chief: (adj.) (cf. precipua, esencale, unesma); (relating to the c.) chef-ala; (leader) cf. estro, chef-o; (to be) chef-esar; (leadership) chef-eso; c. engineer: chef-injenioro; c. priest: chef-, arki-sacerdoto; c. thing: chef-ajo, -a kozo, precipu-ajo; chiefly: precipue.
chieftain: (of a clan) klan-estro; (gen.) chef-(ul)o.
chignon: chiniono.
chigoe: chigo.
chilblain: frost-infl-uro.
child: (to the age of about seven) infanto, -ulo, -ino; (baby) infant-eto; (seven to fifteen years) puer-o, -ulo, -ino; (descendant) fili-o, -ulo, ino; -id-.
childbed, to be in: esar partur-anta, -onta.
childbirth: parturo, akusho; woman in c.: partur-int-ino.
childhood: infant-eso, puer-eso.
childish: infant-ala, -atra; puer-ala, -atra; to become c.: -eskar.
childishness: (act) infant-ajo; puer-al-ajo, (quality) -al-eso.
childless: (homi) sen-infanta.
childlike: infant-atra, fili-atra; naiva, kandida, inocenta.
chill: (tech.) frigor-et-izar; frost-etar; (plu-)kold-igar; (a hot body) des-varm-igar; (to become) add -eskar; (fig.) senkuraj-igar, -eskar; diminutar.
chill: kold(et)eso, -esko; cold c.: kolda fremiso; to take a c.: fremisar pro kold-eso, havar kolda fremisi; -y: kold-ig-anta, koldo-sent-ema.
chime: (the bells) klosh-aro; (the music) klosh-ario, -muziko, (v.) klosh-ple-ar, -sonigar; (fig.) (intr.) harmoniar.
chimera: kimer-o; -rical: -a, -ala, -atra, -ema, ne-praktik-ala, vizion-era, -ema.
chimney: kameno; (of lamp) lampo-kameno; c. flue: kamen-tubo; c. piece: kameno-mantelo; c. pot: kamen-tub-mitro; c. stack: korpo di kameno; c. sweep: kameno-skrap-ero, -isto.
chimpanzee: chimpanzeo.
chin: menton-o; protruding c.: -o sali-anta; double c.: -o du-pada; c.-strap, -band, -piece: -umo.
china: porcelana; c. clay: kaolino; c. ware: (crockery) fayenco.
chine: (of beef) fileto, spin-o, -ajo, -peco.
Chinese: Chini-ana, -ano; (things) -aji, -objekti.
chink: krevis-et-uro, fend(et)uro; (of metals) tinkl-et-ado (di monet-peci).
chintz: indieno.
chip: span-igar, -eskar, -o; (to break) rupt-etar; (chop) hak-etar; (cf. rabot-uro, splito, fragmento).
chiragra: kiragro.
chiromancy: kiromancio.
chiropodist: pedo-kurac-isto.
chiropter: kiroptero.
chirp: (intr.) pipi-ar, -(ad)o; (intr.) gorgear, -(ad)o.
chirurgery: kirurgio.
chisel: cizelar; (cf. grabar, xilografar, skultar); (n.) cizel-ilo; -ing: cizel-o, -uro.
chit: (of a girl) (hoyden) bub-ino; (sprout) jermo.
chit-chat: babil-ado.
chitin: (biol.) chitino.
chivalry: (quality) kavalier-eso, (group) -aro; -rous: -ala, -atra, galanta, brava, polita, jenerosa.
chive: cibol-eto.
chlamys: klamido.
chloric acid: klor-at-acido.
chlorate: klor-ato.
chlorine: (gas) kloro.
chloroform: kloroform-o, -agar, -izar.
chlorosis: kloroso; -rotic: -ala (of disease) -ika, -iko (of persons).
choana: choano.
chock: (wedge) koni-o, -agar; c. full: tote plen-ig-ita.
chocolate: chokolad-o, (coloured) -ea.
choice: (adj.) bon-ega, selekt-ita, eleganta, ecelanta.
choice: (n.) (act) selekt-(ad)o, elekt-(ad)o; alternativo; (thing) -ajo; prefer-ajo.
choir: (singers) kor-o, -kant-aro; (place) kor-eyo; c. boy: (chorister) kor-ista puero; c. leader: kor-estro.
choke: (tr., intr.) (stifle) sufokar; (throttle) strangular; (suppress) supresar; (obstruct) obstruktar; (stop up) stopar.
choke-damp: mefito.
choler: irac-o, -em-eso; -ic: -ema.
cholera: koler-o.
cholerine: (med.) kolerino.
choose: selektar, elektar; preferar.
chop: (off) (de-) tranchar; (with axe, etc.) (for-)hakar; (make a surface cut in) sekar; (mince) hachar; c. logic: rezon-ach-(ad)o.
chop: (of mutton etc.) kotleto; (act of cutting) trancho, hako; (part cut off) tranch-ajo, hakuro; (slice) loncho.
chopfallen: depresita, sham-oza.
chophouse: restor-erio, manj-erio.
chopper: hako-kultelo, (axe) hak-ilo; (hatchet) hak-il-eto; (cleaver) fend-ilo; (for mincing) hach-ilo.
choppy: (of sea) tumult-et-oza, ond-agit-ata, ond-plaud-oza; (of wind) chanj-ema, vari-ema.
chopsticks: manjo-baston-eti.
choral: kor-ala, kor-kant-ala; (n.) kor-kanto.
chord: (of music) harmonio, -oza konkordo, (intr. v.) harmoniar (kun) (intr.) konkordo; (rope, string) kord-o, -eto; (geom., arch.) kordo.
chore: task-eto.
chorea: (St. Vitus dance) koreo.
chorist(er): kor-ano, -kantero, -isto; (leader) kor-kant-estro, kantoro.
choroid coat: (of eye) koroido.
chorus: (song) kor-kanto; (refrain) refreno; (singers) koro, -kant-ant-aro; to sing in c.: kantar kore.
chrestomathy: krestomatio.
chrism: krismo.
Christ: Kristo; after C.: pos Kristo (p. K.); before C.: ante Kristo (a. K.); C. like: Krist-atra.
christen: (baptize) baptar, (name) pre-nom-izar.
