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Chancy
- adjective - of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk; "an extremely dicey future on a brave new world of liquid nitrogen, tar, and smog"- New Yorker
- subject to accident or chance or change; "a chancy appeal at best"; "getting that job was definitely fluky"; "a fluky wind"; "an iffy proposition"
Chinch
- noun - bug of temperate regions that infests especially beds and feeds on human blood
Choice
- adjective - appealing to refined taste; "choice wine"
- of superior grade; "choice wines"; "prime beef"; "prize carnations"; "quality paper"; "select peaches"
- one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen; "what option did I have?"; "there no other alternative"; "my only choice is to refuse"
- the act of choosing or selecting; "your choice of colors was unfortunate"; "you can take your pick"
- the person or thing chosen or selected; "he was my pick for mayor"
Church
- noun - a place for public (especially Christian) worship; "the church was empty"
- a service conducted in a house of worship; "don't be late for church"
- one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship
- perform a special church rite or service for; "church a woman after childbirth"
- the body of people who attend or belong to a particular local church; "our church is hosting a picnic next week"
Cilice
- - A kind of haircloth undergarment.
Civics
- noun - the social science of municipal affairs
Clatch
- - A soft or sloppy lump or mass; as, to throw a clatch of mud.
Clench
- noun - a small slip noose made with seizing
- hold in a tight grasp; "clench a steering wheel"
- squeeze together tightly; "clench one's jaw"
- the act of grasping; "he released his clasp on my arm"; "he has a strong grip for an old man"; "she kept a firm hold on the railing"
Clinch
- noun - (boxing) the act of one boxer holding onto the other to avoid being hit and to rest momentarily
- a device (generally used by carpenters) that holds things firmly together
- a small slip noose made with seizing
- a tight or amorous embrace; "come here and give me a big hug"
- embrace amorously
- flatten the ends (of nails and rivets); "the nails were clinched"
- hold a boxing opponent with one or both arms so as to prevent punches
- hold in a tight grasp; "clench a steering wheel"
- secure or fasten by flattening the ends of nails or bolts; "The girder was clinched into the wall"
- settle conclusively; "clinch a deal"
- the flattened part of a nail or bolt or rivet
Cloaca
- noun - (zoology) the cavity (in birds, reptiles, amphibians, most fish, and monotremes but not mammals) at the end of the digestive tract into which the intestinal, genital, and urinary tracts open
- a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water