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Chinooks
- noun - a member of an important North American Indian people who controlled the mouth of the Columbia river; they were organized into settlements rather than tribes
- a Penutian language spoken by the Chinook
- a warm dry wind blowing down the eastern slopes of the Rockies
- large Pacific salmon valued as food; adults die after spawning
- pink or white flesh of large Pacific salmon
- Twin-rotored helicopter
Chirrups
- noun - a series of chirps
- make high-pitched sounds; "the birds were chirping in the bushes"
Chitlins
- noun - small intestines of hogs prepared as food
Chitters
- verb - make high-pitched sounds, as of birds
Chivvies
- verb - annoy continually or chronically;
Chlorous
- - Of, pertaining to, or derived from, chlorine; -- said of those compounds of chlorine in which this element has a valence of three, the next lower than in chloric compounds; as, chlorous acid, HClO2.
Choctaws
- - A tribe of North American Indians (Southern Appalachian), in early times noted for their pursuit of agriculture, and for living at peace with the white settlers. They are now one of the civilized tribes of the Indian Territory.
Chokings
- noun - a condition caused by blocking the airways to the lungs (as with food or swelling of the larynx)
- the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe; "no evidence that the choking was done by the accused"
Choleras
- noun - an acute intestinal infection caused by ingestion of contaminated water or food
Cholines
- noun - a B-complex vitamin that is a constituent of lecithin; essential in the metabolism of fat