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10,231 words — headwords with part of speech, pronunciation, and a plain-language definition.

chaleureux: a warm, emotive person.; a soft, expressive style of literature or art.
challenge: challenge
challenger: to challenge
challengeur: challenger (one who challenges)
chaloir: to matter (to), to be of import (for)
chalon: Chalon (language)
chalonnais: of any of several places called Chalon or Chalonnes in France
chaloupe: launch; rowing boat (UK), rowboat (US)
chalouper: to sway, to rock (said of dancing or walking)
chaloupé: swinging, swaying
chalumeau: oxy-fuel torch (usually oxy-acetylene; used for cutting, welding, etc.); chalumeau; drinking straw
chalut: trawl (net); dragnet
chalutage: trawling
chaluter: to trawl
chalutier: trawler (fishing boat)
cham: Cham
cham: Cham (language)
chamade: chamade
chamailler: to bicker, to squabble, to quarrel, especially over something of little value
chamaillerie: bicker; quarrel
chamailleur: bickerer; squabbler
chamaillis: quarrel, fracas
chamallow: marshmallow (confectionery)
chaman: shaman
chamane: post-1990 spelling of chaman
chamanique: shamanic
chamanisme: shamanism
chamaniste: shamanist
chamarré: bedizened (richly brocaded)
chambard: bedlam, rumpus, hullabaloo; mayhem
chambardement: upheaval
chambarder: to turn upside down; to radically reorganize
chambellan: chamberlain
chambertin: Chambertin (wine)
chamboulement: upheaval
chambouler: to shatter; to shake; to turn upside down; to upset
chambranle: frame, casing (of door/window); mantelpiece
chambre: a chamber in its various senses, including:
chambre basse: lower house
chambre d'ami: guest room (room in a home set aside for the use of visiting guests)
chambre d'enregistrement: rubber stamp committee
chambre d'hôte: bed and breakfast
chambre d'hôtes: alternative spelling of chambre d'hôte
chambre de combustion: combustion chamber (enclosed space, within a heat engine, in which the fuel is mixed and reacted with air or other oxidizing agent in a controlled manner)
chambre de commerce: chamber of commerce
chambre de rhétorique: chamber of rhetoric
chambre forte: strongroom, vault
chambre haute: upper house
chambre magmatique: magma chamber
chambre noire: darkroom
chambre opératoire: operating room, operating theatre
chambre stérile: white room, cleanroom
chambre à air: inner tube
chambre à bain: bathroom
chambre à coucher: bedroom (room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping)
chambre à gaz: gas chamber
chambrer: to bring wine to room temperature; to mock
chambrette: diminutive of chambre; small bedroom
chambreur: the compartment in which a product (e.g. syrup) is held to maintain its temperature after heating; a holding tube
chambreur: a tenant of a room