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19,295 words · meanings, pronunciation and origins · ranked by use

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19,295 words · showing 4,081–4,140

  • cultural/ˈkʌl.tʃ(ʊ.)ɹəl/adjectiveB1+To do with the arts and customs of a people.
  • culture/ˈkʌlt͡ʃə/nounB12 meaningsThe shared art, beliefs and habits of a people.
  • cultured pearlnounC1A gem grown in a shellfish with human help.
  • cumbersome/ˈkʌmbəsəm/adjectiveC1So big and awkward it is hard to carry or use.
  • cunning/ˈkʌnɪŋ/adjectiveB22 meaningsClever in a sly, scheming way.
  • cup/ˈkʌp/
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A small container with a handle for drinking.
  • cup your earphraseC1To hold a hand behind the ear to hear better.
  • cupboard/ˈkʌbəd/nounA2+A piece of furniture or recess with doors and shelves for storage.
  • cupcake/ˈkʌpkeɪk/nounA2+A small individual cake with icing on top.
  • cupidity/kjuːˈpɪdəti/nounC2Greed for money and possessions.
  • cur/kɜː/nounC22 meaningsAn aggressive or worthless mongrel dog.
  • curate/ˈkjʊəɹət/verbC2To select and arrange works for an exhibition.
  • curator/kjʊəˈɹeɪtə(ɹ)/nounC2The person who chooses and arranges what a museum shows.
  • curb/kɝb/nounB12 meaningsThe raised stone edge where a pavement meets the road.
  • curd/kɜː(ɹ)d/nounB2+The solid part left when milk sours.
  • curdle/ˈkɜː.dəl/verbC1To separate into lumps, as sour milk does.
  • cure/kjɔː/verbB25 meaningsTo make a sick person well, or to end a disease completely.
  • cured/kjʊəd/adjectiveB22 meaningsPreserved with salt, smoke or time.
  • curfew/ˈkɜː.fjuː/nounB22 meaningsA rule that everybody must be off the streets by a set hour.
  • curio/ˈkjʊə̯ɹiˌəʊ̯/nounC2A small unusual object kept for its oddity.
  • curiosity/ˌkjʊə.ɹiˈɒs.ɪ.ti/nounB22 meaningsA strong desire to know or learn something.
  • curiosity killed the cat/kjʊə.ɹiˈɒs.ɪ.ti kɪld ðə ˈkæt/phraseC1The warning that asking too much can get you in trouble.
  • curious/ˈkjʊə.ɹi.əs/adjectiveB12 meaningsEager to know or learn something.
  • curl/kɜːl/nounB22 meaningsA lock of hair that turns in a spiral.
  • curlew/ˈkɜːlju/nounC1A large wader with a long down-curved bill and a sad call.
  • curling/ˈkəɹlɪŋ/nounB2A game of sliding heavy stones towards a target on ice.
  • curling tongsnounC1A heated rod hair is wound around to curl it.
  • curly/ˈkɜːli/adjectiveA2+Growing or lying in rings and waves.
  • curmudgeon/kɜːˈmʌdʒ.ən/nounC2A bad-tempered person who grumbles at everything.
  • currency/ˈkʌɹ.ən.si/nounB1+2 meaningsThe kind of money a country uses.
  • current/ˈkʌɹənt/adjectiveB14 meaningsBelonging to the present moment; in force now.
  • current accountnounB2The everyday account you pay bills from.
  • currently/ˈkʌɹ.ənt.li/adverbB1At this present time.
  • curriculum/kəˈɹɪk.jʊ.ləm/nounB2+The official plan of what a school must teach.
  • curriculum vitae/kəˈɹɪkjələm ˈviːteɪ/nounB2The document listing your education and jobs.
  • curry/ˈkʌ.ɹi/<aa:<<RP>>; <<US,non-hurry-furry>>>nounB1+A spiced Indian sauce dish eaten with rice.
  • currycombnounC2A toothed comb for cleaning a horse's coat.
  • curse/kɜːs/nounA2+4 meaningsWords spoken over somebody to bring harm on them.
  • cursor/ˈkɜːsə/nounB1+The little arrow or blinking line that shows where you are on screen.
  • cursory/ˈkɜː.sə.ɹi/adjectiveC12 meaningsHasty and without attention to detail.
  • curt/kɝt/adjectiveC1Noticeably brief to the point of rudeness.
  • curtail/kɜːˈteɪl/verbC1To cut something short before its natural end.
  • curtain/ˈkɜːtn̩/nounB12 meaningsThe cloth pulled across a window.
  • curtain callnounB2The return of the cast to receive applause.
  • curtain upphraseC1The moment a performance begins.
  • curtsyverbC12 meaningsTo bend the knees briefly as a mark of respect.
  • curve/kɜːv/nounB24 meaningsA line that bends smoothly, with no corners or angles.
  • curved/kɜːvd/adjectiveB2Bending smoothly like part of a circle.
  • cushion/ˈkʊʃən/nounB12 meaningsA soft pad for sitting or leaning on.
  • cusp/kʌsp/nounC12 meaningsThe point at which one state turns into another.
  • custard/ˈkʌs.təd/nounB1+A thick sauce of eggs, milk and sugar.
  • custard pienounB2The soft missile thrown in a comic act.
  • custody/ˈkʌstədiː/nounB23 meaningsThe state of being held by the police and not free to leave.
  • custom/ˈkʌstəm/nounB12 meaningsA traditional and widely accepted way of behaving in a society.
  • customary/ˈkʌs.tə.m(ə.)ɹi/adjectiveC1Usual, according to long practice.
  • customer/ˈkʌs.tə.mə/nounA2+The person buying something in a shop.
  • customs/ˈkʌs.təmz/nounB12 meaningsThe place at a border or airport where officials check what travellers are bringing in.
  • customs formnounB2The declaration attached to a package going abroad.
  • customs officernounB1The official who checks what you carry across a border.
  • cut/kʌt/verbA16 meaningsTo divide or open something with a blade.