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Cuntnouna term for female genitals, while not meant for offense, is not generally considered appropriate to use in public settings of any sort; occasionally a sexualized termverified
Cup and SaucernounMWEEuropean biennial widely cultivated for its blue or violet or white flowersverified
Cup FinalnounMWEthe final match of any cup competition (such as the annual final of the English soccer competition at Wembley)verified
Cup MorelnounMWEan edible morel with a cup-shaped or saucer-shaped fruiting body can be up to 20 cm wideverified
Cupbearernounthe attendant (usually an officer of a nobleman's household) whose duty is to fill and serve cups of wineverified
Cupelnouna small porous bowl made of bone ash used in assaying to separate precious metals from e.g. leadverified
CupflowernounMexican evergreen climbing plant having large solitary funnel-shaped fragrant yellow flowers with purple-brown ridges in the throatverified
Cupidnouna symbol for love in the form of a cherubic naked boy with wings and a bow and arrowverified
Cuppingnouna treatment in which evacuated cups are applied to the skin to draw blood through the surfaceverified
Curarenouna toxic alkaloid found in certain tropical South American trees that is a powerful relaxant for striated musclesverified
Curassownounlarge crested arboreal game bird of warm parts of the Americas having long legs and tailsverified
Curb CrawlernounMWEsomeone who drives slowly along the curb seeking sex from prostitutes or other womenverified
Curb MarketnounMWEa stock market for trading in securities not listed on the New York Stock Exchangeverified
Curbingnounan edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter)verified
Curettagenounsurgery to remove tissue or growths from a bodily cavity, for example the uterus, by scraping with a curetteverified
Curettementnounsurgery to remove tissue or growths from a bodily cavity (as the uterus) by scraping with a curetteverified
Curfewnounan order that after a specific time certain activities, as being outside on the streets, are prohibitedverified
Curienouna unit of radioactivity equal to the amount of a radioactive isotope that decays at the rate of 37,000,000,000 disintegrations per secondverified
Curled Leaf PondweednounMWEEuropean herb naturalized in the eastern United States and Californiaverified
Curlernouna mechanical device consisting of a cylindrical tube around which the hair is wound to curl itverified
Curlicuenouna round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)verified
Curling IronnounMWEa cylindrical metal home appliance that heats a lock of hair that has been curled around itverified
Curly GrassnounMWErare small fern of northeastern North America having numerous slender spiraling fronds and forming dense tuftsverified
Curly Grass FernnounMWErare small fern of northeastern North America having numerous slender spiraling fronds and forming dense tuftsverified
Curly-Coated RetrievernounMWEan English breed having a tightly curled black or liver-colored coatverified
Currajongnounwidely distributed tree of eastern Australia yielding a tough durable fiber and soft light attractively grained woodverified
Currency BalancenounMWEAs at the time calculated, the current amount (positive or negative) of a particular eligible currency included in an account, as indicated on the books and records of CLS Bank. A currency balance is not a separate account.DataRegulated
Current AccountnounMWEthat part of the balance of payments recording a nation's exports and imports of goods and services and transfer paymentsverified
Current of AirnounMWEair moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressureverified
Current UnitnounMWEa measure of the amount of electric charge flowing past a circuit point at a specific timeverified