English words: cuckoo-finch to culicoid

300 English words, part 186 of 202 of the words starting with C, A to Z. 23 have a page of their own.

English words cuckoo-finch to culicoid

cuckoo-finch noun: A species of bird, Anomalospiza imberbis.
cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs adjective: Crazy, insane, irrational.
cuckoo hashing noun: A scheme for resolving hash collisions, using two hash functions instead of one, and allowing a newly inserted key to "kick out" any existing key at the...
cuckoo-hawk noun: Either of two African hawks in the genus Aviceda
cuckoo pint noun: Alternative form of cuckoopint.
cuckoo-roller noun: A bird, of the species Leptosomus discolor of the order Leptosomiformes, native to Madagascar and the Comoro Islands.
cuckoo's bread noun: The plant wood sorrel.
cuckoo's egg noun: Anything harmful that is infiltrated into a place in order to develop and emerge there.
cuckoo's meat noun: The plant wood sorrel.
cuckoo's nest noun: A lunatic asylum.
cuckoo sign noun: A gesture, consisting of a twirling motion of a finger near the temple, used to suggest that another person is crazy.
cuckoo spit noun: A frothy mass of white liquid that is secreted onto plants by froghopper larvae and serves as a protective covering.
cuckoo-spittle noun: Synonym of cuckoo spit.
cuckoo theory noun: A speculative theory that human language originated from the imitation of animal vocalisations.
cuckoo wasp noun: Any of the many wasps of the family Chrysididae that are kleptoparasites or parasitoids and are often brightly coloured.
cuckoobud noun: A buttercup.
cuckooflower noun: lady's smock (Cardamine pratensis)
cuckooing noun, verb: The call of a cuckoo.
cuckooish adjective: Cuckoolike.
cuckoolike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a cuckoo.
cuckooness noun: madness; craziness; eccentricity
cuckoopint noun /ˈku.kuˌpɪnt/: A flowering plant with arrow-shaped leaves and a cluster of scarlet berries, of species Arum maculatum.
cuckoopintle noun: Alternative form of cuckoopint.
cuckooshrike noun: A bird of any of the species in the family Campephagidae.
cuckquean noun, verb /ˈkʌk.kwiːn/: A woman who has an unfaithful partner; (now often specifically), a woman aroused by the sexual infidelity of her partner.
cuckqueanry noun: The state of being a cuckquean.
cuckservative noun: A weak-willed conservative who is willing to capitulate to political stances.
cuckstool noun: Synonym of cucking stool.
cucky noun: A cuckold or cuckquean.
cucoloris noun: A device for casting shadows or silhouettes to produce patterned illumination.
cucujid noun: Any beetle in the family Cucujidae.
cucujo noun: Any of a number of species of bioluminescent beetle in the Pyrophorus genus
cucujoid noun: Any beetle of the superfamily Cucujoidea.
cuculid noun: Any of the family Cuculidae of near-passerine birds, the cuckoos.
cuculiform noun: Any bird of the order Cuculiformes
cuculine adjective: Of, or pertaining to cuckoos.
cucullaeid noun: Any bivalve in the family Cucullaeidae.
cucullanid noun: Any member of the Cucullanidae family of nematodes.
cucullate adjective: Cucullated.
cucullated adjective /ˈkjuːkəleɪtɪd/: Having a hood or cowl; hooded.
cucullately adverb: In a cucullate manner.
cuculliform adjective /kjuːˈkʌlɪfɔːm/: Cowl- or hood-shaped.
cucullus noun: A hood-shaped organ, resembling a cowl or monk's hood, as of certain concave and arched sepals or petals.
cuculoris noun: Alternative form of cucoloris.
cucumariid noun: Any sea cucumber in the family Cucumariidae
cucumarioside noun: Any of a class of glycosides found in Cucumaria species.
cucumber noun /ˈkjuːˌkʌmbə/: A vine in the gourd family, Cucumis sativus.
cucumber beetle noun: A chrysomelid beetle of the genus Diabrotica or the genus Acalymma (both in subtribe Diabroticina in family Chrysomelidae), often found on the leaves and...
cucumber fish noun: Any fish of the Australian genus Paraulopus, especially Paraulopus nigripinnis.
cucumber herring noun: Synonym of Australian grayling (Prototroctes maraena).
cucumber mosaic virus noun: A pathogen of plants that causes mottling and distortion of leaves and fruit.
cucumber mullet noun: Synonym of Australian grayling (Prototroctes maraena).
cucumber time noun: A period of the year when there was little work for tailors.
cucumber tree noun: Averrhoa bilimbi, native to South-east Asia.
cucumberade noun: A refreshing drink having cucumber as a primary ingredient.
cucumberfish noun: Alternative form of cucumber fish.
cucumberish adjective: Resembling or characteristic of cucumber.
cucumberita noun: A margarita cocktail made with cucumber.
cucumberless adjective: Without cucumbers.
cucumberlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of cucumbers.
cucumbertini noun: A martini cocktail made with cucumber.
cucumbertree noun: Alternative form of cucumber tree.
cucumbery adjective: resembling cucumber
cucumiform adjective /kjuːˈkjuːmɪfɔːm/: Shaped like a cucumber; having the form of a cylinder tapered and rounded at the ends, and possibly curved.
cucumisin noun: A peptidase present in the musk melon (Cucumis melo).
cucumopine noun: A particular stereoisomer of mikimopine.
cucumoviral adjective: Relating to a cucumovirus
cucumovirus noun: Any virus of the genus Cucumovirus
cucurbit noun /kjuˈkɜː.bɪt/: Any member of the family Cucurbitaceae of gourds.
cucurbita noun: Alternative form of cucurbit (plant).
cucurbitaceous adjective /kjuːkɜːbɪˈteɪʃəs/: Pertaining to the gourd family, including cucumbers, pumpkins etc.
cucurbitacin noun: Any of a class of bitter steroids, found in plants of the family Cucurbitaceae, that prevent them being eaten by herbivores.
cucurbital adjective: cucurbitaceous
cucurbitane noun: An isomer of lanostane
cucurbitine noun: A glucoside found in watermelon seeds.
cucurbitoid adjective: Having the form of a gourd
cucurbituril noun: Any of a class of macrocyclic molecules consisting of glycoluril repeat units.
cud noun, verb /kʌd/: The portion of food which is brought back into the mouth by ruminants from their rumen, to be chewed a second time.
cuda noun: A barracuda.
Cudahy proper noun: A surname from Irish.
cudbear noun: A violet-red dye powder, prepared from certain lichens, especially Ochrolechia tartarea.
cudbeard noun: Alternative form of cudbear.
Cudd proper noun: A surname.
Cuddalore proper noun: A district of Tamil Nadu, India.
Cuddeback proper noun: A surname from German.
cudden noun, verb /ˈkʌdən/: A clown; a slow-witted rustic
Cuddihy proper noun: A surname from Irish, an anglicisation of Ó Cuidighthigh (“descendant of Cuidightheach”).
Cuddington proper noun: A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, formerly in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP7311).
cuddlable adjective: Able to be cuddled.
cuddle noun, verb /ˈkʌd.l̩/: An intimate physical embrace, typically while lying (or sitting): a snuggle, an instance of lying together snugly, as one might with a partner (more...
cuddle buddy noun, verb: A platonic friend who frequently cuddles another friend.
cuddle bug noun: A cuddly person or animal.
cuddle bunny noun: Synonym of snuggle bunny.
cuddle puddle noun: A group session of hugging and petting.
cuddle-seat noun: A fabric sling or soft carrier worn by an adult, allowing the baby to be carried against the chest or hip.
cuddle up verb: To lie or sit in a comfortable, relaxed position, especially holding someone else.
cuddleable adjective: Alternative form of cuddlable.
cuddlebug noun: Alternative form of cuddle bug.
cuddlecore noun: A twee, childlike style of alternative rock.
cuddlee noun: One who is cuddled.
cuddlefest noun: An encounter featuring a lot of cuddling.
cuddlefish noun: Eggcorn of cuttlefish.
cuddler noun /ˈkʌdl̩ɚ/: Someone or something cuddly, who cuddles.
cuddlery noun: Cuddling.
cuddleslut noun: A person highly fond of or prone to cuddling.
cuddlesome adjective /ˈkʌdəlsəm/: Characterized or marked by cuddling; cuddly.
cuddlesomeness noun: The state, quality, or condition of being cuddlesome.
cuddlicious adjective: Pleasant to cuddle.
cuddliness noun: The condition of being cuddly
cuddling noun, verb: The act of giving a cuddle.
cuddly adjective /ˈkʌdli/: Suitable for cuddling; designed to be cuddled.
cuddly toy noun: Synonym of soft toy.
cuddly-wuddly adjective: Cute, cuddly or adorable.
cuddoo noun: A pumpkin or muskmelon.
cuddy noun /ˈkʌdi/: A cabin, for the use of the captain, in the after part of a sailing ship under the poop deck.
cuddy-hole noun: Alternative form of cubbyhole.
Cuddy's beads noun: Synonym of St. Cuthbert's beads
cuddyhole noun: Alternative form of cubbyhole.
Cude proper noun: A surname.
cudgel noun, verb /ˈkʌd͡ʒəl/: A short heavy club with a rounded head used as a weapon.
cudgel one's brain verb: to think hard and try to remember something.
cudgel one's brains verb: Alternative form of cudgel one's brain.
cudgeler noun: One who beats with a cudgel.
cudgeling noun, verb: A beating with a cudgel.
cudgeller noun: Alternative spelling of cudgeler.
cudgelling noun, verb: A beating with a cudgel.
cudgerie noun /ˈkadʒəɹi/: A tall rainforest tree of eastern Australia (Sloanea australis: Oxalidales).
cudighi noun: A type of spicy sausage (or a sandwich made thereof from it) made primarily in upper Michigan.
Cudjoe proper noun: A surname from Akan.
Cudlipp proper noun: A surname.
Cudmore proper noun: A surname from Old English.
cudn't contraction: Pronunciation spelling of couldn't.
Cudney proper noun: A surname.
cudraflavone noun /ˌkʌdɹəˈfleɪvəʊn/: Any of a certain group of prenylated flavones found in plants of the genus Cudrania.
cudweed noun: Gamochaeta, with species in North and South America
Cudworth proper noun /ˈkʊdwɜːɹθ/: A small village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST3810).
Cudworthian adjective: Of or pertaining to Ralph Cudworth (1617-1688), English philosopher.
cue noun, verb /kjuː/: The name of the Latin script letter Q/q.
cue ball noun: The white ball which, after being struck by the cue, collides with the other balls to achieve the object of the particular game.
cue card noun: A card with writing on it, shown to actors to remind them of their lines.
cue game noun: A cue sport
cue in verb: To add elements (dialogue, music, special effects) to a specific spot in a script.
cue mark noun: A visual indicator, placed in an upper corner of a frame of a motion picture, to signal the projectionist to change reels
cue off verb: To cause (an emotional reaction); to take as a starting point.
cue sheet noun: A list of theatrical cues with timing and volume/intensity information.
cue sport noun: A game played with a cue and balls, such as billiards.
cue-to-cue adjective: Of a rehearsal: moving from one cue to the next, so that lighting etc. can be tested, without rehearsing scenes in their entirety.
cue up verb: To take aim on the cue ball with the cue in a game of snooker, or billiards, etc.
cueable adjective: Able to be cued.
cueball noun: Alternative spelling of cue ball.
cuebid noun: A bid of a suit that has already been bid by opponents.
cueca noun /ˈkwɛkə/: A family of musical styles from parts of South America.
cued adjective, verb /kjuːd/: Having or relying on a cue or cues.
cueillette noun: A subdivision of the parish of Saint Ouen, corresponding to a vingtaine in other parishes.
cueing noun, verb /ˈkjuːɪŋ/: The act or process by which something is cued.
cueist noun: A person skilled in using a cue.
cueless adjective: Without a cue (prompt).
cuelessness noun: Absence of cues.
Cuellar proper noun: A surname from Spanish.
Cuello proper noun: A surname.
cuelure noun: A type of synthetic chemical attractant used to lure male fruit flies.
cuemaker noun: A manufacturer of cues
cueman noun: One who plays a cue sport.
cuemanship noun: The art or skill of playing a cue sport.
cuen noun: Abbreviation of cupriethylenediamine.
Cuenca proper noun /ˈkwɛn.kə/: A province of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain. Capital: Cuenca.
cuer noun /kjuː.ə(ɹ)/: One who cues.
cuerda noun: A unit of land area equivalent to 3,929 square meters.
Cuernavaca proper noun: A city in Morelos.
Cuero proper noun: A city, the county seat of DeWitt County, Texas, United States.
Cuervo proper noun: A surname.
cuesheet noun: Alternative spelling of cue sheet.
cuesport noun: Alternative spelling of cue sport.
cuesta noun /ˈkwɛstə/: A hill or ridge with a gentle slope on one side, and a steep slope on the other.
cuestick noun: cue; the stick used to propel the ball in snooker, billiards, etc.
Cueto proper noun: A surname from Spanish.
Cueva proper noun: A surname.
Cuevas proper noun: A surname from Spanish.
cuevavirus noun: Any virus of the genus Cuevavirus.
cuff noun, verb /kʌf/: Glove; mitten
cuff link noun: Alternative spelling of cufflink.
cuff on the ear noun: A box on the ear; a painful smack on the side of the head.
cuff out verb: To eject violently; to kick out.
cuff up verb: To handcuff (someone).
cuffable adjective: Capable of, or suitable for, being hit or struck.
cuffband noun: A band or stripe worn on the cuff, especially for military recognition.
Cuffe proper noun: A surname.
cuffed adjective, verb /kʌft/: Fitted with a cuff.
cuffee noun /ˈkʌfi/: A black person.
cuffer noun: An improbable or exaggerated story.
Cuffie proper noun: A surname.
cuffin noun /ˈkʌfɪn/: A man.
cuffing noun, verb /ˈkʌfɪŋ/: The act by which somebody is cuffed or struck.
cuffing season noun: A time of the year when single people are more motivated to find partners with whom to share the colder months and holiday season.
cuffless adjective /ˈkʌfləs/: Having no cuffs; without cuffs.
cufflessness noun: Absence of cuffs on clothing.
cufflike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a cuff.
cufflink noun /ˈkʌflɪŋk/: A button or stud used to hold a sleeve cuff together.
cufflinked adjective: Wearing cufflinks.
cuffuffle noun: Alternative spelling of kerfuffle.
cuffy noun: Alternative form of cuffee (“black person”).
Cufic adjective: Alternative form of Kufic.
cufraneb noun: A particular fungicide.
cufuffle noun: Alternative spelling of kerfuffle.
Cugini proper noun: A surname from Italian.
cuh noun /kʌ/: A term of address.
cuhdear interjection: Poor thing. Used to express sympathy or pity.
cuhve noun: Pronunciation spelling of curve
CUI noun: Abbreviation of command user interface.
cui bono noun: The principle that the ultimate initiator of an action is likely the person who stands to gain from the action.
cui prodest noun: The rhetorical question "Who benefits?", as used to establish motive for a crime etc.
cui-ui noun: Alternative form of cuiui.
Cuiabá proper noun: A municipality, the state capital of Mato Grosso, Brazil.
cuica noun: A Brazilian friction drum often used in samba music.
Cuicatec noun: A member of an indigenous group of the Mexican state of Oaxaca, closely related to the Mixtecs.
cuichunchulli noun: The plant Hybanthus parviflorus.
cuiejo noun: Synonym of pauraque.
cuing noun, verb: Alternative spelling of cueing.
cuir bouilli noun /kwɪɚ bu.ji/: Alternative form of cuir bouilli.
cuir-bouilly noun: Alternative form of cuir bouilli.
cuirass noun, verb /kwɪˈɹæs/: A piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle.
cuirasse noun: The armour-like crust that forms upon the exposure of a lateritic soil profile.
cuirassed adjective, verb: Wearing a cuirass.
cuirassement noun: The process in which cuirasse is formed.
cuirassier noun /kwɪrəˈsɪər/: A cavalry soldier equipped with a cuirass (armor).
cuirboille noun: Alternative form of cuir bouilli.
cuirbouly noun: Alternative form of cuir bouilli.
cuirie noun: An item of leather body armor, a forerunner to the cuirass; a cuirass.
Cuisenaire rod noun: Any of a set of coloured rods of different sizes used to teach elementary-school mathematics.
cuish noun /kwɪʃ/: Alternative form of cuisse (“thigh armour”).
cuisinary adjective: culinary; relating to cookery
cuisine noun /kwɪˈziːn/: A characteristic manner or style of preparing food, often associated with a place of origin.
cuisinier noun: A cook or chef, especially in French contexts.
cuissard noun /kwisɑɹ(d)/: An armor leg-guard or thigh-guard.
cuissart noun: Alternative form of cuissard.
cuisse noun /kwɪs/: Defensive armour (especially of plate) for the thigh.
cuisser noun: Synonym of cuisse.
cuisset noun: Synonym of cuisse or cuissette.
cuissette noun /kwisɛt/: A small or light cuisse.
cuithe noun: Alternative form of cooth.
cuitikins noun: Alternative form of cutikins.
cuitlacoche noun: Alternative form of huitlacoche.
Cuitlatec noun: A member of a particular ethnic group of Guerrero, Mexico.
Cuitlateco noun: Alternative form of Cuitlatec.
cuiui noun: A fish native to Pyramid Lake, the Truckee river and tributaries, Chasmistes cujus, which was an important food fish for the local Indians.
cuju noun /ˈtsuːd͡ʒuː/: An ancient Chinese ball game involving kicking a ball through an opening into a net.
cuke noun /ˈkjuːk/: A cucumber.
Cukier proper noun: A surname.
Cukierman proper noun: A surname from Polish.
cukong noun: A group of Chinese-based business interests in Indonesia.
cukongism noun: In Indonesia, networks and partnerships between Chinese-Indonesian businessmen and government officials.
cukservative noun: Alternative spelling of cuckservative.
cukup phrase /t͡ʃukop/: Abbreviation of choose your kit and level up or choose your kit and upgrade.
cul-de-four noun: A sort of low spherical vault, oven-like.
cul-de-lampe noun: An ornamental design used to fill up blank spaces in a book.
cul de sac noun /ˈkʌldəsæk/: A blind alley or dead end street.
cul8r phrase: Abbreviation of see you later.
culantro noun /kuːˈlɑːn.tɹoʊ/: The tropical herb Eryngium foetidum, native to Mexico, Central America and South America but cultivated worldwide, used medicinally and in Caribbean...
culape noun: Paspalum conjugatum
culasse noun: culet (the lower faceted portion of a brilliant-cut diamond).
culatello noun: A kind of ham aged for at least 11 months, traditionally produced in the territory along the River Po.
Culberson proper noun: A surname.
Culbert proper noun: A surname.
Culbertson proper noun: A surname.
Culbreath proper noun: A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
Culbreth proper noun: A surname.
culch adjective, noun, verb /kʌlt͡ʃ/: The rocks, crushed shells, and other sea detritus that create an oyster bed, where oyster spawn can attach themselves; a collection of such detritus,...
culcha noun: Pronunciation spelling of culture.
Culcheth proper noun /ˈkʌltʃəθ/: A large village in Culcheth and Glazebury parish, Warrington borough, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6595).
culcitoside noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
Culdee noun /kʌlˈdiː/: One of a class of anchorites who lived in various parts of Scotland, Ireland, and Wales in the Middle Ages.
culdesac noun: Alternative form of cul-de-sac.
culdo- prefix: Relating to the rectouterine pouch (Douglas' pouch).
culdocentesis noun: A diagnostic procedure in which fluid from the rectouterine pouch is extracted, via the vagina, using a needle.
culdoplasty noun: plastic surgery to correct a defect in the posterior fornix of the vagina.
culdoscope noun: A kind of endoscope used in culdoscopy.
culdoscopic adjective: Of or pertaining to culdoscopy.
culdoscopy noun: Endoscopy of the female pelvic organs by way of the vagina.
culdotomy noun: vaginal celiotomy into the cul-de-sac of Douglas.
'cule noun, suffix: Used to form diminutive nouns.
Culebra proper noun: An island, town, and municipality of Puerto Rico, United States.
culerage noun: Alternative form of culrage.
culet noun /ˈkju.lɪt/: A component of armor, consisting of overlapping plates designed to protect the buttocks.
culette noun: Alternative form of culet (“type of armour”).
culeus noun: A Roman unit of liquid measure reckoned as the volume of 1600 Roman pounds of wine and equivalent to about 520 L although differing slightly over time.
culex noun /ˈkjuː.lɛks/: Any of various mosquitoes of the genus Culex, some of which carry disease.
Culham proper noun: A village and civil parish in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SU5095).
Culhane proper noun: A surname from Irish.
culicid noun: Any mosquito in the family Culicidae.
culicidal adjective: That kills mosquitos
culicide noun: Any insecticide that kills mosquitos
culicidian noun: Any mosquito of the family Culicidae
culicidological adjective: Relating to culicidology.
culicidologist noun: One who studies mosquitos.
culicidology noun: The study of mosquitos.
culiciform adjective: gnat-shaped
culicifugal adjective: That repels culicine mosquitoes.
culicifuge noun: An agent that repels culicine mosquitoes.
culicine noun: Any mosquito of the subfamily Culicinae
culicoid noun: Any mosquito or midge of the dipteran superfamily Culicoidea

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under C: 60,525 words, in 202 parts.