Cuish (n.) Defensive armor for the thighs.
Cuisine (n.) The kitchen or cooking department.
Cuisine (n.) Manner or style of cooking.
Culasse (n.) The lower faceted portion of a brilliant-cut diamond.
Culdee (n.) One of a class of anchorites who lived in various parts of Scotland, Ireland, and Wales.
Culs-de-sac (pl. ) of Cul-de-sac
Cul-de-sac (n.) A passage with only one outlet, as a street closed at one end; a blind alley; hence, a trap.
Cul-de-sac (n.) a position in which an army finds itself with no way of exit but to the front.
Cul-de-sac (n.) Any bag-shaped or tubular cavity, vessel, or organ, open only at one end.
Culerage (n.) See Culrage.
Culex (n.) A genus of dipterous insects, including the gnat and mosquito.
Culiciform (a.) Gnat-shaped.
Culinarily (adv.) In the manner of a kitchen; in connection with a kitchen or cooking.
Culinary (a.) Relating to the kitchen, or to the art of cookery; used in kitchens; as, a culinary vessel; the culinary art.
Culled (imp. & p. p.) of Cull
Culling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cull
Cull (v. t.) To separate, select, or pick out; to choose and gather or collect; as, to cull flowers.
Cull (n.) A cully; a dupe; a gull. See Cully.
Cullender (n.) A strainer. See Colander.
Culler (n.) One who picks or chooses; esp., an inspector who selects wares suitable for market.
Cullet (v. t.) Broken glass for remelting.
Cullet (n.) A small central plane in the back of a cut gem. See Collet, 3 (b).
Cullibility (n.) Gullibility.
Cullible (a.) Easily deceived; gullible.
Culling (n.) The act of one who culls.
Culling (n.) Anything separated or selected from a mass.
Cullion (n.) A mean wretch; a base fellow; a poltroon; a scullion.
Cullionly (a.) Mean; base.
Cullis (n.) A strong broth of meat, strained and made clear for invalids; also, a savory jelly.
Cullises (pl. ) of Cullis
Cullis (n.) A gutter in a roof; a channel or groove.
Culls (v. t.) Refuse timber, from which the best part has been culled out.
Culls (v. t.) Any refuse stuff, as rolls not properly baked.
Cullies (pl. ) of Cully
Cully (n.) A person easily deceived, tricked, or imposed on; a mean dupe; a gull.
Cully (n.) To trick, cheat, or impose on; to deceive.
Cullyism (n.) The state of being a cully.
Culm (n.) The stalk or stem of grain and grasses (including the bamboo), jointed and usually hollow.
Culm (n.) Mineral coal that is not bituminous; anthracite, especially when found in small masses.
Culm (n.) The waste of the Pennsylvania anthracite mines, consisting of fine coal, dust, etc., and used as fuel.
Culmen (n.) Top; summit; acme.
Culmen (n.) The dorsal ridge of a bird's bill.
Culmiferous (a.) Having jointed stems or culms.
Culmiferous (a.) Containing, or abounding in, culm or glance coal.
Culminal (a.) Pertaining to a culmen.
Culminant (a.) Being vertical, or at the highest point of altitude; hence, predominant.
Culminated (imp. & p. p.) of Culminate
Culminating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Culminate
Culminate (v. i.) To reach its highest point of altitude; to come to the meridian; to be vertical or directly overhead.
Culminate (v. i.) To reach the highest point, as of rank, size, power, numbers, etc.
Culminate (a.) Growing upward, as distinguished from a lateral growth; -- applied to the growth of corals.
Culmination (n.) The attainment of the highest point of altitude reached by a heavently body; passage across the meridian; transit.
Culmination (n.) Attainment or arrival at the highest pitch of glory, power, etc.
Culpa (n.) Negligence or fault, as distinguishable from dolus (deceit, fraud), which implies intent, culpa being imputable to defect of intellect, dolus to defect of heart.
Culpabilities (pl. ) of Culpability
Culpability (n.) The state of being culpable.
Culpable (a.) Deserving censure; worthy of blame; faulty; immoral; criminal.
Culpable (a.) Guilty; as, culpable of a crime.
Culpatory (a.) Expressing blame; censuring; reprehensory; inculpating.
Culpe (n.) Blameworthiness.
Culpon (n.) A shred; a fragment; a strip of wood.
Culprit (p. p.) One accused of, or arraigned for, a crime, as before a judge.
Culprit (p. p.) One quilty of a fault; a criminal.
Culrage (n.) Smartweed (Polygonum Hydropiper).
Cult (n .) Attentive care; homage; worship.
Cult (n .) A system of religious belief and worship.
Cultch (n.) Empty oyster shells and other substances laid down on oyster grounds to furnish points for the attachment of the spawn of the oyster.
Culter (n.) A colter. See Colter.
Cultirostral (a.) Having a bill shaped like the colter of a plow, or like a knife, as the heron, stork, etc.
Cultirostres (n. pl.) A tribe of wading birds including the stork, heron, crane, etc.
Cultivable (a.) Capable of being cultivated or tilled.
Cultivatable (a.) Cultivable.
Cultivated (imp. & p. p.) of Cultivate
Cultivating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cultivate
Cultivate (v. t.) To bestow attention, care, and labor upon, with a view to valuable returns; to till; to fertilize; as, to cultivate soil.
Cultivate (v. t.) To direct special attention to; to devote time and thought to; to foster; to cherish.
Cultivate (v. t.) To seek the society of; to court intimacy with.
Cultivate (v. t.) To improve by labor, care, or study; to impart culture to; to civilize; to refine.
Cultivate (v. t.) To raise or produce by tillage; to care for while growing; as, to cultivate corn or grass.
Cultivation (n.) The art or act of cultivating; improvement for agricultural purposes or by agricultural processes; tillage; production by tillage.
Cultivation (n.) Bestowal of time or attention for self-improvement or for the benefit of others; fostering care.
Cultivation (n.) The state of being cultivated; advancement in physical, intellectual, or moral condition; refinement; culture.
Cultivator (n.) One who cultivates; as, a cultivator of the soil; a cultivator of literature.
Cultivator (n.) An agricultural implement used in the tillage of growing crops, to loosen the surface of the earth and kill the weeds; esp., a triangular frame set with small shares, drawn by a horse and by handles.
Cultrate (a.) Alt. of Cultrated
Cultrated (a.) Sharp-edged and pointed; shaped like a pruning knife, as the beak of certain birds.
Cultriform (a.) Shaped like a pruning knife; cultrate.
Cultrivorous (a.) Devouring knives; swallowing, or pretending to swallow, knives; -- applied to persons who have swallowed, or have seemed to swallow, knives with impunity.
Culturable (a.) Capable of, or fit for, being cultivated; capable or becoming cultured.
Cultural (a.) Of or pertaining to culture.
Culture (n.) The act or practice of cultivating, or of preparing the earth for seed and raising crops by tillage; as, the culture of the soil.
Culture (n.) The act of, or any labor or means employed for, training, disciplining, or refining the moral and intellectual nature of man; as, the culture of the mind.
Culture (n.) The state of being cultivated; result of cultivation; physical improvement; enlightenment and discipline acquired by mental and moral training; civilization; refinement in manners and taste.
Cultured (imp. & p. p.) of Culture
Culturing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Culture
Culture (v. t.) To cultivate; to educate.
Cultured (a.) Under culture; cultivated.
Cultured (a.) Characterized by mental and moral training; disciplined; refined; well-educated.
Cultureless (a.) Having no culture.
Culturist (n.) A cultivator.