14-letter words containing cu
- shower cubicle — a shower enclosure
- shower curtain — waterproof sheet around a shower
- silviculturist — the cultivation of forest trees; forestry.
- slantendicular — slanting (rather than perpendicular or horizontal)
- soft sculpture — sculpture principally in vinyl, canvas, or other flexible material reproducing objects of characteristically rigid construction, as an electric fan, a typewriter, a set of drums, or a bathtub, in forms having a malleable texture and a liquescent, somewhat deflated appearance.
- somali current — a current of the Indian Ocean, flowing northward along the coast of Somalia in summer and southwestward the rest of the year.
- spectacularity — of or like a spectacle; marked by or given to an impressive, large-scale display.
- speculum metal — any of several bronze alloys with a high tin content, often containing other materials, as silver, brass, lead, zinc, or arsenic, used for making mirrors and reflectors.
- staphylococcus — any of several spherical bacteria of the genus Staphylococcus, occurring in pairs, tetrads, and irregular clusters, certain species of which, as S. aureus, can be pathogenic for humans.
- sterculiaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Sterculiaceae, a chiefly tropical family of plants that includes cacao and cola
- subcutaneously — situated or lying under the skin, as tissue.
- sun animalcule — a heliozoan.
- superfecundity — the quality of being fecund; capacity, especially in female animals, of producing young in great numbers.
- superincumbent — lying or resting on something else.
- supermasculine — highly masculine
- supramolecular — having an organization more complex than that of a molecule.
- survival curve — a line or curve plotted on a graph indicating survival rates of a specific population, as breast-cancer patients, over a period of time.
- tall buttercup — a Eurasian buttercup, Ranunculus acris, naturalized in North American fields and meadows, having a tall stem and shiny yellow flowers.
- the vernacular — the commonly spoken language or dialect of a particular people or place
- tissue culture — the technique of cultivating living tissue in a prepared medium outside the body.
- to cut and run — If someone cuts and runs in a difficult situation, they try to escape from it quickly and gain an advantage for themselves, rather than deal with the situation in a responsible way.
- to cut corners — If you cut corners, you do something quickly by doing it in a less thorough way than you should.
- toilet cubicle — a very small enclosed area containing a toilet
- transcutaneous — by way of or through the skin.
- transmasculine — noting or relating to a person who was born female but whose gender identity is more male than female.
- trituberculate — (of a structure such as a tooth or bone) with three tubercles
- trituberculism — the condition of being trituberculate
- trombiculiasis — the condition of being infested with chiggers.
- ultramasculine — extremely masculine
- unacculturated — (of a person or group) not acculturated or assimilated
- unaccustomedly — in an unaccustomed manner
- uncircumcision — the state or condition of being uncircumcised.
- uncultivatable — unsuitable for cultivation
- unmatriculated — (of a student) not enrolled in a college, university, or similar institution
- v-shaped curve — a curve on a graph that shows a sharp fall followed by a correspondingly sharp rise
- vacuum casting — the casting of metal within a vacuum.
- vacuum cleaner — an electrical appliance for cleaning carpets, floors, etc., by suction.
- vacuum forming — a process in which a sheet of warmed thermoplastic is shaped by placing it in a mould and applying suction
- vacuum molding — Vacuum molding is a type of molding in which pressure is applied by introducing a vacuum on the side of the mold.
- vacuum residue — Vacuum residue is the substance which is obtained by vacuum distillation (= a process of separating substances by reducing pressure to less than atmospheric pressure).
- vascular plant — a plant having a vascular system.
- viticulturally — in a viticultural manner
- ward cunnigham — (person) The creator of the first wiki.
- wessex culture — an early Bronze Age culture of southern England, 1800–1400 b.c., known only from grave sites, grave goods, and megaliths and considered responsible for erecting the sarsen stones of the third building phase of Stonehenge.
- whiplash-curve — the lash of a whip.
- whorehouse cut — a cut in which a pack is divided into two parts, each of which is divided again before the pack is reassembled.