6-letter words containing u, c, e
- cumbre — Archaic form of cumber.
- cumene — a colorless and toxic liquid, C 9 H 12 , soluble in alcohol: used as a solvent and in the production of phenol and acetone.
- cummed — (nonstandard) (In the sense of having an orgasm) Simple past tense and past participle of cum.
- cummer — a godmother
- cuneal — wedge-shaped; cuneiform
- cunene — a river in W central Angola, flowing S and W to the Atlantic Ocean. 750 miles (1207 km) long.
- cuneus — a small wedge-shaped area of the cerebral cortex
- cunner — a fish (Crenilabrus melops) of the wrasse family found in British coastal areas
- cupels — Plural form of cupel.
- cuphea — any of various New World plants belonging to the genus Cuphea, of the loosestrife family, having tubular, usually reddish or purple flowers.
- cupped — hollowed like a cup; concave
- cupper — a person who performs the procedure of cupping.
- cupule — a cup-shaped part or structure, such as the cup around the base of an acorn
- curare — black resin obtained from certain tropical South American trees, esp Chondrodendron tomentosum, acting on the motor nerves to cause muscular paralysis: used medicinally as a muscle relaxant and by South American Indians as an arrow poison
- curate — A curate is a clergyman in the Anglican Church who helps the priest.
- curbed — Also, British, kerb. a rim, especially of joined stones or concrete, along a street or roadway, forming an edge for a sidewalk.
- curber — a person or thing that curbs or restrains something
- curded — Simple past tense and past participle of curd.
- curdle — If milk or eggs curdle or if you curdle them, they separate into different bits.
- curers — Plural form of curer.
- curfew — A curfew is a law stating that people must stay inside their houses after a particular time at night, for example during a war.
- curiae — Plural form of curia.
- curies — Plural form of curie.
- curite — a red-orange radioactive mineral, the hydrated oxide of uranium and lead
- curled — in a curved or spiral shape or position
- curler — Curlers are small plastic or metal tubes that women roll their hair round in order to make it curly.
- curlew — A curlew is a large brown bird with long legs and a long curved beak. Curlews live near water and have a very distinctive cry.
- curley — James M(ichael) 1874–1958, U.S. politician.
- curple — The hindquarters or the rump of a horse, a strap under the girth of a horse's saddle to stop the saddle from kicking forward.
- curred — to make a low, purring sound, as a cat.
- currie — to cook or flavor (food) with curry powder or a similar combination of spices: to curry eggs.
- cursed — If you are cursed with something, you are very unlucky in having it.
- curser — the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- curses — an expression of disappointment or dismay
- curter — Comparative form of curt.
- curule — (in ancient Rome) of the highest rank, esp one entitled to use a curule chair
- curved — A curved object has the shape of a curve or has a smoothly bending surface.
- curves — Plural form of curve.
- curvet — a low leap with all four feet off the ground
- curvey — curved.
- cusecs — Plural form of cusec.
- cusped — having a cusp or cusps; cusplike.
- cusper — A person considered to have been born on a cusp between significant generations.
- cussed — obstinate
- cusser — One who uses cusses.
- cusses — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cuss.
- custer — George Armstrong. 1839–76, US cavalry general: Civil War hero, killed fighting the Sioux at Little Bighorn, Montana
- cutely — attractive, especially in a dainty way; pleasingly pretty: a cute child; a cute little apartment.
- cutest — attractive, especially in a dainty way; pleasingly pretty: a cute child; a cute little apartment.
- cutesy — If you describe someone or something as cutesy, you dislike them because you think they are unpleasantly pretty and sentimental.