Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter C - Page 159
Cuish (n.) Defensive armor for the thighs.
Cuisine (n.) The kitchen or cooking department.
Cuisine (n.) Manner or style of cooking.
Culasse (n.) The lower faceted portion of a brilliant-cut diamond.
Culdee (n.) One of a class of anchorites who lived in various parts of Scotland, Ireland, and Wales.
Culs-de-sac (n. pl. ) of Cul-de-sac.
Cul-de-sac (n.) A passage with only one outlet, as a street closed at one end; a blind alley; hence, a trap.
Cul-de-sac (n.) a position in which an army finds itself with no way of exit but to the front.
Cul-de-sac (n.) Any bag-shaped or tubular cavity, vessel, or organ, open only at one end.
Culerage (n.) See Culrage.
Culex (n.) A genus of dipterous insects, including the gnat and mosquito.
Culiciform (a.) Gnat-shaped.
Culinarily (adv.) In the manner of a kitchen; in connection with a kitchen or cooking.
Culinary (a.) Relating to the kitchen, or to the art of cookery; used in kitchens; as, a culinary vessel; the culinary art.
Culled (imp. & p. p.) of Cull.
Culling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cull.
Cull (v. t.) 挑出，選出；揀選；將不合格者淘汰；篩揀；剔出（樹木） To separate, select, or pick out; to choose and gather or collect; as, to cull flowers.
Cull (n.) [C] 揀選；剔除；剔除的東西 A cully; a dupe; a gull. See {Cully}.
Cull (n.) The person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality [syn: {cull}, {reject}].
Cull (n.) Remove something that has been rejected; "cull the sick members of the herd".
Cull (n.) Look for and gather; "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers" [syn: {pick}, {pluck}, {cull}].
Cullender (n.) A strainer. See Colander.
Culler (n.) One who picks or chooses; esp., an inspector who selects wares suitable for market.
Cullet (v. t.) Broken glass for remelting.
Cullet (n.) A small central plane in the back of a cut gem. See Collet, 3 (b).
Cullibility (n.) Gullibility.
Cullible (a.) Easily deceived; gullible.
Culling (n.) The act of one who culls.
Culling (n.) Anything separated or selected from a mass.
Cullion (n.) A mean wretch; a base fellow; a poltroon; a scullion.
Cullionly (a.) Mean; base.
Cullis (n.) A strong broth of meat, strained and made clear for invalids; also, a savory jelly.
Cullises (n. pl. ) of Cullis.
Cullis (n.) A gutter in a roof; a channel or groove.
Culls (v. t.) Refuse timber, from which the best part has been culled out.
Culls (v. t.) Any refuse stuff, as rolls not properly baked.
Cullies (n. pl. ) of Cully.
Cully (n.) A person easily deceived, tricked, or imposed on; a mean dupe; a gull.
Cully (n.) To trick, cheat, or impose on; to deceive.
Cullyism (n.) The state of being a cully.
Culm (n.) The stalk or stem of grain and grasses (including the bamboo), jointed and usually hollow.
Culm (n.) Mineral coal that is not bituminous; anthracite, especially when found in small masses.
Culm (n.) The waste of the Pennsylvania anthracite mines, consisting of fine coal, dust, etc., and used as fuel.
Culmen (n.) Top; summit; acme.
Culmen (n.) The dorsal ridge of a bird's bill.
Culmiferous (a.) Having jointed stems or culms.
Culmiferous (a.) Containing, or abounding in, culm or glance coal.
Culminal (a.) Pertaining to a culmen.
Culminant (a.) Being vertical, or at the highest point of altitude; hence, predominant.
Culminated (imp. & p. p.) of Culminate.
Culminating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Culminate.
Culminate (v. i.) [（+in）] 達到最高點；達到高潮；告終；（天體）到子午線 (v. t.) 使達最高點（或高潮）；使結束 To reach its highest point of altitude; to come to the meridian; to be vertical or directly overhead.
Culminate (v. i.) To reach the highest point, as of rank, size, power, numbers, etc.
Culminate (a.) Growing upward, as distinguished from a lateral growth; -- applied to the growth of corals.
Culminate (v.) End, especially to reach a final or climactic stage; "The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace" [syn: {culminate}, {climax}].
Culminate (v.) Bring to a head or to the highest point; "Seurat culminated pointillism".
Culminate (v.) Reach the highest or most decisive point.
Culminate (v.) Reach the highest altitude or the meridian, of a celestial body.
Culminate (v.) Rise to, or form, a summit; "The helmet culminated in a crest".
Culmination (n.) 頂點；高潮的到達 The attainment of the highest point of altitude reached by a heavently body; passage across the meridian; transit.
Culmination (n.) Attainment or arrival at the highest pitch of glory, power, etc.
Culmination (n.) A final climactic stage; "their achievements stand as a culmination of centuries of development" [syn: {apogee}, {culmination}].
Culmination (n.) (astronomy) A heavenly body's highest celestial point above an observer's horizon.
Culmination (n.) The decisive moment in a novel or play; "the deathbed scene is the climax of the play" [syn: {climax}, {culmination}].
Culmination (n.) A concluding action [syn: {completion}, {culmination}, {closing}, {windup}, {mop up}].
Culpa (n.) Negligence or fault, as distinguishable from dolus (deceit, fraud), which implies intent, culpa being imputable to defect of intellect, dolus to defect of heart.
Culpabilities (n. pl. ) of Culpability.
Culpability (n.) The state of being culpable.
Culpable (a.) Deserving censure; worthy of blame; faulty; immoral; criminal.
Culpable (a.) Guilty; as, culpable of a crime.
Culpatory (a.) Expressing blame; censuring; reprehensory; inculpating.
Culpe (n.) Blameworthiness.
Culpon (n.) A shred; a fragment; a strip of wood.
Culprit (n.) [C] 被控犯罪的人；刑事被告；罪犯；肇事者 One accused of, or arraigned for, a crime, as before a judge.
Culprit (n.) One quilty of a fault; a criminal.
Culprit (n.) Someone who perpetrates wrongdoing [syn: {perpetrator}, {culprit}].
Culrage (n.) Smartweed (Polygonum Hydropiper).
Cult (n.) [C] 膜拜，膜拜儀式；異教；邪教；某種神秘的教派 Attentive care; homage; worship.
Cult (n.) A system of religious belief and worship.
Cult (n.) A system of intense religious veneration of a particular person, idea, or object, especially one considered spurious or irrational by traditional religious bodies; as, the Moonie cult.
Cult (n.) The group of individuals who adhere to a cult (senses 2 or 3).
Cult (n.) A strong devotion or interest in a particular person, idea or thing without religious associations, or the people holding such an interest; as, the cult of James Dean; the cult of personality in totalitarian societies.
Cult (n.) Followers of an exclusive system of religious beliefs and practices.
Cult (n.) An interest followed with exaggerated zeal; "he always follows the latest fads"; "it was all the rage that season" [syn: {fad}, {craze}, {furor}, {furore}, {cult}, {rage}].
Cult (n.) Followers of an unorthodox, extremist, or false religion or sect who often live outside of conventional society under the direction of a charismatic leader.
Cult (n.) A religion or sect that is generally considered to be unorthodox, extremist, or false; "it was a satanic cult".
Cult (n.) A system of religious beliefs and rituals; "devoted to the cultus of the Blessed Virgin" [syn: {cult}, {cultus}, {religious cult}].
Cultch (n.) Empty oyster shells and other substances laid down on oyster grounds to furnish points for the attachment of the spawn of the oyster.
Culter (n.) A colter. See Colter.
Cultirostral (a.) Having a bill shaped like the colter of a plow, or like a knife, as the heron, stork, etc.
Cultirostres (n. pl.) A tribe of wading birds including the stork, heron, crane, etc.
Cultivable (a.) Capable of being cultivated or tilled.
Cultivatable (a.) Cultivable.
Cultivated (imp. & p. p.) of Cultivate.
Cultivating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cultivate.
Cultivate (v. t.) 耕，耕作；培養，磨煉 To bestow attention, care, and labor upon, with a view to valuable returns; to till; to fertilize; as, to cultivate soil.
Cultivate (v. t.) To direct special attention to; to devote time and thought to; to foster; to cherish.
Cultivate (v. t.) To seek the society of; to court intimacy with.
Cultivate (v. t.) To improve by labor, care, or study; to impart culture to; to civilize; to refine.
Cultivate (v. t.) To raise or produce by tillage; to care for while growing; as, to cultivate corn or grass.
Cultivate (v.) Foster the growth of.
Cultivate (v.) Prepare for crops; "Work the soil"; "cultivate the land" [syn: {cultivate}, {crop}, {work}].
Cultivate (v.) Teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment; "Cultivate your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds"; "She is well schooled in poetry" [syn: {educate}, {school}, {train}, {cultivate}, {civilize}, {civilise}].
Cultivate (v.) Adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment; "domesticate oats"; "tame the soil" [syn: {domesticate}, {cultivate}, {naturalize}, {naturalise}, {tame}].
Cultivated (a.) 耕種的；栽培的，非野生的；培養成的；有教養的；文雅的；Cultivate的動詞過去式、過去分詞 Marked by refinement in taste and manners; as, cultivated tastes in art.
Cultivated (a.) Used for raising crops; -- of land or soil.
Cultivated (a.) (of land or fields) Prepared for raising crops by plowing or fertilizing; "cultivated land" [ant: {uncultivated}].
Cultivated (a.) No longer in the natural state; developed by human care and for human use; "cultivated roses"; "cultivated blackberries".
Cultivated (a.) Marked by refinement in taste and manners; "cultivated speech"; "cultured Bostonians"; "cultured tastes"; "a genteel old lady"; "polite society" [syn: {civilized}, {civilised}, {cultivated}, {cultured}, {genteel}, {polite}].
Cultivation (n.) 耕作，栽培，培養 The art or act of cultivating; improvement for agricultural purposes or by agricultural processes; tillage; production by tillage.
Cultivation (n.) Bestowal of time or attention for self-improvement or for the benefit of others; fostering care.
Cultivation (n.) The state of being cultivated; advancement in physical, intellectual, or moral condition; refinement; culture.
Cultivation (n.) Socialization through training and education to develop one's mind or manners; "her cultivation was remarkable".
Cultivation (n.) (Agriculture) Production of food by preparing the land to grow crops (especially on a large scale).
Cultivation (n.) A highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality; "they performed with great polish"; "I admired the exquisite refinement of his prose"; "almost an inspiration which gives to all work that finish which is almost art" -- Joseph Conrad [syn: {polish}, {refinement}, {culture}, {cultivation}, {finish}].
Cultivation (n.) The process of fostering the growth of something; "the cultivation of bees for honey".
Cultivation (n.) The act of raising or growing plants (especially on a large scale).
Cultivator (n.) [C] 耕種者；栽培者；培養者；耕耘機；鬆土除草機 One who cultivates; as, a cultivator of the soil; a cultivator of literature. -- Whewell.
Cultivator (n.) An agricultural implement used in the tillage of growing crops, to loosen the surface of the earth and kill the weeds; esp., a triangular frame set with small shares, drawn by a horse and by handles.
Note: In a broader signification it includes any complex implement for pulverizing or stirring the surface of the soil, as harrows, grubbers, horse hoes, etc.
Cultivator (n.) Someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil [syn: {agriculturist}, {agriculturalist}, {cultivator}, {grower}, {raiser}].
Cultivator (n.) A farm implement used to break up the surface of the soil (for aeration and weed control and conservation of moisture) [syn: {cultivator}, {tiller}].
Cultrate (a.) Alt. of Cultrated.
Cultrated (a.) (Bot. & Zool.) Sharp-edged and pointed; shaped like a pruning knife, as the beak of certain birds.
Cultriform (a.) (Bot. & Zool.) Shaped like a pruning knife; cultrate.
Cultrivorous (a.) Devouring knives; swallowing, or pretending to swallow, knives; -- applied to persons who have swallowed, or have seemed to swallow, knives with impunity. -- Dunglison.
Culturable (a.) Capable of, or fit for, being cultivated; capable or becoming cultured. -- London Spectator.
Cultural (a.) Of or pertaining to culture.
Cultural (a.) Of or relating to the arts and manners that a group favors; "cultural events"; "a person of broad cultural interests".
Cultural (a.) Denoting or deriving from or distinctive of the ways of living built up by a group of people; "influenced by ethnic and cultural ties" -- J.F.Kennedy; "ethnic food" [syn: cultural, ethnic, ethnical].
Cultural (a.) Of or relating to the shared knowledge and values of a society; "cultural roots".
Cultural (a.) Relating to the raising of plants or animals; "a cultural variety".
Culture (n.) 文化，文明，教養，修養 The act or practice of cultivating, or of preparing the earth for seed and raising crops by tillage; as, the culture of the soil.
Culture (n.) The act of, or any labor or means employed for, training, disciplining, or refining the moral and intellectual nature of man; as, the culture of the mind.
If vain our toil We ought to blame the culture, not the soil. -- Pepe.
Culture (n.) The state of being cultivated; result of cultivation; physical improvement; enlightenment and discipline acquired by mental and moral training; civilization; refinement in manners and taste.
What the Greeks expressed by their paidei`a, the Romans by their humanitas, we less happily try to express by the more artificial word culture. -- J. C. Shairp.
The list of all the items of the general life of a people represents that whole which we call its culture. -- Tylor.
Culture (n.) (Biol.) (a) The cultivation of bacteria or other organisms (such as fungi or eukaryotic cells from mulitcellular organisms) in artificial media or under artificial conditions.
Culture (n.) (Biol.) (b) The collection of organisms resulting from such a cultivation.
Note: The growth of cells obtained from multicellular animals or plants in artificial media is called tissue culture.
Note: The word is used adjectively with the above senses in many phrases, such as: culture medium, any one of the various mixtures of gelatin, meat extracts, etc., in which organisms cultivated; culture flask, culture oven, culture tube, gelatin culture, plate culture, etc.
Culture (n.) (Cartography) Those details of a map, collectively, which do not represent natural features of the area delineated, as names and the symbols for towns, roads, houses, bridges, meridians, and parallels.
Culture fluid, Culture medium A fluid in which microscopic organisms are made to develop, either for purposes of study or as a means of modifying their virulence. If the fluid is gelled by, for example, the use of agar, it then is called, depending on the vessel in which the gelled medium is contained, a plate, a slant, or a stab.
Culture (n.) A particular society at a particular time and place; "early Mayan civilization" [syn: culture, civilization, civilisation].
Culture (n.) The tastes in art and manners that are favored by a social group.
Culture (n.) All the knowledge and values shared by a society [syn: acculturation, culture].
Culture (n.) (Biology) The growing of microorganisms in a nutrient medium (such as gelatin or agar); "the culture of cells in a Petri dish".
Culture (n.) A highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality; "they performed with great polish"; "I admired the exquisite refinement of his prose"; "almost an inspiration which gives to all work that finish which is almost art" -- Joseph Conrad [syn: polish, refinement, culture, cultivation, finish].
Culture (n.) The attitudes and behavior that are characteristic of a particular social group or organization; "the developing drug culture"; "the reason that the agency is doomed to inaction has something to do with the FBI culture".
Culture (n.) The raising of plants or animals; "the culture of oysters".
Culture (v.) Grow in a special preparation; "the biologist grows microorganisms".
Cultured (imp. & p. p.) of Culture.
Culturing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Culture.
Culture (v. t.) 栽培，培植，培養 To cultivate; to educate.
They came . . . into places well inhabited and cultured. -- Usher.
Culture (n.) (Biol.) The cultivation of bacteria or other organisms (such as fungi or eukaryotic cells from mulitcellular organisms) in artificial media or under artificial conditions.
Culture (n.) (Biol.) The collection of organisms resulting from such a cultivation.
Culture (n.) (Cartography) Those details of a map, collectively, which do not represent natural features of the area delineated, as names and the symbols for towns, roads, houses, bridges, meridians, and parallels.
Culture (n.) A particular society at a particular time and place; "early Mayan civilization" [syn: {culture}, {civilization}, {civilisation}].
Culture (n.) The tastes in art and manners that are favored by a social group.
Culture (n.) All the knowledge and values shared by a society [syn: {acculturation}, {culture}].
Culture (n.) (Biology) The growing of microorganisms in a nutrient medium (such as gelatin or agar); "the culture of cells in a Petri dish".
Culture (n.) A highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality; "they performed with great polish"; "I admired the exquisite refinement of his prose"; "almost an inspiration which gives to all work that finish which is almost art" -- Joseph Conrad [syn: {polish}, {refinement}, {culture}, {cultivation}, {finish}].
Culture (n.) The attitudes and behavior that are characteristic of a particular social group or organization; "the developing drug culture"; "the reason that the agency is doomed to inaction has something to do with the FBI culture".
Culture (n.) The raising of plants or animals; "the culture of oysters".
Culture (v.) Grow in a special preparation; "the biologist grows microorganisms".
Cultured (a.) Under culture; cultivated. "Cultured vales." -- Shenstone.
Cultured (a.) Characterized by mental and moral training; disciplined; refined; well-educated.
The sense of beauty in nature, even among cultured people, is less often met with than other mental endowments. -- I. Taylor.
The cunning hand and cultured brain. -- Whittier.
Cultured (a.) Marked by refinement in taste and manners; "cultivated speech"; "cultured Bostonians"; "cultured tastes"; "a genteel old lady"; "polite society" [syn: civilized, civilised, cultivated, cultured, genteel, polite].
Cultureless (a.) Having no culture.
Culturist (n.) A cultivator.