Name Report For First Name CROM:
CROM
First name CROM's origin is Scottish. CROM means "crooked". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with CROM below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of crom.(Brown names are of the same origin (Scottish) with CROM and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)
Rhymes with CROM - Names & Words
First Names Rhyming CROM
FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES CROM AS A WHOLE:
crombwiella cromwell cromptonNAMES RHYMING WITH CROM (According to last letters):
Rhyming Names According to Last 3 Letters (rom) - Names That Ends with rom:
waldromRhyming Names According to Last 2 Letters (om) - Names That Ends with om:
adom effiom menhalom chrysostom absalom ahsalom avsalom avshalom calibom gershom malcom odom shalom thom tom ransom anscom blossom kulthoom alhsomNAMES RHYMING WITH CROM (According to first letters):
Rhyming Names According to First 3 Letters (cro) - Names That Begins with cro:
crocale croften crofton crogher crohoore cronan cronus crosleah crosleigh crosley crosly crowell crowley croydonRhyming Names According to First 2 Letters (cr) - Names That Begins with cr:
cradawg craig craita crandall crandell cranleah cranley cranly crannog cranston cranstun crawford crayton creag creed creedon creiddyladl creighton creissant creketun creon crescent crespin cretien creusa crevan crichton crimson crina criostoir cris crisann crisanna crisdean crispin crispina crissa crissie crissinda crissy crista cristen cristian cristiano cristie cristin cristina cristine cristinel cristobal cristofer cristofor cristoforo criston cristos cristoval cristy cristyn cruadhlaoich crudel cruim cruz crystalNAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH CROM:
First Names which starts with 'c' and ends with 'm':
caddaham caellum cailym calibum callum calum cam carm chaim chatham chayim chilam chiram chisholm cim colleem colm colum culum cunningham cymEnglish Words Rhyming CROM
ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES CROM AS A WHOLE:
| acromegaly | noun (n.) Chronic enlargement of the extremities and face. |
| acromial | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the acromion. |
| acromion | noun (n.) The outer extremity of the shoulder blade. |
| acromonogrammatic | adjective (a.) Having each verse begin with the same letter as that with which the preceding verse ends. |
| baromacrometer | noun (n.) An instrument for ascertaining the weight and length of a newborn infant. |
| croma | noun (n.) A quaver. |
| cromlech | noun (n.) A monument of rough stones composed of one or more large ones supported in a horizontal position upon others. They are found chiefly in countries inhabited by the ancient Celts, and are of a period anterior to the introduction of Christianity into these countries. |
| cromorna | noun (n.) A certain reed stop in the organ, of a quality of tone resembling that of the oboe. |
| macrometer | noun (n.) An instrument for determining the size or distance of inaccessible objects by means of two reflectors on a common sextant. |
| metacromion | noun (n.) A process projecting backward and downward from the acromion of the scapula of some mammals. |
| micromere | noun (n.) One of the smaller cells, or blastomeres, resulting from the complete segmentation of a telolecithal ovum. |
| micrometer | noun (n.) An instrument, used with a telescope or microscope, for measuring minute distances, or the apparent diameters of objects which subtend minute angles. The measurement given directly is that of the image of the object formed at the focus of the object glass. |
| micrometric | adjective (a.) Alt. of Micrometrical |
| micrometrical | adjective (a.) Belonging to micrometry; made by the micrometer. |
| micrometry | noun (n.) The art of measuring with a micrometer. |
| micromillimeter | noun (n.) The millionth part of a meter. |
| necromancer | noun (n.) One who practices necromancy; a sorcerer; a wizard. |
| necromancy | noun (n.) The art of revealing future events by means of a pretended communication with the dead; the black art; hence, magic in general; conjuration; enchantment. See Black art. |
| necromantic | noun (n.) Conjuration. |
| adjective (a.) Alt. of Necromantical |
| necromantical | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to necromancy; performed by necromancy. |
| picromel | noun (n.) A colorless viscous substance having a bitter-sweet taste. |
| radiomicrometer | noun (n.) A very sensitive modification or application of the thermopile, used for indicating minute changes of radiant heat, or temperature. |
| subacromial | adjective (a.) Situated beneath the acromial process of the scapula. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH CROM (According to last letters):
Rhyming Words According to Last 3 Letters (rom) - English Words That Ends with rom:
| agrom | noun (n.) A disease occurring in Bengal and other parts of the East Indies, in which the tongue chaps and cleaves. |
| anadrom | noun (n.) A fish that leaves the sea and ascends rivers. |
| carom | noun (n.) A shot in which the ball struck with the cue comes in contact with two or more balls on the table; a hitting of two or more balls with the player's ball. In England it is called cannon. |
| verb (v. i.) To make a carom. |
| carrom | noun (n.) See Carom. |
| diadrom | noun (n.) A complete course or vibration; time of vibration, as of a pendulum. |
| erucifrom | adjective (a.) Having the form of a caterpillar; -- said of insect larvae. |
| maelstrom | noun (n.) A celebrated whirlpool on the coast of Norway. |
| noun (n.) Also Fig. ; as, a maelstrom of vice. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH CROM (According to first letters):
Rhyming Words According to First 3 Letters (cro) - Words That Begins with cro:
| croaking | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Croak |
| croak | noun (n.) The coarse, harsh sound uttered by a frog or a raven, or a like sound. |
| verb (v. i.) To make a low, hoarse noise in the throat, as a frog, a raven, or a crow; hence, to make any hoarse, dismal sound. | |
| verb (v. i.) To complain; especially, to grumble; to forebode evil; to utter complaints or forebodings habitually. | |
| verb (v. t.) To utter in a low, hoarse voice; to announce by croaking; to forebode; as, to croak disaster. |
| croaker | noun (n.) One who croaks, murmurs, grumbles, or complains unreasonably; one who habitually forebodes evil. |
| noun (n.) A small American fish (Micropogon undulatus), of the Atlantic coast. | |
| noun (n.) An American fresh-water fish (Aplodinotus grunniens); -- called also drum. | |
| noun (n.) The surf fish of California. |
| croat | noun (n.) A native of Croatia, in Austria; esp., one of the native Slavic race. |
| noun (n.) An irregular soldier, generally from Croatia. |
| croatian | noun (n.) A Croat. |
| adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Croatia. |
| crocein | noun (n.) A name given to any one of several yellow or scarlet dyestuffs of artificial production and complex structure. In general they are diazo and sulphonic acid derivatives of benzene and naphthol. |
| croceous | adjective (a.) Of, pertaining to, or like, saffron; deep reddish yellow. |
| crocetin | noun (n.) A dyestuff, obtained from the Chinese crocin, which produces a brilliant yellow. |
| croche | noun (n.) A little bud or knob at the top of a deer's antler. |
| crochet | noun (n.) A kind of knitting done by means of a hooked needle, with worsted, silk, or cotton; crochet work. Commonly used adjectively. |
| verb (v. t. & i.) To knit with a crochet needle or hook; as, to crochet a shawl. |
| crocheting | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Crochet |
| crociary | noun (n.) One who carries the cross before an archbishop. |
| crocidolite | noun (n.) A mineral occuring in silky fibers of a lavender blue color. It is related to hornblende and is essentially a silicate of iron and soda; -- called also blue asbestus. A silicified form, in which the fibers penetrating quartz are changed to oxide of iron, is the yellow brown tiger-eye of the jewelers. |
| crocin | noun (n.) The coloring matter of Chinese yellow pods, the fruit of Gardenia grandiflora. |
| noun (n.) A red powder (called also polychroite), which is made from the saffron (Crocus sativus). See Polychroite. |
| crock | noun (n.) The loose black particles collected from combustion, as on pots and kettles, or in a chimney; soot; smut; also, coloring matter which rubs off from cloth. |
| noun (n.) A low stool. | |
| noun (n.) Any piece of crockery, especially of coarse earthenware; an earthen pot or pitcher. | |
| verb (v. t.) To soil by contact, as with soot, or with the coloring matter of badly dyed cloth. | |
| verb (v. i.) To give off crock or smut. | |
| verb (v. t.) To lay up in a crock; as, to crock butter. |
| crocking | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Crock |
| crocker | noun (n.) A potter. |
| crockery | noun (n.) Earthenware; vessels formed of baked clay, especially the coarser kinds. |
| crocket | noun (n.) An ornament often resembling curved and bent foliage, projecting from the sloping edge of a gable, spire, etc. |
| noun (n.) A croche, or knob, on the top of a stag's antler. |
| crocketed | adjective (a.) Ornamented with crockets. |
| crocketing | noun (n.) Ornamentation with crockets. |
| crocky | adjective (a.) Smutty. |
| crocodile | noun (n.) A large reptile of the genus Crocodilus, of several species. They grow to the length of sixteen or eighteen feet, and inhabit the large rivers of Africa, Asia, and America. The eggs, laid in the sand, are hatched by the sun's heat. The best known species is that of the Nile (C. vulgaris, or C. Niloticus). The Florida crocodile (C. Americanus) is much less common than the alligator and has longer jaws. The name is also sometimes applied to the species of other related genera, as the gavial and the alligator. |
| noun (n.) A fallacious dilemma, mythically supposed to have been first used by a crocodile. |
| crocodilia | noun (n. pl.) An order of reptiles including the crocodiles, gavials, alligators, and many extinct kinds. |
| crocodilian | noun (n.) One of the Crocodilia. |
| adjective (a.) Like, or pertaining to, the crocodile; characteristic of the crocodile. |
| crocodility | noun (n.) A caption or sophistical mode of arguing. |
| crocoisite | noun (n.) Same as Crocoite. |
| crocoite | noun (n.) Lead chromate occuring in crystals of a bright hyacinth red color; -- called also red lead ore. |
| croconate | noun (n.) A salt formed by the union of croconic acid with a base. |
| croconic | adjective (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling saffron; having the color of saffron; as, croconic acid. |
| adjective (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, croconic acid. |
| crocose | noun (n.) A white crystalline sugar, metameric with glucose, obtained from the coloring matter of saffron. |
| crocus | noun (n.) A genus of iridaceous plants, with pretty blossoms rising separately from the bulb or corm. C. vernus is one of the earliest of spring-blooming flowers; C. sativus produces the saffron, and blossoms in the autumn. |
| noun (n.) A deep yellow powder; the oxide of some metal calcined to a red or deep yellow color; esp., the oxide of iron (Crocus of Mars or colcothar) thus produced from salts of iron, and used as a polishing powder. |
| croesus | noun (n.) A king of Lydia who flourished in the 6th century b. c., and was renowned for his vast wealth; hence, a common appellation for a very rich man; as, he is a veritable Croesus. |
| croft | noun (n.) A small, inclosed field, adjoining a house; a small farm. |
| crofter | noun (n.) One who rents and tills a small farm or helding; as, the crofters of Scotland. |
| croftland | noun (n.) Land of superior quality, on which successive crops are raised. |
| crois | noun (n.) See Cross, n. |
| croisade | noun (n.) Alt. of Croisado |
| croisado | noun (n.) A holy war; a crusade. |
| croise | noun (n.) A pilgrim bearing or wearing a cross. |
| noun (n.) A crusader. |
| croissante | adjective (a.) Terminated with crescent; -- said of a cross the ends of which are so terminated. |
| croker | noun (n.) A cultivator of saffron; a dealer in saffron. |
| crone | noun (n.) An old ewe. |
| noun (n.) An old woman; -- usually in contempt. | |
| noun (n.) An old man; especially, a man who talks and acts like an old woman. |
| cronel | noun (n.) The iron head of a tilting spear. |
| cronet | noun (n.) The coronet of a horse. |
| cronian | adjective (a.) Saturnian; -- applied to the North Polar Sea. |
| cronstedtite | noun (n.) A mineral consisting principally of silicate of iron, and crystallizing in hexagonal prisms with perfect basal cleavage; -- so named from the Swedish mineralogist Cronstedt. |
| crony | noun (n.) A crone. |
| noun (n.) An intimate companion; a familiar frend |
| crook | noun (n.) A bend, turn, or curve; curvature; flexure. |
| noun (n.) Any implement having a bent or crooked end. | |
| noun (n.) The staff used by a shepherd, the hook of which serves to hold a runaway sheep. | |
| noun (n.) A bishop's staff of office. Cf. Pastoral staff. | |
| noun (n.) A pothook. | |
| noun (n.) An artifice; trick; tricky device; subterfuge. | |
| noun (n.) A small tube, usually curved, applied to a trumpet, horn, etc., to change its pitch or key. | |
| noun (n.) A person given to fraudulent practices; an accomplice of thieves, forgers, etc. | |
| noun (n.) To turn from a straight line; to bend; to curve. | |
| noun (n.) To turn from the path of rectitude; to pervert; to misapply; to twist. | |
| verb (v. i.) To bend; to curve; to wind; to have a curvature. |
| crooking | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Crook |
ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH CROM:
English Words which starts with 'c' and ends with 'm':
| cabalism | noun (n.) The secret science of the cabalists. |
| noun (n.) A superstitious devotion to the mysteries of the religion which one professes. |
| cablegram | noun (n.) A message sent by a submarine telegraphic cable. |
| cadeworm | noun (n.) A caddice. See Caddice. |
| cadmium | noun (n.) A comparatively rare element related to zinc, and occurring in some zinc ores. It is a white metal, both ductile and malleable. Symbol Cd. Atomic weight 111.8. It was discovered by Stromeyer in 1817, who named it from its association with zinc or zinc ore. |
| caecum | noun (n.) A cavity open at one end, as the blind end of a canal or duct. |
| noun (n.) The blind part of the large intestine beyond the entrance of the small intestine; -- called also the blind gut. |
| caesarism | noun (n.) A system of government in which unrestricted power is exercised by a single person, to whom, as Caesar or emperor, it has been committed by the popular will; imperialism; also, advocacy or support of such a system of government. |
| caesium | noun (n.) A rare alkaline metal found in mineral water; -- so called from the two characteristic blue lines in its spectrum. It was the first element discovered by spectrum analysis, and is the most strongly basic and electro-positive substance known. Symbol Cs. Atomic weight 132.6. |
| caimacam | noun (n.) The governor of a sanjak or district in Turkey. |
| caladium | noun (n.) A genus of aroideous plants, of which some species are cultivated for their immense leaves (which are often curiously blotched with white and red), and others (in Polynesia) for food. |
| calamistrum | noun (n.) A comblike structure on the metatarsus of the hind legs of certain spiders (Ciniflonidae), used to curl certain fibers in the construction of their webs. |
| calcaneum | noun (n.) One of the bones of the tarsus which in man, forms the great bone of the heel; -- called also fibulare. |
| calceiform | adjective (a.) Shaped like a slipper, as one petal of the lady's-slipper; calceolate. |
| calciform | adjective (a.) In the form of chalk or lime. |
| calcium | noun (n.) An elementary substance; a metal which combined with oxygen forms lime. It is of a pale yellow color, tenacious, and malleable. It is a member of the alkaline earth group of elements. Atomic weight 40. Symbol Ca. |
| calistheneum | noun (n.) A gymnasium; esp. one for light physical exercise by women and children. |
| callosum | noun (n.) The great band commissural fibers which unites the two cerebral hemispheres. See corpus callosum, under Carpus. |
| calm | noun (n.) Freedom from motion, agitation, or disturbance; a cessation or absence of that which causes motion or disturbance, as of winds or waves; tranquility; stillness; quiet; serenity. |
| noun (n.) To make calm; to render still or quiet, as elements; as, to calm the winds. | |
| noun (n.) To deliver from agitation or excitement; to still or soothe, as the mind or passions. | |
| (super.) Not stormy; without motion, as of winds or waves; still; quiet; serene; undisturbed. | |
| (super.) Undisturbed by passion or emotion; not agitated or excited; tranquil; quiet in act or speech. |
| calvinism | noun (n.) The theological tenets or doctrines of John Calvin (a French theologian and reformer of the 16th century) and his followers, or of the so-called calvinistic churches. |
| calyciform | adjective (a.) Having the form or appearance of a calyx. |
| calyptriform | adjective (a.) Having the form a calyptra, or extinguisher. |
| cam | noun (n.) A turning or sliding piece which, by the shape of its periphery or face, or a groove in its surface, imparts variable or intermittent motion to, or receives such motion from, a rod, lever, or block brought into sliding or rolling contact with it. |
| noun (n.) A curved wedge, movable about an axis, used for forcing or clamping two pieces together. | |
| noun (n.) A projecting part of a wheel or other moving piece so shaped as to give alternate or variable motion to another piece against which it acts. | |
| noun (n.) A ridge or mound of earth. | |
| adjective (a.) Crooked. |
| cambium | noun (n.) A series of formative cells lying outside of the wood proper and inside of the inner bark. The growth of new wood takes place in the cambium, which is very soft. |
| noun (n.) A fancied nutritive juice, formerly supposed to originate in the blood, to repair losses of the system, and to promote its increase. |
| campaniform | adjective (a.) Bell-shaped. |
| campaniliform | adjective (a.) Bell-shaped; campanulate; campaniform. |
| cancriform | adjective (a.) Having the form of, or resembling, a crab; crab-shaped. |
| adjective (a.) Like a cancer; cancerous. |
| candelabrum | noun (n.) A lamp stand of any sort. |
| noun (n.) A highly ornamented stand of marble or other ponderous material, usually having three feet, -- frequently a votive offering to a temple. | |
| noun (n.) A large candlestick, having several branches. |
| cankerworm | noun (n.) The larva of two species of geometrid moths which are very injurious to fruit and shade trees by eating, and often entirely destroying, the foliage. Other similar larvae are also called cankerworms. |
| cannibalism | noun (n.) The act or practice of eating human flesh by mankind. Hence; Murderous cruelty; barbarity. |
| capilliform | adjective (a.) In the shape or form of, a hair, or of hairs. |
| capitatim | adjective (a.) Of so much per head; as, a capitatim tax; a capitatim grant. |
| capitulum | noun (n.) A thick head of flowers on a very short axis, as a clover top, or a dandelion; a composite flower. A capitulum may be either globular or flat. |
| noun (n.) A knoblike protuberance of any part, esp. at the end of a bone or cartilage. [See Illust. of Artiodactyla.] |
| capriform | adjective (a.) Having the form of a goat. |
| capsicum | noun (n.) A genus of plants of many species, producing capsules or dry berries of various forms, which have an exceedingly pungent, biting taste, and when ground form the red or Cayenne pepper of commerce. |
| carbonarism | noun (n.) The principles, practices, or organization of the Carbonari. |
| cardamom | noun (n.) The aromatic fruit, or capsule with its seeds, of several plants of the Ginger family growing in the East Indies and elsewhere, and much used as a condiment, and in medicine. |
| noun (n.) A plant which produces cardamoms, esp. Elettaria Cardamomum and several species of Amomum. |
| carnalism | noun (n.) The state of being carnal; carnality; sensualism. |
| carpellum | noun (n.) A simple pistil or single-celled ovary or seed vessel, or one of the parts of a compound pistil, ovary, or seed vessel. See Illust of Carpaphore. |
| cartesianism | noun (n.) The philosophy of Descartes. |
| caseum | noun (n.) Same as Casein. |
| caseworm | noun (n.) A worm or grub that makes for itself a case. See Caddice. |
| castoreum | noun (n.) A peculiar bitter orange-brown substance, with strong, penetrating odor, found in two sacs between the anus and external genitals of the beaver; castor; -- used in medicine as an antispasmodic, and by perfumers. |
| casualism | noun (n.) The doctrine that all things exist or are controlled by chance. |
| cataclysm | noun (n.) An extensive overflow or sweeping flood of water; a deluge. |
| noun (n.) Any violent catastrophe, involving sudden and extensive changes of the earth's surface. |
| catapasm | noun (n.) A compound medicinal powder, used by the ancients to sprinkle on ulcers, to absorb perspiration, etc. |
| cataplasm | noun (n.) A soft and moist substance applied externally to some part of the body; a poultice. |
| catasterism | noun (n.) A placing among the stars; a catalogue of stars. |
| catastrophism | noun (n.) The doctrine that the geological changes in the earth's crust have been caused by the sudden action of violent physical causes; -- opposed to the doctrine of uniformism. |
| catechism | noun (n.) A form of instruction by means of questions and answers. |
| noun (n.) A book containing a summary of principles, especially of religious doctrine, reduced to the form of questions and answers. |
| catheterism | noun (n.) Alt. of Catheterization |
| catholicism | noun (n.) The state or quality of being catholic or universal; catholicity. |
| noun (n.) Liberality of sentiment; breadth of view. | |
| noun (n.) The faith of the whole orthodox Christian church, or adherence thereto. | |
| noun (n.) The doctrines or faith of the Roman Catholic church, or adherence thereto. |
| cauliform | adjective (a.) Having the form of a caulis. |
| cauterism | noun (n.) The use or application of a caustic; cautery. |
| cavalierism | noun (n.) The practice or principles of cavaliers. |
| celticism | noun (n.) A custom of the Celts, or an idiom of their language. |
| cenobitism | noun (n.) The state of being a cenobite; the belief or practice of a cenobite. |
| centesm | noun (n.) Hundredth. |
| centigram | noun (n.) Alt. of Centigramme |
| centonism | noun (n.) The composition of a cento; the act or practice of composing a cento or centos. |
| centralism | noun (n.) The state or condition of being central; the combination of several parts into one whole; centralization. |
| noun (n.) The system by which power is centralized, as in a government. |
| centrum | noun (n.) The body, or axis, of a vertebra. See Vertebra. |
| cephalanthium | noun (n.) Same as Anthodium. |
| cerebellum | noun (n.) The large lobe of the hind brain in front of and above the medulla; the little brain. It controls combined muscular action. See Brain. |
| cerebralism | noun (n.) The doctrine or theory that psychical phenomena are functions or products of the brain only. |
| cerebriform | adjective (a.) Like the brain in form or substance. |
| cerebrum | noun (n.) The anterior, and in man the larger, division of the brain; the seat of the reasoning faculties and the will. See Brain. |
| ceremonialism | noun (n.) Adherence to external rites; fondness for ceremony. |
| cerium | noun (n.) A rare metallic element, occurring in the minerals cerite, allanite, monazite, etc. Symbol Ce. Atomic weight 141.5. It resembles iron in color and luster, but is soft, and both malleable and ductile. It tarnishes readily in the air. |
| cesarism | noun (n.) See Caesarism. |
| chaldaism | noun (n.) An idiom or peculiarity in the Chaldee dialect. |
| cham | noun (n.) The sovereign prince of Tartary; -- now usually written khan. |
| verb (v. t.) To chew. |
| characterism | noun (n.) A distinction of character; a characteristic. |
| charism | noun (n.) A miraculously given power, as of healing, speaking foreign languages without instruction, etc., attributed to some of the early Christians. |
| charlatanism | noun (n.) Charlatanry. |
| charm | noun (n.) A melody; a song. |
| noun (n.) A word or combination of words sung or spoken in the practice of magic; a magical combination of words, characters, etc.; an incantation. | |
| noun (n.) That which exerts an irresistible power to please and attract; that which fascinates; any alluring quality. | |
| noun (n.) Anything worn for its supposed efficacy to the wearer in averting ill or securing good fortune. | |
| noun (n.) Any small decorative object worn on the person, as a seal, a key, a silver whistle, or the like. Bunches of charms are often worn at the watch chain. | |
| noun (n.) To make music upon; to tune. | |
| noun (n.) To subdue, control, or summon by incantation or supernatural influence; to affect by magic. | |
| noun (n.) To subdue or overcome by some secret power, or by that which gives pleasure; to allay; to soothe. | |
| noun (n.) To attract irresistibly; to delight exceedingly; to enchant; to fascinate. | |
| noun (n.) To protect with, or make invulnerable by, spells, charms, or supernatural influences; as, a charmed life. | |
| verb (v. i.) To use magic arts or occult power; to make use of charms. | |
| verb (v. i.) To act as, or produce the effect of, a charm; to please greatly; to be fascinating. | |
| verb (v. i.) To make a musical sound. |
| chartism | noun (n.) The principles of a political party in England (1838-48), which contended for universal suffrage, the vote by ballot, annual parliaments, equal electoral districts, and other radical reforms, as set forth in a document called the People's Charter. |
| chasm | noun (n.) A deep opening made by disruption, as a breach in the earth or a rock; a yawning abyss; a cleft; a fissure. |
| noun (n.) A void space; a gap or break, as in ranks of men. |
| chattelism | noun (n.) The act or condition of holding chattels; the state of being a chattel. |
| chauvinism | noun (n.) Blind and absurd devotion to a fallen leader or an obsolete cause; hence, absurdly vainglorious or exaggerated patriotism. |
| cheiropterygium | noun (n.) The typical pentadactyloid limb of the higher vertebrates. |
| cheirotherium | noun (n.) A genus of extinct animals, so named from fossil footprints rudely resembling impressions of the human hand, and believed to have been made by labyrinthodont reptiles. See Illustration in Appendix. |
| cheliform | adjective (a.) Having a movable joint or finger closing against a preceding joint or a projecting part of it, so that the whole may be used for grasping, as the claw of a crab; pincherlike. |
| chemism | noun (n.) The force exerted between the atoms of elementary substance whereby they unite to form chemical compounds; chemical attaction; affinity; -- sometimes used as a general expression for chemical activity or relationship. |
| cherubim | noun (n.) The Hebrew plural of Cherub.. Cf. Seraphim. |
| (pl. ) of Cherub |
| chessom | noun (n.) Mellow earth; mold. |
| chiasm | noun (n.) Alt. of Chiasma |
| chiliasm | noun (n.) The millennium. |
| noun (n.) The doctrine of the personal reign of Christ on earth during the millennium. |
| chloralism | noun (n.) A morbid condition of the system resulting from excessive use of chloral. |
| chloralum | noun (n.) An impure aqueous solution of chloride of aluminium, used as an antiseptic and disinfectant. |
| chloroform | noun (n.) A colorless volatile liquid, CHCl3, having an ethereal odor and a sweetish taste, formed by treating alcohol with chlorine and an alkali. It is a powerful solvent of wax, resin, etc., and is extensively used to produce anaesthesia in surgical operations; also externally, to alleviate pain. |
| verb (v. t.) To treat with chloroform, or to place under its influence. |
| choleriform | adjective (a.) Resembling cholera. |
| chrism | noun (n.) Olive oil mixed with balm and spices, consecrated by the bishop on Maundy Thursday, and used in the administration of baptism, confirmation, ordination, etc. |
| noun (n.) The same as Chrisom. |
| chrisom | noun (n.) A white cloth, anointed with chrism, or a white mantle thrown over a child when baptized or christened. |
| noun (n.) A child which died within a month after its baptism; -- so called from the chrisom cloth which was used as a shroud for it. |
| christendom | noun (n.) The profession of faith in Christ by baptism; hence, the Christian religion, or the adoption of it. |
| noun (n.) The name received at baptism; or, more generally, any name or appelation. | |
| noun (n.) That portion of the world in which Christianity prevails, or which is governed under Christian institutions, in distinction from heathen or Mohammedan lands. | |
| noun (n.) The whole body of Christians. |
| christianism | noun (n.) The Christian religion. |
| noun (n.) The Christian world; Christendom. |
| christom | noun (n.) See Chrisom. |
| chromatism | noun (n.) The state of being colored, as in the case of images formed by a lens. |
| noun (n.) An abnormal coloring of plants. |
| chromism | noun (n.) Same as Chromatism. |
| chromium | noun (n.) A comparatively rare element occurring most abundantly in the mineral chromite. Atomic weight 52.5. Symbol Cr. When isolated it is a hard, brittle, grayish white metal, fusible with difficulty. Its chief commercial importance is for its compounds, as potassium chromate, lead chromate, etc., which are brilliantly colored and are used dyeing and calico printing. Called also chrome. |
| chronogram | noun (n.) An inscription in which certain numeral letters, made to appear specially conspicuous, on being added together, express a particular date or epoch, as in the motto of a medal struck by Gustavus Adolphus in 1632: ChrIstVs DVX; ergo trIVMphVs.- the capitals of which give, when added as numerals, the sum 1632. |
| noun (n.) The record or inscription made by a chronograph. |
| chrysanthemum | noun (n.) A genus of composite plants, mostly perennial, and of many species including the many varieties of garden chrysanthemums (annual and perennial), and also the feverfew and the oxeye daisy. |
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