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A large, slender wild cat (Acinonyx jubatus) native to Africa and parts of Iran, known for being the fastest land animal, capable of running at speeds up to 70 mph (112 km/h).

A professional cook, especially the head cook in a restaurant or hotel.

Professional cooks, especially those in charge of kitchens in restaurants or hotels.

A district in west London, England, known for its affluent character and cultural significance.

Of or relating to chemistry or chemicals; produced by or used in a chemical process.

Substances produced by or used in chemical processes; compounds used in manufacturing, research, or other applications.

A scientist who specializes in chemistry.

The scientific study of the composition, structure, properties, and reactions of matter, especially at the atomic and molecular level.

(informal) Chemotherapy; the treatment of disease, especially cancer, using chemical substances.

A Chinese surname, one of the most common in China and among Chinese diaspora communities worldwide.

A Chinese surname, which may correspond to several different Chinese characters including 程 (Chéng), 成 (Chéng), or 郑/鄭 (Zhèng).

(British spelling) A written order directing a bank to pay a specified sum from the writer's account to a named person or organization.

To hold dear; to feel or show great love and affection for someone or something.

Small, round stone fruits that are typically red or dark red when ripe, with a single hard seed inside.

A small, round stone fruit that is typically red or dark red when ripe, with a single hard seed.

A female given name that was particularly popular in the mid-20th century.

A strategic board game for two players, played on a checkered 64-square board with 16 pieces per player, the objective being to checkmate the opponent's king.

The front part of the human body between the neck and the abdomen, containing the heart and lungs.

A historic city in Cheshire, northwest England, known for its Roman walls and medieval architecture.

A male given name, typically a diminutive or informal form of Chester.

A Chinese surname, the Cantonese romanization of the surname written 張/张 in Chinese characters (Mandarin: Zhāng).

(informal) Chevrolet, an American automobile brand and division of General Motors.

To bite and grind food with the teeth in preparation for swallowing.

(past tense of chew) Bit and ground food or another substance with the teeth.

Biting and grinding food or another substance with the teeth.

A member of a Native American people originally from the Great Plains region of North America.

This appears to be a non-standard entry, possibly a typo, data artifact, or onomatopoeic representation of a sound (such as a hissing or exhaling noise).

(also qi, pronounced /tʃiː/) In Chinese philosophy and medicine, the vital life force or energy that flows through all living things.

Elegantly and stylishly fashionable.

The third-most populous city in the United States, located in northeastern Illinois on the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan.

A young bird, especially a newly hatched chicken.

A domestic fowl (Gallus gallus domesticus) kept for its eggs or meat.

Domestic fowl kept for eggs or meat.

Young birds, especially newly hatched chickens.

A city in Butte County, California, United States, home to California State University, Chico.

(noun) The leader or head of an organization, group, or people.

Leaders or heads of organizations, tribes, or groups.

A young human being below the age of puberty.

The period of time when a person is a child, from birth to puberty.

(often disapproving) Behaving in a silly or immature way that is inappropriate for an adult.

Plural of "child": young human beings below the age of puberty.

A country in South America, a long narrow strip along the western coast between the Andes mountains and the Pacific Ocean.

A small hot-tasting pod of a variety of capsicum, used chopped or dried as a spice or flavoring.

An unpleasant feeling of coldness; a moderate degree of cold.

Causing fear or horror; frighteningly disturbing.

Sensations of coldness accompanied by shivering.

Uncomfortably cool or cold.

A bell or set of bells producing a musical sound.

A set of bells or tubes that produce musical sounds.

Making a musical bell-like sound.