| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| curacies | plural | of Curacy |
| curarine | noun | A deadly alkaloid extracted from the curare poison and from the Strychnos toxifera. It is obtained in crystalline colorless salts. |
| curarize | verb t. | To poison with curare. |
| curassow | noun | A large gallinaceous bird of the American genera Crax, Ourax, etc., of the family Cracidae. |
| curation | noun | Cure; healing. |
| curative | verb t. | Relating to, or employed in, the cure of diseases; tending to cure. |
| curatrix | noun | A woman who cures., A woman who is a guardian or custodian. |
| curbless | adjective | Having no curb or restraint. |
| curculio | noun | One of a large group of beetles (Rhynchophora) of many genera; — called also weevils, snout beetles, billbeetles, and billbugs. Many of the species are very destructive, as the plum curculio, the corn, grain, and rice weevils, etc. |
| curcumin | noun | The coloring principle of turmeric, or curcuma root, extracted as an orange yellow crystalline substance, C14H14O4, with a green fluorescence. |
| curdling | present participle & vb. noun | of Curdle |
| curdless | adjective | Destitute of curd. |
| cureless | adjective | Incapable of cure; incurable. |
| curiosos | plural | of Curioso |
| curlycue | noun | Some thing curled or spiral,, as a flourish made with a pen on paper, or with skates on the ice; a trick; a frolicsome caper. |
| currency | noun | A continued or uninterrupted course or flow like that of a stream; as, the currency of time., The state or quality of being current; general acceptance or reception; a passing from person to person, or from hand to hand; circulation; as, a report has had a long or general currency; the currency of bank notes., That which is in circulation, or is given and taken as having or representing value; as, the currency of a country; a specie currency; esp., government or bank notes circulating as a substitute for metallic money., Fluency; readiness of utterance., Current value; general estimation; the rate at which anything is generally valued. |
| curricle | noun | A small or short course., A two-wheeled chaise drawn by two horses abreast. |
| currying | present participle & vb. noun | of Curry |
| cursedly | adverb | In a cursed manner; miserably; in a manner to be detested; enormously. |
| cursitor | noun | A courier or runner., An officer in the Court of Chancery, whose business is to make out original writs. |
| cursores | noun pl. | An order of running birds including the ostrich, emu, and allies; the Ratitaae., A group of running spiders; the wolf spiders. |
| curtness | noun | The quality of bing curt. |
| curvated | adjective | Bent in a regular form; curved. |
| curveted | imp. & past participle | of Curvet |