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Charges
- noun - (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense; "he was arrested on a charge of larceny"
- (psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object; "Freud thought of cathexis as a psychic analog of an electrical charge"
- a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something; "the judge's charge to the jury"
- a person committed to your care; "the teacher led her charges across the street"
- a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time; "this cartridge has a powder charge of 50 grains"
- a special assignment that is given to a person or group; "a confidential mission to London"; "his charge was deliver a message"
- an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence; "the newspaper published charges that Jones was guilty of drunken driving"
- an impetuous rush toward someone or something; "the wrestler's charge carried him past his adversary"; "the battle began with a cavalry
Charier
- adjective - characterized by great caution and wariness; "a cagey avoidance of a definite answer"; "chary of the risks involved"; "a chary investor"
Charles
- noun - a river in eastern Massachusetts that empties into Boston Harbor and that separates Cambridge from Boston
- as Charles II he was Holy Roman Emperor and as Charles I he was king of France (823-877)
- French physicist and author of Charles's law which anticipated Gay-Lussac's law (1746-1823)
- King of England and Scotland and Ireland during the Restoration (1630-1685)
- King of France from 1560 to 1574 whose reign was dominated by his mother Catherine de Medicis (1550-1574)
- King of France who began his reign with most of northern France under English control; after the intervention of Jeanne d'Arc the French were able to defeat the English and end the Hundred Years' War (1403-1461)
- king of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor; conqueror of the Lombards and Saxons (742-814)
- son of James I who was King of England and Scotland and Ireland; was deposed and executed by Oliver Cromwell (1600-1649)
- the eldest son of Elizabeth
Charmed
- verb - attract; cause to be enamored; "She captured all the men's hearts"
- control by magic spells, as by practicing witchcraft
- filled with wonder and delight
- induce into action by using one's charm; "She charmed him into giving her all his money"
- protect through supernatural powers or charms
- strongly attracted
Charmer
- noun - a person who charms others (usually by personal attractiveness)
- someone with an assured and ingratiating manner
Charnel
- adjective - a vault or building where corpses or bones are deposited
- gruesomely indicative of death or the dead; "a charnel smell came from the chest filled with dead men's bones"; "ghastly shrieks"; "the sepulchral darkness of the catacombs"
Charred
- verb - burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color; "The cook blackened the chicken breast"; "The fire charred the ceiling above the mantelpiece"; "the flames scorched the ceiling"
- burn to charcoal; "Without a drenching rain, the forest fire will char everything"
Charted
- verb - make a chart of; "chart the territory"
- plan in detail; "Bush is charting a course to destroy Saddam Hussein"
- represent by means of a graph; "chart the data"
Charter
- noun - a contract to hire or lease transportation
- a document incorporating an institution and specifying its rights; includes the articles of incorporation and the certificate of incorporation
- engage for service under a term of contract; "We took an apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall we take a guide in Rome?"
- grant a charter to
- hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services