Challis Definition

shălē
noun
A soft, lightweight fabric of wool, cotton, rayon, etc., usually printed with a design.
Webster's New World
pronoun

An English surname derived from a Norman habitational name for someone from Eschalle in Pas-de-Calais, France.

Wiktionary

A city in Idaho.

Wiktionary

Origin of Challis

  • Possibly from the surname Challis

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Challis Sentence Examples

  • Two years later he succeeded Challis as director of the Observatory, where he resided until his death.

  • Comrade Challis was happy with simply calling people liars whenever he felt like it.

  • A good account of the subject from a mathematical point of view will be found in James Challis's " Report on the Theory of Capillary Attraction," Brit.

  • By September 1845 he obtained his first solution, and handed to Professor Challis, the director of the Cambridge Observatory, a paper giving the elements of what he described as "the new planet."

  • The latter was struck by the coincidence, and mentioned it to the Board of Visitors of the Observatory, James Challis and Sir John Herschel being present.

More Sentences

Find Similar Words

Find similar words to challis using the buttons below.

Words Starting With

CCHCHA

Words Ending With

SISLIS

Unscrambles

challis

Words Starting With C and Ending With S

Starts With C & Ends With SStarts With CH & Ends With SStarts With C & Ends With IS

Word Length

7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With C7 Letter Words Ending With S