<B>chops, </B>noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> See under <B>chop</B> (2). </DL>
<A NAME="chopshop">
<B>chop shop,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) a place where stolen cars are disposed of. <BR> <I>Ex. Today, the typical thief works for a "chop shop," which dismantles the car and sells the parts (Emerson Cammack).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="chopsticks">
<B>chopsticks, </B>noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> a pair of small, slender sticks used by many Orientals to raise food to the mouth. Chopsticks are made usually of wood or ivory and are used especially by the Chinese and Japanese. </DL>
<A NAME="chopstroke">
<B>chop stroke,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a quick downward stroke at a sharp angle to the path of the ball in tennis and other games. </DL>
<A NAME="chopsuey">
<B>chop suey,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a dish consisting of fried or stewed chicken, pork, or other meat, and vegetables cut up and cooked together in a sauce. It is usually served with rice and soy sauce. Chop suey contains such vegetables and seasonings as bean sprouts, onions, green peppers, mushrooms, and sesame seeds, fried in oil. <BR> <I>Ex. Chop suey, unknown in China, was originated in New York City by an American chef (Clarke County Democrat).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="choragic">
<B>choragic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having to do with a choragus. </DL>
<A NAME="choragus">
<B>choragus, </B>noun, pl. <B>-gi.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the leader of an ancient Greek chorus. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) the leader of a chorus or choir or of a band of any kind. </DL>
<A NAME="choral">
<B>choral, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>of a choir or chorus. <BR> <I>Ex. The church choral society meets on Wednesdays.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>sung by a choir or chorus. <BR> <I>Ex. a choral hymn.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>of or having to do with music appropriate for a choir or chorus. <BR> <I>Ex. The Saint of Bleeker Street is primarily a choral opera (Atlantic).</I> <DD><I>noun </I> <B>=chorale.</B> adv. <B>chorally.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="chorale">
<B>chorale, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a musical setting of a hymn. <DD><B> 2. </B>a simple hymn sung in unison. </DL>
<A NAME="choraleprelude">
<B>chorale prelude,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Music.) an organ composition based on a chorale. </DL>
<A NAME="choralist">
<B>choralist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person who sings in a chorus or a choir. <DD><B> 2. </B>a composer of choral music. </DL>
<A NAME="choralspeaking">
<B>choral speaking,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the recital of poetry or prose by a chorus. </DL>
<A NAME="chord">
<B>chord</B> (1), noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a combination of two or more tones of music sounded at the same time in harmony. <BR> <I>Ex. We all stood at the playing of the first chords of the hymn.</I> <DD><I>v.i., v.t. </I> (Rare.) to accord musically; form a chord; harmonize. </DL>
<A NAME="chord">
<B>chord</B> (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a straight line connecting two points on a curve. <DD><B> 2a. </B>a structure in an animal body that looks like a string; cord. <DD><B> b. </B>a tendon. <DD><B> 3. </B>a string of a harp or other musical instrument. <DD><B> 4. </B>(Figurative.) a feeling or emotion. <BR> <I>Ex. The stray and hungry puppy touched a tender chord in him.</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>a main, horizontal part of a bridge truss. <DD><B> 6. </B>(Aeronautics.) <DD><B> a. </B>the dimension of an airfoil from the leading to the trailing edge. <DD><B> b. </B>a straight line drawn from the leading to the trailing edge of a cross section of an airfoil. Camber is measured from the chord. </DL>
<A NAME="chordal">
<B>chordal, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>having to do with, or of the nature of, the strings of a musical instrument. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Music.) of or having to do with chords. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Medicine.) relating to the chorda tympani. adv. <B>chordally.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="chordamesoderm">
<B>chordamesoderm, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Embryology.) the part of the mesoderm from which the notochord develops. </DL>
<A NAME="chordata">
<B>Chordata, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the phylum of animals comprising the chordates. </DL>
<A NAME="chordate">
<B>chordate, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> any animal of a phylum that has a notochord at some stage of development. Chordates include man and all other vertebrates. <BR> <I>Ex. Chordates are excelled in mobility only by a few insects (Beals and Hoijer).</I> <DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>of or belonging to this phylum. <DD><B> 2. </B>having a notochord. </DL>
<A NAME="chorded">
<B>chorded, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having chords or strings, as a musical instrument. </DL>
<A NAME="chordorgan">
<B>chord organ,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an electric organ with a row of buttons to be pushed by the fingers of the left hand to produce musical chords. The keys of the chord organ are played with the right hand. </DL>
<A NAME="chordotonal">
<B>chordotonal, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> responsive to the vibrations or tones of sound. </DL>
<A NAME="chordotonalorgan">
<B>chordotonal organ,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a structure especially in insects, spiders, and certain larvae which is capable of sensing small movements by means of sensory cells responsive to sound vibrations. </DL>
<A NAME="chore">
<B>chore, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>an odd job; small task. <BR> <I>Ex. Feeding his dog was his daily chore.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a difficult or disagreeable thing to do. <BR> <I>Ex. She found housekeeping quite a chore. Preparing an income tax return is a chore if you have not kept good records.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="chorea">
<B>chorea, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a nervous disorder characterized by involuntary twitching of the muscles; St. Vitus's dance. <DD><B> 2. </B>a similar disease affecting dogs and rarely horses, cattle, or pigs. </DL>
<A NAME="choreal">
<B>choreal, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>having to do with, or symptomatic of, chorea. <DD><B> 2. </B>affected with chorea. Also, <B>choreic.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="choreboy">
<B>chore boy,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) <DD><B> 1. </B>a boy who does chores. <DD><B> 2. </B>a cook's helper or camp keeper on a ranch or in a lumber camp. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Informal.) errand boy. </DL>
<B>choreo-,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (combining form.) dance; dancing. <BR> <I>Ex. Choreodrama = dance drama. Choreomania = a mania for dancing. Choreosymphony = a symphony that includes dancing.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="choreograph">
<B>choreograph, </B>transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to arrange or design dancing for. <BR> <I>Ex. The New York City Ballet unveiled ... "Ivesiana," which George Balanchine choreographed to music by the late Charles Ives (Newsweek).</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> to do choreography. </DL>
<A NAME="choreographer">
<B>choreographer, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a planner or creator of dances in a ballet, motion picture, or musical play. <BR> <I>Ex. A musical comedy is the end product of the combined efforts of many people in addition to the cast--author, composer, lyricist, director, choreographer (New Yorker).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="choreographic">
<B>choreographic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having to do choreography. <BR> <I>Ex. Balinese dance is but one portion of the choreographic riches of Indonesia (Atlantic).</I> <DL COMPACT><DD> Also, <B>choregraphic.</B> </DL>
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<A NAME="choreographist">
<B>choreographist, </B>noun. =choreographer.</DL>
<A NAME="choreography">
<B>choreography, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1a. </B>the art of planning, designing, or arranging the dancing in a ballet, motion picture, or musical play; dance composition. <DD><B> b. </B>(formerly) any one of various written notations of dancing. <DD><B> 2. </B>the art of ballet or other dancing for the stage; dance compositions, collectively, as a branch of the arts. <DD><B> 3a. </B>a dance composition. <DD><B> b. </B>the dancing composed and arranged for a stage performance or motion picture. Also, <B>choregraphy.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="choriamb">
<B>choriamb, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a classical poetic foot of four syllables, one long, two short, and one long. </DL>
<A NAME="choriambic">
<B>choriambic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> consisting of or containing choriambs. </DL>
<A NAME="choriambus">
<B>choriambus, </B>noun, pl. <B>-bi,</B> <B>-buses.</B> =choriamb.</DL>
<A NAME="choric">
<B>choric, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or for a chorus, especially a chorus in an ancient Greek play. </DL>
<A NAME="chorine">
<B>chorine, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) a chorus girl. <BR> <I>Ex. [His] choreography has amazing liveliness, and the hoofing chorines are the jolliest bunch of girls in several seasons (Time).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="chorioallantoic">
<B>chorioallantoic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or belonging to the chorioallantois. </DL>
<A NAME="chorioallantois">
<B>chorioallantois, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a baglike fetal membrane formed by the fused walls of the chorion and the allantois, especially in birds. The chorioallantois of chick embryos is used as a culture medium for viruses and cells. </DL>
<A NAME="choriocarcinoma">
<B>choriocarcinoma, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> cancer of the chorionic tissue, especially in the placenta during or immediately following pregnancy. </DL>
<A NAME="chorioid">
<B>chorioid, </B>adjective, noun. =choroid.</DL>
<A NAME="choriomeningitis">
<B>choriomeningitis, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> inflammation of the membrane enveloping the brain, often due to a viral infection and characterized by the presence of lymphocytes in the cerebrospinal fluid. <BR> <I>Ex. lymphocytic choriomeningitis.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="chorion">
<B>chorion, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Embryology.) the outermost membrane, enclosing the amnion, of the sac which envelops the embryo or fetus of the higher vertebrates, such as mammals, birds, and reptiles. </DL>
<A NAME="chorionic">
<B>chorionic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with the chorion. <BR> <I>Ex. The human placenta is complex, as some living tissues of the uterus disappear and embryonic blood vessels on the chorionic villi are bathed in maternal blood (Tracy I. Storer).</I> </DL>
