Cupel (n.) A shallow porous cup, used in refining precious metals, commonly made of bone ashes (phosphate of lime).
Cupelled (imp. & p. p.) of Cupel
Cupelling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cupel
Cupel (v. t.) To refine by means of a cupel.
Cupellation (n.) The act or process of refining gold or silver, etc., in a cupel.
Cupfuls (pl. ) of Cupful
Cupful (n.) As much as a cup will hold.
Cup-gall (n.) A kind of oak-leaf gall. See Gall.
Cupid (n .) The god of love, son of Venus; usually represented as a naked, winged boy with bow and arrow.
Cupidity (n.) A passionate desire; love.
Cupidity (n.) Eager or inordinate desire, especially for wealth; greed of gain; avarice; covetousness
Cup-moss (n.) A kind of lichen, of the genus Cladonia.
Cupolas (pl. ) of Cupola
Cupola (n.) A roof having a rounded form, hemispherical or nearly so; also, a ceiling having the same form. When on a large scale it is usually called dome.
Cupola (n.) A small structure standing on the top of a dome; a lantern.
Cupola (n.) A furnace for melting iron or other metals in large quantity, -- used chiefly in foundries and steel works.
Cupola (n.) A revolving shot-proof turret for heavy ordnance.
Cupola (n.) The top of the spire of the cochlea of the ear.
Cupper (n.) One who performs the operation of cupping.
Cupping (n.) The operation of drawing blood to or from the surface of the person by forming a partial vacuum over the spot. Also, sometimes, a similar operation for drawing pus from an abscess.
Cupreous (a.) Consisting of copper or resembling copper; coppery.
Cupric (a.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, copper; containing copper; -- said of those compounds of copper in which this element is present in its lowest proportion.
Cupriferous (a.) Containing copper; as, cupriferous silver.
Cuprite (n.) The red oxide of copper; red copper; an important ore of copper, occurring massive and in isometric crystals.
Cuproid (n.) A solid related to a tetrahedron, and contained under twelve equal triangles.
Cup-rose (n.) Red poppy. See Cop-rose.
Cuprous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, copper; containing copper; -- said of those compounds of copper in which this element is present in its highest proportion.
Cuprum (n.) Copper.
Cupulate (a.) Having or bearing cupules; cupuliferous.
Cupule (n.) A cuplet or little cup, as of the acorn; the husk or bur of the filbert, chestnut, etc.
Cupule (n.) A sucker or acetabulum.
Cupuliferous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants of which the oak and the chestnut are examples, -- trees bearing a smooth, solid nut inclosed in some kind of cup or bur; bearing, or furnished with, a cupule.
Cur (n.) A mongrel or inferior dog.
Cur (n.) A worthless, snarling fellow; -- used in contempt.
Curability (n.) The state of being curable; curableness.
Curable (v. t.) Capable of being cured; admitting remedy.
Curacao (n.) Alt. of Curacoa
Curacoa (n.) A liqueur, or cordial, flavored with orange peel, cinnamon, and mace; -- first made at the island of Curaccao.
Curacies (pl. ) of Curacy
Curacy (n.) The office or employment of a curate.
Curare (n.) Alt. of Curari
Curari (n.) A black resinoid extract prepared by the South American Indians from the bark of several species of Strychnos (S. toxifera, etc.). It sometimes has little effect when taken internally, but is quickly fatal when introduced into the blood, and used by the Indians as an arrow poison.
Curarine (n.) A deadly alkaloid extracted from the curare poison and from the Strychnos toxifera. It is obtained in crystalline colorless salts.
Curarize (v. t.) To poison with curare.
Curassow (n.) A large gallinaceous bird of the American genera Crax, Ourax, etc., of the family Cracidae.
Curat (n.) A cuirass or breastplate.
Curate (n.) One who has the cure of souls; originally, any clergyman, but now usually limited to one who assists a rector or vicar.
Curateship (n.) A curacy.
Curation (n.) Cure; healing.
Curative (v. t.) Relating to, or employed in, the cure of diseases; tending to cure.
Curator (n.) One who has the care and superintendence of anything, as of a museum; a custodian; a keeper.
Curator (n.) One appointed to act as guardian of the estate of a person not legally competent to manage it, or of an absentee; a trustee; a guardian.
Curatorship (n.) The office of a curator.
Curatrix (n.) A woman who cures.
Curatrix (n.) A woman who is a guardian or custodian.
Curbed (imp. & p. p.) of Curb
Curbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Curb
Curb (v. t.) To bend or curve
Curb (v. t.) To guide and manage, or restrain, as with a curb; to bend to one's will; to subject; to subdue; to restrain; to confine; to keep in check.
Curb (v. t.) To furnish wich a curb, as a well; also, to restrain by a curb, as a bank of earth.
Curb (v. i.) To bend; to crouch; to cringe.
Curb (n.) That which curbs, restrains, or subdues; a check or hindrance; esp., a chain or strap attached to the upper part of the branches of a bit, and capable of being drawn tightly against the lower jaw of the horse.
Curb (n.) An assemblage of three or more pieces of timber, or a metal member, forming a frame around an opening, and serving to maintain the integrity of that opening; also, a ring of stone serving a similar purpose, as at the eye of a dome.
Curb (n.) A frame or wall round the mouth of a well; also, a frame within a well to prevent the earth caving in.
Curb (n.) A curbstone.
Curb (n.) A swelling on the back part of the hind leg of a horse, just behind the lowest part of the hock joint, generally causing lameness.
Curbless (a.) Having no curb or restraint.
Curb roof () A roof having a double slope, or composed, on each side, of two parts which have unequal inclination; a gambrel roof.
Curbstone (n.) A stone /et along a margin as a and protection, as along the edge of a sidewalk next the roadway; an edge stone.
Curch (n.) See Courche.
Curculios (pl. ) of Curculio
Curculio (n.) 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.
Curculionidous (a.) Pertaining to the Curculionideae, or weevil tribe.
Curcuma (n.) A genus of plants of the order Scitamineae, including the turmeric plant (Curcuma longa).
Curcumin (n.) The coloring principle of turmeric, or curcuma root, extracted as an orange yellow crystalline substance, C14H14O4, with a green fluorescence.
Curd (n.) The coagulated or thickened part of milk, as distinguished from the whey, or watery part. It is eaten as food, especially when made into cheese.
Curd (n.) The coagulated part of any liquid.
Curd (n.) The edible flower head of certain brassicaceous plants, as the broccoli and cauliflower.
Curded (imp. & p. p.) of Curd
Curding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Curd
Curd (v. t.) To cause to coagulate or thicken; to cause to congeal; to curdle.
Curd (v. i.) To become coagulated or thickened; to separate into curds and whey
Curdiness (n.) The state of being curdy.
Curdle (v. i.) To change into curd; to coagulate; as, rennet causes milk to curdle.
Curdle (v. i.) To thicken; to congeal.
Curdled (imp. & p. p.) of Curdle
Curdling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Curdle
Curdle (v. t.) To change into curd; to cause to coagulate.
Curdle (v. t.) To congeal or thicken.
Curdless (a.) Destitute of curd.
Curdy (a.) Like curd; full of curd; coagulated.
Cure (n.) Care, heed, or attention.
Cure (n.) Spiritual charge; care of soul; the office of a parish priest or of a curate; hence, that which is committed to the charge of a parish priest or of a curate; a curacy; as, to resign a cure; to obtain a cure.
Cure (n.) Medical or hygienic care; remedial treatment of disease; a method of medical treatment; as, to use the water cure.
Cure (n.) Act of healing or state of being healed; restoration to health from disease, or to soundness after injury.
Cure (n.) Means of the removal of disease or evil; that which heals; a remedy; a restorative.
Cured (imp. & p. p.) of Cure
Curing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cure
Cure (v. t.) To heal; to restore to health, soundness, or sanity; to make well; -- said of a patient.
Cure (v. t.) To subdue or remove by remedial means; to remedy; to remove; to heal; -- said of a malady.