All English words - page 818

Meanings of Churchy:

adjective

(of a person) excessively pious and often narrow-minded.

Usage examples:

I was famous for being churchy and stuck-up

Meanings of Churchyard:

noun

An enclosed area surrounding a church, especially as used for burials.

Usage examples:

I don't know what the statistics are, but a large proportion of people are buried in churchyards in…

Meanings of Churidars:

plural noun

Tight trousers worn by people from south asia, typically with a kameez or kurta.

Usage examples:

This is in spite of the fact that the sale of salwar kameez, churidars and its dress material has e…

Meanings of Churinga:

noun

(among some australian aboriginal peoples) a sacred object.

Usage examples:

For instance central australian aborigines never sold churingas, because they were central to their…

Meanings of Churlish:

adjective

Rude in a mean-spirited and surly way.

Usage examples:

It seems churlish to complain

Meanings of Churned:

verb

Shake (milk or cream) in a machine in order to produce butter.

Usage examples:

The cream is ripened before it is churned

noun

A machine for making butter by shaking milk or cream.

Usage examples:

Mothers made butter from milk, they mixed the milk in a butter churn.

Meanings of Churning:

verb

Shake (milk or cream) in a machine in order to produce butter.

Usage examples:

The cream is ripened before it is churned

noun

A machine for making butter by shaking milk or cream.

Usage examples:

Mothers made butter from milk, they mixed the milk in a butter churn.

Meanings of Churns:

noun

A machine for making butter by shaking milk or cream.

Usage examples:

Mothers made butter from milk, they mixed the milk in a butter churn.

verb

Short for churn rate.

Meanings of Churr:

verb

(of an insect) make a prolonged low trilling sound.

Usage examples:

Grasshoppers were chirring

noun

A low trilling sound.

Usage examples:

The chirr of summer crickets

Meanings of Churrasco:

noun

A south american dish of steak barbecued over a wood or charcoal fire.

Usage examples:

An argentine churrasco of peppered rib-eye steak with bacon

Meanings of Churred:

verb

(of an insect) make a prolonged low trilling sound.

Usage examples:

Grasshoppers were chirring

noun

A low trilling sound.

Usage examples:

The chirr of summer crickets

Meanings of Churrigueresque:

adjective

Relating to the lavishly ornamented late spanish baroque style.

Usage examples:

A churrigueresque church

Meanings of Churro:

noun

A sweet spanish snack consisting of a strip of fried dough dusted with sugar or cinnamon.

Usage examples:

A churro's ridged and sugared tubing is a crispy conduit for oozing chocolate.

Meanings of Churrs:

verb

(of an insect) make a prolonged low trilling sound.

Usage examples:

Grasshoppers were chirring

noun

A low trilling sound.

Usage examples:

The chirr of summer crickets

Meanings of Chutes:

noun

A sloping channel or slide for conveying things to a lower level.

Usage examples:

Cement was loaded on to barges via chutes

Meanings of Chutney:

noun

A spicy condiment of indian origin, made of fruits or vegetables with vinegar, spices, and sugar.

Usage examples:

Various chutneys and yogurt dips

Meanings of Chutneys:

noun

A spicy condiment of indian origin, made of fruits or vegetables with vinegar, spices, and sugar.

Usage examples:

Various chutneys and yogurt dips

Meanings of Chutzpa:

noun

Extreme self-confidence or audacity.

Usage examples:

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

Meanings of Chutzpadik:

adjective

Especially in jewish usage: showing chutzpah; impudent, impertinent; audacious, very self-confident.

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 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.