Nouns

cunnilinctus

noun

oral stimulation of the vulva or clitoris

cunner

noun

common in north Atlantic coastal waters of the United States

cupbearer

noun

the attendant (usually an officer of a nobleman's household)...

cupel

noun

a small porous bowl made of bone ash used in assaying to sep...

cupidity

noun

extreme greed for material wealth

cupper

noun

a cup of tea

cupronickel

noun

a 60/40 alloy of copper and nickel

cuprite

noun

a mineral consisting of cuprous oxide that is a source of co...

cupule

noun

cup-shaped structure of hardened bracts at the base of an ac...

curableness

noun

capability of being cured or healed

curacoa

noun

flavored with sour orange peel

curacy

noun

the position of a curate

curassow

noun

large crested arboreal game bird of warm parts of the Americ...

curbstone

noun

a paving stone forming part of a curb

curcuma

noun

tropical Asiatic perennial herbs

curet

noun

a surgical instrument shaped like a scoop to remove tissue f...

curette

noun

a surgical instrument shaped like a scoop to remove tissue f...

curettement

noun

surgery to remove tissue or growths from a bodily cavity (as...

curiosa

noun

books on strange or unusual subjects (especially erotica)

curium

noun

a radioactive transuranic metallic element; produced by bomb...

curlicue

noun

a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as f...

currajong

noun

widely distributed tree of eastern Australia yielding a toug...

currawong

noun

bluish black fruit-eating bird with a bell-like call

currentness

noun

the property of belonging to the present time

currier

noun

United States lithographer who (with his partner James Ives)...

currycomb

noun

a square comb with rows of small teeth; used to curry horses

curtilage

noun

the enclosed land around a house or other building

curtiss

noun

United States industrialist and aviation pioneer (1878-1930)

curvet

noun

a light leap by a horse in which both hind legs leave the gr...

cusco

noun

a town in the Andes in southern Peru; formerly the capital o...

cushat

noun

Eurasian pigeon with white patches on wings and neck

cushaw

noun

plant bearing squash having globose to ovoid fruit with vari...

cushitic

noun

a group of languages spoken in Ethiopia and Somalia and nort...

cusk

noun

elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and Nort...

cuspidation

noun

a decoration using cusps

cuspidor

noun

a receptacle for spit (usually in a public place)

cussedness

noun

meanspirited disagreeable contrariness

cutch

noun

tannin extract derived from any of several mangrove barks of...

cuticula

noun

the outer body wall of an insect

cutin

noun

(biochemistry) a waxy transparent material that occurs in th...

cutis

noun

a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of...

cutlassfish

noun

long-bodied marine fishes having a long whiplike scaleless b...

cutpurse

noun

a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in p...

cutwork

noun

embroidery in which the design is outlined in a buttonhole s...

cutworm

noun

North American moth whose larvae feed on young plant stems c...

cuvier

noun

French naturalist known as the father of comparative anatomy...

cwm

noun

a steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain; may contain...

cyanamid

noun

a weak soluble dibasic acid (the parent acid of cyanamide sa...

cyanamide

noun

a compound used as a fertilizer and as a source of nitrogen...

cyanite

noun

a grey or greenish-blue mineral consisting of aluminum silic...