English words: cupful to curette

300 English words, part 189 of 202 of the words starting with C, A to Z. 39 have a page of their own.

English words cupful to curette

cupful noun /ˈkʌp̪fl̩/: The amount necessary to fill a cup.
cupgrass noun: Any plant of the genus Eriochloa
cuphea noun: Any plant of the genus Cuphea, including cigar plants.
cuphead noun: A hemispherical head on a rivet.
cupholder noun: A holder for a cup containing a drink, usually in a vehicle.
cupid noun /ˈkjuːpɪd/: A putto carrying a bow and arrow, representing Cupid or love.
Cupid-like adjective: Resembling or characteristic of Cupid.
Cupid's bow noun: The archery bow borne by Cupid in artistic representations, which curves inward at the centre and often outward at the ends.
Cupid's dart noun: A blue daisy (Catananche caerulea).
Cupid's delight noun: The flowering plant Viola rafinesquei.
Cupid's Disease noun: Synonym of syphilis.
Cupidian adjective /kjuːˈpɪdiən/: Alternative form of Cupidinian.
cupidical adjective: Of or relating to erotic love.
Cupidinian adjective /kjuːpɪˈdɪniən/: Of or relating to Cupid.
cupidinous adjective: Characterized by or related to cupidity (greed, desire for wealth).
cupidinously adverb: In a cupidinous manner; greedily, desirously.
cupidity noun /kjuːˈpɪdəti/: Extreme greed, especially for wealth.
Cupidlike adjective: Alternative form of Cupid-like.
Cupidonian adjective: Alternative form of Cupidinian.
cupin noun: Any of a family of proteins and enzymes that have a domain in the form of a small barrel
cupiosexual adjective, noun /ˌkjuː.pi.əʊˈsɛk.ʃuː.əl/: Desiring a sexual relationship despite not feeling sexual attraction to others.
Cupit proper noun: A surname.
cupless adjective: Without a cup.
cuplessness noun: The state of having not won athletic contest cups (trophies in the shape of an oversized cup).
cuplet noun: A small cup.
cuplike adjective: Resembling a cup.
cupmaker noun: someone who makes cups
cupmaking noun: The manufacture of cups.
cupman noun: A convivial companion.
cupmate noun: A fellow drinker; one who accompanies another person in drinking alcohol.
cupola noun /ˈkjuːpələ/: A dome-shaped ornamental structure located on top of a larger roof or dome.
cupolaed adjective: Having one or more cupolas.
cupolaman noun: A man who operates a cupola (type of smelting furnace).
cupolar adjective: Of or relating to a cupola.
cupolarotunda noun: A cupola adjoined to a rotunda
cupolated adjective: Synonym of cupolaed.
cupon noun: The currency of Moldova between 1992 and 1993.
Cupp proper noun: A surname.
cuppa noun /ˈkʌp.ə/: A cup of tea (or sometimes any hot drink).
cuppa joe noun: Alternative form of cup of joe.
cupped adjective, verb /kʌpt/: In the shape of a cup; concave.
cupper noun /ˈkʌpɚ/: Someone with a specific bra size.
cuppiness noun: The state or quality of being cuppy.
cupping noun, verb /ˈkʌpɪŋ/: The operation of drawing blood to or from the surface of the person by forming a partial vacuum over the spot.
cupping glass noun: A glass vessel used in cupping.
cupping jar noun: Synonym of cupping glass.
cupping therapy noun: A form of traditional medicine in which a cup of heated air is placed against the skin.
Cupples proper noun: A surname.
cuppy adjective: Having the form of a cup.
cupr- prefix: Alternative form of cupro- (before a vowel)
cuprammonium noun: Synonym of cuproammonium.
cuprate noun /ˈkjuːpɹeɪt/: Any of several non-stoichiometric compounds, of general formula XYCuₘOₙ, many of which are superconductors.
cuprated adjective: Reacted with a cuprate or other copper compound.
cupration noun: The formation of an organic cuprate
cuprea bark noun: The copper-coloured bark of Remijia purdicana and Remijia pedunculata, trees of Colombia, yielding quinine, quinidine, and cinchonine.
cupredoxin noun: Any blue copper protein
cupremia noun: The presence of copper (Cu) in the blood, and (usually, especially) the degree (that is, its concentration).
cupremic adjective: Of or pertaining to cupremia: (usually, especially) regarding trends of copper concentration over time.
cuprene noun: A poorly characterised polymer of acetylene
cuprenyl noun: A univalent radical or cation derived from cuprene
cupreous adjective, noun /ˈkjuːpɹi.əs/: A reddish-brown color, like that of polished copper.
cupressacean noun: Any conifer of the family Cupressaceae.
cupressaceous adjective: Relating to cypress trees (of the family Cupressaceae)
cupressineous adjective: Resembling a cypress tree
cupressoid adjective: Relating to, or containing cypress trees
cupressophyte noun: Any member of the Cupressophyta.
cupressuflavone noun: A particular biflavonoid found in Cupressus species.
cuprian adjective: Containing divalent copper.
cupric adjective /ˈkjuːpɹɪk/: Of, pertaining to, or derived from, copper; containing copper.
cupric acetate noun: Synonym of copper acetate.
cupric chloride noun: Synonym of copper(II) chloride.
cupric oxide noun: A black solid with an ionic structure made by heating copper in air.
cupric sulfate noun: Synonym of copper(II) sulfate.
cupride noun: A compound that contains copper in a +1 oxidation state.
cupriethylenediamine noun: A herbicide and cellulose solvent.
cupriferous adjective /kjuːˈpɹɪfəɹəs/: Containing or producing copper.
cuprimyxin noun: A topical antiinfective containing copper.
cuprine adjective /ˈkjupɹɪn/: Synonym of cupric (“pertaining to or derived from copper”).
cuprite noun /ˈkjuːpɹaɪt/: A mineral composed of cuprous oxide and a minor ore of copper.
cupriuresis noun: The excretion of copper salts in the urine
cuprizone noun: A copper-chelating agent that inhibits monoamine oxidases
cupro noun, prefix /kjuːpɹoʊ/: Of or pertaining to copper.
cuproadamite noun: A copper containing variety of adamite.
cuproammonium noun: The cation Cu(NH₃)₄²⁺ formed by adding ammonia to copper salts: A complex of four molecules of ammonia surrounding a copper ion.
cuproan adjective: Containing monovalent copper.
cuprobam noun: A particular fungicide.
cuprobismutite noun: A black mineral, with a metallic lustre, found in quartz deposits; it is a mixed sulfide of copper and bismuth.
cuprocopiapite noun: A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing copper, hydrogen, iron, oxygen, and sulfur.
cuprocuprite noun: A mixture of copper and cuprite.
cuprodescloizite noun: Synonym of mottramite.
cuproenzyme noun: Any metalloenzyme that contains one or more copper atoms
cuprofen noun: A mixture of codeine and ibuprofen used as an analgesic
cuproiridsite noun: An isometric-hexoctahedral gray mineral containing copper, iridium, and sulfur.
cuprolinic adjective: Describing a group of quinolinic phthalocyanine dyes that contain copper
cupromakovickyite noun: A monoclinic-prismatic gray mineral containing bismuth, copper, lead, selenium, silver, sulfur, and tellurium.
cupromolybdite noun: A fumarolic mineral with formula Cu₃O(MoO₄)₂
cupromontmorillonite noun: Synonym of medmontite.
cupronickel noun: An alloy of copper containing from 10 to 40% nickel.
cupropavonite noun: A monoclinic-prismatic white mineral containing bismuth, copper, lead, silver, and sulfur.
cuprophore noun: A material (typically a protein) that transports copper ions
cuprophosphorus noun: copper phosphide
cuprophyte noun: Any plant that tolerates or thrives in soil with a high level of copper
cuproprotein noun: Any metalloprotein that contains one or more copper atoms
cuproproteome noun: The proteome of cuproproteins
cuprorhodsite noun: An isometric-hexoctahedral gray mineral containing copper, rhodium, and sulfur.
cuprorivaite noun: A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal blue mineral containing calcium, copper, oxygen, and silicon.
cuproscheelite noun: A mineral (CuWO₄) having the same structure as scheelite but with calcium replaced by copper.
cuprosilicon noun: An alloy of silicon and copper made in the electric furnace, used for hardening copper and to increase the tensile strengths of zinc, tin, and...
cuprosklodowskite noun: A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing copper, hydrogen, oxygen, silicon, and uranium.
cuprospinel noun: An isometric-hexoctahedral black mineral containing aluminum, copper, iron, magnesium, and oxygen.
cuprostibite noun: A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal steel gray mineral containing antimony, copper, and thallium.
cuprotitanium noun: An alloy of copper and titanium obtained by reducing a mixture of copper and rutile.
cuprotungstite noun: A tetragonal mineral containing copper, hydrogen, oxygen, and tungsten.
cuprouranite noun: The mineral copper uranite or torbernite.
cuprous adjective /ˈkjuːpɹəs/: Of, or of the nature of, copper.
cuprous oxide noun: copper(I) oxide, with chemical formula Cu₂O. Used as a pigment, fungicide and antifouling ingredient.
cuproxoline noun: A nutritional supplement containing copper.
cups noun, verb /kʌps/: plural of cup
cupseed noun: The menispermaceous plant Calycocarpum lyonii.
cupset noun /ˈkʌpsɛt/: An upset in a cup competition.
cupsona noun: A Cuphead alter ego or self-insert character created by a fan, typically having some form of beverage container for a head.
cupster noun: A cupper (one who performs the medical operation of cupping).
cupstone noun: A stone containing a cupule.
cupsworth noun: The quantity contained in a cup.
cupuaçu noun: Alternative form of cupuassu
cupuassu noun: A tropical fruit tree related to cacao, Thebroma grandiflora, the source of an edible fruit whose seeds can be used like cocoa beans.
cupula noun: A cup-shaped or dome-shaped object.
cupular adjective: Shaped like a cupule.
cupularly adverb: In a cupular manner.
cupulate adjective /ˈkəpjulət/: Cup-shaped.
cupulately adverb: In a cupulate manner.
cupule noun: Any small structure shaped like a cup, such as at the base of an acorn, or the sucker on the feet of some flies.
cupuliferous adjective: Bearing, or furnished with, a cupule.
cupuliform adjective: Shaped like a cupule.
cupulocrinid noun: Any sea lily of the family †Cupulocrinidae.
cupulogram noun: A graphical representation of the results of cupulometry
cupulolithiasis noun: A rare ear condition in which otoliths adhere to a semicircular canal cupula, rendering it heavier than the surrounding endolymph. Upon reorientation of the...
cupulometric adjective: Relating to cupulometry.
cupulometry noun: The measurement of vertigo and nystagmus experienced by a person after rotation
cupulothiasis noun: dizziness caused by debris attached to the cupula of a canal of the inner ear
cupward adverb: Toward a cup.
cupware noun: Cups collectively.
cupwing noun: Any of various birds of the genus Pnoepyga.
cupwise adverb: In the form of a cup.
cur noun /kɜː/: A contemptible or inferior dog.
cur fish noun: The dogfish.
Cura proper noun: A surname.
curability noun: The state of being curable.
curable adjective: Capable of being cured.
curableness noun: The quality or state of being curable.
curably adverb: In a curable manner.
curacao noun /ˈkjuːɹəsaʊ/: Alternative spelling of curaçao.
Curaçaoan adjective, noun: of or from Curaçao
curacin noun: Any of a group of peptide synthases found in some cyanobacteria
curacoa noun: Dated form of curaçao.
curacy noun: The office or position of a curate.
curagh noun: Alternative spelling of currach.
curandera noun: A specifically female curandero, or traditional Central American healer.
curanderismo noun: Traditional Central American folk medicine, as practised by curanderos.
curandero noun: A traditional Central American healer.
curara noun: Alternative form of curare.
curare noun /kjʊˈɹɑː.ɹi/: A plant, Strychnos toxifera, formerly used in arrow poisons in South America due to its D-tubocurarine content.
curari noun: Alternative form of curare.
curariform adjective: Resembling curare.
curarimimetic adjective: Having effects similar to those of curare
curarin noun: Alternative form of curarine.
curarine noun: The alkaloid responsible for the poisonous effects of curare.
curarisation noun: Alternative form of curarization.
curarise verb: Alternative form of curarize.
curarization noun: Treatment with curare
curarize verb: To administer curare to.
curassow noun /kjʊərəˌsəʊ/: Any of several species of bird in the genera Nothocrax, Mitu, Pauxi, and Crax of the Cracidae family, limited to the Americas.
curat noun /ˈkjʊəɹət/: A cuirass or breastplate.
curatability noun: The condition of being curatable
curatable adjective: Capable of being curated.
curatage noun /ˈkjʊəɹɪtɪd͡ʒ/: The residence of a curate.
curate noun, verb /ˈkjʊəɹət/: An assistant rector or vicar.
curate's egg noun /ˈkjʊəɹətz ˌɛɡ/: A thing which has good and bad parts, but is overall spoiled by the bad.
curated adjective, verb /kjʊˈɹeɪtɪd/: Produced by curatorial process; reviewed by a curator.
curateless adjective: Without a curate.
curateship noun: Synonym of curacy.
curatess noun: A female curate.
curatial adjective /kjʊəˈɹeɪ.ʃəl/: Of or relating to curates.
curatic adjective /kjʊəˈɹætɪk/: Of or relating to curates.
curatical adjective /kjʊəˈɹætɪkəl/: Curatial; curatic.
curation noun /kjəˈɹeɪʃən/: The act of curating, of organizing and maintaining a collection of artworks or artifacts.
curational adjective: Relating to curation.
curative adjective, noun /ˈkjʊɹ.ə.tɪv/: Possessing the ability to cure, to heal or treat illness.
curatively adverb: In a curative manner.
curativeness noun: The quality of being curative.
curativity noun: The condition of being curative
curato noun: priest
curatolatry noun: The romantic attraction of women to an eligible male curate.
curator noun /kjʊəˈɹeɪtə(ɹ)/: A person who manages, administers or organizes a collection, either independently or employed by a museum, library, archive or zoo.
curatorial adjective /ˌkjʊəɹəˈtɔːɹi.əl/: Of or relating to a curator.
curatorially adverb: In a curatorial way; suggesting or pertaining to a curator.
curatoriat noun: Art experts, as a group; the elite members of the art world who determine what is considered great or important art.
curatorium noun: A board of curators or advisory board, in certain European institutions.
curatorship noun: The rank or period of being a curator.
curatory noun: guardianship; the role of a curator
curatress noun: A female curator.
curatrix noun: A female curator, guardian, or custodian
curaxin noun: The anticancer drug 1,1'-[9-[2-[(1-methylethyl)amino]ethyl]-9H-carbazole-3,6-diyl]bis-ethanone
curb noun, verb /kɝb/: A concrete margin along the edge of a road; a kerb (UK, Australia, New Zealand).
CURB-65 noun: A severity score validated for predicting mortality in community-acquired pneumonia, often used to determine the need for hospital admission. It comprises...
curb appeal noun: The visual attractiveness of a property, typically a house, as viewed from the street.
curb bit noun: A type of bit used on a bridle, which works by leverage and has shanks and a curb chain.
curb bulb noun: Synonym of bulb-out (“a traffic calming measure that widens the sidewalk for a short distance”)
curb bulge noun: Synonym of bulb-out (“a traffic calming measure that widens the sidewalk for a short distance”)
curb chain noun: A chain running under the chin and attached to a curb bit, used to prevent the bit from rotating too much while limiting pressure on the upper palate of the...
curb crawler noun: A prostitute's client, especially one who travels in a car to search for a prostitute.
curb cut noun: A small ramp cut into a curb to allow wheelchairs, baby carriages, bicycles, etc. to more easily enter or leave a sidewalk.
curb cut effect noun: A phenomenon where things intended as accommodations for disabled people have benefits for others.
curb extension noun: A traffic calming measure that widens the sidewalk for a short distance.
curb market noun: An informal market formed by parking vehicles containing goods to be sold at a street curb.
curb number noun: The house number painted on the curb of the street in front of a building.
curb ramp noun: Synonym of curb cut
curb roof noun: A gambrel roof.
curb-roofed adjective: Having a curb roof.
curb service noun: An exchange, such as ordering and delivery of fast food, which occurs when a worker comes outside to interact with a customer who remains within their...
curb stomp noun, verb: To stomp on someone's head, forcing it into a street curb (often while they are positioned with their teeth biting the curb).
curb strip noun: The grassy area between the sidewalk and the street.
curb weight noun: Alternative spelling of kerb weight.
curbable adjective: Capable of being curbed.
curbash noun: Alternative spelling of kurbash.
curbed adjective, verb: Restrained.
Curbelo proper noun: A surname.
curber noun /ˈkəːbə/: Someone or something which curbs.
curbing noun, verb: A row of curbstones; the material used to construct such a curb.
curbless adjective: Without a curb (raised margin).
curblike adjective: Alternative form of kerblike.
curbside adjective, noun: Adjacent to the curb.
curbside service noun: Synonym of curb service.
curbsider noun: An unregistered car dealer who sells vehicles from parking lots and other public locations while masquerading as a private seller; a person who sells...
curbsiding noun: The illegal practice of selling vehicles as a private, individual seller when the person is actually an unlicensed, underground vehicle dealer.
curbstomp noun, verb: Alternative form of curb stomp.
curbstone noun: US spelling of kerbstone.
curbstoned adjective: Alternative form of kerbstoned.
curbstoner noun: A freelance used car dealer who places for-sale ads and meets a prospective buyer at a designated curbside address.
curby adjective: Affected by curbs (swellings around the hock).
curcas noun: A spurge, Jatropha curcas, from Central America
curch noun: A square piece of linen formerly worn by women instead of a cap; a kerchief.
Curci proper noun: A surname.
Curcio proper noun: A surname from Italian.
curculigoside noun: Any of a class of natural phenols found in Curculigo orchioides, with possible use in treating Alzheimer’s disease.
curculio noun /kɜː(ɹ)ˈkjuːliəʊ/: Any of the genus Curculio of weevils.
curculionid noun: Any weevil of the family Curculionidae
curculionidous adjective: Relating to the weevil family Curculionidae.
curculionine noun: Any weevil of the subfamily Curculioninae.
curculionoid noun: Any insect of the superfamily Curculionoidea, also known as weevils.
curcuma noun: Any plant of the genus Curcuma.
curcumene noun: The hydrocarbon 2-methyl-6-tolyl-2-heptene
curcumenol noun: The tricyclic sesquiterpene alicyclic alcohol 5,8-epoxy-5-beta-guiaia-7(11),9-dien-8-alpha-ol
curcumin noun /ˈkɜː(ɹ)kjəmɪn/: A polyphenol (1E,6E)-1,7-bis(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)hepta-1,6-diene-3,5-dione; a major constituent of the spice turmeric.
curcumin S noun: The sodium salt of azoxystilbene disulphonic acid, used as a yellow dye.
curcumine noun: Alternative form of curcumin.
curcuminoid noun: Any of many naturally-occurring or synthetic phenols that are derivatives of curcumin
curcumol noun: The sesquiterpenoid alcohol (2S,5S,8S,9S)-2-methyl-6-methylidene-9-propan-2-yl-11-oxatricyclo[6.2.1.01,5]undecan-8-ol
curcuphenol noun: The sesquiterpenoid phenol 5-methyl-2-(6-methylhept-5-en-2-yl)phenol present in some marine sponges
curd noun, verb /kɜː(ɹ)d/: The part of milk that coagulates when it sours or is treated with enzymes; used to make cottage cheese, dahi, etc.
curd cheese noun: Synonym of cottage cheese.
curd soap noun: A type of hard soap that is made by adding salt to an alkaline oleate in order to remove superfluous water and glycerin.
curded adjective, verb: Having curds of a specified kind.
curdiness noun: The state or quality of being curdy.
curdione noun: The sesquiterpenoid ketone (3S,6E,10S)-6,10-dimethyl-3-propan-2-ylcyclodec-6-ene-1,4-dione
curdlan noun: A glucan produced by non-pathogenic bacteria such as Agrobacterium biobar.
curdlanase noun: A form of glucanase.
curdle verb /ˈkɜː.dəl/: To form curds so that it no longer flows smoothly; to cause to form such curds. (usually said of milk)
curdled adjective, verb: Containing curds.
curdler noun: That which curdles.
curdless adjective: Without curd.
curdling noun, verb: The act by which something is curdled.
curdly adjective: Having a curdled or coagulated appearance.
curdog noun: A contemptible, inferior, or cowardly dog.
curds and whey noun: cottage cheese
curdwort noun: Synonym of lady's bedstraw (“Galium verum”).
curdy adjective: Like, or full of, curd; coagulated.
cure noun, verb /kjɔː/: A method, device or medication that restores good health.
cure-all noun /ˈkjʊəɹɔːl/: Synonym of panacea: a medicine or practice that cures all human ailments.
cure cancer verb: To achieve an impossible goal or to attain the ultimate triumph over a seemingly insurmountable, multifaceted, and deeply entrenched problem.
cure down verb: To cure tobacco leaves thoroughly by drying them to prepare them for use.
cure-fir merger noun /ˌkjʊə̯(ɹ)ˌfɜː(ɹ)ˈmɜː(ɹ).d͡ʒə(ɹ)/: Synonym of cure-nurse merger.
cure for cancer noun: The ultimate breakthrough or achievement in any challenging field, symbolizing an elusive, transformative solution to a seemingly insurmountable problem, a...
cure-nurse merger noun /ˌkjʊə̯(ɹ)ˌnɜː(ɹ)s ˈmɜː(ɹ).d͡ʒə(ɹ)/: A phonemic merger, common in East Anglia, where the /ʊə̯(ɹ)/ (o͝or) vowel merges into the /ɜː(ɹ)/ (ûr) vowel, especially after palatal and palatoalveolar...
cure time noun: The amount of time required for a coating of paint or another product to reach maximum hardness and protection before subjecting the project to daily use.
cure up verb: To cure (someone or something) or to become cured.
cureall noun: Alternative spelling of cure-all.
Curehead noun: A fan of the English rock band The Cure.
cureless adjective: Lacking a cure; incurable.
curelessly adverb: Incurably.
curelessness noun: The state or quality of being cureless.
curer noun /ˈkjʊəɹə/: A healer.
curet noun: Alternative spelling of curette.
Curete noun: A Korybant.
curetment noun: Synonym of curettage.
Cureton proper noun /ˈkjʊə(ɹ).tən/: A surname.
Curetonian adjective /kjʊə(ɹ)ˈtəʊ.ni.ən/: of or relating to William Cureton, and specifically the Egyptian manuscripts recognised as Syriac Gospels, edited and published, by the assistant keeper of...
curetonite noun: A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, barium, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and titanium.
curettage noun /ˌkjʊəɹɪˈtɑːʒ/: The removal of unwanted tissue from a body cavity using a curette.
curette noun, verb /kjʊˈɹɛt/: A hand-held surgical instrument, often with a scoop or hook at its tip, used for cleaning or debriding biological tissue.

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.