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Choke
- noun - a coil of low resistance and high inductance used in electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate alternating current
- a valve that controls the flow of air into the carburetor of a gasoline engine
- be too tight; rub or press; "This neckband is choking the cat"
- become or cause to become obstructed; "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up"
- become stultified, suppressed, or stifled; "He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village"
- breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion; "She choked with emotion when she spoke about her deceased husband"
- cause to retch or choke
- check or slow down the action or effect of; "She choked her anger"
- constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing
- fail to perform adequately due to tension or agitation; "The team should have won hands down but choked, disappointing the c
Chore
- noun - a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee; "estimates of the city's loss on that job ranged as high as a million dollars"; "the job of repairing the engine took several hours"; "the endless task of classifying the samples"; "the farmer's morning chores"
- job
- task
Chose
- verb - pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives; "Take any one of these cards"; "Choose a good husband for your daughter"; "She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her"
- see fit or proper to act in a certain way; decide to act in a certain way; "She chose not to attend classes and now she failed the exam"
- select as an alternative over another; "I always choose the fish over the meat courses in this restaurant"; "She opted for the job on the East coast"
Chute
- noun - a. An inclined trough, passage, or channel through or down which things may pass.
b. A narrow, usually fenced passage for horses or cattle.
c. A usually straight extension of one side of an oval racetrack, used to start certain longer races so that the
- jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute
- rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fall
- sloping channel through which things can descend
Chyle
- noun - a milky fluid consisting of lymph and emulsified fats; formed in the small intestine during digestion of ingested fats
Chyme
- noun - a semiliquid mass of partially digested food that passes from the stomach through the pyloric sphincter into the duodenum
Circe
- noun - (Greek mythology) a sorceress who detained Odysseus on her island and turned his men into swine
Clade
- noun - a group of biological taxa or species that share features inherited from a common ancestor