Free Bryson's Dictionary For Writers And Editors (v5.0) by Bill Bryson

Research, based in Geneva, Switzerland.
    Cervantes, (Saavedra) Miguel de. (1547–1616) Spanish author.
    c’est la guerre. (Fr.) “That’s the way of war.”
    Cévennes. Mountains in southern France.
    Ceylon. Former name of Sri Lanka.
    Cézanne, Paul. (1839–1906) French impressionist painter.
    cf. Confer. (Lat.) “Compare” used in cross-references.
    Chablais. Region of Haute-Savoie, France.
    Chablis. French village and white burgundy wine (also cap.).
    chacun à son goût. (Fr.) “Each to his own taste.”
    chacun pour soi. (Fr.) “Everyone for himself.”
    chador. Large piece of cloth worn by some Muslim women, which is wrapped around the body to leave only the face exposed; pl.
chadors
.
    chaebol. Korean business conglomerate; pl. same.
    chafe, chaff. To
chafe
means to make sore or worn by rubbing (or, figuratively, to annoy or irritate). To
chaff
means to tease good-naturedly.
    chaffinch. Type of bird.
    Chagall, Marc. (1889–1985) Russian-born French artist.
    chagrined.
    chaise-longue, pl.
chaises-longues.
    Chakvetadze, Anna. (1987–) Russian tennis player.
    Chaliapin, Feodor (Ivanovich). (1873–1938) Russian opera singer.
    challah (or chalah or hallah ). Type of Jewish bread.
    Chalon-sur-Saône, Châlons-en-Champagne, Chalonnes-sur-Loire, France.
    Chamberlain, Sir (Joseph) Austen. (1863–1937) British politician, awarded Nobel Peace Prize (1925); son of Joseph Chamberlain (1836–1914), also a politician; half brother of (Arthur) Neville Chamberlain (1869–1940), British prime minister (1937–1940).
    Chamberlain, Wilt. (1936–1999) American basketball player.
    Chambers’s Encyclopaedia.
    chameleon.
    chamois. The plural is also
chamois
, for both the antelope and the cloth for wiping cars.
    Champagne. Region of France, formally Champagne-Ardenne; the wine is champagne (no cap.).
    champaign. An open plain.
    Champaign, Illinois.
    Champaigne, Philippe de. (1602–1674) French painter.
    Champigny-sur-Marne. Suburb of Paris.
    Champlain, Samuel de. (1567–1635) Founder of Quebec.
    Champollion, Jean François. (1790–1832) French Egyptologist who helped decipher the hieroglyphics on the Rosetta Stone.
    Champs-Élysées, Paris.
    Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. Post in the British Cabinet that has no formal duties, enabling the holder to take up special assignments for the prime minister.
    Chancellorsville, battle of. Note
-orsv-.
Battle in the Civil War.
    Chandigarh. Indian city laid out by Le Corbusier.
    Chang Jiang (Pinyin)/ Yangtze River. If you use the Pinyin spelling (as many users now do) you should make at least passing reference to the Yangtze, as that name is much more widely known in the English-speaking world.
    Chanukah. Use Hanukkah.
    chaparral. Scrubby thicket of the American West.
    chapati/chapatti. Type of unleavened bread from India.
    chaperon.
    Chappaquiddick. Island off Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, made internationally famous in 1969 when Senator Edward Kennedy drove a car off a bridge following a party and his passenger, Mary Jo Kopechne, died.
    chargé d’affaires, pl.
chargés d’affaires.
    Charlemagne. Charles I (742–814), first Holy Roman Emperor (800–814).
    Charlotte Amalie. Capital of U.S. Virgin Islands.
    Charlotte Douglas International Airport, North Carolina.
    Charlottenburg. Suburb of Berlin.
    Charollais cattle.
    chary. Doubtful, cautious; but chariness.
    Charybdis. In Greek mythology, a whirlpool off the coast of Sicily. It is often paired metaphorically with Scylla, a six-headed monster who lived nearby. In this sense Charybdis and Scylla signify any highly unattractive—and unavoidable—dilemma.
    chastise. Not
-ize.
    Chateaubriand, Francois-René, Vicomte de. (1768–1848) French statesman and writer. The steak dish named for him is usually not capitalized.
    Châteaubriant, France.
    Château-Lafite, Château-Margaux. French red