Chammy
chamois (defs 2–4, 6, 7).
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- Chamois
an agile, goatlike antelope, Rupicapra rupicapra, of high mountains of Europe: now rare in some areas. a soft, pliable leather from any of various skins dressed with oil, especially fish oil, originally prepared from the skin of the chamois. a piece of this leather. a cotton cloth finished to simulate this leather. a medium to […]
- Chamoix
an agile, goatlike antelope, Rupicapra rupicapra, of high mountains of Europe: now rare in some areas. a soft, pliable leather from any of various skins dressed with oil, especially fish oil, originally prepared from the skin of the chamois. a piece of this leather. a cotton cloth finished to simulate this leather. a medium to […]
- Chamomile
a composite plant, Chamaemelium nobile (or Anthemis nobilis), native to the Old World, having strongly scented foliage and white ray flowers with yellow centers used medicinally and as a tea. any of several allied plants of the genera Matricaria and Tripleurospermum. noun a variant spelling of camomile n. obsolete form of camomile.
- Chamonix
a mountain valley in E France, N of Mont Blanc. noun a town in SE France, in the Alps at the foot of Mont Blanc: skiing and tourist centre. Pop: 9830 (1999)
- Chamorro
a people inhabiting the Mariana Islands. the Austronesian language of the Chamorro. indigenous people of Guam and the Marianas Islands, from Spanish Chamorro, literally “shorn, shaven, bald.” Supposedly because the men shaved their heads, but the name also has been connected to native Chamoru, said to mean “noble,” so perhaps Chamorro is a Spanish folk […]