English words from Middle English
- Chalk FarmA neighbourhood in the borough of Camden, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ2884).
- challengeableAble to be challenged or disputed.
- ChalveyA southern suburb of Slough, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU965795).
- chambererA high-ranking female servant who attends in a royal's or noble's chamber.
- champertyThe investing of money into a third party's lawsuit in which one has no vested interest.
- chancefullyby chance or coincidence
- chancelyBy chance.
- chantmentenchantment
- chantressA female singer or chanter.
- chapeThe lower metallic cap at the end of a sword's scabbard.
- chapedFurnished with a chape or chapes.
- chapiterThe capital or uppermost part of a column, upon which the roof and its decorations are supported.
- chapmanhoodThe activity or business of a chapman (merchant, peddler); trading, bargaining.
- chapwomanA woman who buys and sells; a female trader.
- chargeousburdensome
- charkCharcoal; coke.
- CharkerA surname originating as an occupation [in turn from Middle English].
- Charles' WainA bright circumpolar asterism of the northern sky, said to resemble a wagon or cart. It is part of the constellation Ursa Major and includes the seven stars Dubhe, Merak, Phecda, Megrez, Alioth, Mizar, and Alkaid.
- charmeressA female charmer; an enchantress.
- chastenessThe state of being chaste; chastity
- chastiserSomeone who chastises
- chavelThe jaw, especially of an animal.
- chavel-boneJawbone.
- chawdronThe entrails of an animal, especially when used as a food ingredient; offal.
- chawlA type of residential tenement building found in India, typically for poor working-class people.
- chawnA gap, rift, or fissure.
- cheek toothA hinder or molar tooth.
- cheerlyCheerful, gay; not gloomy.
- cheeselepThe dried stomach of a calf, used for curdling milk for cheese.
- cheesemakerA person skilled in the art of making cheese
- chelydreA fetid water snake.
- cherry treeAny tree of the subgenus Prunus subg. Cerasus, the members of which are valued agriculturally for their fruit, the cherry, and the wood of the tree, cherrywood, used in woodworking.
- chessilgravel or pebbles
- chestenA chestnut.
- chevaucheeA military raid by cavalry through enemy territory, designed to disrupt rural communities and weaken an opponent.
- cheveTo come to an issue; to turn out; to succeed.
- chewetA kind of meat pie.
- childbedThe final stage of pregnancy; confinement.
- childerA child.
- ChildermasA religious service and holiday commemorating the supposed Massacre of the Innocents in Judea around the time of the birth of Christ, typically observed on 28 December in Western Christianity and 29 December in Eastern Christianity; in Spanish and Latin American contexts, the day is frequently filled with light-hearted pranks similar to April Fools' Day.
- childingAble to bear children; fertile; also, pregnant, or in the process of childbirth, or having just given birth to a child.
- childlyOf or pertaining to a young child; childlike
- childrenlessChildless.
- chilverA female lamb.
- chimbThe projecting edge of a cask or barrel, formed by the joined ends of the staves.
- chimereThe upper robe worn by some bishops of the Anglican communion, usually without sleeves.
- chirmA din or confused noise, as of many voices, birdsong, etc.
- chiromancySynonym of palmistry: fortune-telling performed by reading another's hand.
- chirurgicalSurgical.
- chirurgysurgery
- chitterlingThe frill to the breast of a shirt.
- chitterlingsSmall intestine, cleaned and defatted, usually of a pig. Sometimes prepared with hog maws.
- chock fullContaining the maximum amount possible, flush on all sides, jam-packed, crammed.
- choicelyTaking care in choosing; with attention to preference.
- CholmondestonA village in Cheshire, England.
- choosableAble to be chosen or selected.
- chrismatoryPart of a church set aside for the rite of confirmation.
- ChristianhoodThe state or condition of being a Christian.
- Christianlybefitting a Christian.
- Christmas DayThe day on which Christmas is celebrated. It is December 25 in the West, and January 7 in some Eastern Orthodox churches.
- Christmas EveThe evening before Christmas Day.
- chrysoliteOriginally, any of various green-coloured gems; later specifically peridot.
- church-aleA church or parish festival (as in commemoration of the dedication of a church), at which much ale was drunk.
- church doorA door to a church, especially the front door (or double doors) that open directly to the narthex or nave, often ornate.
- churchlyPertaining to or relating to the church, its government, forms, or ceremonies; ecclesiastical.
- churchmasterA churchwarden.
- churchscotA payment once paid to support the clergy, sometimes in the form of livestock, grain, or other crops.
- churchsetSynonym of churchscot.
- churchworkThe work done by a church to spread religion.
- churlishnessthe state of being churlish
- churlyrude; churlish; violent
- churrTo make the low vocal sound of some birds.
- ciclatounA costly cloth, of uncertain material, used in the Middle Ages.
- ciergeA wax candle used in religious rites.
- cingleA kind of belt or other girdle.
- cironThe itch mite (Sarcoptes scabiei), which infects the skin.
- civeyA kind of chive sauce served with game or seafood.
- clagA glue or paste made from starch.
- clarified butterA cooking fat made by gently heating butter and separating the solids from the butterfat.
- clayenOf clay; made of clay.
- cleadTo clothe.
- cleamTo smear, rub on, or anoint; to bedaub with an oily or sticky substance.
- clear as crystalEntirely transparent.
- clega blood-sucking fly of the family Tabanidae: gadfly, horsefly, deer fly, blind-fly, tabanid
- clepeTo give a call; cry out; appeal.
- clerklessWithout clerks.
- clinker-builtOf a boat or ship: where the hull planks overlap each other edge-to-edge, similar to shingles on a roof, and are secured by clenched nails or rivets for a strong, watertight seal.
- cloamClay.
- cloddyCharacterized by the presence of clods
- clogmakerA manufacturer of clogs (type of shoe).
- cloistererOne belonging to, or living in, a cloister; a recluse.
- close-stoolA chamber pot enclosed in a stool or box; a commode.
- close upTo close (remove a gap) completely or fully.
- cloteThe common burdock; the clotbur.
- clothlessWithout cloth or a cloth.
- clottyFull of clots, or clods.
- cloudfulAbounding with clouds, clouded, cloudy.
- clourA field.
- cloutingThe act of giving a clout, or striking somebody.
- cloven-footedHaving the foot divided into parts; cloven-hoofed; fissiped.