<B>charmed quark,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a quark having an electric charge of + 2/3 and charm of + 1. <BR> <I>Ex. The psi particle is a hadron consisting of a charmed quark and a charmed antiquark (Scientific American).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="charmer">
<B>charmer, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person who charms, delights, or fascinates. <DD><B> 2. </B>a person who overcomes or subdues as if by magic power. </DL>
<A NAME="charmeuse">
<B>charmeuse, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a soft satin. </DL>
<A NAME="charming">
<B>charming, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>very pleasing; delightful; fascinating; attractive. <BR> <I>Ex. We saw a charming play. She is a charming hostess.</I> (SYN) captivating, enchanting, alluring. <DD><B> 2. </B>using charms; exercising magic power. <BR> <I>Ex. the siren's charming song.</I> adv. <B>charmingly.</B> noun <B>charmingness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="charmless">
<B>charmless, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> without charm; personally unattractive. adv. <B>charmlessly.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="charmonium">
<B>charmonium, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Nuclear Physics.) any particle with the characteristics of charm; a charmed particle. </DL>
<A NAME="charmschool">
<B>charm school,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a school for training girls to be attractive and graceful. </DL>
<A NAME="charnel">
<B>charnel, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a charnel house or other burial place. <DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>of or used for a charnel. <DD><B> 2. </B>like a charnel; deathlike; ghastly. </DL>
<A NAME="charnelhouse">
<B>charnel house,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any building or place where the bodies or bones of the dead are laid. It was originally a tomb or vault, usually connected with a church. </DL>
<A NAME="charolais">
<B>Charolais, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of a breed of large, white or cream-colored beef cattle originally imported from France, and now raised in the United States. </DL>
<A NAME="charolaise">
<B>Charolaise, </B>noun. =Charolais.</DL>
<A NAME="charon">
<B>Charon, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>(Greek Mythology.) the boatman who ferried the spirits of the dead across the rivers Styx and Acheron to Hades. <DD><B> 2. </B>a ferryman. <DD><B> 3. </B>a satellite of Pluto, discovered in 1978. <BR> <I>Ex. The total mass of both Pluto and its moon, named Charon, is only 0.0017 of the Earth's mass (Michael J.S. Belton).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="charpai">
<B>charpai, </B>noun. =charpoy.</DL>
<A NAME="charpie">
<B>charpie, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> lint, especially for dressing wounds. </DL>
<A NAME="charpoy">
<B>charpoy, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a common light bed or cot in India. <BR> <I>Ex. Gandhi [sat] on a charpoy all day, getting thinner and thinner (New Yorker).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="charqui">
<B>charqui, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> jerked beef or other meat. </DL>
<A NAME="charr">
<B>charr, </B>noun, pl. <B>charrs</B> or (collectively) <B>charr.</B> <B>=char </B>(fish).</DL>
<A NAME="charrette">
<B>charrette, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a gathering of various groups of people in a community, industry, or other form of organization, to resolve common problems with the assistance of outside experts. </DL>
<A NAME="charro">
<B>charro, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ros.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Spanish.) <DD><B> 1. </B>(in Latin America) a cowboy. <DD><B> 2. </B>(originally) a peasant (of Salamanca in Spain). </DL>
<A NAME="charry">
<B>charry, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or like charcoal. </DL>
<A NAME="chart">
<B>chart, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1a. </B>a map used by sailors to show the coasts, rocks, and shallow places of the sea. The course of a ship is marked on a chart. <DD><B> b. </B>an outline map showing special conditions or facts. <BR> <I>Ex. The weather chart shows where rain fell over the United States yesterday.</I> <DD><B> c. </B>(Obsolete.) any map. <DD><B> 2. </B>a sheet of information arranged in lists, pictures, tables, or diagrams. <BR> <I>Ex. Our history book has a chart of the Presidents of the United States.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>such a list, table, picture, or diagram. <DD><B> 4. </B>a graphic representation of any variable, such as temperature, pressure, production, or sales. <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to make a map or chart of; show on a chart; map. <BR> <I>Ex. The navigator charted the course of the ship. The navigable channels have all been charted.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) to plan in detail. <BR> <I>Ex. The explorers charted the expedition with great care.</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>the charts,</B> </I>a list of the best-selling or most popular items of a kind, such as recently released records or newly published books. <BR> <I>Ex. In popular music, if you're not on the charts every minute of the day, you really feel you're a failure (Bette Midler).</I> adj. <B>chartless.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="chartaceous">
<B>chartaceous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of the nature of paper; made of paper; papery. </DL>
<A NAME="charter">
<B>charter, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a written grant by a government to a colony, a group of citizens, a university, or a business or a corporation, bestowing the right of organization, with other privileges, and specifying the form of organization. <BR> <I>Ex. The proposed new airline must obtain a government charter.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a written order from the authorities of a society, giving to a group of persons the right to organize a new chapter, branch, or lodge. <DD><B> 3a. </B>a document setting forth aims and purposes of a group of nations, organizations, or individuals in a common undertaking. <BR> <I>Ex. the Charter of the United Nations.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>any document or measure proceeding from or authorized by the sovereign power of a country or state and granting rights or privileges to the people or particular classes of the people. <BR> <I>Ex. the second great charter of Roman liberties (Matthew Arnold).</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>a special right, privilege, or immunity. <DD><B> 5. </B>Also, <B>charter party.</B> <DD><B> a. </B>a contract for the hiring of a ship, or part of a ship, for a given time or purpose, usually to carry cargo. <BR> <I>Ex. Tankers on short-term charter amounted to as much as one-fifth of the total tonnage employed in moving oil (London Times).</I> <DD><B> b. </B>the limits or terms of such a contract. <DD><B> c. </B>a document embodying such a contract. <DD><B> d. </B>a similar agreement for hiring a plane, bus, or other vehicle. <DD><B> 6. </B>a written document or contract between two parties, especially one dealing with the conveyance of property. <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to give a charter to; grant or establish by charter. <BR> <I>Ex. The government chartered the new airline. Early in the reign of Edward III ... we find the Goldsmiths' Company chartered (Christopher Barker).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to hire (a ship) by charter. <BR> <I>Ex. It was impossible to charter a ship for the purpose (Washington Irving).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to hire (a vehicle, airplane, or other conveyance), especially for private use. <BR> <I>Ex. The school chartered a bus to take the class to the zoo.</I> adj. <B>charterable.</B> noun <B>charterer.</B> adj. <B>charterless.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="charterage">
<B>charterage, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the act or practice of chartering ships, vehicles, or other conveyances. </DL>
<A NAME="chartered">
<B>chartered, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>founded, privileged, or protected by charter. <BR> <I>Ex. The Bank of Canada ... has proposed an increase in the require reserves of commercial or chartered banks (Wall Street Journal).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) privileged; licensed. </DL>
<A NAME="charteredaccountant">
<B>chartered accountant,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a member of an institute of accountants chartered by the Crown in Great Britain or elsewhere in the Commonwealth of Nations. (Abbr:) C.A., c.a. </DL>
<A NAME="charterflight">
<B>charter flight,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a plane reserved for a party. <BR> <I>Ex. Charter flights, where a whole plane is hired for a party of people, provide the lowest of all international travel costs (Wall Street Journal).</I> </DL>
<B>chartism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) the making and study of charts, especially of stock transactions, with a view to predicting future trends. </DL>
<A NAME="chartism">
<B>Chartism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the principles and demands of a reform movement whose members were chiefly workingmen, active in England especially from 1838 to 1848 in extending the vote to workers. n., adj. <B>Chartist.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="chartist">
<B>chartist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who makes or studies charts, especially of the trading of stocks. <BR> <I>Ex. As the market advances, chartists look for more resistance to new highs in the industrial average (Wall Street Journal).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="chartreuse">
<B>chartreuse, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a light, yellowish green. <DD><B> 2. </B>a green, yellow, or white liqueur first made by the Carthusian monks from aromatic herbs and brandy. <BR> <I>Ex. There are a hundred and thirty herbal ingredients in Chartreuse (New Yorker).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>a Carthusian monastery. <DD><I>adj. </I> light yellowish-green. </DL>
<A NAME="chartroom">
<B>chart room,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a compartment on a ship, where charts and navigating instruments are kept. </DL>
<A NAME="chartulary">
<B>chartulary, </B>noun, pl. <B>-laries.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a register of charters, title deeds, and the like, as of a monastery. Also, <B>cartulary.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="charwoman">
<B>charwoman, </B>noun, pl. <B>-women.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) a woman who is hired by the day to clean and scrub homes, offices, and public buildings. Also, <B>charewoman.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="chary">
<B>chary, </B>adjective, <B>charier,</B> <B>chariest.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>showing caution; careful; wary. <BR> <I>Ex. The cat was chary of getting its paws wet. Consumers regardful of their welfare should be equally chary (Harper's).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>shy. <BR> <I>Ex. A bashful person is chary of strangers.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>sparing; stingy. <BR> <I>Ex. A jealous person is chary of praising those who do well.</I> (SYN) frugal. adv. <B>charily.</B> noun <B>chariness.</B> </DL>
