| cud |
a quantity of food that certain animals such as cows bring up from the first stomach to chew again. |
| cudbear |
a purple dye obtained from lichens. |
| cuddle |
to hug and caress with affection and tenderness, usu. while sitting or reclining. [3 definitions] |
| cuddy |
a small cabin, galley, or pantry on a ship. |
| cudgel |
a short heavy club, usu. used as a weapon. [2 definitions] |
| cue1 |
in theater, anything done or said that is a signal for speech or action on the stage. [3 definitions] |
| cue2 |
a long stick, narrow at the tip, that is used by pool and billiards players to hit the ball. [4 definitions] |
| cue ball |
the solid white ball set in motion by the cue in pool and billiards. |
| cue card |
a large card displaying a television performer's lines, used as a prompt for the performer but kept out of the audience's view. |
| cuff1 |
a folded over and usu. sewn piece of material at the end of a shirt sleeve or pants leg, serving as trimming. [4 definitions] |
| cuff2 |
to hit or slap, esp. with an open hand. [2 definitions] |
| cuff link |
either of a pair of linked buttons or other small device inserted into the buttonholes of a cuff to keep it closed. |
| cui bono |
the legal principle that the responsibility for a certain act is likely to lie with one who had something to gain as a result of that act. [2 definitions] |
| cuirass |
a piece of close-fitting armor that protects the chest and back. [4 definitions] |
| cuirassier |
a cavalry soldier who wears a cuirass. |
| cuish |
a cuisse. |
| cuisine |
a particular type of cooking, especially that of a particular region, or the food in general that is prepared in this way. |
| cuisse |
a piece of armor made to wear on the thigh. |
| cul-de-sac |
a passage whose only exit is the entrance, such as a dead-end street. [2 definitions] |
| -cule |
small. |
| culex |
any of various mosquitoes that are very common in North America and Europe. |