English words: custodial to cutex

300 English words, part 192 of 202 of the words starting with C, A to Z. 24 have a page of their own.

English words custodial to cutex

custodial adjective /kʌsˈtoʊ.di.əl/: Providing protection, care, supervision or guarding.
custodialism noun: An approach to caring for people in institutions which emphasizes supervision and control over the inmate's environment and access to resources.
custodially adverb: In a custodial sense.
custodiam noun: A kind of lease in which property seized by the Crown is put into the custody of some agent.
custodian noun /kəˈstoʊdiən/: A person entrusted with the custody or care of something or someone; a caretaker or keeper.
custodianship noun: The office, or the duty of a custodian.
custodiary noun: A custodian.
custodient adjective: Protecting; guarding.
custodier noun: A custodian.
Custodio proper noun: A surname.
custody noun /ˈkʌstədiː/: The legal right to take care of something or somebody, especially children.
custom adjective, noun, verb /ˈkʌstəm/: Frequent repetition of the same behavior; way of behavior common to many; ordinary manner; habitual practice; method of doing, living or behaving.
custom and practice noun: The way something is generally done.
custom-built adjective: Built according to the specifications of a particular individual.
custom car noun: A passenger vehicle that has been altered to improve its performance, modify its aesthetics, or combine both.
custom house noun: An official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
custom made adjective: Alternative spelling of custom-made.
custom-make verb: To make (a product) to suit the needs of a particular person or group, thus specialized and possibly unique.
custom snowball noun, verb /ˈkʌstəm ˈsnoʊˌbɔl/: A cascading chain reaction in which a single non-standard feature, modification, or workaround forces the creation of subsequent custom solutions to...
custom vehicle noun: Synonym of custom car.
customable adjective: customary
customableness noun: Quality of being customable; conformity to custom.
customably adverb: usually; as per custom or habit.
customarily adverb: In the customary manner; as is custom
customariness noun: The state or quality of being customary.
customary adjective, noun /ˈkʌs.tə.m(ə.)ɹi/: In accordance with, or established by, custom or common usage.
customary international law noun: The aspect of international law involving the principle of custom.
customary marriage noun: A union formed according to the traditional customs, rites, and cultural practices of a specific community, often prevalent in African and other indigenous...
customary unit noun: any unit of measurement that is currently used in the United States
customer noun /ˈkʌs.tə.mə/: A habitual patron, regular purchaser, returning client; a person or company who has a custom of buying from a particular business.
customer account noun: Synonym of client account.
customer base noun: A group of customers and/or consumers that a business serves.
customer car noun: A car externally sourced by a racing team, either from another team or from a specialist manufacturer.
customer care noun: taking care of customers to ensure their satisfaction
customer experience noun: The totality of cognitive, affective, sensory, and behavioral customer responses during all stages of the consumption process including pre-purchase,...
customer-oriented adjective: Primarily focused on the requirements and expectations of the customer.
customer relationship noun: The relationship of a business with a customer.
customer research noun: Synonym of consumer research.
customer resistance noun: Synonym of consumer resistance.
customer service noun: The act of providing services to customers before, during and after a purchase.
customer success noun: A form of customer relationship management focused on improving the satisfaction or value that customers derive from the product or service.
customer success manager noun: A professional who assists a customer achieve the maximum value from a product or service after its sale.
customer support noun: Provision of service to customers before, during and after a purchase.
customer-to-customer adjective: that involves mutual interaction between customers
customercentric adjective: Focusing on the customer.
customerization noun: The process of customerizing.
customerize verb: To adapt to the needs or goals of a customer, or customers in general.
customerless adjective: Without any customers.
customerlike adjective: Resembling a customer.
customership noun: The state of being a customer.
customhouse noun: Alternative spelling of custom house.
customisability noun: Alternative form of customizability.
customisable adjective: Alternative spelling of customizable.
customisation noun: Alternative spelling of customization.
customise verb: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of customize.
customised adjective, verb: Alternative spelling of customized.
customiser noun: Alternative form of customizer.
customizability noun: The ability to be customized.
customizable adjective: Able to be customized.
customization noun: The act of customizing something.
customize verb /ˈkʌs.tə.maɪ̯z/: To build or alter according to personal preferences or specifications.
customizer noun: A person or business that provides customization services
customless adjective: Without any customers; not receiving custom.
customly adverb: In a custom manner.
customs noun, verb /ˈkʌs.təmz/: The duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods.
customs and excise noun: Taxes that have been levied on goods and activities.
customs declaration noun: A statement giving the details and value of goods being imported or exported, usually required for the purpose of assessing customs duty.
customs duty noun: A tax or tariff imposed on goods transported across international frontiers
customs house noun: Alternative form of custom house.
customs officer noun: An officer enforcing customs laws.
customs post noun: A place at a border crossing or port of entry where customs and passport checks are carried out.
customs union noun: A type of trade bloc which is composed of a free trade area with a common external tariff.
customs value noun: the value of an item going through customs, as used to determine the duties levied
customshouse noun: Alternative form of custom house.
custos noun /ˈkʌ.stɒs/: A warden.
custos regni noun /ˈkʌstɒs ˈɹɜɡnaɪ/: A kind of viceregal locum tenens appointed, either alone or jointly, to execute the political duties of a monarch during his or her absence from the seat of...
custos rotulorum noun: The main justice of the peace in a given county of England, Wales or Ireland.
custrel noun /ˈkʌstɹəl/: A knight's attendant or man-at-arms; a knave.
custron noun: A kitchen-worker, a scullion; any worthless person.
custumal noun: A survey of a medieval English manor, listing each tenant and the customs under which the tenancy was held.
CUSUM noun: cumulative sum control chart: a sequential analysis technique typically used for monitoring change detection
Cusumano proper noun: A surname from Italian.
cut adjective, interjection, noun, verb /kʌt/: To perform an incision on, for example with a knife.
cut a caper verb: To frolic or romp; to dance about in a frantic or ridiculous manner.
cut a dash verb: To make a display of oneself; to give a conspicuous impression.
cut a deal verb: To reach a negotiated agreement.
cut a feather verb: To make the water foam in moving; in allusion to the ripple which a ship throws off from her bows.
cut a figure verb: To present an image; to make an impression.
cut a rug verb: To dance, especially in a vigorous manner and in one of the dance styles of the first half of the twentieth century.
cut a shine verb: To make a fine impression (by making a show or display).
cut a swath verb: Alternative form of cut a wide swath.
cut a swathe verb: Alternative spelling of cut a swath.
cut a wide swath verb: To clear a broad track through a grassland, woodland, geographical region, or other area, either by natural means or by human action.
cut a wide swathe verb: Alternative spelling of cut a wide swath.
cut about verb: To go around (move from person to person).
cut above noun: Superior to the norm.
cut across verb: To take a shortcut over or through (a place).
cut along verb: To depart for another place; make a move; set off.
cut and carve verb: To refine; to decide how to apportion.
cut and choose noun: Synonym of divide and choose.
cut and come again noun: A situation where one possesses plenty of wealth or resources.
cut and cover adjective, noun: A method of building a tunnel by digging a trench, constructing tunnel walls therein, and refilling the trench with earth.
cut and dried adjective: Simple, straightforward, clear, or certain.
cut and dry adjective: Alternative form of cut and dried.
cut and paste adjective, verb: To compose a document by piecing together components of other documents.
cut and run noun, verb: To cut the anchor cable and not wait to weigh it.
cut and sew adjective: customized from raw fabric rather than purchased from a third-party supplier and then screenprinted or altered (of a garment)
cut-and-shut noun: A car that has been welded together from vehicles previously involved in accidents.
cut and thrust noun: The use of vehement arguments.
cut-and-try adjective: Done by trial and error, without precise calculation in advance.
cut autograph noun: A signature cut from a signed document.
cut away noun, verb: Alternative form of cutaway.
cut away one's soul verb: To be extremely displeased.
cut back noun, verb: To reduce the amount of (something).
cut bait verb: To give up on something in order to pursue something else.
cut below noun: Inferior to the norm.
cut both ways verb: To have both benefits and drawbacks.
cut buddy noun: A close or best friend.
cut cake noun: A Jamaican dessert made with sliced coconut, ginger and brown sugar.
cut capers verb: To engage in brief frolics, romps, or frantic, ridiculous dances.
cut card noun: A brightly coloured plastic card that serves to mark the point where the dealer will reshuffle the cards, to allow the player to cut the deck prior to...
cut cavendish noun: Cavendish in which the plugs are cut into long shreds for smoking.
cut class verb: Synonym of play truant.
cut corners verb: To bypass a prescribed route so as to gain competitive advantage or to circumvent traffic signals or other rules of the road.
cut crease noun: The application of a light shade of eyeshadow across the crease of the eyelid to make the eye look larger.
cut deeper than a knife verb: Cause severe emotional pain.
cut down adjective, verb: To cut downward.
cut down the tall poppy verb: To belittle or undermine someone who is perceived as superior or more successful and accomplished.
cut down to size verb: To humble or humiliate, especially someone or something that is perceived as overly domineering or too proud.
cut fastball noun: A pitch thrown with an offset grip and a moderate amount of added pressure by middle finger yielding a combination of backspin and some sidespin, resulting...
cut for sign verb: To track animal quarry by searching for clues and disturbances in the environment left by the quarry.
cut from the same cloth adjective: Of two or more persons or things, very similar; possessing many of the same fundamental characteristics.
cut glass adjective, noun: Glass that has been cut, using an abrasive wheel, into a decorative pattern of facets.
cut ice verb: To have influence (on something, especially someone's opinion); to be accepted or tolerated (by).
cut in noun, verb: To intrude or interrupt.
cut in line verb: To jump the line.
cut into verb: Synonym of cut in (to include)
cut it verb: To suffice; to be effective or successful.
cut it close verb: To barely complete something.
cut it fat verb: To exaggerate or show off.
cut it fine verb: To achieve something at the last possible moment, or with no margin for error.
cut it loose verb: Synonym of cut loose.
cut it out interjection, verb: Synonym of knock it off.
cut it up verb: To have a good time at a party, especially by dancing.
cut like a knife verb: To sting severely, to cause a sensation of stinging, especially said of cold weather.
cut line noun: Alternative form of cutline.
cut logs verb: To sleep.
cut loose verb: To loosen or set free someone or something.
cut lunch noun: a light lunch, typically including sandwiches, prepared at home to be eaten elsewhere.
cut money noun: A bribe charged by a politician for availing government service.
cut nail noun: A nail having a tapering rectangular shape, produced by cutting from a sheet of iron or steel, now primarily used for masonry and historical renovations.
cut of one's jib noun /ˌkʌt‿əv wʌnz ˈd͡ʒɪb/: A person's general appearance, manner, or style.
cut of the same cloth adjective: Alternative form of cut from the same cloth.
cut off adjective, noun, verb /ˌkʌt ˈɔf/ [ˌkɐɾ ˈɔf]: To remove by cutting.
cut off a corner verb: To take a shortcut.
cut off at the pass verb: Synonym of head off at the pass.
cut off more than one can chew verb: Synonym of bite off more than one can chew.
cut off one's nose to spite one's face verb: To harm oneself as a result of attempting to harm an adversary.
cut-off time noun: Alternative form of cutoff time.
cut on verb: To turn on (e.g. a light, a television, etc.).
cut one verb: To break wind.
cut one's cloth to suit one's purse verb: To settle for less when money or resources are limited.
cut one's coat according to one's cloth verb: To live within one's means, without spending more than is affordable.
cut one's eyeteeth verb: To cease to be a child; to become shrewd.
cut one's losses verb: To discontinue something to put a stop to continued losses after facing that it is unlikely it will ever bear fruit.
cut one's lucky verb: To leave in a hurry; to bolt.
cut one's own throat verb: To bring about one's own ruin, especially by offering goods or services for far less than they are worth.
cut one's stick verb: To depart.
cut one's teeth verb: To begin; to gain early experience.
cut oneself verb: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cut, oneself.
cut out adjective, noun, verb /ˈkʌt.aʊt/: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cut, out. To sever from something larger, with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument.
cut out of the same cloth adjective: Alternative form of cut from the same cloth.
cut out the middleman verb: To act without the use of an intermediary or third party.
cut point noun: Alternative form of cutpoint.
cut-price adjective: Offered for sale at less than the normal price.
cut-purse noun: Alternative spelling of cutpurse.
cut-rate adjective: Offered for sale or rent at a lower than usual rate.
cut red tape verb: To reduce bureaucracy.
cut round verb: To show off; to be performative.
cut scene noun: A usually non-interactive portion of cinematic narrative shown during a video game to advance the story. It may be presented with full motion video or may...
cut-set noun: Alternative form of cutset.
cut sheet noun: A form filled in by a customer directing the butcher as to how to break down an animal into different cuts of meat.
cut short adjective, verb: To interrupt or curtail before the planned end time.
cut sig noun: Alternative form of cut signature.
cut signature noun: An autograph extracted from a signed document.
cut slingload verb: To release a slingload by severing the sling.
cut some shapes verb: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cut, some, shapes.
cut someone cold verb: To ignore someone insultingly or slightingly.
cut someone dead verb: To completely ignore someone.
cut someone loose verb: To let someone go from something, such as a position, relationship, or obligation.
cut someone off at the knees verb: To abruptly thwart someone, shut them down, or put them in their place.
cut someone's comb verb: To humiliate someone who is conceited.
cut someone's throat verb: To pursue a course that is ruinous to someone's interests.
cut someone slack verb: Alternative form of cut someone some slack.
cut someone some slack verb: To make allowances for someone, and not treat a failure severely.
cut splice noun: Two ropes spliced together to form an eye which lies shut when taut.
cut stick verb: To depart clandestinely or in a hurry.
cut swathes verb: Synonym of cut a wide swath.
cut the baby in half verb: Synonym of split the baby.
cut the cheese verb: To fart loudly.
cut the coat according to the cloth verb: Alternative form of cut one's coat according to one's cloth.
cut the cord verb: To end a child's overdependence on or overattachment to their parents.
cut the fool verb: To fool around; to put on a show; to behave foolishly.
cut the Gordian knot verb: To solve a seemingly intractable problem by using a simple solution that is unconstrained by the assumptions that underpin the usual attempts to solve that...
cut the ground from under someone's feet verb: To thwart someone's plans by anticipating them and preventing their success.
cut the knot verb: Synonym of cut the Gordian knot.
cut the mustard verb /kʌt ðə ˈmʌstəd/: To achieve the expected standard; to be effective or good enough; to suffice.
cut the muster verb: Alternative form of cut the mustard.
cut the pigeon wing verb: To dance with graceful or fancy movements.
cut the rug verb: Alternative form of cut a rug.
cut the umbilical cord verb: To end a child's overdependence on or overattachment to their parents.
cut throat adjective, noun: Alternative spelling of cutthroat.
cut-throat razor noun: Synonym of straight razor.
cut through noun, verb: Alternative form of cut-through
cut ties verb: To abruptly and/or permanently end a relationship.
cut time noun: A meter of two minims (half notes) per measure.
cut to black noun: A form of film punctuation in which the picture is instantaneously darkened.
cut to Hecuba verb: to get to the point, to cut to the chase
cut to pieces verb: To cut, chop, slice etc. so as to form smaller pieces.
cut to ribbons verb: To rip to shreds
cut to the bone verb: To reduce to the furthest extent possible, down to the bare essentials.
cut to the chase verb: To get to the point; to get on with it; to state something directly.
cut to the quick verb: To hurt a person deeply, especially emotionally.
cut under verb: To undersell or undercut; to offer a product at a lower price than someone else.
cut up adjective, noun, verb: To cut upward.
cut up nasty verb: To become angry; to make a fuss.
cut up rough verb: To become angry; to make a fuss.
cut up shapes verb: To exhibit pranks or flightiness.
cut up shines verb: To play pranks.
cut wind verb: To pass gas; to break wind.
cut with a knife and fork phrase: Describing a sloppy or unattractive haircut.
cut work noun: Alternative form of cutwork.
cutability noun: Alternative form of cuttability.
cutacoo noun: A woven square food basket of Jamaica.
cutan noun: A hydrocarbon polymer, of uncertain structure but thought to be similar to kerogen, found in some plants.
cutaneal adjective: Synonym of cutaneous (“of or pertaining to the skin”).
cutaneious adjective: Alternative spelling of cutaneous.
cutaneo- prefix: Relating to the skin.
cutaneomucous adjective: Alternative form of mucocutaneous.
cutaneomuscular adjective: Relating to the skin and muscles.
cutaneotropic adjective: Located in the cutis of the skin
cutaneous adjective /kjuːˈteɪniəs/: Of, relating to, existing on, or affecting the exterior skin, especially the cutis.
cutaneous leishmaniasis noun: The most common form of leishmaniasis, a disease caused by protozoan parasites of the genus Leishmania, which presents with open, ulcerative skin lesions.
cutaneous rabbit effect noun: Synonym of cutaneous rabbit illusion.
cutaneous rabbit illusion noun: A tactile illusion where tapping separate regions of a person's skin in rapid succession (e.g. the elbow and the forearm) gives the impression of sequential...
cutaneously adverb: In a cutaneous way.
cutanic adjective: Relating to, or containing cutan
cutaway adjective, noun /ˈkʌtəweɪ/: A men's coat with the front cut back away from the waist, as worn on formal occasions.
cutaway bog noun: A peat bog from which most or all of the peat has been harvested.
cutback noun /ˈkʌtbæk/: A reduction of some sort in an existing program or service.
cutbank noun: The outer edge of the bend in a stream or river, where the water cuts into the bank leaving the opposite side flat.
cutbeard noun: A barber.
cutblock noun: A designated area from which timber can be harvested.
Cutbush proper noun /ˈkʌt.bʊʃ/: A surname originating as an occupation.
cutch noun: a preservative, made from catechu gum boiled in water, used to prolong the life of a sail or net
cutcha adjective, noun: Alternative form of kutcha.
cutcha-pucka noun: Alternative form of kutcha-pukka.
cutcheree noun: Alternative spelling of kedgeree.
cutcherry noun: An administration office in India.
cutchery noun: Alternative spelling of cutcherry (administration office)
cutdown noun: An emergency medical procedure in which the vein is exposed and a cannula is inserted into it.
cute adjective /kjuːt/: Possessing physical features, behaviors, personality traits or other properties that are mainly attributed to infants and small or cuddly animals; e.g....
cute aggression noun: The urge to squeeze or bite things perceived as being cute without the desire to cause any harm.
cute and funny noun: The word cunny.
cute as a bug in a rug adjective: Very cute.
cute as a bug's ear adjective: Very cute; adorable.
cute as a button adjective: Very cute.
cute as a pin adjective: Very cute.
cute as a speckled pup adjective: Very cute; adorable.
cute as corn adjective: Very cute; adorable.
cute-'em-up noun: A shoot 'em up game with a cute, cartoonish aesthetic.
cute girls doing cute things noun: A genre of anime and manga featuring appealing young women in fun everyday situations.
cute hoor noun /kjut huɹ/: A shrewd scoundrel, especially in business or politics.
cute hoorism noun: Cunning, trickery, cleverness, especially in negative sense: finagling, cynical self-interest.
cute meet noun: Synonym of meet cute.
Cute-ums noun: Affectionate term of address for a pet, child, etc.
cutecore noun: A type of aesthetic, music genre, and fashion style that emphasizes cuteness, pastel colors, and childlike imagery or motifs.
cutee adjective: Elongated form of cute.
cuteful adjective: Characteristically cute; full of cuteness
cutegore noun: An aesthetic similar to cutecore involving themes of gore.
cuteish adjective: Somewhat cute.
cuteliness noun: Synonym of cuteness
cutely adverb: In a cute manner
cuten verb: To make cute
cuteness noun: The state of being cute (endearingly attractive).
cuteness aggression noun: Alternative form of cute aggression
cutening noun, verb: The act or process of making cute
cutensil noun: A functional object with a cute or novelty design.
cuterebriasis noun: A parasitic disease affecting rodents, lagomorphs (hares, rabbits, pikas), felines, and canines that is caused by botfly larvae of the genera Cuterebra and...
cuterebrid noun: Any fly in the family Cuterebridae, now considered to be the oestrid subfamily Cuterebrinae.
cutes adjective, noun: cuteness
cutesie adjective: Alternative spelling of cutesy.
cutesification noun: The act of cutesifying; making something cutesy.
cutesify verb: To make cutesy.
cutesily adverb: In a cutesy manner.
cutesiness noun: The state or property of being cutesy.
cutesome adjective: Characterised or marked by cuteness.
cutester noun: A cute person or creature.
cutesy adjective /ˈkjuːtsi/: Overly, affectedly or unnecessarily cute; too cute to be taken seriously.
cutex noun /ˈkjʊ.teks/: nail polish

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.