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Chain
- noun - (business) a number of similar establishments (stores or restaurants or banks or hotels or theaters) under one ownership
- (chemistry) a series of linked atoms (generally in an organic molecule)
- a linked or connected series of objects; "a chain of daisies"
- a necklace made by a stringing objects together; "a string of beads"; "a strand of pearls";
- a series of (usually metal) rings or links fitted into one another to make a flexible ligament
- a series of hills or mountains; "the valley was between two ranges of hills"; "the plains lay just beyond the mountain range"
- a series of things depending on each other as if linked together; "the chain of command"; "a complicated concatenation of circumstances"
- a unit of length
- anything that acts as a restraint
- British biochemist (born in Germany) who isolated and purified penicillin, which had been discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming (1906-1979)
Chair
- noun - a particular seat in an orchestra; "he is second chair violin"
- a seat for one person, with a support for the back; "he put his coat over the back of the chair and sat down"
- act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university; "She chaired the department for many years"
- an instrument of execution by electrocution; resembles an ordinary seat for one person; "the murderer was sentenced to die in the chair"
- Part of a railway fastening system. The chair secures the track to the sleeper.
- preside over; "John moderated the discussion"
- Tallest fence on the Aintree course
- the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization;
- the position of professor; "he was awarded an endowed chair in economics"
Chait
- noun - the first Hindu calendar month (corresponding to March in the Gregorian calendar)
Chaja
- noun - largest crested screamer; native to southern Brazil and Argentina
Chalk
- noun - a piece of calcite or a similar substance, usually in the shape of a crayon, that is used to write or draw on blackboards or other flat surfaces
- a pure flat white with little reflectance
- a soft whitish calcite
- an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant
- write, draw, or trace with chalk
Champ
- noun - chafe at the bit, like horses
- chew noisily; "The boy chomped his sandwich"
- irish dish of mashed potatoes and spring onions or leeks
- someone who has won first place in a competition
Chang
- noun - the longest river of Asia; flows eastward from Tibet into the East China Sea near Shanghai
Chank
- - The East Indian name for the large spiral shell of several species of sea conch much used in making bangles, esp. Turbinella pyrum. Called also chank shell.
Chant
- noun - a repetitive song in which as many syllables as necessary are assigned to a single tone
- recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm; "The rabbi chanted a prayer"
- utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically; "The students chanted the same slogan over and over again"
Chaos
- noun - (Greek mythology) the most ancient of gods; the personification of the infinity of space preceding creation of the universe
- (physics) a dynamical system that is extremely sensitive to its initial conditions
- a state of extreme confusion and disorder
- the formless and disordered state of matter before the creation of the cosmos