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1. [**childcare**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/childcare.md) noun (childcare, uncountable); also child care Looking after children, especially while their parents are at work.
2. [**childhood**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/childhood.md) noun (childhood, a childhood, childhoods) Childhood is the time of a person's life when they are a child.
3. [**childish**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/childish.md) adjective (childish, more childish, most childish) Childish describes an older person or their behaviour when it is silly or immature, like a small child's — usually as a criticism.
4. [**childishly**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/childishly.md) adverb (childishly; more childishly) In a silly, immature way that is not right for someone's age (said of older children and adults, usually as criticism).
5. [**childless**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/childless.md) adjective 1) Childless means having no children.
6. [**childlike**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/childlike.md) adjective 1) Childlike means like a child: trusting, wondering and innocent, in a good way.
7. [**chile**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chile.md) noun (Chile — a country; chile — a hot pepper, chiles) Chile is a long, narrow country in South America, between the Andes mountains and the Pacific Ocean.
8. [**chill**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chill.md) noun (a chill, chills); verb (chill, chills, chilled, chilling); adjective (chill — informal: relaxed) A chill is a feeling of cold: «a chill in the air».
9. [**chiller**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chiller.md) noun (a chiller, chillers) A machine or cabinet that keeps food or drink very cold, like a fridge in a shop or kitchen.
10. [**chilli**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chilli.md) noun (a chilli, chillies; UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand spelling); US: chili, chile A chilli is a small pepper, often red or green, that tastes very hot and spicy.
11. [**chilly**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chilly.md) adjective (chilly, chillier, chilliest) 1) Chilly means rather cold, cold enough to be uncomfortable. 2) A chilly person or welcome is unfriendly and not warm.
12. [**chime**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chime.md) noun (a chime, chimes); verb (chime, chimes, chimed, chiming) A clear ringing sound made by a bell or clock: the chime of the church clock.
13. [**chimney**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chimney.md) noun (a chimney, chimneys) A chimney is a tall pipe or structure that carries smoke and hot gases from a fire or stove up and out through the roof.
14. [**chimp**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chimp.md) noun (a chimp, chimps) A chimp is a chimpanzee, a clever, hairy African ape that lives in groups in forests and is one of the closest animal relatives of humans.
15. [**chimpanzee**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chimpanzee.md) noun (a chimpanzee, chimpanzees) 1) A chimpanzee is an intelligent ape with black hair, long arms and no tail, which lives in groups in the forests and grasslands of…
16. [**chin**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chin.md) noun (a chin, chins) 1) The part of the face below the mouth, at the front of the lower jaw.
17. [**china**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/china.md) noun (china, uncountable); proper noun (China, the country) China (with a capital C) is a very large country in East Asia with the largest or second-largest population in the world.
18. [**chinaman**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chinaman.md) noun (chinamen) 1) (old use, now offensive) A chinaman was an old word for a man from China. Say «a Chinese person» instead.
19. [**chinchilla**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chinchilla.md) noun (a chinchilla, chinchillas; chinchilla fur) 1) A small rodent from the Andes mountains of South America, with very soft, thick grey fur and a bushy tail. 2) The fur of this animal.
20. [**chine**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chine.md) noun (a chine, chines); verb (chine, chines, chined, chining — cooking) The backbone of an animal, or a joint of meat that includes part of the backbone.
21. [**chinese**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chinese.md) adjective (Chinese); noun (Chinese — the language; the Chinese — the people) 1) Chinese means from China or about China. 2) Chinese is the language spoken in China; Mandarin is its main kind. 3) The Chinese are the…
22. [**chink**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chink.md) noun (a chink, chinks); verb (chink, chinks, chinked, chinking) A narrow crack or opening, as in a wall or door, that light can come through.
23. [**chip**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chip.md) noun (a chip, chips); verb (chip, chips, chipped, chipping) A chip is a small piece broken off something hard, like wood, stone or a plate.
24. [**chipmunk**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chipmunk.md) noun (a chipmunk, chipmunks) 1) A small striped squirrel of North America (and one kind in Asia) that lives in burrows and carries food in its cheek pouches.
25. [**chipper**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chipper.md) adjective (chipper — informal); noun (a chipper, chippers) Cheerful and lively, full of energy, as in «you're very chipper this morning».
26. [**chips**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chips.md) noun (chips — plural of chip) In the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, chips are long pieces of fried potato, called «fries» or «French fries» in the USA.
27. [**chirp**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chirp.md) verb (chirp, chirps, chirped, chirping); noun (a chirp, chirps) To chirp means to make a short, high sound, like a small bird or a cricket.
28. [**chirrup**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chirrup.md) verb (chirrup, chirrups, chirruped, chirruping); noun (a chirrup, chirrups) To chirrup is to make a series of short, high sounds, like a bird or an insect; to chirp.
29. [**chisel**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chisel.md) noun (a chisel, chisels); verb (chisel, chisels, chiselled, chiselling; US chiseled, chiseling) A tool with a flat, sharp metal end, used with a hammer or mallet to cut or shape wood, stone or metal.
30. [**chitin**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chitin.md) noun (chitin, uncountable) 1) (science) Chitin is the tough natural material that makes up the hard outer skeleton of insects, spiders, crabs and lobsters, and the…
31. [**chivalric**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chivalric.md) adjective (old use) 1) Chivalric means of or like the code of knights in old times: brave, honest and courteous to others.
32. [**chivalrous**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chivalrous.md) adjective 1) Chivalrous means brave, polite and kind, especially to women and the weak, as knights were meant to be.
33. [**chivalry**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chivalry.md) noun (chivalry — uncountable) 1) The rules and ideals that medieval knights were supposed to follow: being brave, loyal, honest, protecting the weak and serving God and…
34. [**chives**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chives.md) noun (chives, plural; a chive is rare) A small herb with thin, hollow green leaves that taste like a mild onion, used chopped on food.
35. [**chivvy**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chivvy.md) verb (chivvy, chivvies, chivvied, chivvying; also spelt chivy) To keep telling someone to hurry up or do something, in an annoying way.
36. [**chloramine**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chloramine.md) noun (chloramine, chloramines) A chemical made from chlorine and ammonia, used to kill germs in tap water.
37. [**chloride**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chloride.md) noun (a chloride, chlorides; chloride uncountable) A chemical compound made of chlorine joined with another element; the best known is sodium chloride, which is common table salt.
38. [**chlorinate**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chlorinate.md) verb (chlorinate, chlorinates, chlorinated, chlorinating) 1) To add chlorine to water to kill germs and make it safe for drinking or swimming. 2) (chemistry) To combine a substance with chlorine.
39. [**chlorine**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chlorine.md) noun (chlorine) Chlorine is a yellow-green poisonous gas with a strong smell.
40. [**chlorophyll**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chlorophyll.md) noun (chlorophyll — uncountable) Chlorophyll is the green substance in plants that soaks up sunlight.
41. [**chloroplast**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chloroplast.md) noun (a chloroplast, chloroplasts) 1) A tiny green part inside plant cells where photosynthesis happens: it uses sunlight to make food (sugar) from water and carbon dioxide…
42. [**choc**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/choc.md) noun (a choc, chocs); short form of chocolate (informal, UK, Australia, New Zealand) Chocolate, or a single chocolate sweet: a box of chocs.
43. [**chock**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chock.md) adverb (in «chock full» or «chock-a-block») 1) Chock means completely: «chock full» means crammed full to the top. 2) (informal) «Chock-a-block» means packed tight with no room left.
44. [**chocolate**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chocolate.md) noun (chocolate, chocolates); adjective Chocolate is a sweet brown food made from cocoa beans.
45. [**choice**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/choice.md) noun (a choice, choices); adjective (choice — high quality, rare) A choice is a decision to pick one thing or action from several.
46. [**choir**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/choir.md) noun (choir, choirs) 1) A choir is a group of people who sing together. 2) The choir is also the part of a church where the singers sit.
47. [**choirboy**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/choirboy.md) noun (a choirboy, choirboys) A boy who sings in a church or cathedral choir, usually wearing robes.
48. [**choke**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/choke.md) verb (choke, chokes, choked, choking); noun (a choke) To choke means to be unable to breathe because something is stuck in your throat.
49. [**chokepoint**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chokepoint.md) noun (a chokepoint, chokepoints; also choke point) 1) A chokepoint is a narrow place, such as a strait, mountain pass or narrow road, where movement is squeezed together and can easily be…
50. [**cholera**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cholera.md) noun (cholera, uncountable) 1) Cholera is a serious illness caused by germs (bacteria) in dirty water or food, which gives very bad diarrhoea and makes the body lose…
51. [**chomp**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chomp.md) verb (chomp, chomps, chomped, chomping); noun (a chomp) 1) To bite and chew food noisily and with big mouthfuls. 2) (noun) A big, noisy bite.
52. [**chomping**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chomping.md) verb form (chomp, chomps, chomped, chomping); adjective in «chomping at the bit» Chewing or biting noisily and with big movements of the jaw.
53. [**chon**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chon.md) a fragment or a name (Chon — not a common English word) 1) (a name) Chon is a surname and given name, for example a Korean surname (also written Jeon or Chun) and a name used in some other Asian…
54. [**choose**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/choose.md) verb (choose, chooses, chose, chosen, choosing) 1) To choose is to pick one from several: choose a book. 2) To choose is to decide to do something: She chose to walk home.
55. [**chooser**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chooser.md) noun (a chooser, choosers) 1) A person who chooses. 2) Beggars can't be choosers: a saying meaning when you need help, you must accept what you are given.
56. [**choosy**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/choosy.md) adjective (choosy, choosier, choosiest) — informal 1) (informal) Very careful about what you choose, and hard to please, especially about food, clothes or friends.
57. [**chop**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chop.md) verb (chop, chops, chopped, chopping); noun (a chop, chops) To chop means to cut something into pieces with a knife or an axe.
58. [**chopped**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chopped.md) verb past form of chop (chop, chops, chopped, chopping); adjective (chopped) Chopped means cut into pieces with a knife or axe.
59. [**chopper**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chopper.md) noun (choppers) A chopper is a tool with a heavy blade for chopping wood or meat.
60. [**choppy**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/choppy.md) adjective (choppy, choppier, choppiest) Full of small, rough waves, because of wind: «choppy water».
61. [**chopstick**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chopstick.md) noun (a chopstick, chopsticks — usually a pair) 1) A chopstick is one of a pair of thin sticks used to pick up and eat food, mainly in East Asian countries like China, Japan and Korea.
62. [**choral**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/choral.md) adjective (choral) 1) To do with a choir or sung by a choir. 2) (school) Said or spoken by a group together, like choral reading or a choral speaking of a…
63. [**chord**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chord.md) noun (a chord, chords) A chord is a group of notes played at the same time, such as C, E and G on a piano.
64. [**chore**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chore.md) noun (a chore, chores) A chore is a small job you do regularly at home, like washing up, making your bed or feeding the pet.
65. [**chorister**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chorister.md) noun (choristers) 1) A chorister is a singer in a church choir, often a boy.
66. [**chorus**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chorus.md) noun (a chorus, choruses); verb (chorus, choruses, chorused, chorusing) The chorus of a song is the part that is repeated after each verse.
67. [**chosen**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chosen.md) verb form (past participle of choose: chosen); adjective Chosen means picked from a group as the one you want.
68. [**christ**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/christ.md) noun, proper name (Christ) Christ is a title given to Jesus by Christians; it means «the chosen one».
69. [**christen**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/christen.md) verb (christens, christened, christening) To christen a baby is to give it its name in a church ceremony, with water poured on its head.
70. [**christendom**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/christendom.md) noun (Christendom, uncountable) All the Christian people and Christian countries of the world, thought of together.
71. [**christening**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/christening.md) noun (a christening, christenings) A christening is a church ceremony in which a baby is baptised, given its Christian name and welcomed into the Church.
72. [**christian**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/christian.md) adjective (Christian); noun (a Christian, Christians); name (Christian) A Christian is a person who believes in Jesus Christ and follows the religion of Christianity.
73. [**christianity**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/christianity.md) noun (Christianity — proper noun, uncountable) 1) (religion) Christianity is the religion based on the life and teaching of Jesus Christ; Christians believe Jesus is the Son of God, who…
74. [**christmas**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/christmas.md) noun (Christmas, Christmases); proper noun, always with a capital C Christmas is the Christian festival in December that celebrates the birth of Jesus.
75. [**christmastide**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/christmastide.md) noun (old use, in fairy tales and old stories) The time of the Christmas season, the days around Christmas Day when families meet and feast together.
76. [**chromatography**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chromatography.md) noun (chromatography — uncountable) 1) (science) A way of separating a mixture into the different substances in it, by letting a liquid or gas carry them along paper or…
77. [**chromium**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chromium.md) noun (chromium, uncountable) Chromium is a hard, shiny, silvery-grey metal; it is a chemical element with the symbol Cr and atomic number 24.
78. [**chromosome**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chromosome.md) noun (a chromosome, chromosomes) 1) A chromosome is a tiny thread-like structure inside the centre (nucleus) of a living cell, made of DNA, which carries the instructions…
79. [**chronic**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chronic.md) adjective (chronic) A chronic illness or problem lasts a long time or keeps coming back.
80. [**chronicle**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chronicle.md) noun (a chronicle, chronicles); verb (chronicle, chronicles, chronicled, chronicling) A chronicle is a written record of events in the order they happened.
81. [**chronological**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chronological.md) adjective (chronological); adverb (chronologically) Chronological means arranged in the order in which things happened, from earliest to latest.
82. [**chronometer**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chronometer.md) noun (chronometers) A very exact clock, used at sea to find the ship's position by knowing the exact time.
83. [**chrysalis**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chrysalis.md) noun (a chrysalis, chrysalises or chrysalides) The hard case a caterpillar makes around itself while it changes into a butterfly.
84. [**chrysanthemum**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chrysanthemum.md) noun (chrysanthemums) A garden flower with many layered petals, which blooms in autumn in many colours.
85. [**chubby**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chubby.md) adjective (chubby, chubbier, chubbiest) 1) Slightly fat and round in a soft, often cute way, as in «chubby cheeks» or «a chubby baby».
86. [**chuck**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chuck.md) verb (chuck, chucks, chucked, chucking); noun (a chuck, chucks) To chuck something is to throw it, often casually.
87. [**chuckle**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chuckle.md) verb (chuckle, chuckles, chuckled, chuckling); noun (a chuckle, chuckles) 1) To laugh quietly, often with your mouth closed, because something is amusing. 2) A soft, quiet laugh.
88. [**chuff**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chuff.md) verb (chuff, chuffs, chuffed, chuffing); noun (a chuff); adjective: chuffed (UK) verb To make the puffing sound of a steam train: chuff-chuff.
89. [**chuffed**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chuffed.md) adjective (chuffed) — UK, informal Chuffed means very pleased and proud, as in I'm chuffed to bits.
90. [**chunder**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chunder.md) verb (chunder, chunders, chundered, chundering); noun (chunder) 1) (slang, Australia/NZ, UK) to vomit, be sick. 2) (noun) vomit.
91. [**chunk**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chunk.md) noun (a chunk, chunks); verb (chunk, chunks, chunked, chunking) A thick, solid piece of something (a chunk of cheese).
92. [**chunky**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chunky.md) adjective (chunky, chunkier, chunkiest) Thick, solid and heavy-looking: a chunky jumper, chunky boots.
93. [**church**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/church.md) noun (a church, churches) A church is a building where Christians go to pray and worship.
94. [**churchwarden**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/churchwarden.md) noun (a churchwarden, churchwardens) 1) (church) A churchwarden is a volunteer in a parish (especially Church of England and Anglican churches) who helps look after the church…
95. [**churchyard**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/churchyard.md) noun (a churchyard, churchyards) The land around a church, often with a graveyard where people are buried.
96. [**churl**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/churl.md) noun (churls) (old use, in fairy tales) A rude, mean, rough man who is unkind and will not do what is fair or good.
97. [**churlish**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/churlish.md) adjective (churlisher, churlishest) Rude, grumpy and unkind in the way one behaves or speaks.
98. [**churn**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/churn.md) verb (churn, churns, churned, churning); noun (a churn, churns) A churn is a container in which cream or milk is shaken or stirred to make butter.
99. [**churr**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/churr.md) verb (churr, churrs, churred, churring); noun (a churr) To churr is to make a low, long, trilling or whirring sound, like a nightjar, a grasshopper or a partridge.
100. [**ci**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/ci.md) abbreviation and fragment (CI; ci) CI often means «Chief Inspector», a senior police officer in the UK.

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