Culver's physic
1: a tall perennial herb having spikes of small white or purple flowers; common in eastern North America [syn: {Culver's root}, {Culvers root}, {Culvers physic}, {whorlywort}, {Veronicastrum virginicu...
Culver's root
1: a tall perennial herb having spikes of small white or purple flowers; common in eastern North America [syn: {Culvers root}, {Culver's physic}, {Culvers physic}, {whorlywort}, {Veronicastrum virgini...
culverin
1: a heavy cannon with a long barrel used in the 16th and 17th centuries 2: a medieval musket
Culvers physic
1: a tall perennial herb having spikes of small white or purple flowers; common in eastern North America [syn: {Culver's root}, {Culvers root}, {Culver's physic}, {whorlywort}, {Veronicastrum virginic...
Culvers root
1: a tall perennial herb having spikes of small white or purple flowers; common in eastern North America [syn: {Culver's root}, {Culver's physic}, {Culvers physic}, {whorlywort}, {Veronicastrum virgin...
culvert
1: a transverse and totally enclosed drain under a road or railway
cum
1: the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract [syn: {semen}, {seed}, {seminal fluid}, {ejaculate}]
cum laude
1: with honor; with academic distinction; "a cum laude graduate" adv : with honor; "he graduated cum laude"
Cumana
1: a port city in northeastern Venezuela on the Caribbean Sea; founded in 1523, it is the oldest European settlement in South America
cumarone
1: a colorless oily compound extracted from coal tar and used in manufacturing synthetic resins [syn: {benzofuran}, {coumarone}]
cumber
1: hold back [syn: {restrain}, {encumber}, {constrain}]
Cumberland
1: English general; son of George II; fought unsuccessfully in the battle of Fontenoy (1721-1765) [syn: {William Augustus}, {Duke of Cumberland}, {Butcher Cumberland}] 2: a river that rises in southea...
Cumberland Gap
1: a pass through the Cumberland Mountains between Virginia and Kentucky that early settlers used in order to move west
Cumberland Plateau
1: the southwestern part of the Appalachians [syn: {Cumberland Mountains}]
Cumberland River
1: a river that rises in southeastern Kentucky and flows westward through northern Tennessee to become a tributary of the Ohio River in southwestern Kentucky [syn: {Cumberland}]
cumbersome
1: difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight; "a cumbersome piece of machinery"; "cumbrous protective clothing" [syn: {cumbrous}] 2: not elegant or graceful in expression; "an aw...
cumbersomeness
1: trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape; "the movers cursed the unwieldiness of the big piano" [syn: {awkwardness}, {unwieldiness}]
Cumbria
1: a former Celtic kingdom in northwestern England; the name continued to be used for the hilly northwestern region of England including the Lake District and the northern Pennines 2: a county of nort...
cumbrous
1: difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight; "a cumbersome piece of machinery"; "cumbrous protective clothing" [syn: {cumbersome}]
cumfrey
1: perennial herbs of Europe and Iran; make rapidly growing groundcover for shaded areas [syn: {comfrey}]
cumin
1: dwarf Mediterranean annual long cultivated for its aromatic seeds [syn: {Cuminum cyminum}] 2: aromatic seeds of the cumin herb of the carrot family [syn: {cumin seed}]
cumin seed
1: aromatic seeds of the cumin herb of the carrot family [syn: {cumin}]
Cuminum
1: cumin [syn: {genus Cuminum}]
Cuminum cyminum
1: dwarf Mediterranean annual long cultivated for its aromatic seeds [syn: {cumin}]
cummerbund
1: a broad pleated sash worn as formal dress with a tuxedo
cummings
1: United States writer noted for his typographically eccentric poetry (1894-1962) [syn: {e. e. cummings}, {Edward Estlin Cummings}]
cumquat
1: any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Fortunella bearing small orange-colored edible fruits with thick sweet-flavored skin and sour pulp [syn: {kumquat}, {kumquat tree}]
cumulate
1: collect or gather; "Journals are accumulating in my office"; "The work keeps piling up" [syn: {accumulate}, {conglomerate}, {pile up}, {gather}, {amass}]
cumulative
1: increasing by successive addition; "the benefits are cumulative"; "the eventual accumulative effect of these substances" [syn: {accumulative}]
cumulative preferred
1: preferred stock whose dividends if omitted accumulate until paid out [syn: {cumulative preferred stock}]
cumulative vote
1: an election in which each person has as many votes as there are positions to be filled and they can all be cast for one candidate or can be distributed in any manner
cumulatively
1: in a cumulative manner; "mind has become self-reproducing through man's capacity to transmit experience and its products cumulatively"
cumulonimbus
1: a dark cloud of great vertical extent charged with electricity; associated with thunderstorms [syn: {cumulonimbus cloud}, {thundercloud}] [also: {cumulonimbi} (pl)]
cumulonimbus cloud
1: a dark cloud of great vertical extent charged with electricity; associated with thunderstorms [syn: {cumulonimbus}, {thundercloud}]
cumulous
1: thrown together in a pile; "a desk heaped with books"; "heaped-up ears of corn"; "ungraded papers piled high" [syn: {heaped}, {heaped-up}, {piled}]
cumulus
1: a globular cloud [syn: {cumulus cloud}] 2: a collection of objects laid on top of each other [syn: {pile}, {heap}, {mound}] [also: {cumuli} (pl)]
Cunaxa
1: battle in 401 BC when the Artaxerxes II defeated his younger brother who tried to usurp the throne [syn: {battle of Cunaxa}]
cunctation
1: the act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or defering an action to a later time [syn: {procrastination}, {shillyshally}]
cunctator
1: someone who postpones work (especially out of laziness or habitual carelessness) [syn: {procrastinator}, {postponer}]
cuneal
1: shaped like a wedge [syn: {wedge-shaped}, {cuneiform}]
cuneate
1: of a leaf shape; narrowly triangular, wider at the apex and tapering toward the base [syn: {wedge-shaped}]
cuneate leaf
1: a wedge-shaped leaf having the acute angle at the base
cuneiform
1: shaped like a wedge [syn: {wedge-shaped}, {cuneal}] 2: of or relating to the tarsal bones (or other wedge-shaped bones) n : an ancient wedge-shaped script used in Mesopotamia and Persia
cuneiform bone
1: a wrist bone that articulates with the pisiform and hamate and lunate bones [syn: {triquetral}, {triquetral bone}, {os triquetrum}, {pyramidal bone}]
cuneus
1: any shape that is triangular in cross section [syn: {wedge}, {wedge shape}]
Cuniculus paca
1: large burrowing rodent of South America and Central America; highly esteemed as food [syn: {paca}]
cunner
1: common in north Atlantic coastal waters of the United States [syn: {bergall}, {Tautogolabrus adspersus}]
cunnilinctus
1: oral stimulation of the vulva or clitoris [syn: {cunnilingus}]
cunnilingus
1: oral stimulation of the vulva or clitoris [syn: {cunnilinctus}]
cunning
1: attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness; "a cute kid with pigtails"; "a cute little apartment"; "cunning kittens"; "a cunning baby" [syn: {cute}] 2: marked by skill ...
Cunningham
1: United States dancer and choreographer (born in 1922) [syn: {Merce Cunningham}]
cunningly
1: in an attractive manner; "how cunningly the olive-green dress with its underskirt of rose-brocade fitted her perfect figure" [syn: {cutely}] 2: in an artful manner; "he craftily arranged to be ther...
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cunonia family
1: trees or shrubs or climbers; mostly southern hemisphere [syn: {Cunoniaceae}, {family Cunoniaceae}]
Cunoniaceae
1: trees or shrubs or climbers; mostly southern hemisphere [syn: {family Cunoniaceae}, {cunonia family}]
cunt
1: a woman who is thoroughly disliked; "she said her son thought Hilary was a bitch" [syn: {bitch}] 2: obscene terms for female genitals [syn: {puss}, {pussy}, {slit}, {snatch}, {twat}]
Cuon
1: Asiatic wild dog [syn: {Cyon}, {genus Cuon}, {genus Cyon}]
Cuon alpinus
1: fierce wild dog of the forests of central and southeast Asia that hunts in packs [syn: {dhole}]
cup
1: a United States liquid unit equal to 8 fluid ounces 2: the quantity a cup will hold; "he drank a cup of coffee"; "he borrowed a cup of sugar" [syn: {cupful}] 3: a small open container usually used ...
cup and saucer
1: European biennial widely cultivated for its blue or violet or white flowers [syn: {Canterbury bell}, {Campanula medium}]
cup final
1: the final game of any cup competition (such as the annual final of the English soccer competition at Wembley)
cup fungus
1: any fungus that is a member of the subclass Discomycetes [syn: {discomycete}]
cup hook
1: hook (usually on the underside of a shelf) for hanging cups
cup morel
1: an edible morel with a cup-shaped or saucer-shaped fruiting body can be up to 20 cm wide; the fertile surface inside the cup has wrinkles radiating from the center; can be easily confused with ined...
cup of tea
1: an activity that you like or at which you are superior; "chemistry is not my cup of tea"; "his bag now is learning to play golf"; "marriage was scarcely his dish" [syn: {bag}, {dish}]
cup tie
1: an eliminating game between teams in a cup competition
cup-shaped
1: shaped like (or supporting) a cupule [syn: {cupular}, {cupulate}]
cupbearer
1: the attendant (usually an officer of a nobleman's household) whose duty is to fill and serve cups of wine
cupboard
1: a small room (or recess) or cabinet used for storage space [syn: {closet}]
cupcake
1: small cake baked in a muffin tin
cupel
1: small porous bowl made of bone ash used in assaying to separate precious metals from e.g. lead [syn: {bone-ash cup}, {refractory pot}] [also: {cupelling}, {cupelled}]
cupflower
1: Mexican evergreen climbing plant having large solitary funnel-shaped fragrant yellow flowers with purple-brown ridges in the throat [syn: {chalice vine}, {trumpet flower}, {Solandra guttata}] 2: an...
cupful
1: the quantity a cup will hold; "he drank a cup of coffee"; "he borrowed a cup of sugar" [syn: {cup}]
Cupid
1: (Roman mythology) god of love; counterpart of Greek Eros [syn: {Amor}]
Cupid's bow
1: the double curve of the upper lip when considered to resemble Cupid's bow 2: a curved bow with reversed curve ends
cupid's dart
1: south European plant having dark-eyed flowers with flat blue rays [syn: {blue succory}, {Catananche caerula}]
Cupid's disease
1: a communicable disease transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact [syn: {venereal disease}, {VD}, {social disease}, {Cupid's itch}, {Venus's curse}, {sexually transmitted disease}]
Cupid's itch
1: a communicable disease transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact [syn: {venereal disease}, {VD}, {social disease}, {Cupid's disease}, {Venus's curse}, {sexually transmitted disease}]
cupidity
1: extreme greed for material wealth [syn: {avarice}, {avariciousness}, {covetousness}]
cuplike
1: resembling the shape of a cup
cupola
1: a vertical cylindrical furnace for melting iron for casting 2: a roof in the form of a dome
cuppa
1: a cup of tea [syn: {cupper}]
cupper
1: a cup of tea [syn: {cuppa}]
Cupressaceae
1: cypresses and junipers and many cedars [syn: {family Cupressaceae}, {cypress family}]
Cupressus
1: type genus of Cupressaceae [syn: {genus Cupressus}]
Cupressus abramsiana
1: rare California cypress taller than but closely related to gowen cypress and sometimes considered the same species [syn: {Santa Cruz cypress}, {Cupressus goveniana abramsiana}]
Cupressus arizonica
1: Arizona timber tree with bluish silvery foliage [syn: {Arizona cypress}]
Cupressus goveniana
1: small sometimes shrubby tree native to California; often used as an ornamental; in some classification systems includes the Pygmy cypress and the Santa Cruz cypress [syn: {gowen cypress}]
Cupressus goveniana abramsiana
1: rare California cypress taller than but closely related to gowen cypress and sometimes considered the same species [syn: {Santa Cruz cypress}, {Cupressus abramsiana}]
Cupressus goveniana pigmaea
1: rare small cypress native to northern California; sometimes considered the same species as gowen cypress [syn: {pygmy cypress}, {Cupressus pigmaea}]
Cupressus guadalupensis
1: relatively low wide-spreading endemic on Guadalupe Island; cultivated for its bluish foliage [syn: {Guadalupe cypress}]
Cupressus lusitanica
1: tall spreading evergreen found in Mexico having drooping branches; believed to have been introduced into Portugal from Goa [syn: {Mexican cypress}, {cedar of Goa}, {Portuguese cypress}]
Cupressus macrocarpa
1: tall California cypress endemic on Monterey Bay; widely used for ornament as well as reforestation and shelterbelt planting [syn: {Monterey cypress}]
Cupressus pigmaea
1: rare small cypress native to northern California; sometimes considered the same species as gowen cypress [syn: {pygmy cypress}, {Cupressus goveniana pigmaea}]
Cupressus sempervirens
1: tall Eurasian cypress with thin gray bark and ascending branches [syn: {Italian cypress}, {Mediterranean cypress}]
cupric
1: of or containing divalent copper [syn: {cuprous}]
cupric acetate
1: a blue or green powder used as a paint pigment [syn: {verdigris}]
cupric sulfate
1: a copper salt made by the action of sulfuric acid on copper oxide [syn: {copper sulfate}, {copper sulphate}, {cupric sulphate}]
cupric sulphate
1: a copper salt made by the action of sulfuric acid on copper oxide [syn: {copper sulfate}, {copper sulphate}, {cupric sulfate}]
Cuprimine
1: a drug (trade name Cuprimine) used to treat heavy metal poisoning and Wilson's disease and severe arthritis [syn: {penicillamine}]
cuprite
1: a mineral consisting of cuprous oxide that is a source of copper
cuprous
1: of or containing divalent copper [syn: {cupric}]
cupular
1: shaped like (or supporting) a cupule [syn: {cupulate}, {cup-shaped}]
cupulate
1: shaped like (or supporting) a cupule [syn: {cupular}, {cup-shaped}]
cupule
1: cup-shaped structure of hardened bracts at the base of an acorn [syn: {acorn cup}] 2: a sucker on the feet of certain flies
Cuquenan
1: a famous waterfall in Venezuela [syn: {Cuquenan Falls}, {Kukenaam}, {Kukenaam Falls}]
Cuquenan Falls
1: a famous waterfall in Venezuela [syn: {Cuquenan}, {Kukenaam}, {Kukenaam Falls}]
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