CHESTER
First name CHESTER's origin is English. CHESTER means "lives at the camp of the soldiers". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with CHESTER below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of chester.(Brown names are of the same origin (English) with CHESTER and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)
First Names Rhyming CHESTER
FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES CHESTER AS A WHOLE:
NAMES RHYMING WITH CHESTER (According to last letters):
Rhyming Names According to Last 6 Letters (hester) - Names That Ends with hester:
hesterRhyming Names According to Last 5 Letters (ester) - Names That Ends with ester:
kester ester forester forrester lester sylvester worcester leicester silvesterRhyming Names According to Last 4 Letters (ster) - Names That Ends with ster:
brewster auster easter alister allister ceaster foster macalister webster wireceaster alaster caster dempsterRhyming Names According to Last 3 Letters (ter) - Names That Ends with ter:
usk-water witter dexter eszter attewater colter coulter dieter fitzwalter fitzwater holter hunter peter sutter thaxter wynter walter porter winter carter baxter atwater cater demeter ritter alter rossiterRhyming Names According to Last 2 Letters (er) - Names That Ends with er:
clover hesper gauthier iskinder fajer mountakaber nader saber shaker taher abdul-nasser kadeer kyner vortimer yder ager ander iker xabier fleischaker kusner molner bleecker devisser schuyler vanderveer an-her djoser narmer neb-er-tcher acker archer bridger camber denver gardner jasper miller parker taburer tanner tucker turner wheeler symer jesper ogier oliver fearcher kellerNAMES RHYMING WITH CHESTER (According to first letters):
Rhyming Names According to First 6 Letters (cheste) - Names That Begins with cheste:
Rhyming Names According to First 5 Letters (chest) - Names That Begins with chest:
chestonRhyming Names According to First 4 Letters (ches) - Names That Begins with ches:
chesley chesmu chesna chesney chessRhyming Names According to First 3 Letters (che) - Names That Begins with che:
che chedva chege cheikh chela chelan chelinda chelinde chelsa chelsea chelsee chelsey chelsi chelsie chelsy chenelle cheney chenoa chenzira cheops chepe chephzibah chepi chepito cher chera chere cheree chereen cherell cherelle cherese cheresse cheri cherice cherie cherilyn cherilynn cherina cherine cherisa cherise cherisse cherita cherokee cherree cherrell cherrelle cherri cherrie cherrill cherry cheryl cheryll cherylyn cheryn chet chetwin chetwyn cheval chevalier chevell chevelle cheveyo chevy cheyanna cheyanne cheyenne cheyneRhyming Names According to First 2 Letters (ch) - Names That Begins with ch:
cha cha'akmongwi cha'kwaina cha'risa cha'tima chaba chabah chace chad chadburn chadburne chadbyrne chadwi chadwick chadwik chadwyk chafulumisa chaga chagai chaim chaisly chait chaitra chaka chakierraNAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH CHESTER:
First Names which starts with 'che' and ends with 'ter':
First Names which starts with 'ch' and ends with 'er':
chalmer chandler chanler chaunceler christofer christoffer christopherFirst Names which starts with 'c' and ends with 'r':
cadabyr cador caesar caffar cahir calder calibor calldwr callyr car carr carver casper castor cathair cathaoir cathmor caylor cesar cestmir cezar chancellor char christofor ciar claefer clair codier codyr colier collier collyer colver colvyr colyer conchobar conchobhar conner connor conor cooper cougar cour criostoir cristofer cristofor crogher culver cur curr cutler cuyler cynyr cyrEnglish Words Rhyming CHESTER
ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES CHESTER AS A WHOLE:
chesterlite | noun (n.) A variety of feldspar found in crystals in the county of Chester, Pennsylvania. |
orchester | noun (n.) See Orchestra. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH CHESTER (According to last letters):
Rhyming Words According to Last 6 Letters (hester) - English Words That Ends with hester:
Rhyming Words According to Last 5 Letters (ester) - English Words That Ends with ester:
arbalester | noun (n.) Alt. of Arbalister |
arrester | noun (n.) One who arrests. |
noun (n.) The person at whose suit an arrestment is made. |
attester | noun (n.) Alt. of Attestor |
chidester | noun (n.) A female scold. |
detester | noun (n.) One who detes// |
digester | noun (n.) One who digests. |
noun (n.) A medicine or an article of food that aids digestion, or strengthens digestive power. | |
noun (n.) A strong closed vessel, in which bones or other substances may be subjected, usually in water or other liquid, to a temperature above that of boiling, in order to soften them. |
ester | noun (n.) An ethereal salt, or compound ether, consisting of an organic radical united with the residue of any oxygen acid, organic or inorganic; thus the natural fats are esters of glycerin and the fatty acids, oleic, etc. |
fester | noun (n.) To generate pus; to become imflamed and suppurate; as, a sore or a wound festers. |
noun (n.) To be inflamed; to grow virulent, or malignant; to grow in intensity; to rankle. | |
noun (n.) A small sore which becomes inflamed and discharges corrupt matter; a pustule. | |
noun (n.) A festering or rankling. | |
verb (v. t.) To cause to fester or rankle. |
forester | noun (n.) One who has charge of the growing timber on an estate; an officer appointed to watch a forest and preserve the game. |
noun (n.) An inhabitant of a forest. | |
noun (n.) A forest tree. | |
noun (n.) A lepidopterous insect belonging to Alypia and allied genera; as, the eight-spotted forester (A. octomaculata), which in the larval state is injurious to the grapevine. |
gamester | noun (n.) A merry, frolicsome person. |
noun (n.) A person who plays at games; esp., one accustomed to play for a stake; a gambler; one skilled in games. | |
noun (n.) A prostitute; a strumpet. |
harvester | noun (n.) One who harvests; a machine for cutting and gathering grain; a reaper. |
noun (n.) A harvesting ant. |
infester | noun (n.) One who, or that which, infests. |
jester | noun (n.) A buffoon; a merry-andrew; a court fool. |
noun (n.) A person addicted to jesting, or to indulgence in light and amusing talk. |
lester | noun (n.) A dry sirocco in the Madeira Islands. |
mester | noun (n.) See Mister, a trade. |
molester | noun (n.) One who molests. |
northwester | noun (n.) A storm or gale from the northwest; a strong northwest wind. |
quester | noun (n.) One who seeks; a seeker. |
noun (n.) One who seeks; a seeker. |
prester | noun (n.) A meteor or exhalation formerly supposed to be thrown from the clouds with such violence that by collision it is set on fire. |
noun (n.) One of the veins of the neck when swollen with anger or other excitement. | |
noun (n.) A priest or presbyter; as, Prester John. |
protester | noun (n.) One who protests; one who utters a solemn declaration. |
noun (n.) One who protests a bill of exchange, or note. |
requester | noun (n.) One who requests; a petitioner. |
rhymester | noun (n.) A rhymer; a maker of poor poetry. |
semester | noun (n.) A period of six months; especially, a term in a college or uneversity which divides the year into two terms. |
sequester | noun (n.) Sequestration; separation. |
noun (n.) A person with whom two or more contending parties deposit the subject matter of the controversy; one who mediates between two parties; a mediator; an umpire or referee. | |
noun (n.) Same as Sequestrum. | |
verb (v. t.) To separate from the owner for a time; to take from parties in controversy and put into the possession of an indifferent person; to seize or take possession of, as property belonging to another, and hold it till the profits have paid the demand for which it is taken, or till the owner has performed the decree of court, or clears himself of contempt; in international law, to confiscate. | |
verb (v. t.) To cause (one) to submit to the process of sequestration; to deprive (one) of one's estate, property, etc. | |
verb (v. t.) To set apart; to put aside; to remove; to separate from other things. | |
verb (v. t.) To cause to retire or withdraw into obscurity; to seclude; to withdraw; -- often used reflexively. | |
verb (v. i.) To withdraw; to retire. | |
verb (v. i.) To renounce (as a widow may) any concern with the estate of her husband. |
southwester | noun (n.) A storm, gale, or strong wind from the southwest. |
noun (n.) A hat made of painted canvas, oiled cloth, or the like, with a flap at the back, -- worn in stormy weather. |
suggester | noun (n.) One who suggests. |
tappester | noun (n.) A female tapster. |
tester | noun (n.) A headpiece; a helmet. |
noun (n.) A flat canopy, as over a pulpit or tomb. | |
noun (n.) A canopy over a bed, supported by the bedposts. | |
noun (n.) An old French silver coin, originally of the value of about eighteen pence, subsequently reduced to ninepence, and later to sixpence, sterling. Hence, in modern English slang, a sixpence; -- often contracted to tizzy. Called also teston. |
tolsester | noun (n.) A toll or tribute of a sextary of ale, paid to the lords of some manors by their tenants, for liberty to brew and sell ale. |
tombester | noun (n.) A female dancer. |
tonguester | noun (n.) One who uses his tongue; a talker; a story-teller; a gossip. |
trimester | noun (n.) A term or period of three months. |
yester | adjective (a.) Last; last past; next before; of or pertaining to yesterday. |
whitester | noun (n.) A bleacher of linen; a whitener; a whitster. |
wrester | noun (n.) One who wrests. |
Rhyming Words According to Last 4 Letters (ster) - English Words That Ends with ster:
adelaster | noun (n.) A provisional name for a plant which has not had its flowers botanically examined, and therefore has not been referred to its proper genus. |
adjuster | noun (n.) One who, or that which, adjusts. |
administer | noun (n.) Administrator. |
verb (v. t.) To manage or conduct, as public affairs; to direct or superintend the execution, application, or conduct of; as, to administer the government or the state. | |
verb (v. t.) To dispense; to serve out; to supply; execute; as, to administer relief, to administer the sacrament. | |
verb (v. t.) To apply, as medicine or a remedy; to give, as a dose or something beneficial or suitable. Extended to a blow, a reproof, etc. | |
verb (v. t.) To tender, as an oath. | |
verb (v. t.) To settle, as the estate of one who dies without a will, or whose will fails of an executor. | |
verb (v. i.) To contribute; to bring aid or supplies; to conduce; to minister. | |
verb (v. i.) To perform the office of administrator; to act officially; as, A administers upon the estate of B. |
agister | noun (n.) Alt. of Agistor |
alabaster | noun (n.) A compact variety or sulphate of lime, or gypsum, of fine texture, and usually white and translucent, but sometimes yellow, red, or gray. It is carved into vases, mantel ornaments, etc. |
noun (n.) A hard, compact variety of carbonate of lime, somewhat translucent, or of banded shades of color; stalagmite. The name is used in this sense by Pliny. It is sometimes distinguished as oriental alabaster. | |
noun (n.) A box or vessel for holding odoriferous ointments, etc.; -- so called from the stone of which it was originally made. |
aletaster | noun (n.) See Aleconner. |
amphiaster | noun (n.) The achromatic figure, formed in mitotic cell-division, consisting of two asters connected by a spindle-shaped bundle of rodlike fibers diverging from each aster, and called the spindle. |
arbalister | noun (n.) A crossbowman. |
arcubalister | noun (n.) A crossbowman; one who used the arcubalist. |
assister | noun (n.) An assistant; a helper. |
aster | noun (n.) A genus of herbs with compound white or bluish flowers; starwort; Michaelmas daisy. |
noun (n.) A plant of the genus Callistephus. Many varieties (called China asters, German asters, etc.) are cultivated for their handsome compound flowers. | |
noun (n.) A star-shaped figure of achromatic substance found chiefly in cells dividing by mitosis. |
auster | noun (n.) The south wind. |
axminster | noun (n.) An Axminster carpet, an imitation Turkey carpet, noted for its thick and soft pile; -- so called from Axminster, Eng. |
() Alt. of Axminster carpet |
backster | noun (n.) A backer. |
balister | noun (n.) A crossbow. |
ballister | noun (n.) A crossbow. |
baluster | noun (n.) A small column or pilaster, used as a support to the rail of an open parapet, to guard the side of a staircase, or the front of a gallery. See Balustrade. |
bandmaster | noun (n.) The conductor of a musical band. |
banister | noun (n.) A stringed musical instrument having a head and neck like the guitar, and its body like a tambourine. It has five strings, and is played with the fingers and hands. |
barmaster | noun (n.) Formerly, a local judge among miners; now, an officer of the barmote. |
barrister | noun (n.) Counselor at law; a counsel admitted to plead at the bar, and undertake the public trial of causes, as distinguished from an attorney or solicitor. See Attorney. |
beemaster | noun (n.) One who keeps bees. |
bergmaster | noun (n.) See Barmaster. |
billposter | noun (n.) Alt. of Billsticker |
bister | noun (n.) Alt. of Bistre |
blaster | noun (n.) One who, or that which, blasts or destroys. |
blister | noun (n.) A vesicle of the skin, containing watery matter or serum, whether occasioned by a burn or other injury, or by a vesicatory; a collection of serous fluid causing a bladderlike elevation of the cuticle. |
noun (n.) Any elevation made by the separation of the film or skin, as on plants; or by the swelling of the substance at the surface, as on steel. | |
noun (n.) A vesicatory; a plaster of Spanish flies, or other matter, applied to raise a blister. | |
verb (v. i.) To be affected with a blister or blisters; to have a blister form on. | |
verb (v. t.) To raise a blister or blisters upon. | |
verb (v. t.) To give pain to, or to injure, as if by a blister. |
bluster | noun (n.) Fitful noise and violence, as of a storm; violent winds; boisterousness. |
noun (n.) Noisy and violent or threatening talk; noisy and boastful language. | |
verb (v. i.) To blow fitfully with violence and noise, as wind; to be windy and boisterous, as the weather. | |
verb (v. i.) To talk with noisy violence; to swagger, as a turbulent or boasting person; to act in a noisy, tumultuous way; to play the bully; to storm; to rage. | |
verb (v. t.) To utter, or do, with noisy violence; to force by blustering; to bully. |
boaster | noun (n.) One who boasts; a braggart. |
noun (n.) A stone mason's broad-faced chisel. |
bolster | noun (n.) A long pillow or cushion, used to support the head of a person lying on a bed; -- generally laid under the pillows. |
noun (n.) A pad, quilt, or anything used to hinder pressure, support any part of the body, or make a bandage sit easy upon a wounded part; a compress. | |
noun (n.) Anything arranged to act as a support, as in various forms of mechanism, etc. | |
noun (n.) A cushioned or a piece part of a saddle. | |
noun (n.) A cushioned or a piece of soft wood covered with tarred canvas, placed on the trestletrees and against the mast, for the collars of the shrouds to rest on, to prevent chafing. | |
noun (n.) Anything used to prevent chafing. | |
noun (n.) A plate of iron or a mass of wood under the end of a bridge girder, to keep the girder from resting directly on the abutment. | |
noun (n.) A transverse bar above the axle of a wagon, on which the bed or body rests. | |
noun (n.) The crossbeam forming the bearing piece of the body of a railway car; the central and principal cross beam of a car truck. | |
noun (n.) the perforated plate in a punching machine on which anything rests when being punched. | |
noun (n.) That part of a knife blade which abuts upon the end of the handle. | |
noun (n.) The metallic end of a pocketknife handle. | |
noun (n.) The rolls forming the ends or sides of the Ionic capital. | |
noun (n.) A block of wood on the carriage of a siege gun, upon which the breech of the gun rests when arranged for transportation. | |
verb (v. t.) To support with a bolster or pillow. | |
verb (v. t.) To support, hold up, or maintain with difficulty or unusual effort; -- often with up. |
boroughmaster | noun (n.) The mayor, governor, or bailiff of a borough. |
burghermaster | noun (n.) See Burgomaster. |
burghmaster | noun (n.) A burgomaster. |
noun (n.) An officer who directs and lays out the meres or boundaries for the workmen; -- called also bailiff, and barmaster. |
burgomaster | noun (n.) A chief magistrate of a municipal town in Holland, Flanders, and Germany, corresponding to mayor in England and the United States; a burghmaster. |
noun (n.) An aquatic bird, the glaucous gull (Larus glaucus), common in arctic regions. |
burster | noun (n.) One that bursts. |
buster | noun (n.) Something huge; a roistering blade; also, a spree. |
booster | noun (n.) An instrument for regulating the electro-motive force in an alternating-current circuit; -- so called because used to "boost", or raise, the pressure in the circuit. |
cadaster | noun (n.) An official statement of the quantity and value of real estate for the purpose of apportioning the taxes payable on such property. |
canaster | noun (n.) A kind of tobacco for smoking, made of the dried leaves, coarsely broken; -- so called from the rush baskets in which it is packed in South America. |
candlewaster | noun (n.) One who consumes candles by being up late for study or dissipation. |
canister | noun (n.) A small basket of rushes, reeds, or willow twigs, etc. |
noun (n.) A small box or case for holding tea, coffee, etc. | |
noun (n.) A kind of case shot for cannon, in which a number of lead or iron balls in layers are inclosed in a case fitting the gun; -- called also canister shot. |
capellmeister | noun (n.) The musical director in royal or ducal chapel; a choir-master. |
caster | noun (n.) One who casts; as, caster of stones, etc. ; a caster of cannon; a caster of accounts. |
noun (n.) A vial, cruet, or other small vessel, used to contain condiments at the table; as, a set of casters. | |
noun (n.) A stand to hold a set of cruets. | |
noun (n.) A small wheel on a swivel, on which furniture is supported and moved. |
chepster | noun (n.) The European starling. |
chorister | noun (n.) One of a choir; a singer in a chorus. |
noun (n.) One who leads a choir in church music. |
cluster | noun (n.) A number of things of the same kind growing together; a bunch. |
noun (n.) A number of similar things collected together or lying contiguous; a group; as, a cluster of islands. | |
noun (n.) A number of individuals grouped together or collected in one place; a crowd; a mob. | |
verb (v. i.) To grow in clusters or assemble in groups; to gather or unite in a cluster or clusters. | |
verb (v. t.) To collect into a cluster or clusters; to gather into a bunch or close body. |
clyster | noun (n.) A liquid injected into the lower intestines by means of a syringe; an injection; an enema. |
coaster | noun (n.) A vessel employed in sailing along a coast, or engaged in the coasting trade. |
noun (n.) One who sails near the shore. |
cockmaster | noun (n.) One who breeds gamecocks. |
concertmeister | noun (n.) The head violinist or leader of the strings in an orchestra; the sub-leader of the orchestra; concert master. |
Rhyming Words According to Last 3 Letters (ter) - English Words That Ends with ter:
abater | noun (n.) One who, or that which, abates. |
abetter | noun (n.) Alt. of Abettor |
absenter | noun (n.) One who absents one's self. |
abstracter | noun (n.) One who abstracts, or makes an abstract. |
abutter | noun (n.) One who, or that which, abuts. Specifically, the owner of a contiguous estate; as, the abutters on a street or a river. |
acater | noun (n.) See Caterer. |
accelerometer | noun (n.) An apparatus for measuring the velocity imparted by gunpowder. |
accepter | noun (n.) A person who accepts; a taker. |
noun (n.) A respecter; a viewer with partiality. | |
noun (n.) An acceptor. |
accipiter | noun (n.) A genus of rapacious birds; one of the Accipitres or Raptores. |
noun (n.) A bandage applied over the nose, resembling the claw of a hawk. |
acetimeter | noun (n.) An instrument for estimating the amount of acetic acid in vinegar or in any liquid containing acetic acid. |
acetometer | noun (n.) Same as Acetimeter. |
acidimeter | noun (n.) An instrument for ascertaining the strength of acids. |
acoumeter | noun (n.) An instrument for measuring the acuteness of the sense of hearing. |
acquitter | noun (n.) One who acquits or releases. |
acroter | noun (n.) Same as Acroterium. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH CHESTER (According to first letters):
Rhyming Words According to First 6 Letters (cheste) - Words That Begins with cheste:
chested | adjective (a.) Having (such) a chest; -- in composition; as, broad-chested; narrow-chested. |
(imp. & p. p.) of Chest |
chesteyn | noun (n.) The chestnut tree. |
Rhyming Words According to First 5 Letters (chest) - Words That Begins with chest:
chest | noun (n.) A large box of wood, or other material, having, like a trunk, a lid, but no covering of skin, leather, or cloth. |
noun (n.) A coffin. | |
noun (n.) The part of the body inclosed by the ribs and breastbone; the thorax. | |
noun (n.) A case in which certain goods, as tea, opium, etc., are transported; hence, the quantity which such a case contains. | |
noun (n.) A tight receptacle or box, usually for holding gas, steam, liquids, etc.; as, the steam chest of an engine; the wind chest of an organ. | |
noun (n.) Strife; contention; controversy. | |
verb (v. i.) To deposit in a chest; to hoard. | |
verb (v. i.) To place in a coffin. |
chestnut | noun (n.) The edible nut of a forest tree (Castanea vesca) of Europe and America. Commonly two or more of the nuts grow in a prickly bur. |
noun (n.) The tree itself, or its light, coarse-grained timber, used for ornamental work, furniture, etc. | |
noun (n.) A bright brown color, like that of the nut. | |
noun (n.) The horse chestnut (often so used in England). | |
noun (n.) One of the round, or oval, horny plates on the inner sides of the legs of the horse, and allied animals. | |
noun (n.) An old joke or story. | |
adjective (a.) Of the color of a chestnut; of a reddish brown color; as, chestnut curls. |
Rhyming Words According to First 4 Letters (ches) - Words That Begins with ches:
chesible | noun (n.) See Chasuble. |
cheslip | noun (n.) The wood louse. |
chess | noun (n.) A game played on a chessboard, by two persons, with two differently colored sets of men, sixteen in each set. Each player has a king, a queen, two bishops, two knights, two castles or rooks, and eight pawns. |
noun (n.) A species of brome grass (Bromus secalinus) which is a troublesome weed in wheat fields, and is often erroneously regarded as degenerate or changed wheat; it bears a very slight resemblance to oats, and if reaped and ground up with wheat, so as to be used for food, is said to produce narcotic effects; -- called also cheat and Willard's bromus. |
chessboard | noun (n.) The board used in the game of chess, having eight rows of alternate light and dark squares, eight in each row. See Checkerboard. |
chessel | noun (n.) The wooden mold in which cheese is pressed. |
chesses | noun (n. pl.) The platforms, consisting of two or more planks doweled together, for the flooring of a temporary military bridge. |
chessil | noun (n.) Gravel or pebbles. |
chessman | noun (n.) A piece used in the game of chess. |
chessom | noun (n.) Mellow earth; mold. |
chesstree | noun (n.) A piece of oak bolted perpendicularly on the side of a vessel, to aid in drawing down and securing the clew of the mainsail. |
Rhyming Words According to First 3 Letters (che) - Words That Begins with che:
cheap | noun (n.) A bargain; a purchase; cheapness. |
noun (n.) Having a low price in market; of small cost or price, as compared with the usual price or the real value. | |
noun (n.) Of comparatively small value; common; mean. | |
adverb (adv.) Cheaply. | |
verb (v. i.) To buy; to bargain. |
cheapening | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cheapen |
cheapen | adjective (a.) To beat down the price of; to lessen the value of; to depreciate. |
verb (v. t.) To ask the price of; to bid, bargain, or chaffer for. |
cheapener | noun (n.) One who cheapens. |
cheapness | noun (n.) Lowness in price, considering the usual price, or real value. |
chear | noun (n. & v.) See Cheer. |
cheat | noun (n.) An act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or deception; a fraud; a trick; imposition; imposture. |
noun (n.) One who cheats or deceives; an impostor; a deceiver; a cheater. | |
noun (n.) A troublesome grass, growing as a weed in grain fields; -- called also chess. See Chess. | |
noun (n.) The obtaining of property from another by an intentional active distortion of the truth. | |
noun (n.) To deceive and defraud; to impose upon; to trick; to swindle. | |
noun (n.) To beguile. | |
noun (n.) Wheat, or bread made from wheat. | |
verb (v. i.) To practice fraud or trickery; as, to cheat at cards. |
cheating | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cheat |
cheatable | adjective (a.) Capable of being cheated. |
cheatableness | noun (n.) Capability of being cheated. |
cheater | noun (n.) One who cheats. |
noun (n.) An escheator. |
chebacco | noun (n.) A narrow-sterned boat formerly much used in the Newfoundland fisheries; -- called also pinkstern and chebec. |
chebec | noun (n.) See Chebacco. |
noun (n.) A small American bird (Empidonax minimus); the least flycatcher. |
check | noun (n.) A word of warning denoting that the king is in danger; such a menace of a player's king by an adversary's move as would, if it were any other piece, expose it to immediate capture. A king so menaced is said to be in check, and must be made safe at the next move. |
noun (n.) A condition of interrupted or impeded progress; arrest; stop; delay; as, to hold an enemy in check. | |
noun (n.) Whatever arrests progress, or limits action; an obstacle, guard, restraint, or rebuff. | |
noun (n.) A mark, certificate, or token, by which, errors may be prevented, or a thing or person may be identified; as, checks placed against items in an account; a check given for baggage; a return check on a railroad. | |
noun (n.) A written order directing a bank or banker to pay money as therein stated. See Bank check, below. | |
noun (n.) A woven or painted design in squares resembling the patten of a checkerboard; one of the squares of such a design; also, cloth having such a figure. | |
noun (n.) The forsaking by a hawk of its proper game to follow other birds. | |
noun (n.) Small chick or crack. | |
adjective (a.) Checkered; designed in checks. | |
verb (v. t.) To make a move which puts an adversary's piece, esp. his king, in check; to put in check. | |
verb (v. t.) To put a sudden restraint upon; to stop temporarily; to hinder; to repress; to curb. | |
verb (v. t.) To verify, to guard, to make secure, by means of a mark, token, or other check; to distinguish by a check; to put a mark against (an item) after comparing with an original or a counterpart in order to secure accuracy; as, to check an account; to check baggage. | |
verb (v. t.) To chide, rebuke, or reprove. | |
verb (v. t.) To slack or ease off, as a brace which is too stiffly extended. | |
verb (v. t.) To make checks or chinks in; to cause to crack; as, the sun checks timber. | |
verb (v. i.) To make a stop; to pause; -- with at. | |
verb (v. i.) To clash or interfere. | |
verb (v. i.) To act as a curb or restraint. | |
verb (v. i.) To crack or gape open, as wood in drying; or to crack in small checks, as varnish, paint, etc. | |
verb (v. i.) To turn, when in pursuit of proper game, and fly after other birds. |
checking | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Check |
checkage | noun (n.) The act of checking; as, the checkage of a name or of an item in a list. |
noun (n.) The items, or the amount, to which attention is called by a check or checks. |
checkering | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Checker |
checker | noun (n.) To mark with small squares like a checkerboard, as by crossing stripes of different colors. |
noun (n.) To variegate or diversify with different qualities, colors, scenes, or events; esp., to subject to frequent alternations of prosperity and adversity. | |
verb (v. t.) One who checks. | |
verb (v. t.) A piece in the game of draughts or checkers. | |
verb (v. t.) A pattern in checks; a single check. | |
verb (v. t.) Checkerwork. |
checkerberry | noun (n.) A spicy plant and its bright red berry; the wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens). Also incorrectly applied to the partridge berry (Mitchella repens). |
checkerboard | noun (n.) A board with sixty-four squares of alternate color, used for playing checkers or draughts. |
checkered | adjective (a.) Marked with alternate squares or checks of different color or material. |
adjective (a.) Diversified or variegated in a marked manner, as in appearance, character, circumstances, etc. | |
(imp. & p. p.) of Checker |
checkerwork | noun (n.) Work consisting of or showing checkers varied alternately as to colors or materials. |
noun (n.) Any aggregate of varied vicissitudes. |
checklaton | noun (n.) Ciclatoun. |
noun (n.) Gilded leather. |
checkless | adjective (a.) That can not be checked or restrained. |
checkmate | noun (n.) The position in the game of chess when a king is in check and cannot be released, -- which ends the game. |
noun (n.) A complete check; utter defeat or overthrow. | |
verb (v. t.) To check (an adversary's king) in such a manner that escape in impossible; to defeat (an adversary) by putting his king in check from which there is no escape. | |
verb (v. t.) To defeat completely; to terminate; to thwart. |
checkmating | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Checkmate |
checkrein | noun (n.) A short rein looped over the check hook to prevent a horse from lowering his head; -- called also a bearing rein. |
noun (n.) A branch rein connecting the driving rein of one horse of a span or pair with the bit of the other horse. |
checkroll | noun (n.) A list of servants in a household; -- called also chequer roll. |
checkstring | noun (n.) A cord by which a person in a carriage or horse car may signal to the driver. |
checkwork | noun (n.) Anything made so as to form alternate squares like those of a checkerboard. |
checky | adjective (a.) Divided into small alternating squares of two tinctures; -- said of the field or of an armorial bearing. |
cheddar | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to, or made at, Cheddar, in England; as, Cheddar cheese. |
cheek | noun (n.) The side of the face below the eye. |
noun (n.) The cheek bone. | |
noun (n.) Those pieces of a machine, or of any timber, or stone work, which form corresponding sides, or which are similar and in pair; as, the cheeks (jaws) of a vise; the cheeks of a gun carriage, etc. | |
noun (n.) The branches of a bridle bit. | |
noun (n.) A section of a flask, so made that it can be moved laterally, to permit the removal of the pattern from the mold; the middle part of a flask. | |
noun (n.) Cool confidence; assurance; impudence. | |
verb (v. t.) To be impudent or saucy to. |
cheeked | adjective (a.) Having a cheek; -- used in composition. |
cheep | noun (n.) A chirp, peep, or squeak, as of a young bird or mouse. |
verb (v. i.) To chirp, as a young bird. | |
verb (v. t.) To give expression to in a chirping tone. |
cheer | noun (n.) The face; the countenance or its expression. |
noun (n.) Feeling; spirit; state of mind or heart. | |
noun (n.) Gayety; mirth; cheerfulness; animation. | |
noun (n.) That which promotes good spirits or cheerfulness; provisions prepared for a feast; entertainment; as, a table loaded with good cheer. | |
noun (n.) A shout, hurrah, or acclamation, expressing joy enthusiasm, applause, favor, etc. | |
verb (v. t.) To cause to rejoice; to gladden; to make cheerful; -- often with up. | |
verb (v. t.) To infuse life, courage, animation, or hope, into; to inspirit; to solace or comfort. | |
verb (v. t.) To salute or applaud with cheers; to urge on by cheers; as, to cheer hounds in a chase. | |
verb (v. i.) To grow cheerful; to become gladsome or joyous; -- usually with up. | |
verb (v. i.) To be in any state or temper of mind. | |
verb (v. i.) To utter a shout or shouts of applause, triumph, etc. |
cheering | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cheer |
cheerer | noun (n.) One who cheers; one who, or that which, gladdens. |
cheerful | adjective (a.) Having or showing good spirits or joy; cheering; cheery; contented; happy; joyful; lively; animated; willing. |
cheerfulness | noun (n.) Good spirits; a state of moderate joy or gayety; alacrity. |
cheeriness | noun (n.) The state of being cheery. |
cheerisness | noun (n.) Cheerfulness. |
cheerless | adjective (a.) Without joy, gladness, or comfort. |
cheerly | adjective (a.) Gay; cheerful. |
adverb (adv.) Cheerily. |
cheerry | adjective (a.) Cheerful; lively; gay; bright; pleasant; as, a cheery person. |
cheese | noun (n.) The curd of milk, coagulated usually with rennet, separated from the whey, and pressed into a solid mass in a hoop or mold. |
noun (n.) A mass of pomace, or ground apples, pressed together in the form of a cheese. | |
noun (n.) The flat, circular, mucilaginous fruit of the dwarf mallow (Malva rotundifolia). | |
noun (n.) A low courtesy; -- so called on account of the cheese form assumed by a woman's dress when she stoops after extending the skirts by a rapid gyration. |
cheeselep | noun (n.) A bag in which rennet is kept. |
cheesemonger | noun (n.) One who deals in cheese. |
cheeseparing | noun (n.) A thin portion of the rind of a cheese. |
adjective (a.) Scrimping; mean; as, cheeseparing economy. |
cheesiness | noun (n.) The quality of being cheesy. |
ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH CHESTER:
English Words which starts with 'che' and ends with 'ter':
cheirepter | noun (n.) One of the Cheiroptera. |
English Words which starts with 'ch' and ends with 'er':
chafer | noun (n.) One who chafes. |
noun (n.) A vessel for heating water; -- hence, a dish or pan. | |
noun (n.) A kind of beetle; the cockchafer. The name is also applied to other species; as, the rose chafer. |
chaffer | noun (n.) One who chaffs. |
noun (n.) Bargaining; merchandise. | |
noun (n.) To treat or dispute about a purchase; to bargain; to haggle or higgle; to negotiate. | |
noun (n.) To talk much and idly; to chatter. | |
verb (v. t.) To buy or sell; to trade in. | |
verb (v. t.) To exchange; to bandy, as words. |
chafferer | noun (n.) One who chaffers; a bargainer. |
chalcographer | noun (n.) Alt. of Chalcographist |
chalder | noun (n.) A kind of bird; the oyster catcher. |
chalkcutter | noun (n.) A man who digs chalk. |
challenger | noun (n.) One who challenges. |
chamber | noun (n.) A retired room, esp. an upper room used for sleeping; a bedroom; as, the house had four chambers. |
noun (n.) Apartments in a lodging house. | |
noun (n.) A hall, as where a king gives audience, or a deliberative body or assembly meets; as, presence chamber; senate chamber. | |
noun (n.) A legislative or judicial body; an assembly; a society or association; as, the Chamber of Deputies; the Chamber of Commerce. | |
noun (n.) A compartment or cell; an inclosed space or cavity; as, the chamber of a canal lock; the chamber of a furnace; the chamber of the eye. | |
noun (n.) A room or rooms where a lawyer transacts business; a room or rooms where a judge transacts such official business as may be done out of court. | |
noun (n.) A chamber pot. | |
noun (n.) That part of the bore of a piece of ordnance which holds the charge, esp. when of different diameter from the rest of the bore; -- formerly, in guns, made smaller than the bore, but now larger, esp. in breech-loading guns. | |
noun (n.) A cavity in a mine, usually of a cubical form, to contain the powder. | |
noun (n.) A short piece of ordnance or cannon, which stood on its breech, without any carriage, formerly used chiefly for rejoicings and theatrical cannonades. | |
verb (v. i.) To reside in or occupy a chamber or chambers. | |
verb (v. i.) To be lascivious. | |
verb (v. t.) To shut up, as in a chamber. | |
verb (v. t.) To furnish with a chamber; as, to chamber a gun. |
chamberer | noun (n.) One who attends in a chamber; a chambermaid. |
noun (n.) A civilian; a carpetmonger. |
chamfer | noun (n.) The surface formed by cutting away the arris, or angle, formed by two faces of a piece of timber, stone, etc. |
verb (v. t.) To cut a furrow in, as in a column; to groove; to channel; to flute. | |
verb (v. t.) To make a chamfer on. |
champer | noun (n.) One who champs, or bites. |
chandelier | noun (n.) A candlestick, lamp, stand, gas fixture, or the like, having several branches; esp., one hanging from the ceiling. |
noun (n.) A movable parapet, serving to support fascines to cover pioneers. |
chandler | noun (n.) A maker or seller of candles. |
noun (n.) A dealer in other commodities, which are indicated by a word prefixed; as, ship chandler, corn chandler. |
changer | noun (n.) One who changes or alters the form of anything. |
noun (n.) One who deals in or changes money. | |
noun (n.) One apt to change; an inconstant person. |
chanter | noun (n.) One who chants; a singer or songster. |
noun (n.) The chief singer of the chantry. | |
noun (n.) The flute or finger pipe in a bagpipe. See Bagpipe. | |
noun (n.) The hedge sparrow. |
chanticleer | noun (n.) A cock, so called from the clearness or loudness of his voice in crowing. |
chapiter | noun (n.) A capital [Obs.] See Chapital. |
noun (n.) A summary in writing of such matters as are to be inquired of or presented before justices in eyre, or justices of assize, or of the peace, in their sessions; -- also called articles. |
chapter | noun (n.) A division of a book or treatise; as, Genesis has fifty chapters. |
noun (n.) An assembly of monks, or of the prebends and other clergymen connected with a cathedral, conventual, or collegiate church, or of a diocese, usually presided over by the dean. | |
noun (n.) A community of canons or canonesses. | |
noun (n.) A bishop's council. | |
noun (n.) A business meeting of any religious community. | |
noun (n.) An organized branch of some society or fraternity as of the Freemasons. | |
noun (n.) A meeting of certain organized societies or orders. | |
noun (n.) A chapter house. | |
noun (n.) A decretal epistle. | |
noun (n.) A location or compartment. | |
verb (v. t.) To divide into chapters, as a book. | |
verb (v. t.) To correct; to bring to book, i. e., to demand chapter and verse. |
character | noun (n.) A distinctive mark; a letter, figure, or symbol. |
noun (n.) Style of writing or printing; handwriting; the peculiar form of letters used by a particular person or people; as, an inscription in the Runic character. | |
noun (n.) The peculiar quality, or the sum of qualities, by which a person or a thing is distinguished from others; the stamp impressed by nature, education, or habit; that which a person or thing really is; nature; disposition. | |
noun (n.) Strength of mind; resolution; independence; individuality; as, he has a great deal of character. | |
noun (n.) Moral quality; the principles and motives that control the life; as, a man of character; his character saves him from suspicion. | |
noun (n.) Quality, position, rank, or capacity; quality or conduct with respect to a certain office or duty; as, in the miserable character of a slave; in his character as a magistrate; her character as a daughter. | |
noun (n.) The estimate, individual or general, put upon a person or thing; reputation; as, a man's character for truth and veracity; to give one a bad character. | |
noun (n.) A written statement as to behavior, competency, etc., given to a servant. | |
noun (n.) A unique or extraordinary individuality; a person characterized by peculiar or notable traits; a person who illustrates certain phases of character; as, Randolph was a character; Caesar is a great historical character. | |
noun (n.) One of the persons of a drama or novel. | |
verb (v. t.) To engrave; to inscribe. | |
verb (v. t.) To distinguish by particular marks or traits; to describe; to characterize. |
charger | noun (n.) One who, or that which charges. |
noun (n.) An instrument for measuring or inserting a charge. | |
noun (n.) A large dish. | |
noun (n.) A horse for battle or parade. |
charioteer | noun (n.) One who drives a chariot. |
noun (n.) A constellation. See Auriga, and Wagones. |
charmer | noun (n.) One who charms, or has power to charm; one who uses the power of enchantment; a magician. |
noun (n.) One who delights and attracts the affections. |
charter | noun (n.) A written evidence in due form of things done or granted, contracts made, etc., between man and man; a deed, or conveyance. |
noun (n.) An instrument in writing, from the sovereign power of a state or country, executed in due form, bestowing rights, franchises, or privileges. | |
noun (n.) An act of a legislative body creating a municipal or other corporation and defining its powers and privileges. Also, an instrument in writing from the constituted authorities of an order or society (as the Freemasons), creating a lodge and defining its powers. | |
noun (n.) A special privilege, immunity, or exemption. | |
noun (n.) The letting or hiring a vessel by special contract, or the contract or instrument whereby a vessel is hired or let; as, a ship is offered for sale or charter. See Charter party, below. | |
verb (v. t.) To establish by charter. | |
verb (v. t.) To hire or let by charter, as a ship. See Charter party, under Charter, n. |
charterer | noun (n.) One who charters; esp. one who hires a ship for a voyage. |
chartographer | noun (n.) Alt. of Chartography |
chartometer | noun (n.) An instrument for measuring charts or maps. |
chaser | noun (n.) One who or that which chases; a pursuer; a driver; a hunter. |
noun (n.) Same as Chase gun, esp. in terms bow chaser and stern chaser. See under Bow, Stern. | |
noun (n.) One who chases or engraves. See 5th Chase, and Enchase. | |
noun (n.) A tool with several points, used for cutting or finishing screw threads, either external or internal, on work revolving in a lathe. |
chastener | noun (n.) One who chastens. |
chastiser | noun (n.) One who chastises; a punisher; a corrector. |
chatter | noun (n.) Sounds like those of a magpie or monkey; idle talk; rapid, thoughtless talk; jabber; prattle. |
noun (n.) Noise made by collision of the teeth, as in shivering. | |
verb (v. i.) To utter sounds which somewhat resemble language, but are inarticulate and indistinct. | |
verb (v. i.) To talk idly, carelessly, or with undue rapidity; to jabber; to prate. | |
verb (v. i.) To make a noise by rapid collisions. | |
verb (v. t.) To utter rapidly, idly, or indistinctly. |
chatterer | noun (n.) A prater; an idle talker. |
noun (n.) A bird of the family Ampelidae -- so called from its monotonous note. The Bohemion chatterer (Ampelis garrulus) inhabits the arctic regions of both continents. In America the cedar bird is a more common species. See Bohemian chatterer, and Cedar bird. |
chauffer | noun (n.) A table stove or small furnace, usually a cylindrical box of sheet iron, with a grate at the bottom, and an open top. |
chaunter | noun (n.) A street seller of ballads and other broadsides. |
noun (n.) A deceitful, tricky dealer or horse jockey. | |
noun (n.) The flute of a bagpipe. See Chanter, n., 3. |
chavender | noun (n.) The chub. |
chelifer | noun (n.) See Book scorpion, under Book. |
chequer | noun (n. & v.) Same as Checker. |
cherimoyer | noun (n.) A small downy-leaved tree (Anona Cherimolia), with fragrant flowers. It is a native of Peru. |
noun (n.) Its delicious fruit, which is succulent, dark purple, and similar to the custard apple of the West Indies. |
cherisher | noun (n.) One who cherishes. |
chevalier | noun (n.) A horseman; a knight; a gallant young man. |
noun (n.) A member of certain orders of knighthood. |
chewer | noun (n.) One who chews. |
chicaner | noun (n.) One who uses chicanery. |
chider | noun (n.) One who chides or quarrels. |
chiffonier | noun (n.) Alt. of niere |
chimer | noun (n.) One who chimes. |
chipper | adjective (a.) Lively; cheerful; talkative. |
verb (v. i.) To chirp or chirrup. |
chirographer | noun (n.) One who practice the art or business of writing or engrossing. |
noun (n.) See chirographist, 2. |
chiromancer | noun (n.) One who practices chiromancy. |
chirper | noun (n.) One who chirps, or is cheerful. |
chlorometer | noun (n.) An instrument to test the decoloring or bleaching power of chloride of lime. |
choker | noun (n.) One who, or that which, chokes. |
noun (n.) A stiff wide cravat; a stock. |
choler | noun (n.) The bile; -- formerly supposed to be the seat and cause of irascibility. |
noun (n.) Irritation of the passions; anger; wrath. |
chondrometer | noun (n.) A steelyard for weighting grain. |
chooser | noun (n.) One who chooses; one who has the power or right of choosing; an elector. |
chopper | noun (n.) One who, or that which, chops. |
chorographer | noun (n.) One who describes or makes a map of a district or region. |
noun (n.) A geographical antiquary; one who investigates the locality of ancient places. |
chowder | noun (n.) A dish made of fresh fish or clams, biscuit, onions, etc., stewed together. |
noun (n.) A seller of fish. | |
verb (v. t.) To make a chowder of. |
chromolithographer | noun (n.) One who is engaged in chromolithography. |
chronicler | noun (n.) A writer of a chronicle; a recorder of events in the order of time; an historian. |
chronographer | noun (n.) One who writes a chronography; a chronologer. |
chronologer | noun (n.) Same as Chronologist. |
noun (n.) A person who investigates dates of events and transactions; one skilled in chronology. |
chronometer | noun (n.) An instrument for measuring time; a timekeeper. |
noun (n.) A portable timekeeper, with a heavy compensation balance, and usually beating half seconds; -- intended to keep time with great accuracy for use an astronomical observations, in determining longitude, etc. | |
noun (n.) A metronome. |
chronopher | noun (n.) An instrument signaling the correct time to distant points by electricity. |
churchgoer | noun (n.) One who attends church. |
chyometer | noun (n.) An instrument for measuring liquids. It consists of a piston moving in a tube in which is contained the liquid, the quantity expelled being indicated by the graduation upon the piston rod. |