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Curry PowdernounMWEpungent blend of cumin and ground coriander seed and turmeric and other spicesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Curry SaucenounMWEallemande sauce with curry powder and coconut milk instead of stockverifiedMay 18, 2026
Curse WordnounMWEprofane or obscene expression usually of surprise or angerverifiedMay 18, 2026
Cursed CrowfootnounMWEannual herb growing in marshy placesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Cursive ScriptnounMWErapid handwriting in which letters are set down in full and are cursively connected within words without lifting the writing implement from the paperverifiedMay 18, 2026
Cursornoun(computer science) indicator consisting of a movable spot of light (an icon) on a visual displayverifiedMay 18, 2026
Curtailmentnounthe act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulationverifiedMay 18, 2026
Curtain CallnounMWEan appearance by actors or performers at the end of the concert or play in order to acknowledge the applause of the audienceverifiedMay 18, 2026
Curtain LecturenounMWEa private lecture to a husband by his wifeverifiedMay 18, 2026
Curtain RaisernounMWEa short play presented before the main playverifiedMay 18, 2026
Curtain RaisingnounMWEthe first performance (as of a theatrical production)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Curtain RingnounMWEa circular ring for holding up a curtainverifiedMay 18, 2026
Curtilagenounthe enclosed land around a house or other buildingverifiedMay 18, 2026
Curtnessnounan abrupt discourteous mannerverifiedMay 18, 2026
Curvaceousnessnounthe quality of having a well-rounded bodyverifiedMay 18, 2026
Curvaturenounthe rate of change (at a point) of the angle between a curve and a tangent to the curveverifiedMay 18, 2026
Curve BallnounMWEa pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approaches the batterverifiedMay 18, 2026
Curved ShapenounMWEthe trace of a point whose direction of motion changesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Curvilinear CorrelationnounMWEany correlation in which the rates of change of the variables is not constantverifiedMay 18, 2026
Curvilinear RegressionnounMWEthe relation between variables when the regression equation is nonlinear (quadratic or higher order)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Cuscusnounwoolly-haired monkey-like arboreal marsupial of New Guinea and northern AustraliaverifiedMay 18, 2026
Cush-Cushnountropical American yam with small yellow edible tubersverifiedMay 18, 2026
CushatnounEurasian pigeon with white patches on wings and neckverifiedMay 18, 2026
Cushawnounplant bearing squash having globose to ovoid fruit with variously striped grey and green and white warty rindsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Cushion CalamintnounMWEaromatic herb having heads of small pink or whitish flowersverifiedMay 18, 2026
Cushion FlowernounMWEtall straggling shrub with large globose crimson-yellow flowersverifiedMay 18, 2026
Cushioningnounartifact consisting of soft or resilient material used to fill or give shape or protect or add comfortverifiedMay 18, 2026
Cusknounelongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouthverifiedMay 18, 2026
Cusk-Eelnounelongate compressed somewhat eel-shaped fishesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Cuspnounpoint formed by two intersecting arcs (as from the intrados of a Gothic arch)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Cuspidnounone of the four pointed conical teeth, two in each jaw, located between the incisors and the premolars; also known as caninesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Cuspidationnouna decoration using cuspsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Cuspidornouna receptacle for spit (usually in a public place)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Cussednessnounmeanspirited disagreeable contrarinessverifiedMay 18, 2026
Custardnounsweetened mixture of milk and eggs baked or boiled or frozenverifiedMay 18, 2026
Custard ApplenounMWEthe fruit of any of several tropical American trees of the genus Annona having soft edible pulpverifiedMay 18, 2026
Custard Apple TreenounMWEany of several tropical American trees bearing fruit with soft edible pulpverifiedMay 18, 2026
Custard PienounMWEa prop consisting of an open pie filled with real or artificial custardverifiedMay 18, 2026
Custard-Apple FamilynounMWEchiefly tropical trees or shrubsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Custodial AccountnounMWEa brokerage firm account that parents have created for a minorverifiedMay 18, 2026
Custodiannounone having charge of buildings or grounds or animalsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Custodianshipnounthe position of custodianverifiedMay 18, 2026
Custodynouna state of being confined (usually for a short time)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Custody BattlenounMWElitigation to settle custody of the children of a divorced coupleverifiedMay 18, 2026
Custody CasenounMWEa legal action to determine custody (usually of children following a divorce)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Custom redirect servicenounMWEThis service enables control over the location of incoming calls or the redirection of calls to various locations or pre-established phone numbers to ensure customer service continuity.CapabilityInternalMay 12, 2026
custom softwarenounMWESoftware developed for a specific use, user, or organization.SystemRegulatedMay 12, 2026
CustomernounFor purposes of the Information Security Standards, “customer” means a consumer with whom a financial institution has a continuing relationship under which the institution provides one or more financial products or services to the consumer that are to be used primarily for personal, family, or household purposes. In the case of a credit union, a customer relationship will exist between a credit union and certain consumers that are not the credit union’s members.IdentityMay 9, 2026
customer accessnounMWEA customer’s ability and means to communicate or interact with a system, use system resources or to control system components and functions.CapabilityRegulatedMay 12, 2026
customer accountnounMWEA client's formal contract with an individual or organization whereby the client receives goods or services.IdentityRegulatedPIIMay 9, 2026
Customer AgentnounMWEa foreign purchaser who buys goods outright for resaleverifiedMay 18, 2026
customer data privacynounMWEThe ability an organization or individual has to determine what customer data in a computer system can be shared with third parties.RequirementRegulatedPIIMay 9, 2026
customer educational materialnounMWEEducational materials used to inform customers about topics regarding the products and/or services that they use.ArtifactInternalMay 12, 2026
customer informationnounMWEA term used in the Information Security Standards to mean any record containing non-public personal information about a customer, whether in paper, electronic, or other form, that is maintained by or on behalf of a financial institution.DataRegulatedPIIMay 9, 2026
customer information systemnounMWEFor purposes of the Information Security Standards, “customer information systems” means any methods used to access, collect, store, use, transmit, protect, or dispose of customer information.SystemRegulatedPIIMay 9, 2026
Customer ServicenounMWEThe purpose of this function is to provide and manage information delivery and support to an organization's clients regarding its products and/or services.CapabilityMay 12, 2026
Customer Service and Technical SupportnounMWEIn the NICE Workforce Framework, cybersecurity work where a person: Addresses problems, installs, configures, troubleshoots, and provides maintenance and training in response to customer requirements or inquiries (e.g., tiered-level customer support).CapabilityMay 12, 2026
Customer's BrokernounMWEsomeone in charge of a client's account for an advertising agency or brokerage or other service businessverifiedMay 18, 2026
Customer's MannounMWEsomeone in charge of a client's account for an advertising agency or brokerage or other service businessverifiedMay 18, 2026
Customhousenouna government building where customs are collected and where ships are cleared to enter or leave the countryverifiedMay 18, 2026
Customs DutynounMWEmoney collected under a tariffverifiedMay 18, 2026
Customs UnionnounMWEan association of nations to promote free trade within the union and set common tariffs for nations that are not membersverifiedMay 18, 2026
Customshousenouna government building where customs are collected and where ships are cleared to enter or leave the countryverifiedMay 18, 2026
Cut GlassnounMWEglass decorated by cutting or grinding facetsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Cut of BeefnounMWEcut of meat from beef cattleverifiedMay 18, 2026
Cut of LambnounMWEcut of meat from a lambverifiedMay 18, 2026
Cut of MeatnounMWEa piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcassverifiedMay 18, 2026
Cut of PorknounMWEcut of meat from a hog or pigverifiedMay 18, 2026
Cut of VealnounMWEcut of meat from a calfverifiedMay 18, 2026
Cut PricenounMWEa price below the standard priceverifiedMay 18, 2026
Cut RatenounMWEa price below the standard priceverifiedMay 18, 2026
Cut-And-Thrustnounfighting with knivesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Cut-Innoun(film) a still picture that is introduced and that interrupts the action of a filmverifiedMay 18, 2026
Cut-Rate SalenounMWEan occasion (usually brief) for buying at specially reduced pricesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Cut-ThroughnounCut-Through is a method of switching where only the header of a packet is read before it is forwarded to its destination.NetworkMay 12, 2026
Cut-Upnounsomeone who plays practical jokes on othersverifiedMay 18, 2026
Cutaneous AnthraxnounMWEa form of anthrax infection that begins as papule that becomes a vesicle and breaks with a discharge of toxinsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Cutaneous LeishmaniasisnounMWEleishmaniasis of the skinverifiedMay 18, 2026
Cutaneous SensationnounMWEa sensation localized on the skinverifiedMay 18, 2026
Cutaneous SensesnounMWEthe faculty by which external objects or forces are perceived through contact with the body (especially the hands)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Cutaneous VeinnounMWEone of a number of veins in the subcutaneous tissue that empty into deep veinsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Cutaway DrawingnounMWEa representation (drawing or model) of something in which the outside is omitted to reveal the inner partsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Cutaway ModelnounMWEa representation (drawing or model) of something in which the outside is omitted to reveal the inner partsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Cutchnountannin extract derived from any of several mangrove barks of Pacific areasverifiedMay 18, 2026
Cutenessnounthe quality of being appealing in a delicate or graceful way (of a girl or young woman)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Cuticlenounhard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtlesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Cuticulanounthe outer body wall of an insectverifiedMay 18, 2026
Cutisnouna natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touchverifiedMay 18, 2026
Cutlasnouna short heavy curved sword with one edgeverifiedMay 18, 2026
Cutlassnouna short heavy curved sword with one edgeverifiedMay 18, 2026
Cutlassfishnounlong-bodied marine fishes having a long whiplike scaleless body and sharp teethverifiedMay 18, 2026
Cutleaved ConeflowernounMWEtall leafy plant with erect branches ending in large yellow flower heads with downward-arching raysverifiedMay 18, 2026
Cutlernouna dealer in cutleryverifiedMay 18, 2026
Cutlerynountableware implements for cutting and eating foodverifiedMay 18, 2026
Cutletnounthin slice of meat (especially veal) usually fried or broiledverifiedMay 18, 2026
Cutoff SawnounMWEhandsaw that cuts at right angles to the grain (or major axis)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Cutpursenouna thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public placesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Cutternouna sailing vessel with a single mast set further back than the mast of a sloopverifiedMay 18, 2026
Cutting AnglenounMWEthe angle between the face of a cutting tool and the surface of the workverifiedMay 18, 2026
Cutting BoardnounMWEa wooden board where meats or vegetables can be cutverifiedMay 18, 2026