English words starting with chi

Meanings of Chi:

noun

The twenty-second letter of the greek alphabet ( χ, χ ), transliterated as ‘kh’ or ‘ch’.

Meanings of Chi-chi:

noun

In some systems of chinese medicine and exercise, the most important energy that a person has

Meanings of Chia:

noun

The small oval dark or pale brown seed of a flowering plant of the mint family, used in various foods to add fibre and micronutrients.

Meanings of Chiack:

verb

Jeer at or tease.

Usage examples:

I was, of course, chiacked by my companions

Meanings of Chian:

adjective

Relating to or characteristic of the greek island of chios or its inhabitants.

Usage examples:

A chian merchant

noun

A native or inhabitant of the greek island of chios.

Usage examples:

The chians arrived in sparta

Meanings of Chianti:

noun

A dry red italian wine produced in tuscany.

Usage examples:

In general, red and white wines keep for two to three days, although rieslings, sauvignon blancs, s…

Meanings of Chiarooscuro:

noun

The treatment of light and shade in drawing and painting.

Usage examples:

The brusque application of plaster disrupts the logic of the painting's chiaroscuro.

Meanings of Chiarooscuros:

noun

The treatment of light and shade in drawing and painting.

Usage examples:

The brusque application of plaster disrupts the logic of the painting's chiaroscuro.

Meanings of Chiaroscuro:

noun

The treatment of light and shade in drawing and painting.

Usage examples:

The brusque application of plaster disrupts the logic of the painting's chiaroscuro.

Meanings of Chiaroscuros:

noun

The treatment of light and shade in drawing and painting.

Usage examples:

The brusque application of plaster disrupts the logic of the painting's chiaroscuro.

Meanings of Chias:

noun

The small oval dark or pale brown seed of a flowering plant of the mint family, used in various foods to add fibre and micronutrients.

Meanings of Chiasma:

noun

The x-shaped structure formed at the point below the brain where the two optic nerves cross over each other.

Usage examples:

The dura that invests the optic chiasma can be traced from the chiasma along the optic nerve.

Meanings of Chiasmata:

noun

The x-shaped structure formed at the point below the brain where the two optic nerves cross over each other.

Usage examples:

The dura that invests the optic chiasma can be traced from the chiasma along the optic nerve.

Meanings of Chiasmi:

noun

A rhetorical or literary figure in which words, grammatical constructions, or concepts are repeated in reverse order.

Usage examples:

One such description occurs in the opening lines of the poem as milton joins two rhetorical devices…

Meanings of Chiasmus:

noun

A rhetorical or literary figure in which words, grammatical constructions, or concepts are repeated in reverse order.

Usage examples:

One such description occurs in the opening lines of the poem as milton joins two rhetorical devices…

Meanings of Chiastic:

adjective

Characterized by chiasmus; having or denoting a structure in which words are repeated in reverse order.

Usage examples:

A chiastic structure commonly found in greek literature

Meanings of Chiastolite:

noun

A form of the mineral andalusite containing carbonaceous inclusions giving a cross-shaped appearance.

Usage examples:

Andalusite is orthorhombic, crystallizing as elongate square prisms which at low temperature have a…

Meanings of Chiba:

proper noun

A city in japan, on the island of honshu, east of tokyo; population 910,142 (2007).

Meanings of Chibcha:

noun

A member of an indigenous people of colombia whose ancient civilization was destroyed by europeans.

Usage examples:

The original inhabitants of the great plateaus of the andean highlands in central colombia were kno…

Meanings of Chibchan:

noun

A language family of colombia and central america, most members of which are now extinct or nearly so.

Usage examples:

Some of these families, such as uto-aztecan, overlap into north america, and others, such as chibch…

adjective

Relating to chibchan.

Meanings of Chibouk:

noun

A long turkish tobacco pipe.

Usage examples:

Walking along, smoking his chibouque and smelling the flowers, he came to a baking-oven by the road…

Meanings of Chibouks:

noun

A long turkish tobacco pipe.

Usage examples:

Walking along, smoking his chibouque and smelling the flowers, he came to a baking-oven by the road…

Meanings of Chibouque:

noun

A long turkish tobacco pipe.

Usage examples:

Walking along, smoking his chibouque and smelling the flowers, he came to a baking-oven by the road…

Meanings of Chic:

adjective

Elegantly and stylishly fashionable.

Usage examples:

She looked every inch the chic frenchwoman

noun

Stylishness and elegance, typically of a specified kind.

Usage examples:

The hotel's lobby and restaurant are the height of designer chic

Meanings of Chica:

noun

A girl or young woman (often as a form of address).

Usage examples:

You rock, chica!