidic fluid which passes from the stomach to the small intestine, consisting of gastric juices and partly digested food.

Usage examples:

The rate of emptying of chyme from the stomach varies with the composition of the meal.

Meanings of Chymic:

noun

A person skilled in chemistry or (in early use) alchemy; a person who makes chemical investigations; (in later use) a student of chemistry, a chemist. compare "chemist".

adjective

Engaged in the study or practice of chemistry or (in early use) alchemy; of or relating to the science of chemistry, or the substances and phenomena associated with it. also figurative.

Meanings of Chymotrypsin:

noun

A digestive enzyme which breaks down proteins in the small intestine. it is secreted by the pancreas and converted into an active form by trypsin.

Usage examples:

Examples are the digestive enzymes trypsin and chymotrypsin, which only have enzymatic activity aft…

Meanings of Chypre:

noun

A heady perfume made from sandalwood.

Usage examples:

Part of the chypre family, it is quietly magnetic at first.

Meanings of Chytrid:

noun

Any of a group of simple microscopic fungi widespread in fresh and brackish water. one particular virulent strain of one species, whose spread was accelerated by human activity, is largely responsible for the precipitous decline in most amphibian populations worldwide.

Usage examples:

These water samples tested positive for chytrid