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- CURITEAn orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing hydrogen, lead, oxygen, and uranium.
- CURITESplural of curite
- CURLICUEA fancy twisting or curling shape usually made from a series of spirals and loops.
- CURPEL
- CURPELS
- CURRANTA small dried grape, usually the Black Corinth grape.
- CURRANTIESTResembling or characteristic of currants.
- CURRANTSplural of currant
- CURRANTYResembling or characteristic of currants.
- CURRENCYMoney or other items used to facilitate transactions.
- CURRENTSplural of current
- CURRISHPertaining to a cur or mongrel.
- CURRSthird-person singular simple present indicative of curr
- CURRYOne of a family of dishes originating from Indian cuisine, flavored by a spiced sauce.
- CURRYINGSplural of currying
- CURSIplural of cursus
- CURSORYHasty or superficial.
- CURTAILERSplural of curtailer
- CURTANAA short sword used for ceremonial purposes
- CURTESIESThe tenure that a man is entitled to over the property of his deceased wife if there is a child who could inherit it.
- CURTIN
- CURTNESSThe state of being curt.
- CURTSEYEDsimple past and past participle of curtsey
- CURVEDLYIn a curved manner.
- CURVITYThe state of being curved; a bending in a regular form; crookedness.
- CUSA
- CUSECA measure of the rate of flow of fluid, especially through a pipeline, equal to one cubic foot per second.
- CUSECSplural of cusec
- CUSHIESTsuperlative form of cushy: most cushy
- CUSI
- CUSPERA person considered to have been born on a cusp between significant generations.
- CUSPIDOREAlternative form of cuspidor (“spittoon”).
- CUST
- CUSTOMIZEDsimple past and past participle of customize
- CUSTOMIZINGpresent participle and gerund of customize
- CUSTUMARYObsolete form of customary.
- CUTAWAYSplural of cutaway
- CUTBANKThe outer edge of the bend in a stream or river, where the water cuts into the bank leaving the opposite side flat.
- CUTDOWNSplural of cutdown
- CUTESIEAlternative spelling of cutesy.
- CUTESIESTsuperlative form of cutesy: most cutesy
- CUTEYAlternative form of cutie.
- CUTI
- CUTINISEAlternative form of cutinize.
- CUTINIZETo change into cutin.
- CUTINIZEDsimple past and past participle of cutinize
- CUTLASSA short sword with a curved blade, and a convex edge; once used by sailors when boarding an enemy ship.
- CUTOFFSplural of cutoff
- CUTOVERSplural of cutover
- CUTTAGEThe propagation of plants via cuttings.
- CUTTERSplural of cutter
- CUTTIERShort, shortened, or small; curtailed.
- CUTTINGSplural of cutting
- CUTTOAlternative form of cuttoe.
- CUTWATERSplural of cutwater
- CUVETTEA pot, bucket, or basin, in which molten plate glass is carried from the melting pot to the casting table.
- CUZA
- CVAR
- CWTS
- CYANAMIDArchaic form of cyanamide.
- CYANE
- CYANISEDsimple past and past participle of cyanise
- CYANIZEDsimple past and past participle of cyanize
- CYANURATEA compound formed with cyanuric acid
- CYANURATESplural of cyanurate
- CYATHIFORMIn the form of a cup, a little widened at the top.
- CYBELE
- CYBERPETSplural of cyberpet
- CYBRIDAn artificial hybrid cell produced by introducing nuclear material from one organism into a cell (of the same or different species) from which the nucleus has been removed
- CYBRIDSplural of cybrid
- CYCASAny member of the plant genus Cycas.
- CYCASESplural of cycas
- CYCASINA toxin found in certain plants that affects the gastrointestinal tract and nervous system.
- CYCASINSplural of cycasin
- CYESISPregnancy.
- CYGWIN
- CYLONS
- CYMATIUMA molding on the cornice, above the corona, often having a wavelike form (cyma).
- CYMBALISTSplural of cymbalist
- CYMBALOThe dulcimer.
- CYMBALOESplural of cymbalo
- CYMBALOSplural of cymbalo
- CYMBALTA
- CYMBIDIA
- CYMBLINGAlternative form of cymling.
- CYMENESplural of cymene
- CYMLINSplural of cymlin
- CYMOPHANOUSHaving a wavy, floating light; opalescent; chatoyant.
- CYNARA
- CYNDAQUIL
- CYNOMOLGUSA long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis), native to Asia, that feeds on shellfish.
- CYNTHIA
- CYPRINIDSplural of cyprinid
- CYPRIPEDIUMA member of the orchid genus Cypripedium.
- CYSTEINIC
- CYSTOIDSplural of cystoid
- CYSTOLITHA concretion of mineral matter within a leaf or other part of a plant.
- CYTHEREA
- CYTODEA nonnucleated mass of protoplasm, the supposed simplest form of independent life, differing from the amoeba, in which nuclei are present
- CYTOGENIESplural of cytogeny