checker: (n.) (a square) quadrato; (person) kontrol-ero, -isto, -mark-iz-isto, -ero; (game) dam-i, (one c.) dam-o, (to play) ludar dami; c.board: damo-planko; c. wise: quadrat-ope, -iz-ita.
cheek: (anat.) vango; (fig.) sen-sham-eso; c.bone: zigomato; full c.ed: vang-oza; c. pouch: vango-sako; -y: impertinenta.
cheep: gorge(et)ar.
cheer: (acclaim) aklamar, voco-salutar; (encourage) kuraj-igar, ri-fort-igar; c. up: gay-igar, joy-igar; konsolacar, des-enoy-igar.
cheer: aklamo, voco-saluto, viv-klamo; gay-eso; kurajo; -ful: gaya; -fulness: kontent-eso, gay-eso; -less: trista.
cheese: fromajo; cream c.: kazeo, krem-kazeo; c. maker: fromaj-if-isto; c. seller: -vendisto.
cheeseparing: (niggardly) avar-a, -acha; spar-eg-ema.
cheetah: gepardo.
chef: chef-koqu-isto.
chef-d’oeuvre: maestro-verko.
chemical: kemi-ala, ajo.
chemise: kamizo.
chemisette: kamiz-eto.
chemist: (scientist) kemi-isto; (pharmacist) farmac-isto, apotek-isto; c. shop: apoteko.
chemistry: kemio.
cheque: cheko.
chequer: (tr., intr.) (vary) variar.
cherish: afecionar, konservar; nutrar, entratenar; prizar.
cherry: ceriz-o; (c. coloured) -ea; (tree) -iero; wild c.: meriz-o, -iero; c. stone: cerizo-kerno; c. laurel: ceriz-lauro; heart c.: guindo; c. brandy: ceriz-ratafio.
cherub: kerubo; -ic: -ala, anjel-ala, -atra.
chervil: cerfolio.
chess: (pieces) shak-o, -i; (the game) shak-lud-o, -ar; c.board: shak-planko; c.man: shak-o, -o-peco.
chest: (breast) pektoro (cf. torako,torso); (box) kesto. buxo; (trunk) kofro; (bureau) komodo; broad c.ed: larj-pektora.
chestnut: (edible) kastano; (European) marono; horse c.: kaval-kastano; c. tree: add -iero; c. coloured: kastanea, -bruna; maron-ea; that’s a c.: to esas ev-oza joko.
cheval-glass: person-spegul(eg)o.
chevalier: kavaliero.
chevron: chevrono.
chew: mastikar; (c. and swallow) manjar; (a cud) (tr., intr.) ruminar; a c.: mastik-ajo.
chiaroscuro: klar-obskur-a, -o.
chic: chik-a, (n.) -eso; segun-mod-a, -eso.
chiasolite: maklo.
chicanery: shikan-(ad)o, -em-eso; (v.) shikanar (ulu, pri ulo).
chick(en): han-yun-et-o, -ulo, -ino; Mother Carey’s c.: tempesto-petrelo; c. house: han-eyo, -dom-eto; c.-hearted: poltrono, timida.
chick-pea: garbanzo.
chicken-pox: variol-eto.
chicory: cikorio.
chide: reprimand(et)ar, reprochar.
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.