Words starting with cu
3 letter words starting with cu
- cub — A cub is a young wild animal such as a lion, wolf, or bear.
- cud — partially digested food regurgitated from the first stomach of cattle and other ruminants to the mouth for a second chewing
- cue — In the theatre or in a musical performance, a performer's cue is something another performer says or does that is a signal for them to begin speaking, playing, or doing something.
- cui — César [French sey-zar] /French seɪˈzar/ (Show IPA), Antonovich [Russian uhn-taw-nuh-vyich] /Russian ʌnˈtɔ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1835–1918, Russian composer.
- cum — used between two nouns to designate an object of a combined nature
4 letter words starting with cu
- cuba — a republic and the largest island in the Caribbean, at the entrance to the Gulf of Mexico: became a Spanish colony after its discovery by Columbus in 1492; gained independence after the Spanish-American War of 1898 but remained subject to US influence until declared a people's republic under Castro in 1960; subject of an international crisis in 1962, when the US blockaded the island in order to compel the Soviet Union to dismantle its nuclear missile base. Sugar comprises about 80 per cent of total exports; the economy was badly affected by loss of trade following the collapse of the Soviet Union and by the continuing US trade embargo. Diplomatic ties with the US restored in 2014. Language: Spanish. Religion: nonreligious majority. Currency: peso. Capital: Havana. Pop: 11 061 886 (2013 est). Area: 110 922 sq km (42 827 sq miles)
- cube — A cube is a solid object with six square surfaces which are all the same size.
- cubs — the junior branch of the Scout Association
- cuck — (slang) A cuckold.
- cuda — a barracuda.
5 letter words starting with cu
- cuban — Cuban means belonging or relating to Cuba, or to its people or culture.
- cubba — (formerly, especially in creole-speaking cultures) a name given at birth to a black child, in accordance with African customs, indicating the child's sex and the day of the week on which he or she was born, as the male and female names for Sunday (Quashee and Quasheba) Monday (Cudjo or Cudjoe and Juba) Tuesday (Cubbena and Beneba) Wednesday (Quaco and Cuba or Cubba) Thursday (Quao and Abba) Friday (Cuffee or Cuffy and Pheba or Phibbi) and Saturday (Quamin or Quame and Mimba)
- cubby — a small room or enclosed area, esp one used as a child's play area
- cubeb — a SE Asian treelike piperaceous woody climbing plant, Piper cubeba, with brownish berries
- cubed — cut into cubes
6 letter words starting with cu
- cu-bop — music of the 1940s in which Cuban rhythms are combined with bop
- cuando — a river in central Angola, flowing SE to the Zambezi River. 457 miles (731 km) long.
- cuanza — a river in central Angola, flowing NW and W to the Atlantic Ocean. 500 miles (805 km) long.
- cuatro — a small guitar with four strings
- cubage — cubic content or volume
7 letter words starting with cu
- cubbena — (formerly, especially in creole-speaking cultures) a name given at birth to a black child, in accordance with African customs, indicating the child's sex and the day of the week on which he or she was born, as the male and female names for Sunday (Quashee and Quasheba) Monday (Cudjo or Cudjoe and Juba) Tuesday (Cubbena and Beneba) Wednesday (Quaco and Cuba or Cubba) Thursday (Quao and Abba) Friday (Cuffee or Cuffy and Pheba or Phibbi) and Saturday (Quamin or Quame and Mimba)
- cubbies — Plural form of cubby.
- cubbing — Present participle of cub.
- cubbish — the young of certain animals, as the bear, lion, or tiger.
- cubical — of or related to volume
8 letter words starting with cu
- cubature — the determination of the cubic contents of something
- cubicles — A small partitioned-off area of a room, for example one containing a bed in a dwelling or one containing a desk in an office.
- cubicula — a burial chamber, as in catacombs.
- cubiform — having the shape of a cube
- cubistic — a style of painting and sculpture developed in the early 20th century, characterized chiefly by an emphasis on formal structure, the reduction of natural forms to their geometrical equivalents, and the organization of the planes of a represented object independently of representational requirements.
9 letter words starting with cu
10 letter words starting with cu
- cuadrillas — Plural form of cuadrilla.
- cubbyholes — Plural form of cubbyhole.
- cuchifrito — a small piece of pork, pig's stomach, etc. dipped in batter and deep-fried
- cuchulainn — a hero of Ulster and the subject of many legends.
- cuckolding — Present participle of cuckold.
11 letter words starting with cu
- cuckoo-spit — Also called frog spit. a frothy secretion found on plants, exuded by the young of certain insects, as the froghoppers, and serving as a protective covering.
- cuckoopints — Plural form of cuckoopint.
- cuirassiers — Plural form of cuirassier.
- cuitlacoche — corn smut.
- culdoscopes — Plural form of culdoscope.
12 letter words starting with cu
- cuckooflower — a bitter cress (Cardamine pratensis) bearing white or rose flowers; lady's-smock
- cuiaba-river — a river in SW Brazil. About 300 miles (485 km) long.
- cuir-bouilli — a type of leather hardened by soaking in wax, used for armour before the 14th century
- culminations — The highest or climactic point of something, esp. as attained after a long time.
- culpableness — The state or quality of being culpable.
13 letter words starting with cu
- cuckoo-shrike — any of numerous Old World passerine birds of the family Campephagidae, certain species of which superficially resemble cuckoos and have hooked bills like shrikes.
- cuckooflowers — Plural form of cuckooflower.
- culdocentesis — (medicine) A diagnostic procedure in which fluid from the rectouterine pouch is extracted, via the vagina, using a needle.
- culpabilities — guilt or blame that is deserved; blameworthiness.
- culturalistic — Of or relating to culturalism.
14 letter words starting with cu
- cucurbitaceous — belonging to the Cucurbitaceae, the gourd family of plants.
- cumbersomeness — The state of being cumbersome.
- curtain-raiser — A curtain-raiser is an event, especially a sporting event or a performance, that takes place before a more important one, or starts off a series of events.
- curvilinearity — consisting of or bounded by curved lines: a curvilinear figure.
- cutting-stylus — stylus (def 4a).
15 letter words starting with cu
- culturalization — to expose or subject to the influence of culture.
- culture-shocked — a state of bewilderment and distress experienced by an individual who is suddenly exposed to a new, strange, or foreign social and cultural environment.
- customer-facing — interacting or communicating directly with customers
16 letter words starting with cu
- cultural-capital — Sociology. the skills, education, norms, and behaviors acquired by members of a social group that can give them economic and other advantages: The accumulation of cultural capital is one route to upward mobility.
- curtain-twitcher — a person who likes to watch unobserved what other people are doing
17 letter words starting with cu
- curie-temperature — the temperature beyond that at which a ferromagnetic substance exhibits paramagnetism.
19 letter words starting with cu
- cultural-relativism — a concept that cultural norms and values derive their meaning within a specific social context. Also called cultural relativism. Compare ethnocentrism (def 2).
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