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 |