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5-letter words containing c

  • chian — of or relating to Chios
  • chiao — a Chinese monetary unit equal to one-tenth of a yuan
  • chias — a plant, Salvia columbariae, of the mint family, native to the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having mostly basal, oblong leaves and small blue flowers: the seeds are used as food and as the source of a beverage.
  • chiba — an industrial city in central Japan, in SE Honshu on Tokyo Bay. Pop: 880 164 (2002 est)
  • chibi — (countable, anime, manga) A child-like character with exaggerated features, particularly in anime.
  • chica — a red dye used for colouring the skin produced from the plant Bignonia chica, indigenous to Colombia and Guyana
  • chich — (botany) The chickpea.
  • chick — A chick is a baby bird.
  • chico — greasewood (sense 1)
  • chide — If you chide someone, you speak to them angrily because they have done something wicked or foolish.
  • chief — The chief of an organization is the person who is in charge of it.
  • chiel — a young man; lad
  • chiff — (music) The characteristic sound made as part of the attack of certain notes on the organ.
  • chil- — chilo-
  • child — A child is a human being who is not yet an adult.
  • chile — a republic in South America, on the Pacific, with a total length of about 4090 km (2650 miles) and an average width of only 177 km (110 miles): gained independence from Spain in 1818; the government of President Allende (elected 1970) attempted the implementation of Marxist policies within a democratic system until overthrown by a military coup (1973); democracy restored 1988. Chile consists chiefly of the Andes in the east, the Atacama Desert in the north, a central fertile region, and a huge S region of almost uninhabitable mountains, glaciers, fjords, and islands; an important producer of copper, iron ore, nitrates, etc. Language: Spanish. Religion: Roman Catholic majority. Currency: peso. Capital: Santiago. Pop: 17 216 945 (2013 est). Area: 756 945 sq km (292 256 sq miles)
  • chili — the dried pod of red pepper, a very hot seasoning
  • chill — When you chill something or when it chills, you lower its temperature so that it becomes colder but does not freeze.
  • chimb — chime2
  • chime — When a bell or a clock chimes, it makes ringing sounds.
  • chimo — an exclamation of greeting among Inuit people
  • chimp — A chimp is the same as a chimpanzee.
  • chimu — a member of an Amerindian people inhabiting the northern coast of Peru and having a highly developed urban culture that lasted until its destruction by the Incas.
  • china — China is a hard white substance made from clay. It is used to make things such as cups, bowls, plates, and ornaments.
  • chine — the backbone
  • ching — of, relating to, or designating the Manchu dynasty (1644–1912) of China
  • chink — A chink in a surface is a very narrow crack or opening in it.
  • chino — a durable cotton twill cloth
  • chins — Plural form of chin.
  • chios — an island in the Aegean Sea, off the coast of Turkey: belongs to Greece. Capital: Chios. Pop: 51 936 (2001). Area: 904 sq km (353 sq miles)
  • chips — CHIPS is a system for transferring funds that makes large value payments in US dollars between major banks.
  • chirk — showing a cheery and sprightly disposition
  • chirl — a trilling or quavering sound
  • chirm — the chirping of birds
  • chiro — a chiropractor
  • chirp — When a bird or an insect such as a cricket or grasshopper chirps, it makes short high-pitched sounds.
  • chirr — (esp of certain insects, such as crickets) to make a shrill trilled sound
  • chirt — an act of pressing or squashing that expresses liquid
  • chiru — a Tibetan antelope, Pantholops hodgsoni, having a dense woolly pinkish-brown fleece prized as the source of shahtoosh wool: now close to extinction due to illegal slaughter for its fleece
  • chita — an industrial city in SE Russia, on the Trans-Siberian railway. Pop: 309 000 (2005 est)
  • chits — pure consciousness.
  • chive — a small Eurasian purple-flowered alliaceous plant, Allium schoenoprasum, whose long slender hollow leaves are used in cooking to flavour soups, stews, etc
  • chivy — to harass or nag
  • chloe — a feminine name
  • chmod — (file system)   ("Change mode") The Unix command and system call to change the access permissions of a named file. Each file (directory, device, etc.) has nine kinds of access which can be allowed or denied. Different permissions apply to the owner of the file, the members of the group the file belongs to, and all users. Each of these classes of user (owner, group and other) can have permission to read, write or execute the file. Chmod can also set various other mode bits for a file or directory such as the sticky bit and the set user id bit. Unix man page: chmod
  • choad — (vulgar, slang) A penis.
  • choak — Obsolete form of choke.
  • chock — a block or wedge of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy object
  • choco — a member of the citizen army; militiaman
  • chocs — chocolates
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