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  • English Word Chaetetes Definition A genus of fossil corals, common in the lower Silurian limestones.
  • English Word Chaetiferous Definition Bearing setae.
  • English Word Chaetodont Definition A marine fish of the family Chaetodontidae. The chaetodonts have broad, compressed bodies, and usually bright colors.
  • English Word Chaetodont Definition Of or pertaining to the Chaetodonts or the family Chaetodontidae.
  • English Word Chaetognath Definition Of or pertaining to the Chaetognatha.
  • English Word Chaetognatha Definition An order of free-swimming marine worms, of which the genus Sagitta is the type. They have groups of curved spines on each side of the head.
  • English Word Chaetopod Definition Pertaining to the Chaetopoda.
  • English Word Chaetopod Definition One of the Chaetopoda.
  • English Word Chaetopoda Definition A very extensive order of Annelida, characterized by the presence of lateral setae, or spines, on most or all of the segments. They are divided into two principal groups: Oligochaeta, including the earthworms and allied forms, and Polychaeta, including most of the marine species.
  • English Word Chaetotaxy Definition The arrangement of bristles on an insect.
  • English Word Chafe Definition To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm.
  • English Word Chafe Definition To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate.
  • English Word Chafe Definition To fret and wear by rubbing; as, to chafe a cable.
  • English Word Chafe Definition To rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction.
  • English Word Chafe Definition To be worn by rubbing; as, a cable chafes.
  • English Word Chafe Definition To have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated.
  • English Word Chafe Definition Heat excited by friction.
  • English Word Chafe Definition Injury or wear caused by friction.
  • English Word Chafe Definition Vexation; irritation of mind; rage.
  • English Word Chafed Definition of Chafe
  • English Word Chafer Definition One who chafes.
  • English Word Chafer Definition A vessel for heating water; -- hence, a dish or pan.
  • English Word Chafer Definition A kind of beetle; the cockchafer. The name is also applied to other species; as, the rose chafer.
  • English Word Chafery Definition An open furnace or forge, in which blooms are heated before being wrought into bars.
  • English Word Chafewax Definition Alt. of Chaffwax
  • English Word Chafeweed Definition The cudweed (Gnaphalium), used to prevent or cure chafing.
  • English Word Chaff Definition The glumes or husks of grains and grasses separated from the seed by threshing and winnowing, etc.
  • English Word Chaff Definition Anything of a comparatively light and worthless character; the refuse part of anything.
  • English Word Chaff Definition Straw or hay cut up fine for the food of cattle.
  • English Word Chaff Definition Light jesting talk; banter; raillery.