At a local coffee bar, a young woman was expounding on her idea of the perfect mate to some of her friends.
"The man I marry must be a shining light amongst company. He must be musical. Tell jokes. Sing. And stay home at night!"
An old granny overheard and spoke up, "Honey, if that"s all you want, get a TV!"
—n. - a food preparation in the form of a paste or solid block made from ground cacao seeds and usu. Sweetened. B sweet made of or coated with this. C drink containing this.
- deep brown. —adj. - made from chocolate.
- deep brown. [aztec chocolatl]
CHOPSTICK
n. Each of a pair of sticks held in one hand as eating utensils by the chinese, japanese, etc. [pidgin english from chinese, = nimble ones]
CHORISTER
n. Member of a choir, esp. A choirboy. [french: related to *choir]
CHRISTIAN
era n. Era reckoned from christ's birth.
- name n. Forename, esp. As given at baptism.
- science n. Christian sect believing in the power of healing by prayer alone. christian scientist n.
- —adj. - of christ's teaching.
- believing in or following the religion of christ.
- showing the associated qualities.
- colloq. Kind. —n. Adherent of christianity. [latin christianus of *christ]
CHRISTMAS
eve n. 24 dec.
- n. - (also christmas day) annual festival of christ's birth, celebrated on 25 dec.
- period around this. christmassy adj. [old english: related to *christ, *mass2]
- pudding n. Rich boiled pudding of flour, suet, dried fruit, etc.
- rose n. White-flowered winter-blooming hellebore.
- tree n. Evergreen tree or imitation of this set up and decorated at christmas.
CHROMATIC
adj. - of colour; in colours.
- mus. A of or having notes not belonging to a particular diatonic scale. B (of a scale) ascending or descending by semitones. chromatically adv. [greek khroma -mat- colour]
CHROMATIN
n. Chromosome material in a cell nucleus which stains with basic dyes. [greek: related to *chrome]
CHRONICLE
—n. Register of events in order of occurrence. —v. (-ling) record (events) thus. [greek khronika: related to *chronic]
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