cucurbitaceous
- a of or relating to plants of the family Cucurbitaceae
chargeable
- s liable to be accused, or cause for such liability
the suspect was chargeable
charged
- v to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle
- v blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against
he charged the director with indifference - v demand payment
Will I get charged for this service? - v move quickly and violently
- v assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to
She was charged with supervising the creation of a concordance - v file a formal charge against
The suspect was charged with murdering his wife - v make an accusatory claim
The defense attorney charged that the jurors were biased - v fill or load to capacity
- v enter a certain amount as a charge
he charged me $15 - v cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution
- v give over to another for care or safekeeping
- v pay with a credit card; pay with plastic money; postpone payment by recording a purchase as a debt
- v lie down on command, of hunting dogs
- v cause to be agitated, excited, or roused
The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks - v place a heraldic bearing on
- v provide (a device) with something necessary
- v direct into a position for use
He charged his weapon at me - v impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to
He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend - v instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence
- v instruct or command with authority
The teacher charged the children to memorize the poem - v attribute responsibility to
The tragedy was charged to her inexperience - v set or ask for a certain price
- v cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on
- v energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge
- v saturate
The room was charged with tension and anxiety - a of a particle or body or system; having a net amount of positive or negative electric charge
charged particles
a charged battery - s fraught with great emotion
an atmosphere charged with excitement
an emotionally charged speech - s supplied with carbon dioxide
- s capable of producing violent emotion or arousing controversy
the highly charged issue of abortion
charismatic
- s possessing an extraordinary ability to attract
a charismatic leader
charitable
- a relating to or characterized by charity
a charitable foundation - a full of love and generosity
charitable to the poor
a charitable trust - s showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity
was charitable in his opinions of others
charmed
- v attract; cause to be enamored
- v control by magic spells, as by practicing witchcraft
- v protect through supernatural powers or charms
- v induce into action by using one's charm
She charmed him into giving her all his money - s strongly attracted
- s filled with wonder and delight
charming
- v attract; cause to be enamored
- v control by magic spells, as by practicing witchcraft
- v protect through supernatural powers or charms
- v induce into action by using one's charm
- s pleasing or delighting
endowed with charming manners
a charming little cottage
a charming personality - s possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers
charming incantations
charnel
- n a vault or building where corpses or bones are deposited
- s gruesomely indicative of death or the dead
a charnel smell came from the chest filled with dead men's bones