Chapter 19

cup,n.mug, noggin, nipperkin, beaker, bumper, tankard, jorum, tig;pl.carousal, wassail, intoxication,orgies; cupping-glass, cupel; calyx.cupboard,n.locker, buffet, ambry,closet.cupidity,n.covetousness,avarice,greediness.cupola,n.dome; lantern.curable,a.remediable, sanable.Antonyms:incurable, irremediable.curative,a.remedial, sanatory.curator,n.custodian,keeper,trustee,warden.curb,v.check,restrain,control,repress,bridle.curb roof, gambrel roof; mansard roof.curdle,v.coagulate,thicken, curd, clabber, loppercurdled,a.coagulated, thickened, loppered.curdled milk.clabber.curé,n.spiritualcharge, curacy; medical treatment, therapy;antidote,remedy,specific;healing.cure,v.heal,remedy.cure-all,n.panacea, catholicon.curiosity,n.inquisitiveness; curio,freak, rarity,rara avis,wonder.Antonyms: incuriosity, uninquisitiveness.curious,a.inquisitive;strange,rare,unusual.Antonym: incurious.curl,n.ringlet,kink, toupet.curl,v.crisp,crimp, crape; writhe, wreathe,twist,wind.curling,n.crispation.curl paper.papillote.curly,a.curling, curled, crinkled,crinkly,wavy,kinky.curlycue,n.(Colloq.)flourish, paraph,caper.current,a.present, instant; circulating,rife.curse,n.denunciation,anathema,ban, malediction, execration, imprecation, fulmination, malison, maranatha;torment,plague,scourge,affliction.curse,v.anathematize, execrate, fulminate, denounce,condemn.cursed,a.accursed, execrable,abominable,odious.curtail,v.shorten,reduce,retrench.curtain,n.hanging, drapery, portiere, valance, purdah.curvature,n.curve, flexure, sinuosity; cyrtosis.curve,v.bend,crook,turn, inflect, deflect,deviate,wind.cushion,n.pad,bolster,pillow, pillion; pouf, pouffle.cussedness,n.(Slang) perversity,obstinacy, doggedness, meanness.custodian,n.curator,guardian,keeper.custody,n.safe-keeping,care;imprisonment.custom,n.usage,practice, conventionality; patronage; impost,duty, tribute.customary,a.usual,wonted,habitual, conventional,accustomed.customer,n.patron.cut,v.gash,slash, hew,crop, reap,mow,lop, prune,clip, shear, whittle,shave,trim, detruncate,dock,curtail, exscind, dissect, chamfer, amputate,carve,chase, chisel,lance, bisect,cleave, razee,slit, incise, fell,score, nurl, knurl.cut,n.incision,gash,slash,slit,wound;slight, ignoration; sarcasm,taunt;notch,groove, chamfret;defile,passage; kerf;slice,piece;fashion,style,mode;engraving.cut down.fell;retrench,curtail,reduce.cute,a.(Colloq.)clever,sharp,ingenious,cunning,shrewd.cut off.amputate,sever; interrupt,stop, intercept.cut out.exscind, excise,remove;supplant;debar,exclude.cutting,a.incisive,sharp,keen, trenchant;penetrating,nipping,biting;sarcastic,satirical,caustic,acrimonious, mordacious; secant.cutting,n.incision, felling, amputation, cleavage, truncation, curtailment, celotomy,dissection, scarification, slashing, cropping;slip,scion, clipping.Associated words: sectile, sectility, insecable.cutting out.excision, exsection.cut to pieces.dissect,mutilate,dismember.cut up.afflict,grieve,distress, harry; play pranks, play tricks, cut capers, misbehave.cyclone,n.tornado.cypher,n.Seecipher.Czar,n.Tsar, Tzar.Associated words: Czarinian Czarowitz, Czarevna, autocrat.Czarina,n.Tsarina, Tsaritsa.

cup,n.mug, noggin, nipperkin, beaker, bumper, tankard, jorum, tig;pl.carousal, wassail, intoxication,orgies; cupping-glass, cupel; calyx.

cupboard,n.locker, buffet, ambry,closet.

cupidity,n.covetousness,avarice,greediness.

cupola,n.dome; lantern.

curable,a.remediable, sanable.Antonyms:incurable, irremediable.

curative,a.remedial, sanatory.

curator,n.custodian,keeper,trustee,warden.

curb,v.check,restrain,control,repress,bridle.

curb roof, gambrel roof; mansard roof.

curdle,v.coagulate,thicken, curd, clabber, lopper

curdled,a.coagulated, thickened, loppered.

curdled milk.clabber.

curé,n.spiritualcharge, curacy; medical treatment, therapy;antidote,remedy,specific;healing.

cure,v.heal,remedy.

cure-all,n.panacea, catholicon.

curiosity,n.inquisitiveness; curio,freak, rarity,rara avis,wonder.Antonyms: incuriosity, uninquisitiveness.

curious,a.inquisitive;strange,rare,unusual.Antonym: incurious.

curl,n.ringlet,kink, toupet.

curl,v.crisp,crimp, crape; writhe, wreathe,twist,wind.

curling,n.crispation.

curl paper.papillote.

curly,a.curling, curled, crinkled,crinkly,wavy,kinky.

curlycue,n.(Colloq.)flourish, paraph,caper.

current,a.present, instant; circulating,rife.

curse,n.denunciation,anathema,ban, malediction, execration, imprecation, fulmination, malison, maranatha;torment,plague,scourge,affliction.

curse,v.anathematize, execrate, fulminate, denounce,condemn.

cursed,a.accursed, execrable,abominable,odious.

curtail,v.shorten,reduce,retrench.

curtain,n.hanging, drapery, portiere, valance, purdah.

curvature,n.curve, flexure, sinuosity; cyrtosis.

curve,v.bend,crook,turn, inflect, deflect,deviate,wind.

cushion,n.pad,bolster,pillow, pillion; pouf, pouffle.

cussedness,n.(Slang) perversity,obstinacy, doggedness, meanness.

custodian,n.curator,guardian,keeper.

custody,n.safe-keeping,care;imprisonment.

custom,n.usage,practice, conventionality; patronage; impost,duty, tribute.

customary,a.usual,wonted,habitual, conventional,accustomed.

customer,n.patron.

cut,v.gash,slash, hew,crop, reap,mow,lop, prune,clip, shear, whittle,shave,trim, detruncate,dock,curtail, exscind, dissect, chamfer, amputate,carve,chase, chisel,lance, bisect,cleave, razee,slit, incise, fell,score, nurl, knurl.

cut,n.incision,gash,slash,slit,wound;slight, ignoration; sarcasm,taunt;notch,groove, chamfret;defile,passage; kerf;slice,piece;fashion,style,mode;engraving.

cut down.fell;retrench,curtail,reduce.

cute,a.(Colloq.)clever,sharp,ingenious,cunning,shrewd.

cut off.amputate,sever; interrupt,stop, intercept.

cut out.exscind, excise,remove;supplant;debar,exclude.

cutting,a.incisive,sharp,keen, trenchant;penetrating,nipping,biting;sarcastic,satirical,caustic,acrimonious, mordacious; secant.

cutting,n.incision, felling, amputation, cleavage, truncation, curtailment, celotomy,dissection, scarification, slashing, cropping;slip,scion, clipping.Associated words: sectile, sectility, insecable.

cutting out.excision, exsection.

cut to pieces.dissect,mutilate,dismember.

cut up.afflict,grieve,distress, harry; play pranks, play tricks, cut capers, misbehave.

cyclone,n.tornado.

cypher,n.Seecipher.

Czar,n.Tsar, Tzar.Associated words: Czarinian Czarowitz, Czarevna, autocrat.

Czarina,n.Tsarina, Tsaritsa.


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