<B>chancel, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the space around the altar of a church, used by the clergy and the choir. It is often separated from the rest of the church by a railing, lattice, or screen. </DL>
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<B>chanceless, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Cricket.) played without giving the fieldsmen a chance to catch the ball. <BR> <I>Ex. A chanceless century by Lee ... gave his side a spirited start yesterday (London Times).</I> adv. <B>chancelessly.</B> </DL>
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<B>chancellery, </B>noun, pl. <B>-leries.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the position of a chancellor. <DD><B> 2. </B>the department or office of a chancellor. <BR> <I>Ex. Faraway decisions in European and Asiatic chancelleries can have quick effect on the welfare of us and our children (Newsweek).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>the building or rooms serving as the office of a chancellor. <DD><B> 4. </B>the building or office of an embassy or legation; chancery. <BR> <I>Ex. Anything that threatens to disturb the uneasy status quo in the world oil picture is viewed with grave alarm in the world's chancelleries (New York Times).</I> </DL>
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<B>chancellor, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the prime minister or other very high official in Austria and in Germany, and many other European countries. <DD><B> 2. </B>(U.S.) the chief judge of a court of chancery or equity in certain states. <DD><B> 3. </B>any one of various high British government officials, especially: <DD><B> a. </B>the Chancellor of the Exchequer. <DD><B> b. </B>the Lord Chancellor. <DD><B> 4a. </B>the head or president of some American universities. <DD><B> b. </B>(British.) the titular head of a British university. <BR> <I>Ex. Chancellors are elected for life.</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>the chief or official secretary of a king, nobleman, or embassy. <DD><B> 6a. </B>an Anglican lay official who handles legal matters for a diocese. <DD><B> b. </B>a Roman Catholic priest in charge of a diocesan chancery. </DL>
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<B>Chancellor of the Exchequer,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the British cabinet minister responsible for financial affairs. </DL>
<A NAME="chancellorship">
<B>chancellorship, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the position of a chancellor. <BR> <I>Ex. He had not reckoned on Thomas, who resigned the chancellorship and took his new archiepiscopal duties seriously (Newsweek).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>the term of office of a chancellor. </DL>
<A NAME="chancellory">
<B>chancellory, </B>noun, pl. <B>-lories.</B> =chancellery.</DL>
<A NAME="chancemedley">
<B>chance-medley, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Law.) accidental homicide in which some blame is attached to the killer. </DL>
<A NAME="chancemusic">
<B>chance music,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> music in which performers introduce random elements into compositions that do not specify all the pitches and rhythms to be followed; aleatoric music. </DL>
<A NAME="chancer">
<B>chancer, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (British Slang.) <DD><B> 1. </B>a clumsy, incompetent person. <DD><B> 2. </B>a person who takes any kind of risk, as by speculating, gambling, or lying. </DL>
<A NAME="chancery">
<B>chancery, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ceries.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>(Law.) <DD><B> a. </B>a court of law that deals with cases in which fairness and justice require a settlement not covered by either common law or statute law; court of equity. <DD><B> b. </B>proceedings in equity; equity. <DD><B> 2. </B>an office where public records are kept; archives. <DD><B> 3a. </B>the office or court of a chancellor; chancellery. <DD><B> b. </B>the room or building in which this is located; chancellery. <BR> <I>Ex. A fire which broke out in the top floor of the chancery building of the British Embassy in Lisbon destroyed the attaches' offices (London Times).</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>the court of the Lord Chancellor of England, now one of the divisions of the High Court of Justice. <DD><B> 5. </B>(Roman Catholic Church.) the department of a diocese which has the care of official documents. <DD><B> 6. </B>(Wrestling.) a grip on the head. <BR><I>expr. <B>in chancery,</B> <DD><B> a. </B>in a helpless position. </I> <I>Ex. He found himself in chancery when the truth came out.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>(Law.) (of property, etc.) in a court of equity. <BR> <I>Ex. Either party to a cause in chancery shall have the right to an examination of all the witnesses in the case (Michigan General Statutes).</I> <DD><B> c. </B>(Boxing.) (of a fighter's head) held, contrary to the rules, between the opponent's arm and body and unable to avoid severe punishment. <BR> <I>Ex. I had [his] head in chancery, and could give it him (Oliver Wendell Holmes).</I> <DD><B> d. </B>(Wrestling.) in a headlock or stranglehold. </DL>
<B>chancre, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an ulcer or sore with a hard base, especially the first lesion of syphilis. </DL>
<A NAME="chancroid">
<B>chancroid, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a sexually transmitted infection characterized by lesions that resemble chancres but have a soft base and are usually spreading and painful; soft chancre. Chancroid is caused by a specific germ and is not related to syphilis. </DL>
<A NAME="chancrous">
<B>chancrous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or like a chancre. </DL>
<A NAME="chancy">
<B>chancy, </B>adjective, <B>chancier,</B> <B>chanciest.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> subject to chance; uncertain; risky. <BR> <I>Ex. Acting, which has always been a chancy profession, is more precarious than ever in Hollywood (New York Times).</I> (SYN) untrustworthy. Also, <B>chancey.</B> noun <B>chanciness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="chandala">
<B>chandala, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (in India) an untouchable who has committed a serious crime; criminal. </DL>
<A NAME="chandelier">
<B>chandelier, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a fixture with branches for lights, usually hanging from the ceiling. <BR> <I>Ex. One by one, the 65 crystal chandeliers in the U.S. Capitol had been taken down, disassembled, washed prism by prism, reassembled and rehung (Time).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="chandeliered">
<B>chandeliered, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> furnished with a chandelier or chandeliers. </DL>
<A NAME="chandelle">
<B>chandelle, </B>noun, verb, <B>-delled,</B> <B>-delling.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> an abrupt climbing turn in which an airplane is propelled by its own momentum nearly to the point of stalling. <DD><I>v.i. </I> to perform such a turn. </DL>
<A NAME="chandler">
<B>chandler, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a maker or seller of candles. <DD><B> 2. </B>a dealer in groceries and supplies. <BR> <I>Ex. The local fishermen bought their provisions from a ship chandler near the wharf. The corn chandler puts his hat on at five o'clock and goes home (Punch).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="chandlerswobble">
Chandler's wobble, =Chandler wobble.</DL>
<A NAME="chandlerwobble">
<B>Chandler wobble,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a slight eccentric oscillation of the earth on its axis recurring in cycles which last approximately 14 months. <BR> <I>Ex. The Earth's pole undergoes a mutation, the Chandler wobble, ... whose motion is somehow kept going despite the substantial effects of viscous damping forces (New Scientist and Science Journal).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="chandlery">
<B>chandlery, </B>noun, pl. <B>-dleries.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a storeroom for candles. <DD><B> 2. </B>the warehouse, goods, or business of a chandler. </DL>
<A NAME="chandoo">
<B>chandoo, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> opium for smoking. </DL>
<B>chang, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a thick beer or wine of Tibet made chiefly from barley or rice. </DL>
<A NAME="changa">
<B>changa, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a mole cricket of South America, Central America, and the southeastern United States. <BR> <I>Ex. The changa ... is the worst insect pest of the sugar crop (Url Lanham).</I> </DL>
