| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| cube | noun | A regular solid body, with six equal square sides., The product obtained by taking a number or quantity three times as a factor; as, 4×4=16, and 16×4=64, the cube of 4., To raise to the third power; to obtain the cube of. |
| cuca | noun | See Coca. |
| cuff | verb t. | To strike; esp., to smite with the palm or flat of the hand; to slap., To buffet., To fight; to scuffle; to box., A blow; esp.,, a blow with the open hand; a box; a slap., The fold at the end of a sleeve; the part of a sleeve turned back from the hand., Any ornamental appendage at the wrist, whether attached to the sleeve of the garment or separate; especially, in modern times, such an appendage of starched linen, or a substitute for it of paper, or the like. |
| cull | verb t. | To separate, select, or pick out; to choose and gather or collect; as, to cull flowers., A cully; a dupe; a gull. See Cully. |
| culm | noun | The stalk or stem of grain and grasses (including the bamboo), jointed and usually hollow., Mineral coal that is not bituminous; anthracite, especially when found in small masses., The waste of the Pennsylvania anthracite mines, consisting of fine coal, dust, etc., and used as fuel. |
| cult | n . | Attentive care; homage; worship., A system of religious belief and worship. |
| cund | verb t. | To con (a ship). |
| curb | verb t. | To bend or curve, To guide and manage, or restrain, as with a curb; to bend to one’s will; to subject; to subdue; to restrain; to confine; to keep in check., To furnish wich a curb, as a well; also, to restrain by a curb, as a bank of earth., To bend; to crouch; to cringe., That which curbs, restrains, or subdues; a check or hindrance; esp., a chain or strap attached to the upper part of the branches of a bit, and capable of being drawn tightly against the lower jaw of the horse., An assemblage of three or more pieces of timber, or a metal member, forming a frame around an opening, and serving to maintain the integrity of that opening; also, a ring of stone serving a similar purpose, as at the eye of a dome., A frame or wall round the mouth of a well; also, a frame within a well to prevent the earth caving in., A curbstone., A swelling on the back part of the hind leg of a horse, just behind the lowest part of the hock joint, generally causing lameness. |
| curd | noun | The coagulated or thickened part of milk, as distinguished from the whey, or watery part. It is eaten as food, especially when made into cheese., The coagulated part of any liquid., The edible flower head of certain brassicaceous plants, as the broccoli and cauliflower., To cause to coagulate or thicken; to cause to congeal; to curdle., To become coagulated or thickened; to separate into curds and whey |
| cure | noun | Care, heed, or attention., Spiritual charge; care of soul; the office of a parish priest or of a curate; hence, that which is committed to the charge of a parish priest or of a curate; a curacy; as, to resign a cure; to obtain a cure., Medical or hygienic care; remedial treatment of disease; a method of medical treatment; as, to use the water cure., Act of healing or state of being healed; restoration to health from disease, or to soundness after injury., Means of the removal of disease or evil; that which heals; a remedy; a restorative., To heal; to restore to health, soundness, or sanity; to make well; — said of a patient., To subdue or remove by remedial means; to remedy; to remove; to heal; — said of a malady., To set free from (something injurious or blameworthy), as from a bad habit., To prepare for preservation or permanent keeping; to preserve, as by drying, salting, etc.; as, to cure beef or fish; to cure hay., To pay heed; to care; to give attention., To restore health; to effect a cure., To become healed., A curate; a pardon. |
| curl | noun | To twist or form into ringlets; to crisp, as the hair., To twist or make onto coils, as a serpent’s body., To deck with, or as with, curls; to ornament., To raise in waves or undulations; to ripple., To shape (the brim) into a curve., To contract or bend into curls or ringlets, as hair; to grow in curls or spirals, as a vine; to be crinkled or contorted; to have a curly appearance; as, leaves lie curled on the ground., To move in curves, spirals, or undulations; to contract in curving outlines; to bend in a curved form; to make a curl or curls., To play at the game called curling., A ringlet, especially of hair; anything of a spiral or winding form., An undulating or waving line or streak in any substance, as wood, glass, etc.; flexure; sinuosity., A disease in potatoes, in which the leaves, at their first appearance, seem curled and shrunken. |
| curr | verb i. | To coo. |
| curt | adjective | Characterized by excessive brevity; short; rudely concise; as, curt limits; a curt answer. |
| cusk | noun | A large, edible, marine fish (Brosmius brosme), allied to the cod, common on the northern coasts of Europe and America; — called also tusk and torsk. |
| cusp | noun | A triangular protection from the intrados of an arch, or from an inner curve of tracery., The beginning or first entrance of any house in the calculations of nativities, etc., The point or horn of the crescent moon or other crescent-shaped luminary., A multiple point of a curve at which two or more branches of the curve have a common tangent., A prominence or point, especially on the crown of a tooth., A sharp and rigid point., To furnish with a cusp or cusps. |
| cute | adjective | Clever; sharp; shrewd; ingenious; cunning. |