Skip to content A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z chairback The rear part of a chair that supports the sitter's back. chairborne Employed to work in an office, etc. and not out in the field; having a sedentary job. chairbound Unable to leave one's chair. Chairboy someone connected with Wycombe Wanderers Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc. chaircover A covering for a chair. chairdrobe A chair on which someone stores clothing that has been worn but which is not yet too dirty to wear again. Chairez A surname. chairfast Unable to leave one's chair, for some reason. chairfolk chairpeople chairful A person (of a particular quality) that sits in a chair. chairholder One who holds the role of academic chair. chairholding Having the role of academic chair. chairhood The property of being a chair. chairlady chairwoman chairless Without a chair or chairs. chairlessness Absence of chairs. chairlift A continuously moving series of open seats, slung from overhead cables, used to transport people (especially skiers) up the sides of mountains. chairlike Resembling or characteristic of a chair. chairmaker A manufacturer of chairs. chairmaking The manufacture of chairs. chairman A person presiding over a meeting, sometimes especially a man. (Compare chairwoman, chairperson, chair.) chairmanager A person who (temporarily) holds the position of both chairman and manager of a club chairmaness Synonym of chairwoman. chairmanlike Resembling or characteristic of a chairman. chairmanly Befitting a chairman. chairmanship The office, or the term, of a chairman. chairness The essence of what it means to be a chair; the qualities that make a chair what it is. chairobics Any system of exercise in which the exerciser remains seated or uses the chair for balance, as for seniors or someone confined to a wheelchair. chairoplane A fairground ride, a variation on the carousel in which the chairs are suspended from the rotating top of the carousel. chairperson A chairman or chairwoman, someone who presides over a meeting, board, etc. chairpersonship The office or term of a chairperson. chairship chairpersonship chairshot A strike on an opponent with a chair. chairside Happening next to the dental chair during treatment. chairward Toward a chair. chairwarmer One who occupies a post or employment but does no useful work. chairway Synonym of chairlift. chairwise In the manner or orientation of a chair. chairwoman A female chairperson chairwomanship The office or term of chairwoman. chairwork A technique in which the patient moves between chairs, acting as a different person in each one, so as to understand the point of view of others. chaise An open, horse-drawn carriage for one or two people, usually with one horse and two wheels. chaisemaker A manufacturer of horse-drawn carriages. Chaisson A surname. Chait A surname. Chaitanya A male given name from Sanskrit used in India. chaitini A cocktail or martini with chai tea as an ingredient. Chaitra The first month of the Hindu lunar calendar. chaitya A Buddhist or Jain shrine including a stupa. chaiwallah A tea vendor in South Asia. Chaiyaphum A province of Thailand. chaiyaphumine Any of a class of cyclodepsipeptide present in some bacteria chaja A South American bird, the crested screamer (Chauna torquata), which can be used as guard animals. Chajnantor A plateau in northern Chile, Llano de Chajnantor, the site of a milimeter/submilimeter telescope array. chakacha A traditional Swahili style of music and dance. chakalaka A spicy African vegetable relish traditionally served with bread, pap, samp, stews, and curries. chakana A stepped cross motif, often with a circle in the center, used by the Inca and other Andean cultures. Chakarian A surname from Armenian. Chakavian speaker of Chakavian, or a native of southern and coastal Croatia. Chakavski The Chakavian dialect. chakazi A variety of copal. Chakib A male given name from Arabic. chakla An Islamic territorial subdivision of India. Chaklala A major suburban town of Rawalpindi in the Punjab province of Pakistan. chakli A type of murukku that uses chickpea flour as well. Chakma A member of a Tibeto-Burman people of Bangladesh and Northeast India. Chakobsa A Northwest Caucasian language. Chakola A locality in the Snowy Monaro council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia. Chakpa A Meitei surname from Manipuri Chakpahu A village in Navajo County, Arizona, United States. Chakpram A Meitei surname from Manipuri chakpur A funnel used to produce mandala art from sand. chakra Any of (at least) seven centres of spiritual energy in or near the body, according to Ayurveda philosophy. Chakraborty A surname. Chakradhar Name of Vishnu. chakral Relating to a chakra or chakras. chakram A disc-like throwing weapon from India. Chakrapani Name of Vishnu, bearer of the Sudarshana Chakra. Chakravakam A rāga in Carnatic music. It is the 16th melakarta rāga in the 72 melakarta rāga system. chakravartin An ideal universal ruler, who rules ethically and benevolently over the entire world. Chakri the ruling dynasty/house of Thailand from 1782 to the present chakric Relating to chakras. chal A male gypsy. chala Croton scouleri, a tree native to the Galapagos. Chalabre A town and commune of Aude department, Occitania, France. chalaf A knife used by Ashkenazi Jews in shehitah, the kosher slaughter of animals. Chalaine A female given name. Chalais A commune in Charente department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Chalamaniac A fan of American and French actor Timothée Chalamet (born 1995). Chalamba A Meitei male given name. chalance An attitude of seriousness and earnestness. chalant Not nonchalant; careful, attentive, or concerned. chalantly Not nonchalantly; in a chalant manner. chalara ash dieback (disease) chalasia relaxation of a normally contracted muscle, especially a sphincter chalastic Reducing stiffness; laxative. Chalatenango A department of El Salvador. chalaza The location where the nucellus attaches to the integuments, opposite the micropyle. chalazal Of or pertaining to the chalaza. chalaziferous Having or bearing chalazas. chalazion A cyst in the eyelid, caused by inflammation of a blocked meibomian gland. chalazoderma A rare connective tissue disorder in which the skin becomes inelastic and hangs loosely in folds. chalazogam Any plant that is fertilized by chalazogamy. chalazogamic Relating to chalazogamy. chalazogamous Relating to chalazogamy. chalazogamy A process of fecundation in which the pollen tube penetrates to the embryo sac through the tissue of the chalaza, instead of entering through the micropyle. Chalca Of Chalco. chalcanth Synonym of chalcanthum. chalcanthite A mineral form of copper sulfate, CuSO₄. chalcanthitic of or pertaining to chalcanthite (hydrated copper sulfate). chalcanthum Copper(II) sulfate (CuSO₄). Chalcedon An ancient maritime town of Bithynia, in Asia Minor in modern Turkey, almost directly opposite Byzantium. chalcedoneous Relating to or composed of chalcedony. Chalcedonian Relating to the Council of Chalcedon (451 AD). Chalcedonianism The religious doctrine of the Chalcedonians. chalcedonic Of or pertaining to chalcedony. chalcedonite chalcedony chalcedony A form of fine-grained quartz that is nearly transparent or has a milky translucence; it fractures conchoidally. chalcedonyx An agate formed of a white opaque chalcedony alternating with a greyish translucent chalcedony. chalcenteric Chalcenterous. chalcenterous Having bowels of brass; tough. Chalcese The people of Chalco. chalchihuitl turquoise Chalchuapa A town in Santa Ana department, El Salvador. chalcid Any of many small wasps of the superfamily Chalcidoidea, most of which are parasitoids of other insects. Chalcidian Of, from or relating to Chalcis, Greece Chalcidic Synonym of Chalcidian chalcidicum In ancient Roman architecture, the vestibule or portico of a public building opening on to the forum. chalcidid Any member of the family Chalcididae, certain wasps. chalcidoid Any wasp of the superfamily Chalcidoidea chalcidology The study of chalcid wasps. Chalcis A city in Euboea regional unit, Greece. chalcitrin A yellow pigment found in Chalciporus fungi. chalcoalumite A monoclinic-sphenoidal mineral containing aluminum, copper, hydrogen, oxygen, and sulfur. chalcocite Cuprous sulfide, Cu₂S, an important ore of copper. chalcocitization The transformation of a mineral into chalcocite. chalcocyanite An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing copper, oxygen, and sulfur. chalcogel A metal chalcogenide aerogel. chalcogen Any element of group 16 of the periodic table: oxygen, sulfur, selenium, tellurium or polonium. chalcogenate A salt or ester derived from oxidation-state-6 chalcogen oxyacids. chalcogenide Any binary compound of a chalcogen with a more electropositive element. chalcogenol A chemical compound containing a chalcogen bound to a hydrogen atom (-EH) chalcogenophosphate The equivalent of a phosphate in which the oxygen atoms have been replaced by those of another chalcogen. chalcograph An artwork produced by chalcography. chalcographer An engraver on copper or brass. chalcographic of, or pertaining to, chalcography chalcographical Synonym of chalcographic chalcographist Synonym of chalcographer. chalcography engraving on copper or brass chalcohalide A chalcogen halide compound.