A horn, or anything shaped like or resembling a horn.
corum
couac
couch
couch
noun
(art, painting and gilding) A preliminary layer, as of colour or size.
(brewing) A mass of steeped barley spread upon a floor to germinate, in malting; or the floor occupied by the barley.
(metonymically, usually as "the couch") Psychotherapy.
A bed, a resting-place.
An item of furniture, often upholstered, for the comfortable seating of more than one person.
Couch grass, a species of persistent grass, Elymus repens, usually considered a weed.
The den of an otter.
verb
(archaic) To lie down for concealment; to conceal, to hide; to be concealed; to be included or involved darkly or secretly.
(ophthalmology, transitive) In the treatment of a cataract in the eye, to displace the opaque lens with a sharp object such as a needle. The technique is regarded as largely obsolete.
(paper-making, transitive) To transfer (for example, sheets of partly dried pulp) from the wire mould to a felt blanket for further drying.
(sewing, transitive) To attach a thread onto fabric with small stitches in order to add texture.
(transitive) To arrange or dispose as if in a bed.
(transitive) To lay or deposit in a bed or layer; to bed.
(transitive) To lay something upon a bed or other resting place.
(transitive) To lower (a spear or lance) to the position of attack.
To bend the body, as in reverence, pain, labor, etc.; to stoop; to crouch.
To lie down; to recline (upon a couch or other place of repose).
To phrase in a particular style; to use specific wording for.
coude
cough
cough
noun
A condition that causes one to cough; a tendency to cough.
A sudden, usually noisy expulsion of air from the lungs, often involuntary.
Used to focus attention on a following utterance, often a euphemism or an attribution of blame.
verb
(intransitive) To make a noise like a cough.
(intransitive) To push air from the lungs in a quick, noisy explosion.
(transitive, sometimes followed by "up") To force something out of the throat or lungs by coughing.
could
could
noun
Something that could happen, or could be the case, under different circumstances; a potentiality.
verb
(obsolete except Tyneside) past participle of can
Used as a past subjunctive (contrary to fact).
Used to politely ask for permission to do something.
Used to politely ask for someone else to do something.
Used to show the possibility that something might happen.
Used to suggest something.
simple past tense of can
couma
count
count
adj
(linguistics, grammar) Countable.
noun
(baseball) The number of balls and strikes, respectively, on a batter's in-progress plate appearance.
(entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Tanaecia. Other butterflies in this genus are called earls and viscounts.
(law) A charge of misconduct brought in a legal proceeding.
(obsolete) An object of interest or account; value; estimation.
A countdown.
A nobleman holding a rank intermediate between dukes and barons.
The act of counting or tallying a quantity.
The male ruler of a county.
The result of a tally that reveals the number of items in a set; a quantity counted.
verb
(intransitive) To amount to, to number in total.
(intransitive) To be an example of something: often followed by as and an indefinite noun.
(intransitive) To be of significance; to matter.
(intransitive) To recite numbers in sequence.
(intransitive, UK, law, obsolete) To plead orally; to argue a matter in court; to recite a count.
(intransitive, obsolete) To take account or note (of), to care (for).
(transitive) To consider something as an example of something or as having some quality; to account, to regard as.
(transitive) To determine the number of (objects in a group).
(transitive) To reckon in, to include in consideration.
(transitive, obsolete) To recount, to tell.
coupe
coupe
noun
(US, Canada, automotive) A car with two doors (variant of coupé).
A shallow glass or glass dish, usually with a stem, in which sparkling wine or desserts are served.
A two-seater car, normally a sports car. (variant of coupé)
An area of forest where harvesting of wood is planned or has taken place.
An ice cream dessert served in a coupe glass; the glass it is served in.
coups
coups
noun
plural of coup
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of coup
courb
courb
verb
(obsolete) To bend; to bow.
cours
cours
noun
Obsolete form of course.
court
court
noun
(Australia, US) A street with no outlet, a cul-de-sac.
(Hong Kong, only used in names) A housing estate under the House Ownership Scheme.
(Hong Kong, only used in names) An apartment building, or a small development of several apartment buildings.
(often capitalized) The judge or judges or other judicial officer presiding in a particular matter, particularly as distinguished from the counsel or jury, or both.
(sports) A place arranged for playing the games of tennis, basketball, handball, badminton, volleyball, squash and some other games
An enclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in by the walls of a building, or by different buildings; also, a space opening from a street and nearly surrounded by houses; a blind alley.
Any formal assembling of the retinue of a sovereign.
Any jurisdiction, civil, military, or ecclesiastical.
Attention directed to a person in power; behaviour designed to gain favor; politeness of manner; civility towards someone
The collective body of persons composing the retinue of a sovereign or person high in authority; all the surroundings of a sovereign in his regal state.
The hall, chamber, or place, where justice is administered.
The persons officially assembled under authority of law, at the appropriate time and place, for the administration of justice; an official assembly, legally met together for the transaction of judicial business; a judge or judges sitting for the hearing or trial of cases.
The residence of a sovereign, prince, nobleman, or other dignitary; a palace.
The session of a judicial assembly.
one of the two divisions of a tennis, badminton or volleyball court, in which the player or players of each team play
verb
(intransitive) To engage in activities intended to win someone's affections.
(intransitive) To engage in courtship behavior.
(transitive) To attempt to attract.
(transitive) To attempt to gain alliance with.
(transitive) To engage in behavior leading to mating.
(transitive) To invite by attractions; to allure; to attract.
(transitive) To risk (a consequence, usually negative).
(transitive) To seek to achieve or win.
(transitive) To try to win a commitment to marry from.
cousy
couth
couth
adj
(obsolete) Familiar, known; well-known, renowned.
Agreeable, friendly, pleasant.
Comfortable; cosy, snug.
Marked by or possessing a high degree of sophistication; cultured, refined.
noun
(rare) A person with social graces; a refined or sophisticated person.
Social grace, refinement, sophistication; etiquette, manners.
couve
coypu
coypu
noun
A large, crepuscular, semiaquatic rodent (Myocastor coypus) resembling a large rat, having bright orange-yellow incisors, native to South America and introduced to Europe, Asia and North America, valued for its fur in eastern Europe and central Asia and considered a pest elsewhere.
crius
crius
Proper noun
A Titan, the son of Uranus and Gaia.
croup
croup
noun
(pathology) An infectious illness of the larynx, especially in young children, causing respiratory difficulty.
The top of the rump of a horse or other quadruped.
verb
(obsolete outside dialects) To croak, make a hoarse noise.
crout
crout
noun
(archaic) sauerkraut
cruce
cruck
cruck
noun
(architecture) A sturdy timber with a curve or angle used for primary framing of a timber house, usually used in pairs.
A vehicle that has features of both a car and a truck.
verb
(dialectal, transitive) To make lame.
crude
crude
adj
(archaic) Immature or unripe.
(grammar) Pertaining to the uninflected stem of a word.
(obsolete) Uncooked, raw.
Characterized by simplicity, especially something not carefully or expertly made.
In a natural, untreated state.
Lacking concealing elements.
Lacking tact or taste.
noun
Any substance in its natural state.
Crude oil.
cruds
cruds
noun
plural of crud
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of crud
crudy
crudy
adj
(obsolete) crude; raw
cruel
cruel
adj
(slang) Cool; awesome; neat.
Harsh; severe.
Intentionally causing or reveling in pain and suffering; merciless, heartless.
adv
(nonstandard) To a great degree; terribly.
noun
Alternative form of crewel
verb
(Australia, transitive, intransitive) To violently provoke (a child) in the belief that this will make them more assertive.
(chiefly Australia, New Zealand) To spoil or ruin (one's chance of success)
cruet
cruet
noun
(Britain) A stand for these containers.
(Christianity) A small vessel used to hold wine or water for the Eucharist.
A small bottle or container used to hold a condiment, such as salt, pepper, oil, or vinegar, for use at a dining table.
crull
crull
adj
(obsolete) curly; curled
crumb
crumb
noun
(figuratively) A bit, small amount.
(slang) A body louse (Pediculus humanus).
(slang) A nobody; a worthless person.
A mixture of sugar, cocoa and milk, used to make industrial chocolate.
A small piece of other material, such as rubber.
A small piece which breaks off from baked food (such as cake, biscuit or bread).
The soft internal portion of bread, surrounded by crust.
verb
(transitive) To break into crumbs or small pieces with the fingers; to crumble.
(transitive) To cover with crumbs.
crump
crump
adj
(UK, Scotland, dialect) Hard or crusty; dry baked
(obsolete) Crooked; bent.
noun
The sound of a muffled explosion.
verb
(intransitive) To produce such a sound.
(intransitive, US, medical slang) (of one's health) to decline rapidly (but not as rapidly as crash).
crunk
crunk
adj
(US, slang) Crazy and intoxicated.
noun
A type of hip hop that originated in the southern United States.
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To cry like a crane.
crunt
cruor
cruor
noun
The clotted portion of coagulated blood, containing the colouring matter; gore.
The colouring matter of the blood.
crura
crura
noun
plural of crus
cruse
cruse
noun
(heraldry) An oil lamp or similar emblem.
(religion or obsolete) A small jar used to hold liquid, such as oil or water.
crush
crush
noun
(Australia) The process of crushing cane to remove the raw sugar, or the season when this process takes place.
(dated) A party or festive function.
(informal) An infatuation with somebody one is not dating.
(informal, by extension) The human object of such infatuation or affection.
(slang) A group or gang.
(television, uncountable) The situation where certain colors are so similar as to be hard to distinguish, either as a deliberate effect or as a limitation of a display.
(uncountable, sexuality) A paraphilia involving arousal from seeing things destroyed by crushing.
A crowd control barrier.
A crowd that produces uncomfortable pressure.
A drink made by squeezing the juice out of fruit.
A standing stock or cage with movable sides used to restrain livestock for safe handling.
A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.
A violent crowding.
Violent pressure, as of a moving crowd.
verb
(figurative) To overwhelm by pressure or weight.
(figurative, colloquial) To do impressively well at (sports events; performances; interviews; etc.).
(film, television) To give a compressed or foreshortened appearance to.
(intransitive) To be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller volume or area, by external weight or force.
(intransitive) To feel infatuation or unrequited love.
(transitive, television) To make certain colors so similar as to be hard to distinguish, either as a deliberate effect or as a limitation of a display.
To oppress or grievously burden.
To overcome completely; to subdue totally.
To press between two hard objects; to squeeze so as to alter the natural shape or integrity, or to force together into a mass.
To reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding.
crust
crust
noun
(Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Canada) The top or bottom slice of a loaf of bread; The end piece of a loaf; The heel.
(Britain, informal) A living.
(astronomy, by extension) The outermost layer of any terrestrial planet.
(geology) The outermost layer of the lithosphere of the Earth.
(music) Ellipsis of crust punk (a subgenre of punk music)
(uncountable, informal) Nerve, gall.
A more solid, dense or hard layer on a surface or boundary.
An outer layer composed of pastry
The bread-like base of a pizza.
The external, hardened layer of certain foodstuffs, including most types of bread, fried meat, etc.
The shell of crabs, lobsters, etc.
verb
(intransitive) To form a crust.
(transitive) To cover with a crust.
cruth
cruth
noun
Alternative spelling of crwth
cuban
cubas
cubby
cubby
noun
A cell in a shelf for storing items, particularly in a school.
A small, confined space.
cubeb
cubeb
noun
The tailed pepper, Piper cubeba; an Indonesian plant cultivated for its berries and essential oil.
cubed
cubed
adj
(mathematics) Raised to the third power.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cube
cuber
cuber
noun
A player of Rubik's cube.
Any device designed to cut things into cubes.
cubes
cubes
noun
(euphemistic) testicles.
plural of cube
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cube
cubic
cubic
adj
(algebraic geometry) Of a class of polynomial of the form ax³+bx²+cx+d
(crystallography) Having three equal axes and all angles 90°.
(geometry) Used in the names of units of volume formed by multiplying a unit of length by itself twice.
noun
(algebraic geometry) A cubic curve.
cubit
cubit
noun
(anatomy, archaic) Synonym of ulna, the bone of the human forearm.
(historical) Any of various units of length approximating this distance, usually around 35–60 cm.
The distance from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger used as an informal unit of length.
cubla
cubti
cucuy
cuddy
cuddy
noun
(Scotland, Durham, Northumbria, historical) A donkey, especially one driven by a huckster or greengrocer.
(UK, mining) A pony that works in a mine.
(dated) A blockhead; a lout.
(nautical) A cabin, for the use of the captain, in the after part of a sailing ship under the poop deck.
A coalfish (Pollachius virens).
A lever mounted on a tripod for lifting stones, leveling up railroad ties, etc..
a small cupboard or closet.
cueca
cueca
noun
A family of musical styles from parts of South America.
Any of the dances associated with the cueca musical style.
cuero
cueva
cuffs
cuffs
noun
plural of cuff
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cuff
cuffy
cuffy
noun
Alternative form of cuffee (“black person”)
cufic
cuifs
cuing
cuing
verb
Alternative spelling of cueing
cuish
cuish
noun
Alternative form of cuisse (“thigh armour”)
cujam
cukes
cukes
noun
plural of cuke
cukor
culch
culch
adj
(US, New England, Maine) Location where potentially useful junk items are collected: culch corner, culch drawer, culch pile.
noun
(US, New England, Maine) An accumulation of small items of little current value -- materials, broken items, miscellaneous fasteners -- for possible future use.
(US, New England, Maine) Junk or debris.
The rocks, crushed shells, and other sea detritus that create an oyster bed, where oyster spawn can attach themselves; a collection of such detritus, accumulated on land, to drop in the sea to build up oyster beds.
verb
To prepare an oyster bed with such (culch) attachments; to sort shellfish or fish catch by size -- most often oysters -- so as to throw back the smallest to grow bigger and breed.
culet
culet
noun
(historical) A component of armor, consisting of overlapping plates designed to protect the buttocks.
A small, flat face often cut at the base of a brilliant-cut gemstone.
culex
culex
noun
Any of various mosquitoes of the genus Culex, some of which carry disease.
culla
culls
culls
noun
Any refuse material.
plural of cull
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cull
cully
cully
noun
(archaic) A person who is easily tricked or imposed on; a dupe, a gullible person.
(historical, archaic) A male client of a prostitute; a john, a gonk.
(slang) A companion.
verb
To trick, to impose on, to dupe.
culms
culms
noun
plural of culm
culmy
culot
culpa
culpa
noun
(law) Negligence or fault, as distinguishable from dolus (deceit, fraud), which implies intent, culpa being imputable to defect of intellect, dolus to defect of heart.
culti
cults
cults
noun
plural of cult
cumae
cumae
Proper noun
An Ancient Greek, and then Roman, settlement near Naples famed for its sibyl.
cumal
cuman
cumar
cumay
cumbu
cumby
cumic
cumin
cumin
noun
Its aromatic long seed, used as a spice, notably in Indian, Middle Eastern, and Mexican cookery.
The flowering plant Cuminum cyminum, in the family Apiaceae.
cumly
cumol
cumyl
cumyl
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of several univalent radicals derived from cumene
cunan
cunas
cundy
cunea
cunei
cunei
noun
plural of cuneus
cuneo
cuney
cunit
cunni
cunny
cunny
adj
(now especially Jamaica) Cunning.
noun
(vulgar, slang) A cunt, vulva.
Obsolete form of cony (“rabbit”).
cunts
cunts
noun
plural of cunt
cunye
cunza
cupay
cupel
cupel
noun
A small circular receptacle used in assaying gold or silver with lead.
verb
To refine by means of a cupel.
cupid
cupid
noun
A putto carrying a bow and arrow, representing Cupid or love.
Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genera Chilades, Cupido and Everes.
cuppa
cuppa
noun
(UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, colloquial) A cup of tea (or sometimes any hot drink).
(UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, colloquial) Whatever interests or suits one; one's cup of tea.
Pronunciation spelling of cup of.
cuppy
cuppy
adj
(of timber) Characterised by cup shakes.
Having indentations or shallow depressions.
Having the form of a cup.
curat
curat
noun
(obsolete) A cuirass or breastplate.
Obsolete spelling of curate
curbs
curbs
noun
plural of curb
curby
curby
adj
(of a horse) Affected by curbs (swellings around the hock).
curch
curch
noun
(Scotland) A square piece of linen formerly worn by women instead of a cap; a kerchief.
curds
curds
noun
plural of curd
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of curd
curdy
curdy
adj
Like, or full of, curd; coagulated.
cured
cured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cure
curer
curer
noun
A healer.
A person who, or device which preserves food by curing.
cures
cures
noun
plural of cure
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cure
curet
curet
noun
Alternative form of curette
curfs
curfs
noun
plural of curf
curia
curia
noun
(historical) Any of several medieval councils or courts of justice
(historical) Any of the subdivisions of a tribe in ancient Rome
(historical) The Roman senate during the republic
curie
curie
noun
3.7×10¹⁰ decays per second, as a unit of radioactivity. Symbol Ci.
curin
curio
curio
noun
A strange and interesting object; something that evokes curiosity.
curls
curls
noun
Specifically, a body of curly hair on someone's head.
plural of curl
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of curl
curly
curly
adj
(typography) Curling in a direction, as opposed to straight (quotation marks or apostrophes)
Complicated and difficult; knotty.
Having curls.
noun
a person or animal with curly hair.
curns
currs
currs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of curr
curry
curry
noun
A spiced sauce or relish, especially one flavoured with curry powder.
Curry powder.
Obsolete form of quarry.
One of a family of dishes originating from Indian cuisine, flavoured by a spiced sauce.
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To scurry; to ride or run hastily
(transitive) To beat, thrash; to drub.
(transitive) To cook or season with curry powder.
(transitive) To dress (leather) after it is tanned by beating, rubbing, scraping and colouring.
(transitive) To groom (a horse); to dress or rub down a horse with a curry comb.
(transitive) To try to win or gain (favour) by flattering.
(transitive, computing) To perform currying upon.
(transitive, obsolete) To cover (a distance); (of a projectile) to traverse (its range).
(transitive, obsolete) To hurry.
cursa
curse
curse
noun
(slang, dated, derogatory, usually with "the") A woman's menses.
A prayer or imprecation that harm may befall someone.
A supernatural detriment or hindrance; a bane.
A vulgar epithet.
The cause of great harm, evil, or misfortune; that which brings evil or severe affliction; torment.
verb
(intransitive) To use offensive or morally inappropriate language.
(transitive) To place a curse upon (a person or object).
(transitive) To speak or shout a vulgar curse or epithet.
To bring great evil upon; to be the cause of serious harm or unhappiness to; to furnish with that which will be a cause of deep trouble; to afflict or injure grievously; to harass or torment.
To call upon divine or supernatural power to send injury upon; to imprecate evil upon; to execrate.
curst
curst
adj
Archaic spelling of cursed.
verb
Archaic spelling of cursed: simple past tense and past participle of curse
curua
curve
curve
adj
(obsolete) Bent without angles; crooked; curved.
noun
(algebraic geometry) An algebraic curve; a polynomial relation of the planar coordinates.
(analytic geometry) A continuous map from a one-dimensional space to a multidimensional space.
(geometry) A one-dimensional figure of non-zero length; the graph of a continuous map from a one-dimensional space.
(informal, usually in the plural) The attractive shape of a woman's body.
(topology) A one-dimensional continuum.
A gentle bend, such as in a road.
A grading system based on the scale of performance of a group used to normalize a right-skewed grade distribution (with more lower scores) into a bell curve, so that more can receive higher grades, regardless of their actual knowledge of the subject.
A simple figure containing no straight portions and no angles; a curved line.
verb
(intransitive) To bend or turn gradually from a given direction.
(transitive) (slang) To reject, to turn down romantic advances.
(transitive) To bend; to crook.
(transitive) To cause to swerve from a straight course.
(transitive) To grade on a curve (bell curve of a normal distribution).
curvy
curvy
adj
(euphemistic, of women) Overweight.
Buxom or curvaceous.
Having curves.
cusco
cusec
cusec
noun
A measure of the rate of flow of fluid, especially through a pipeline, equal to one cubic foot per second.
cushy
cushy
adj
(chiefly US) Comfortable, often in a way that will suit a person's body; ergonomic.
(informal) Making few demands; comfortable, easy.
cusie
cusks
cusks
noun
plural of cusk
cusps
cusps
noun
plural of cusp
cusso
cusso
noun
Alternative form of kousso
cutch
cutch
noun
(nautical) a preservative, made from catechu gum boiled in water, used to prolong the life of a sail or net
Alternative form of catechu
Alternative form of cultch
cuter
cuter
adj
comparative form of cute: more cute
cutes
cutes
noun
(informal) cuteness
plural of cutis
cutey
cutey
noun
Alternative form of cutie
cutie
cutie
noun
(by extension) Any small mandarin orange variety such as a tangerine or a satsuma.
A clementine: a small, waxy-peeled orange hybrid cultivar that is easy to peel by hand.
A cute person or animal.
cutin
cutin
noun
(biochemistry) A waxy polymer of hydroxy acids that is the main constituent of plant cuticle.
cutis
cutis
noun
(anatomy) The true skin or dermis, underlying the epidermis.
cutty
cutty
adj
(Scotland, Northern England) Short, shortened, or small; curtailed.
(of audio or video) Having many cuts.
Sharp, cutting easily.
noun
(Scotland) A short spoon.
(Scotland) A short tobacco pipe; a cutty-pipe.
(Scotland, archaic) A girl with a short, dumpy figure.
(Scotland, archaic) A wanton or unchaste woman.
cutup
cutup
noun
(literature) A work produced by the aleatory literary technique of cutting up and rearranging a written text to create a new text.
Someone who cuts up; someone who acts boisterously or clownishly, for example, by playing practical jokes.