| curette |
a surgical instrument shaped like a scoop or loop and used for scraping a cavity of the body, esp. the uterus, in order to remove dead or unwanted tissue. [2 definitions] |
| curfew |
a rule or law that establishes a time after which everyone, or everyone of a particular class or group, must be off the street and inside for the night. [2 definitions] |
| curia |
(often cap.) the collection of officials who direct the overall government of the Roman Catholic Church; papal court. [2 definitions] |
| curie |
a unit of radioactivity equal to 3.7 times 1010 disintegrations per second. |
| curio |
any object, such as a piece of art, that is desired or significant only as a curiosity or novelty. |
| curiosity |
the desire to learn or know. [2 definitions] |
| curious |
eager to learn or know. [3 definitions] |
| curium |
a synthetic radioactive chemical element that has ninety-six protons in each nucleus. (symbol: Cm) |
| curl |
to make into coils, spirals, or rings. [8 definitions] |
| curler |
any of various pins, rollers, and the like that are used in curling hair. [2 definitions] |
| curlew |
any of a number of shorebirds that have long legs and a long, curved beak. |
| curlicue |
a decorative curled line, as on a signature. |
| curling |
a game played on ice in which two teams, of four players each, slide a stone or other heavy object toward a circle at either end of the ice, the players being permitted to clean the path of the stone to control its speed and direction. |
| curling iron |
a metal implement in the form of a rod that is heated, around which hair is wrapped in order to curl or wave it. |
| curl up |
to get into a comfortable sitting or reclining position. |
| curly |
having curls or tending to curl, as hair. |
| curmudgeon |
an irritable or ill-tempered person. |
| currant |
a small seedless raisin. [3 definitions] |
| currency |
any money in circulation as a valid means of trade or exchange. [2 definitions] |
| current |
happening in or belonging to the present time. [5 definitions] |
| current affairs |
events of a political, societal, or economic nature that are occurring in the present time and are often covered in the media. |