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1. [**characterise**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/characterise.md) verb (characterise, characterises, characterised, characterising); US spelling characterize 1) To be the typical feature or quality of something. 2) To describe what someone or something is like.
2. [**characteristic**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/characteristic.md) noun (a characteristic, characteristics); adjective (characteristic of) A characteristic is a special quality or feature that helps you tell one thing or person from another, like a tiger's stripes.
3. [**characteristically**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/characteristically.md) adverb In a way that is typical of a particular person or thing; as they usually do: «Characteristically, Grandma brought cake.».
4. [**characterize**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/characterize.md) verb (characterize, characterizes, characterized, characterizing) To characterize something is to show what it is like by its special features.
5. [**charades**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/charades.md) noun (charades — a game, used with a singular verb) A party game where one player acts out a word, film, book or song title without speaking, and the others try to guess it.
6. [**charcoal**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/charcoal.md) noun (charcoal, uncountable; a charcoal = a stick for drawing, charcoals); adjective (charcoal grey) Charcoal is a black, light material made by burning wood slowly with very little air; it burns hot and is used as fuel for barbecues.
7. [**charge**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/charge.md) verb (charge, charges, charged, charging); noun (a charge, charges) 1) To charge is to ask money for something. A charge is the price or fee. 2) To charge a phone or battery is to fill it with electric…
8. [**charger**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/charger.md) noun (a charger, chargers) A device that puts electricity back into a battery, like a phone or laptop charger.
9. [**chariot**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chariot.md) noun (a chariot, chariots) 1) A two-wheeled cart pulled by horses, used in ancient times for war and racing. 2) (literary) Any grand carriage.
10. [**charioteer**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/charioteer.md) noun (charioteer, charioteers) A charioteer is a person who drives a chariot, a two-wheeled cart pulled by horses (old use).
11. [**charisma**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/charisma.md) noun (charisma — uncountable) A special charm and confidence that makes people like, notice and follow someone.
12. [**charitable**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/charitable.md) adjective (charitable, more charitable, most charitable) Charitable means kind and generous in giving money, food or help to people in need.
13. [**charity**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/charity.md) noun (charity, charities) A charity is an organisation that collects money and help for people or animals in need.
14. [**charlotte**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/charlotte.md) proper noun (Charlotte, a girl's name); noun (a charlotte, charlottes: a dessert) Charlotte is a girl's name, and the name of cities such as Charlotte in North Carolina, USA.
15. [**charm**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/charm.md) noun (charm, uncountable; a charm, charms); verb (charm, charms, charmed, charming) The power to please or attract people (He has lots of charm).
16. [**charmer**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/charmer.md) noun (a charmer, charmers) A person who is very pleasant and attractive and makes people like them easily, sometimes to get what they want.
17. [**charon**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/charon.md) proper noun (Charon) 1) (Greek myth) Charon is the ferryman in ancient Greek stories who rowed the souls of the dead across the river Styx (or Acheron) into…
18. [**chart**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chart.md) noun (a chart, charts); verb (chart, charts, charted, charting) A drawing that shows information, such as a graph, table or diagram (a bar chart).
19. [**chase**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chase.md) verb (chase, chases, chased, chasing); noun (a chase, chases) To chase is to run after someone or something to catch it.
20. [**chaser**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chaser.md) noun (chaser, chasers) A person or animal who chases someone or something.
21. [**chasm**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chasm.md) noun (chasm, chasms) A chasm is a deep, wide crack or gap in the ground, rock or ice.
22. [**chaste**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chaste.md) adjective (chaste, chaster, chastest) 1) (formal, old use) Chaste means pure and faithful, especially in marriage. 2) (old use) Chaste means plain and simple, without decoration.
23. [**chastise**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chastise.md) verb (chastise, chastises, chastised, chastising) To chastise someone is to punish them, often by scolding or beating them (old use).
24. [**chastisement**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chastisement.md) noun (chastisement, chastisements) A chastisement is a punishment, given for doing wrong (old use).
25. [**chastity**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chastity.md) noun (chastity, uncountable) Chastity means not having a sexual relationship, or only within marriage, as a religious or moral choice.
26. [**chat**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chat.md) verb (chat, chats, chatted, chatting); noun (a chat, chats); adjective chatty To chat means to talk in a friendly, relaxed way.
27. [**chattel**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chattel.md) noun (chattel, chattels; usually in the phrase goods and chattels) A chattel is an item of personal property, a thing a person owns that can be moved (old use). Chattels means all the belongings of a person.
28. [**chatter**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chatter.md) verb (chatter, chatters, chattered, chattering); noun (chatter — uncountable) To chatter is to talk quickly and a lot about small, unimportant things.
29. [**chatterbox**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chatterbox.md) noun (a chatterbox, chatterboxes) A person, often a child, who talks a lot and seems never to stop.
30. [**chattering**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chattering.md) verb form (chatter, chatters, chattered, chattering); noun (chattering — uncountable); adjective (chattering) Talking quickly and a lot about small, unimportant things: «The girls were chattering in the corridor.».
31. [**chatty**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chatty.md) adjective (chatty, chattier, chattiest) A chatty person likes to talk a lot in a friendly way.
32. [**chauffeur**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chauffeur.md) noun (a chauffeur, chauffeurs); verb (chauffeur, chauffeurs, chauffeured, chauffeuring) A chauffeur is a person whose job is driving someone else's car, often for a rich or important person.
33. [**chaw**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chaw.md) verb (chaws, chawed, chawing) 1) (dialect, old use) To chaw is to chew: to bite and grind food with the teeth.
34. [**cheap**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cheap.md) adjective (cheap, cheaper, cheapest); adverb (cheaply) 1) Cheap means it costs only a little money. 2) Cheap can mean low quality, badly made: «a cheap toy that broke». 3) Cheap can mean not…
35. [**cheaply**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cheaply.md) adverb (cheaply, more cheaply, most cheaply) Cheaply means for a low price, without spending much money.
36. [**cheapskate**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cheapskate.md) noun (a cheapskate, cheapskates) — informal 1) (informal, insulting) A person who does not like spending money, even when they should; a mean or stingy person.
37. [**cheat**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cheat.md) verb (cheat, cheats, cheated, cheating); noun (a cheat, cheats) To cheat means to break the rules to win or get an advantage, or to do something dishonest.
38. [**cheater**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cheater.md) noun (a cheater, cheaters) A cheater is a person who cheats: who breaks the rules secretly to win or to get something they should not have.
39. [**cheating**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cheating.md) noun (cheating — uncountable); verb, -ing form of cheat (cheat, cheats, cheated, cheating) Cheating is acting dishonestly to win or get an advantage: breaking the rules of a game or test.
40. [**check**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/check.md) verb (check, checks, checked, checking); noun (a check, checks; British «cheque» for money, «tick» for the mark) To check is to look at something to see if it is right, safe or ready.
41. [**checkers**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/checkers.md) noun (checkers — a game, used with a singular verb; a checker, checkers — pieces) 1) Checkers is a board game for two players who move round flat pieces diagonally on a squared board and jump over the other player's…
42. [**checklist**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/checklist.md) noun (checklist, checklists) 1) A checklist is a list of things to do or to bring, where you mark each one when it is done. 2) It helps you not to forget anything.
43. [**checkmate**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/checkmate.md) noun (checkmate); verb (checkmate, checkmates, checkmated, checkmating); exclamation (Checkmate!) In chess, checkmate is when a king is attacked and cannot escape, so the game ends and that player loses.
44. [**checkout**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/checkout.md) noun (a checkout, checkouts); verb phrase (check out — two words) The place in a shop or supermarket where you pay for things.
45. [**checkup**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/checkup.md) noun (a checkup, checkups) A visit to a doctor, dentist or vet to check that you are healthy, even when you feel fine.
46. [**cheddar**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cheddar.md) noun (cheddar — uncountable; a cheddar, cheddars — kinds) A hard, yellow or orange-yellow cheese, mild or strong-tasting, first made in the village of Cheddar in Somerset, England.
47. [**cheek**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cheek.md) noun (a cheek, cheeks; cheek — uncountable, rudeness); verb (cheek someone — British, informal) Your cheeks are the soft sides of your face below your eyes.
48. [**cheekbone**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cheekbone.md) noun (a cheekbone, cheekbones) 1) Your cheekbones are the bones at the top of your cheeks, just below your eyes.
49. [**cheekily**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cheekily.md) adverb (cheekily; more cheekily) In a slightly rude but often funny or playful way, showing a lack of respect (especially UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand).
50. [**cheekiness**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cheekiness.md) noun (cheekiness, uncountable) 1) Rude but often playful or funny behaviour that shows a lack of respect. 2) Boldness, cheek, the nerve to ask for or do something.
51. [**cheeky**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cheeky.md) adjective (cheeky, cheekier, cheekiest) Cheeky means rude or not respectful, but often in a funny or playful way.
52. [**cheep**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cheep.md) verb (cheep, cheeps, cheeped, cheeping); noun (a cheep, cheeps) 1) (of a young bird) To make a short, high, weak sound. 2) A short high sound made by a young bird. 3) (informal) A tiny sound from…
53. [**cheer**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cheer.md) verb (cheer, cheers, cheered, cheering); noun (a cheer, cheers; cheer — uncountable) To cheer is to shout loudly to show you are pleased or to encourage someone.
54. [**cheerer**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cheerer.md) noun (a cheerer, cheerers) 1) A cheerer is a person who cheers, shouting loudly to encourage a team or a player. 2) Something or someone that makes others happier.
55. [**cheerful**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cheerful.md) adjective (cheerful, more cheerful, most cheerful) A cheerful person is happy and in a good mood, and shows it with smiles and a friendly manner.
56. [**cheerfully**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cheerfully.md) adverb (cheerfully) 1) In a happy, bright and friendly way. 2) Willingly, without complaining, as in «she cheerfully helped». 3) Without caring or noticing a…
57. [**cheerfulness**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cheerfulness.md) noun (cheerfulness, uncountable) 1) Cheerfulness is being happy, bright and in a good mood, and showing it to others.
58. [**cheerily**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cheerily.md) adverb (from cheery) 1) In a happy, bright and hopeful way.
59. [**cheerio**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cheerio.md) interjection (cheerio — informal, UK) 1) (UK, informal) Goodbye, said in a friendly, cheerful way. 2) (Australia, informal) A small red cocktail sausage, often served at…
60. [**cheerleader**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cheerleader.md) noun (a cheerleader, cheerleaders) A cheerleader is a person, often in a team, who dances, shouts chants and does jumps to encourage a sports team and the crowd.
61. [**cheerless**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cheerless.md) adjective (cheerless, more cheerless, most cheerless) 1) Cheerless means gloomy, dull and without anything to make you happy or comfortable.
62. [**cheery**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cheery.md) adjective (cheery, cheerier, cheeriest) 1) Happy and friendly in a bright, lively way. 2) Making you feel happy, bright and pleasant (a cheery room, a cheery colour).
63. [**cheese**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cheese.md) noun (cheese, uncountable; a cheese, cheeses for types or whole ones) Cheese is a food made from milk, usually yellow or white, that can be soft or hard.
64. [**cheeseburger**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cheeseburger.md) noun (a cheeseburger, cheeseburgers) 1) A hamburger with a slice of melted cheese on top of the meat patty, served in a bun.
65. [**cheesy**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cheesy.md) adjective (cheesy, cheesier, cheesiest) Tasting or smelling of cheese, or full of cheese.
66. [**cheetah**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cheetah.md) noun (a cheetah, cheetahs) 1) A cheetah is a slim, spotted big cat from Africa (and a few in Iran) and the fastest land animal, able to run as fast as a car on a…
67. [**chef**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chef.md) noun (chef, chefs) 1) A chef is a person whose job is to cook, often the main cook in a restaurant or hotel. 2) A head chef leads the other cooks in a kitchen.
68. [**chemical**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chemical.md) noun (a chemical, chemicals); adjective (chemical); adverb chemically A chemical is a substance, especially one made or used in science or industry, such as bleach, salt or oxygen.
69. [**chemically**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chemically.md) adverb (chemically) In a way that involves chemistry or chemicals: chemically treated wood.
70. [**chemise**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chemise.md) noun (chemise, chemises) A loose, simple dress or a woman's undergarment like a long shirt, worn in the past under other clothes.
71. [**chemist**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chemist.md) noun (a chemist, chemists; the chemist's) A chemist is a scientist who studies chemistry: what substances are made of and how they change.
72. [**chemistry**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chemistry.md) noun (chemistry, uncountable) Chemistry is the science of substances: what they are made of, how they behave and how they change into new substances.
73. [**chemotherapy**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chemotherapy.md) noun (chemotherapy, uncountable; short: chemo) Chemotherapy is a treatment for cancer that uses strong medicines to kill the sick cells.
74. [**cheque**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cheque.md) noun (a cheque, cheques) A printed paper form you write on to tell your bank to pay money from your account to someone.
75. [**chequebook**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chequebook.md) noun (a chequebook, chequebooks); US spelling: checkbook A small book of printed forms (cheques) that a bank gives to a customer; you write on a cheque to pay someone from your bank account.
76. [**cherish**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cherish.md) verb (cherishes, cherished, cherishing) 1) To cherish someone or something is to love it and take great care of it.
77. [**cherished**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cherished.md) adjective (cherished); verb form (past of cherish: cherish, cherishes, cherished, cherishing) Loved, protected and cared for very much (a cherished toy).
78. [**cherokee**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cherokee.md) noun (the Cherokee, a Cherokee, Cherokees; Cherokee — the language); adjective (Cherokee) 1) The Cherokee are a Native American people, originally from the south-east of what is now the USA, many of whom now live in Oklahoma and…
79. [**cherry**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cherry.md) noun (a cherry, cherries); adjective (cherry-red) A cherry is a small round red or dark red fruit with a hard stone in the middle and a long thin stalk.
80. [**cherub**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cherub.md) noun (cherubs) 1) A cherub is a kind of angel, often shown as a chubby child with small wings. 2) A cherub can also mean a sweet, rosy-cheeked young child.
81. [**chess**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chess.md) noun (chess) Chess is a board game for two players with pieces like kings, queens, bishops, knights, rooks and pawns on a board of 64 squares.
82. [**chessboard**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chessboard.md) noun (a chessboard, chessboards) 1) A square board with 64 squares in eight rows of eight, coloured light and dark in turn, used for playing chess or draughts.
83. [**chest**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chest.md) noun (a chest, chests) Your chest is the front of your body between your neck and your tummy.
84. [**chestnut**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chestnut.md) noun (a chestnut, chestnuts); adjective (chestnut hair, a chestnut horse) A chestnut is a shiny reddish-brown nut that grows inside a prickly case on a chestnut tree; sweet chestnuts can be roasted and eaten.
85. [**chesty**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chesty.md) adjective (chesty, chestier, chestiest) Having a lot of mucus in the chest from a cold, with a deep, wet cough, as in "a chesty cough".
86. [**chew**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chew.md) verb (chew, chews, chewed, chewing); noun (a chew, chews) To chew is to break up food in your mouth with your teeth before you swallow it.
87. [**chewing**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chewing.md) verb form (chew, chews, chewed, chewing); noun (chewing); adjective (chewing, as in chewing gum) Chewing means crushing food with your teeth to make it soft enough to swallow.
88. [**chewy**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chewy.md) adjective (chewy, chewier, chewiest); noun (chewy — Australia, informal) Needing a lot of chewing because it is soft but tough or sticky, as in «chewy sweets» or «chewy meat».
89. [**chi**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chi.md) noun (chi — the Greek letter; chi or qi — Chinese idea); (Mandarin, pinyin) chī, "to eat" The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet, written χ, said "kye" (rhymes with "sky").
90. [**chicago**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chicago.md) proper noun (Chicago) Chicago is a big city in the United States, in the state of Illinois, on the shore of Lake Michigan.
91. [**chick**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chick.md) noun (a chick, chicks) A baby bird, especially a baby chicken that has just hatched from its egg.
92. [**chicken**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chicken.md) noun (chicken, chickens); adjective (chicken — scared, slang); verb (chicken out) 1) A chicken is a farm bird that lays eggs. 2) Chicken is also the meat of this bird, which people eat. 3) In slang, «chicken» means…
93. [**chickenpox**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chickenpox.md) noun (chickenpox — no plural) A common illness, mostly of children, caused by a virus, that gives a fever and very itchy red spots that turn into blisters and then scabs.
94. [**chicle**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chicle.md) noun (chicle — uncountable) 1) A natural gum made from the milky sap of the sapodilla tree of Central America, used in the past to make chewing gum.
95. [**chief**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chief.md) noun (a chief, chiefs); adjective (chief) The leader or head of a group, such as a tribe, organisation or police force (the fire chief).
96. [**chiefly**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chiefly.md) adverb (chiefly) 1) Chiefly means mainly or mostly. 2) Chiefly means above all, more than anything else.
97. [**chieftain**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chieftain.md) noun (chieftains) 1) A chieftain is the leader of a tribe or clan.
98. [**chihuahua**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chihuahua.md) noun (a chihuahua, chihuahuas; Chihuahua — a name) A chihuahua is a very small breed of dog with big ears and big eyes, the smallest dog breed in the world.
99. [**chilblains**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chilblains.md) noun (a chilblain, chilblains – usually plural) Painful, itchy red or purple swellings on the toes, fingers, ears or nose, caused when skin gets very cold and then warms up too fast.
100. [**child**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/child.md) noun (child, children; casual: kid, kids) 1) A child is a young boy or girl. 2) A child is someone's son or daughter, at any age: Grandma has three children. Children means more…

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