8-Letter Words Starting: CHAL

• The location where the nucellus attaches to the integuments, opposite the micropyle.

• One of the two spiral bands which attach the yolk of an egg to the eggshell, suspending it in the white.

• basal part of a plant ovule opposite the micropyle; where integument and nucellus are joined

• one of two spiral bands of tissue connecting the egg yolk to the enclosing membrane at either end of the shell

• a soft whitish calcite

• a pure flat white with little reflectance

• an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant

• a piece of calcite or a similar substance, usually in the shape of a crayon, that is used to write or draw on blackboards or other flat surfaces

• write, draw, or trace with chalk

• composed of or containing or resembling calcium carbonate or calcite or chalk

• of something having the color of chalk

• any of various tiny insects whose larvae are parasites on eggs and larvae of other insects; many are beneficial in destroying injurious insects

• (Judaism) a loaf of white bread containing eggs and leavened with yeast; often formed into braided loaves and glazed with eggs before baking