Culturist (n.) One who is an advocate of culture.
Cultuses (pl. ) of Cultus
Cultus (n. sing. & pl.) Established or accepted religious rites or usages of worship; state of religious development. Cf. Cult, 2.
Cultus cod () See Cod, and Buffalo cod, under Buffalo.
Culver (n.) A dove.
Culver (n.) A culverin.
Culverhouse (n.) A dovecote.
Culverin (n.) A long cannon of the 16th century, usually an 18-pounder with serpent-shaped handles.
Culverkey (n.) A bunch of the keys or samaras of the ash tree.
Culverkey (n.) An English meadow plant, perhaps the columbine or the bluebell squill (Scilla nutans).
Culvert (n.) A transverse drain or waterway of masonry under a road, railroad, canal, etc.; a small bridge.
Culvertail (n.) Dovetail.
Culvertailed (a.) United or fastened by a dovetailed joint.
Cumacea (n. pl.) An order of marine Crustacea, mostly of small size.
Cumbent (a.) Lying down; recumbent.
Cumbered (imp. & p. p.) of Cumber
Cumbering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cumber
Cumber (v. t.) To rest upon as a troublesome or useless weight or load; to be burdensome or oppressive to; to hinder or embarrass in attaining an object, to obstruct or occupy uselessly; to embarrass; to trouble.
Cumber (v.) Trouble; embarrassment; distress.
Cumbersome (a.) Burdensome or hindering, as a weight or drag; embarrassing; vexatious; cumbrous.
Cumbersome (a.) Not easily managed; as, a cumbersome contrivance or machine.
Cumbrance (n.) Encumbrance.
Cumbrian (a.) Pertaining to Cumberland, England, or to a system of rocks found there.
Cumbrous (a.) Rendering action or motion difficult or toilsome; serving to obstruct or hinder; burdensome; clogging.
Cumbrous (a.) Giving trouble; vexatious.
Cumene (n.) A colorless oily hydrocarbon, C6H5.C3H7, obtained by the distillation of cuminic acid; -- called also cumol.
Cumfrey (n.) See Comfrey.
Cumic (a.) See Cuming.
Cumidine (n.) A strong, liquid, organic base, C3H7.C6H4.NH2, homologous with aniline.
Cumin (n.) A dwarf umbelliferous plant, somewhat resembling fennel (Cuminum Cyminum), cultivated for its seeds, which have a bitterish, warm taste, with an aromatic flavor, and are used like those of anise and caraway.
Cuminic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, cumin, or from oil of caraway; as, cuminic acid.
Cuminil (n .) A substance, analogous to benzil, obtained from oil of caraway.
Cuminol (n.) A liquid, C3H7.C6H4.CHO, obtained from oil of caraway; -- called also cuminic aldehyde.
Cummin (n.) Same as Cumin.
Cumshaw (n.) A present or bonus; -- originally applied to that paid on ships which entered the port of Canton.
Cumshaw (v. t.) To give or make a present to.
Cumu-cirro-stratus (n.) Nimbus, or rain cloud. See Nimbus, and Cloud.
Cumulated (imp. & p. p.) of Cumulate
Cumulating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cumulate
Cumulate (v. t.) To gather or throw into a heap; to heap together; to accumulate.
Cumulation (n.) The act of heaping together; a heap. See Accumulation.
Cumulatist (n.) One who accumulates; one who collects.
Cumulative (a.) Composed of parts in a heap; forming a mass; aggregated.
Cumulative (a.) Augmenting, gaining, or giving force, by successive additions; as, a cumulative argument, i. e., one whose force increases as the statement proceeds.
Cumulative (a.) Tending to prove the same point to which other evidence has been offered; -- said of evidence.
Cumulative (a.) Given by same testator to the same legatee; -- said of a legacy.
Cumulose (a.) Full of heaps.
Cumulostratus (n.) A form of cloud. See Cloud.
Cumuli (pl. ) of Cumulus
Cumulus (n.) One of the four principal forms of clouds. SeeCloud.
Cun (v. t.) To con (a ship).
Cun (v. t.) To know. See Con.
Cunabula (n. pl.) The earliest abode; original dwelling place; originals; as, the cunabula of the human race.
Cunabula (n. pl.) The extant copies of the first or earliest printed books, or of such as were printed in the 15th century.
Cunctation (n.) Delay; procrastination.
Cunctative (a.) Slow; tardy; dilatory; causing delay.
Cunctator (n.) One who delays or lingers.
Cunctipotent (a.) All-powerful; omnipotent.
Cund (v. t.) To con (a ship).
Cundurango (n.) The bark of a South American vine (Gonolobus Condurango) of the Milkweed family. It has been supposed, but erroneously, to be a cure for cancer.
Cuneal () Relating to a wedge; wedge-shaped.
Cuneate (a.) Alt. of Cuneated
Cuneated (a.) Wedge-shaped
Cuneated (a.) wedge-shaped, with the point at the base; as, a cuneate leaf.
Cuneatic (a.) Cuneiform.
Cuneiform (a.) Alt. of Cuniform
Cuniform (a.) Wedge-shaped; as, a cuneiform bone; -- especially applied to the wedge-shaped or arrowheaded characters of ancient Persian and Assyrian inscriptions. See Arrowheaded.
Cuniform (a.) Pertaining to, or versed in, the ancient wedge-shaped characters, or the inscriptions in them.
Cuneiform (n.) Alt. of Cuniform
Cuniform (n.) The wedge-shaped characters used in ancient Persian and Assyrian inscriptions.
Cuniform (n.) One of the three tarsal bones supporting the first, second third metatarsals. They are usually designated as external, middle, and internal, or ectocuniform, mesocuniform, and entocuniform, respectively.
Cuniform (n.) One of the carpal bones usually articulating with the ulna; -- called also pyramidal and ulnare.
Cunette (n.) A drain trench, in a ditch or moat; -- called also cuvette.
Cunner (n.) A small edible fish of the Atlantic coast (Ctenolabrus adspersus); -- called also chogset, burgall, blue perch, and bait stealer.
Cunner (n.) A small shellfish; the limpet or patella.
Cunning (a.) Knowing; skillful; dexterous.
Cunning (a.) Wrought with, or exhibiting, skill or ingenuity; ingenious; curious; as, cunning work.
Cunning (a.) Crafty; sly; artful; designing; deceitful.
Cunning (a.) Pretty or pleasing; as, a cunning little boy.
Cunning (a.) Knowledge; art; skill; dexterity.
Cunning (a.) The faculty or act of using stratagem to accomplish a purpose; fraudulent skill or dexterity; deceit; craft.
Cunningly (adv.) In a cunning manner; with cunning.
Cunningman (n.) A fortune teller; one who pretends to reveal mysteries.
Cunningness (n.) Quality of being cunning; craft.
Cup (n.) A small vessel, used commonly to drink from; as, a tin cup, a silver cup, a wine cup; especially, in modern times, the pottery or porcelain vessel, commonly with a handle, used with a saucer in drinking tea, coffee, and the like.
Cup (n.) The contents of such a vessel; a cupful.
Cup (n.) Repeated potations; social or excessive indulgence in intoxicating drinks; revelry.
Cup (n.) That which is to be received or indured; that which is allotted to one; a portion.
Cup (n.) Anything shaped like a cup; as, the cup of an acorn, or of a flower.
Cup (n.) A cupping glass or other vessel or instrument used to produce the vacuum in cupping.
Cupped (imp. & p. p.) of Cup
Cupping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cup
Cup (v. t.) To supply with cups of wine.
Cup (v. t.) To apply a cupping apparatus to; to subject to the operation of cupping. See Cupping.
Cup (v. t.) To make concave or in the form of a cup; as, to cup the end of a screw.
Cupbearer (n.) One whose office it is to fill and hand the cups at an entertainment.
Cupbearer (n.) One of the attendants of a prince or noble, permanently charged with the performance of this office for his master.
Cupboard (n.) A board or shelf for cups and dishes.
Cupboard (n.) A small closet in a room, with shelves to receive cups, dishes, food, etc.; hence, any small closet.
Cupboard (v. t.) To collect, as into a cupboard; to hoard.