~2.~ Chimney-top.
~Cow-pox~, _n._ Kine-pox.
~Coxcomb~, _n._ Beau, fop, dandy, popinjay, exquisite, jackanapee,
PETIT-MAÎTRE, prig, man of dress; vain, showy fellow.
~Coxcombry~, _n._ Foppishness, vainglory, priggery.
~Coxcombical~, _a._ Foppish, conceited, vain, priggish, pretentious.
~Coxcomical~, _a._ Foppish, conceited, vain, priggish, pretentious.
~Coy~, _a._ Modest, diffident, shy, shrinking, timid, bashful,
reserved, distant, demure.
~Cozen~, _v. a._ Cheat, trick, defraud, deceive, swindle, chouse,
dupe, gull, diddle, overreach, circumvent, beguile, victimize, take
in, impose upon.
~Cozenage~, _n._ Fraud, deceit, artifice, trickery, deception,
imposition, imposture, duplicity, guile, double dealing.
~Cozy~, _a._ [Written also _Cosey_.] ~1.~ Snug, comfortable, easy.
~2.~ [_Eng._] Chatty, talkative, social, conversable.
~Crabbed~, _a._ ~1.~ Sour, tart, rough.
~2.~ Morose, surly, testy, touchy, cross, growling, snarling,
snappish, cantankerous, waspish, petulant, peevish, churlish, harsh,
acrimonious, caustic, captious, censorious, splenetic, out of sorts,
ill-tempered.
~3.~ Difficult, perplexing, trying, unmanageable, tough, intractable,
hard to deal with.
~Crabbedness~, _n._ ~1.~ Sourness, roughness, tartness.
~2.~ Asperity, acerbity, moroseness, sullenness, moodiness,
churlishness, harshness, ill-temper, bad blood.
~3.~ Difficulty, perplexity, intractability.
~Crab-grass~, _n._ Wire-grass, dog's-tail grass (_Eleusine Indica_).
~Crack~, _n._ ~1.~ Break, cleft, breach, chink, fissure, crevice,
cranny, opening.
~2.~ Report, clap, pop, burst, explosion.
~3.~ Snap (_of a whip_).
~Crack~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Break (_partially_), CRAZE.
~2.~ Split, chop, cleave, rend asunder.
~3.~ Snap (_as a whip_).
~Crack~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Break, split, burst, chap, open in chinks.
~2.~ Brag, bluster, vapor, vaunt, boast, gasconade, crow, exalt one's
self, magnify one's self, TALK BIG.
~Crack~, _a._ [_Colloquial._] Excellent, first-rate, of the first
class, first-class.
~Crack-brained~, _a._ Crazy, cracked, insane, crazed.
~Cracked~, _a._ ~1.~ Broken, split.
~2.~ Crazed, crazy, crack-brained, with a bee in the head, insane.
~Cracker~, _n._ Hard biscuit.
~Crackle~, _v. n._ Decrepitate, crepitate, snap.
~Craft~, _n._ ~1.~ Skill, ability, talent, power, cleverness,
dexterity, tact, aptitude, aptness, expertness, readiness.
~2.~ Artifice, artfulness, shrewdness, subtlety, cunning.
~3.~ Art, trade, employment, business.
~Craftsman~, _n._ Artisan, mechanic, artificer, workman, hand,
operative, handicraftsman.
~Crafty~, _a._ Cunning, artful, deceitful, astute, sly, arch, subtle,
shrewd, wily, invidious, intriguing, tricky, crooked, diplomatic,
Machiavelian.
~Crag~, _n._ Bough, steep rock.
~Cragged~, _a._ CRAGGY.
~Craggy~, _a._ Cragged, rugged, rough, broken, uneven, scraggy.
~Cram~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Stuff, gorge, glut, fill full, fill to repletion.
~2.~ Crowd, press, compress.
~Cram~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Eat to satiety, eat greedily.
~2.~ [_Colloquial._] Study for examination.
~Cramp~, _n._ ~1.~ Spasm, crick, convulsion.
~2.~ [_Rare._] Check, restriction, restraint, obstruction.
~3.~ Cramp-iron.
~Cramp~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Affect with spasms.
~2.~ Restrain, obstruct, hinder, check, confine.
~3.~ Fasten with a cramp.
~Cramp-fish~, _n._ Torpedo, electric ray (_Torpedo vulgaris_).
~Cramp-iron~, _n._ Cramp.
~Cranberry~, _n._ Bog-berry.
~Crane-fly~, _n._ Father-long-legs, daddy-long-legs.
~Crane's-bill~, _n._ Geranium.
~Craniognomy~, _n._ Craniology, phrenology.
~Craniology~, _n._ Craniognomy, phrenology.
~Cranium~, _n._ Skull, brain-pan.
~Crank~, _a._ Easy to be overset.
~Crankle~, _v. n._ Crinkle, run in and out.
~Cranny~, _n._ Cleft, crack, fissure, chink, crevice, rift, gap,
break, broach, interstice, opening.
~Crapulous~, _a._ [_Rare._] Drunken, drunk, inebriated, intoxicated,
FUDDLED.
~Crassament~, _n._ CRASSAMENTUM.
~Crassamentum~, _n._ [L.] Clot (_of blood_), coagulation.
~Cratch~, _a._ Manger, crib.
~Cratch-cradle~, _n._ Cat's cradle, scratch-cradle.
~Crate~, _n._ Hamper.
~Cravat~, _n._ Neckcloth, neckerchief, necktie.
~Crave~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Entreat, beseech, beg, solicit, implore,
supplicate.
~2.~ Desire, long for, hanker after, wish for, yearn for.
~Craven~, _n._ Dastard, coward, poltroon, milksop.
~Craving~, _n._ Longing, itching, strong desire.
~Craw~, _n._ Crop, first stomach (_of a bird_).
~Crawfish~, _n._ Crayfish, river-lobster.
~Crawl~, _v. n._ Creep.
~Crayfish~, _n._ CRAWFISH.
~Crayon~, _n._ ~1.~ Pencil.
~2.~ Drawing made with a crayon.
~Craze~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Make crazy, make insane.
~2.~ [_Rare._] Break, crack, crush, grind.
~Crazy~, _a._ ~1.~ Shattered, broken, tottering, rickety, worn out,
out of order.
~2.~ Insane, distracted, mad, lunatic, demented, delirious, crack-
brained, cracked, crazed, out of one's head, out of one's senses, out
of one's wits.
~Cream~, _n._ Choice part, best part.
~Cream-colored~, _a._ Pale yellow.
~Cream of tartar~, Bi-tartrate of potash (_purified_), acid tartrate
of potash.
~Create~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Originate.
~2.~ Produce, cause, occasion, be the occasion of.
~3.~ Make, appoint, constitute.
~Creation~, _n._ ~1.~ Invention, origination.
~2.~ Universe, cosmos.
~3.~ Appointment, constitution, nomination.
~Creator~, _n._ ~1.~ Originator, Maker.
~2.~ GOD, Jehovah, the Almighty.
~Creature~, _n._ ~1.~ Being (_animate or inanimate_), thing,
substance, body, created being.
~2.~ Animal, living being.
~3.~ Man, person.
~4.~ Dependant, retainer, vassal, parasite, minion, hanger-on.
~Credence~, _n._ Belief, credit, trust, faith, confidence, reliance.
~Credendum~, _n._ [L.] Article of faith, thing to be believed.
~Credentials~, _n. pl._ Testimonials, vouchers, certificates.
~Credibility~, _n._ Trustworthiness, credibleness.
~Credible~, _a._ Trustworthy, to be believed, worthy of belief, not
improbable.
~Credibleness~, _n._ Trustworthiness, credibility.
~Credit~, _n._ ~1.~ Belief, trust, faith, confidence, credence,
reliance.
~2.~ Reputableness, esteem, regard, good repute, good reputation, high
character.
~3.~ Influence (_of a good name_), power.
~4.~ Merit, honor, proof of desert.
~Credit~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Believe, give faith to, put faith in, rely
upon, confide in, doubt not, make no doubt of, take upon credit.
~2.~ Place to the credit of, carry to the credit of one's account,
enter upon the credit side.
~Creditable~, _a._ Reputable, honorable, estimable.
~Credulity~, _n._ Easiness of belief, readiness to believe (_on slight
evidence_).
~Credulous~, _a._ Unsuspecting, unsuspicious, easy of belief, easily
duped.
~Creed~, _n._ Belief, tenets, dogmas, doctrines, system of opinions,
summary of belief.
~Creed-bound~, _a._ BIGOTED, wedded to an opinion.
~Creek~, _n._ ~1.~ Inlet, cove, bight, small bay.
~2.~ Rivulet, small river.
~Creep~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Crawl.
~2.~ Steal, glide stealthily, come unnoticed.
~3.~ Fawn, cringe, play the sycophant.
~Creeping~, _a._ ~1.~ Crawling.
~2.~ Fawning, sycophantic.
~3.~ (_Bot._) Growing on the ground or on supports.
~Cremation~, _n._ Burning (_especially of the dead_).
~Crenate~, _a._ (_Bot._) Notched, indented.
~Crenated~, _a._ (_Bot._) Notched, indented.
~Crepitate~, _v. n._ Crackle, snap, decrepitate.
~Crescent~, _n._ ~1.~ New moon, moon in her first quarter.
~2.~ Figure of the new moon.
~3.~ Turkish standard.
~4.~ Turkish power, Ottoman Empire.
~Crescent~, _a._ Growing, enlarging, increasing.
~Crescent-shaped~, _a._ (_Bot._) Lunate, lunated.
~Crest~, _n._ ~1.~ Tuft, plume, COMB.
~2.~ Top, crown, summit, highest part.
~Crested~, _a._ ~1.~ With a crest.
~2.~ (_Bot._) Cristate.
~Crestfallen~, _a._ Discouraged, disheartened, dispirited, depressed,
dejected, desponding, chap-fallen, melancholy, sad, down-hearted,
downcast, cast down, low-spirited, in low spirits.
~Cretaceous~, _a._ Chalky.
~Crevasse~, _n._ [Fr.] Crevice, gap, opening, ravine, gulley, GULCH.
~Crevice~, _n._ Fissure, chink, rift, gap, cleft, crack, cranny,
interstice.
~Crew~, _n._ Company, gang, band, set, horde, party.
~Crib~, _n._ ~1.~ Rack, manger, cratch, feeding-place.
~2.~ Bin, bunker.
~Crib~, _v. a._ Enclose (_as in a crib_), cage, encage, confine,
imprison, shut up.
~Crick~, _n._ Spasm, cramp, convulsion.
~Crime~, _n._ ~1.~ FELONY, aggravated misdemeanor, gross offence
(_especially against human law_), infraction of law.
~2.~ Sin, transgression, iniquity, wickedness, unrighteousness, wrong,
delinquency.
~Criminal~, _a._ ~1.~ Wrong, contrary to law.
~2.~ Culpable, guilty.
~Criminal~, _n._ Culprit, delinquent, offender, transgressor,
trespasser, malefactor, convict, felon.
~Criminal conversation~, [Abbreviated _crim. con._] Adultery.
~Criminality~, _n._ Guiltiness, guilt, culpability.
~Criminate~, _v. a._ Accuse, charge, arraign, impeach, allege to be
guilty.
~Crimination~, _n._ Accusation, impeachment, arraignment, charge.
~Crimp~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Curl, crisp.
~2.~ Plait, form into ridges.
~Crimp~, _n._ [_Colloquial._] Decoyman (_for the military service_),
insnarer, trapanner.
~Cringe~, _v. n._ Crouch, fawn, truckle, sneak, stoop, bend the knee.
~Cringing~, _a._ Crouching, fawning, servile, sneaking, obsequious.
~Crinkle~, _v. n._ Crankle, run in and out.
~Cripple~, _n._ Lame person.
~Cripple~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Lame, make lame.
~2.~ Disable, weaken, impair the strength of.
~Crisis~, _n._ ~1.~ Acme, height, decisive turn, turning point.
~2.~ Exigency, emergency, juncture, conjuncture, pass, strait, rub,
pinch, push, critical situation.
~Crisp~, _a._ ~1.~ Brittle, friable.
~Crispy~, _a._ ~1.~ Brittle, friable.
~2.~ Curled, frizzled.
~Crisp~, _v. a._ Twist, curl.
~Crispin~, _n._ Shoemaker.
~Cristate~, _a._ (_Bot._) Crested.
~Criterion~, _n._ Standard, test, touchstone, measure, rule.
~Critic~, _n._ ~1.~ Reviewer, censor, connoisseur, judge (_of artistic
merit_).
~2.~ Censurer, caviller, carper.
~Critical~, _a._ ~1.~ Exact, nice, accurate.
~2.~ Censorious, carping, cavilling, captious.
~Criticise~, _v. a._ Examine and estimate (_as works of art or of
literature_), remark upon (_with reference to merits and defects_),
pass judgment upon.
~Criticism~, _n._ ~1.~ Art of criticising.
~2.~ Critique, strictures, animadversion, review, critical remarks.
~Critique~, _n._ Criticism, review, critical examination, critical
remarks, critical notice.
~Croak~, _v. n._ Murmur, complain, grumble, repine.
~Croaker~, _n._ Murmurer, complainer, grumbler, censurer, fault-finder.
~Crock~, _n._ Soot.
~Crock~, _v. a._ Blacken (_with soot_), soil.
~Crockery~,_ n._ Earthen-ware.
~Crocodile tears~, Affected tears, hypocritical sorrow.
~Crone~, _n._ Old woman (_in contempt_).
~Crony~, _n._ [_Colloquial._] Associate, intimate friend, bosom
friend, bosom companion.
~Crook~, _n._ Bend, flexure, curvature, turn.
~Crook~, _v. a._ Bend, curve, incurvate, bow, inflect, make crooked.
~Crooked~, _a._ ~1.~ Bent, curved, bowed, winding, not straight.
~2.~ Distorted, twisted, wry, awry, askew, deformed, disfigured.
~3.~ Perverse, froward, dishonest, unfair, dishonorable, knavish,
unscrupulous, deceitful, tricky, insidious, crafty, intriguing,
diplomatic, Machiavelian.
~Croon~, _v. a._ Hum, sing softly, sing in a low tone.
~Croon~, _n._ ~1.~ Murmur, moan.
~2.~ Simple melody.
~Crop~, _n._ ~1.~ Harvest.
~2.~ Craw, first stomach (_of a bird_).
~Crop~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Lop, clip, cut off.
~2.~ Gather, pluck, pick.
~3.~ Browse, nibble, feed upon.
~Crosier~, _n._ Pastoral staff.
~Cross~, _n._ ~1.~ Gibbet (_made of pieces of wood placed
transversely_).
~2.~ [With _The_ prefixed.] Gospel, Christian doctrine, Christian
religion, divine revelation.
~3.~ Trial, vexation, trouble, affliction, misfortune.
~4.~ Intermixture (_of blood in races_).
~Cross~, _a._ ~1.~ Transverse, lying athwart.
~2.~ Fretful, peevish, petulant, pettish, snappish, waspish, touchy,
testy, crusty, churlish, crabbed, captious, ill-natured, froward,
morose, sulky, sullen, spleeny, surly, cynical, snarling, sour,
GROUTY, ill-tempered, out of humor, out of temper.
~Cross~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Put across, put athwart.
~2.~ Mark with a line or lines across.
~3.~ Traverse, pass over, go over.
~4.~ Thwart, hinder, obstruct, interfere with.
~Cross-barred~, _a._ Cancellated.
~Crosses~, _n. pl._ Vexations, misfortunes, troubles, trials,
afflictions.
~Cross-examine~, _v. a._ Cross-question.
~Cross-grained~, _a._ Stubborn, obdurate, untractable, perverse,
wayward, headstrong, refractory.
~Crossing~, _n._ Intersection.
~Cross-question~, _v. a._ Cross-examine.
~Crosswise~, _ad._ Across, transversely, over.
~Crotch~, _n._ Fork, angle, corner.
~Crotchet~, _n._ Whim, freak, quirk, vagary, whimsey, fancy, caprice,
maggot, WRINKLE.
~Crotchety~, _a._ Whimsical, fantastic, fantastical, odd, queer,
fanciful, capricious, humorsome, wayward, fitful, freakish.
~Crouch~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Couch, squat, lie flat, stoop low, lie close to
the ground.
~2.~ Cower, cringe, fawn, truckle.
~Croup~, _n._ ~1.~ Bump (_especially of a horse_), buttocks.
~2.~ (_Med._) Cynanche (_trachealis_).
~Crow~, _v. n._ Boast, brag, vaunt, bluster, swagger, vapor, triumph,
chuckle, exult.
~Crowd~, _n._ ~1.~ Throng, multitude, concourse, host.
~2.~ Babble, mob, populace, vulgar mass, lower classes, lower orders,
common people.
~Crowd~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Fill by compression, fill to excess.
~2.~ Compress, cram, press, press together.
~3.~ Urge, dun.
~Crowd~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Swarm, flock together, be numerous, come thick.
~2.~ Press forward, make one's way.
~Crown~, _n._ ~1.~ Diadem.
~2.~ Royalty, kingly power, sovereignty.
~3.~ Coronet, coronal, garland, chaplet, wreath, laurel, bays.
~4.~ Dignity, honor, reward, recompense, honorary distinction.
~5.~ Top, summit, crest.
~Crown~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Put a crown upon, invest with a crown.
~2.~ Adorn, dignify, honor.
~3.~ Recompense, reward, requite.
~4.~ Perfect, complete, finish, consummate.
~Crowning~, _n._ ~1.~ Coronation.
~2.~ Perfecting, finishing, consummation.
~Crown-law~, _n._ [_England._] Criminal law.
~Crown-post~, _n._ King-post.
~Crown-wheel~, _n._ Contrate-wheel.
~Crucial~, _a._ ~1.~ Transverse, intersecting.
~2.~ Severe, searching, trying, decisive.
~Cruciate~, _a._ (_Bot._) Cruciform, cross-shaped.
~Cruciform~, _a._ Cross-shaped, CRUCIATE.
~Crucify~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Put to death upon the cross.
~2.~ Subdue (_as the passions, by Christian principles_), overcome,
mortify.
~Crude~, _a._ ~1.~ Raw, uncooked, undressed, in a raw state.
~2.~ Immature, unripe, harsh.
~3.~ Coarse, unrefined.
~4.~ Unpremeditated, indigested.
~Crudeness~, _n._ Rawness, crudity.
~Crudity~, _n._ Rawness, crudeness.
~Cruel~, _a._ ~1.~ Unmerciful, inhuman, merciless, unfeeling,
uncompassionate, fell, ruthless, barbarous, pitiless, relentless,
unrelenting, inexorable, savage, ferocious, brutal, sanguinary,
truculent, blood-thirsty, hard-hearted.
~2.~ Severe, hard, sharp, bitter.
~Cruelty~, _n._ Inhumanity, barbarity, brutality, brutishness,
ferocity, savageness truculence, blood-thirstiness.
~Cruet~, _n._ Vial, cruse, caster.
~Cruise~, _v. n._ Rove over the sea.
~Cruise~, _n._ Roving voyage.
~Crumble~, _v. a._ Crush, break to pieces, disintegrate, reduce to
fragments.
~Crumble~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Fall to pieces, break into pieces, become
disintegrated.
~2.~ Perish, fall into decay.
~Crumple~, _v. a._ Wrinkle, rumple.
~Crusader~, _n._ Palmer, pilgrim.
~Cruse~, _n._ Vial, cruet, caster.
~Crush~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Compress, squeeze, bruise, contuse.
~2.~ Break, crumble, disintegrate, comminute, bray, CRAZE.
~3.~ Demolish, break down.
~4.~ Overpower, overcome, overwhelm, subdue, quell, conquer.
~Crust~, _n._ Incrustation, hard coating.
~Crustacea~, _n. pl._ CRUSTACEANS.
~Crustaceans~, _n. pl._ Shell-fish (_with thin, jointed shells, like
the lobster_).
~Crustacean~, _a._ Crustaceous.
~Crustaceous~, _a._ Crustacean.
~Crusty~, _a._ Touchy, testy, pettish, waspish, snappish, peevish,
fretful, petulant, cross, churlish, crabbed, froward, surly, morose,
cynical, snarling, ill-tempered.
~Cry~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Exclaim, clamor, call, make an outcry, cry out.
~2.~ Weep, sob, shed tears.
~3.~ Vociferate, shout, hoot, yell, roar, bawl, squall, scream.
~Cry~, _v. a._ Proclaim, publish, make public, make proclamation of.
~Cry~, _n._ ~1.~ Exclamation, ejaculation, outcry, acclamation.
~2.~ Plaint, lament, lamentation, crying, weeping.
~3.~ Scream, screech, howl, yell, roar.
~4.~ Pack of hounds.
~Cry down~, Decry, depreciate, condemn.
~Crying~, _n._ Weeping, lamentation.
~Crying~, _a._ ~1.~ Weeping, lamenting.
~2.~ Notorious, great, enormous, heinous, flagrant, nefarious.
~Cry out~, Exclaim, clamor.
~Cry out against~, Blame, censure, condemn, complain of.
~Crypt~, _n._ Vault, tomb, catacomb.
~Cry up~, Extol, commend, praise.
~Cub~, _n._ ~1.~ Whelp, young beast (_especially a young bear_).
~2.~ [_In contempt._] Child, young boy or young girl.
~Cubeb~, _n._ Java pepper (_Piper cubeba_).
~Cucking-stool~, _n._ Castigatory, trebuchet, tumbrel, ducking-stool.
~Cuckoo-bud~, _n._ Butter-cup, king's-cup, butter-flower, gold-cup
(_Ranunculus bulbosa_).
~Cuckoo-spittle~, _n._ Froth-spit.
~Cucullate~, _a._ ~1.~ Hooded, cowled.
~2.~ Hood-shaped.
~Cucullated~, _a._ ~1.~ Hooded, cowled.
~2.~ Hood-shaped.
~Cud~, _n._ [_Low._] Quid.
~Cudden~, _n._ ~1.~ Clown, stupid rustic.
~2.~ Coal-fish, cuddy (_Gadus carbonarius_ or _Merlangus carbonarius_).
~Cuddle~, _v. n._ Snuggle, nestle, squat, lie close, lie snug.
~Cuddle~, _v. a._ Hug, embrace.
~Cuddy~, _n._ ~1.~ Cabin (_in the fore-part of a boat_).
~2.~ CUDDEN, coal-fish.
~Cudgel~, _n._ Club, bludgeon.
~Cudgel~, _v. a._ Cane, drub, thrash, baste, beat with a cudgel.
~Cudgelling~, _n._ Flogging, whipping, beating, BASTINADO.
~Cudweed~, _n._ Everlasting, goldylocks, IMMORTELLE.
~Cue~, _n._ ~1.~ Hint, suggestion, intimation, catchword, wink, nod.
~2.~ Rod (_in billiards_).
~Cuff~, _n._ Blow, stroke, box.
~Cuff~, _v. a._ Beat, strike, buffet, box.
~Cui bono~, [L.] For whose benefit, of what use.
~Cuirass~, _n._ Breastplate.
~Cul-de-sac~, _n._ [Fr.] Blind alley.
~Cull~, _v. a._ Select, elect, choose, pick, single out, fix upon,
pitch upon, pick out.
~Cully~, _n._ Dupe, gull, cat's paw, credulous person.
~Cully~, _v. a._ Cheat, trick, dupe, gull, chouse, deceive, delude,
overreach, cozen, diddle, circumvent, beguile, impose upon.
~Culm~, n. ~1.~ Stalk (_of corn, grasses, &c._), stem.
~2.~ Glance-coal, blind-coal, hard-coal, anthracite (_in small
particles_).
~Culminate~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Be on the meridian.
~2.~ Reach the highest point, be at the highest point.
~Culpability~, _n._ Guiltiness, guilt, culpableness, blame,
sinfulness, criminality.
~Culpable~, _a._ Blamable, censurable, reprehensible, faulty,
blameworthy.
~Culpableness~, _n._ Guiltiness, CULPABILITY.
~Culprit~, _n._ Criminal, malefactor, delinquent, felon.
~Cult~, _n._ Homage, worship.
~Cultivate~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Till, raise crops from.
~2.~ Study, investigate, search into.
~3.~ Improve, refine, elevate, civilize, meliorate, make better.
~4.~ Foster, cherish, promote.
~Cultivation~, _n._ ~1.~ Tillage, agriculture, husbandry.
~2.~ Improvement, refinement, culture.
~Culture~, _n._ ~1.~ Agriculture, tillage.
~2.~ Improvement, refinement, cultivation, civilization.
~Cumber~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Overload, oppress, clog, hamper, obstruct,
encumber.
~2.~ Distract, trouble, embarrass, perplex, plague, harass, worry,
torment.
~Cumbersome~, _a._ ~1.~ Burdensome, embarrassing, troublesome,
vexatious, cumbrous.
~2.~ Unwieldy, unmanageable, clumsy, awkward, inconvenient.
~Cumbrous~, _a._ Burdensome, CUMBERSOME.
~Cuneate~, _a._ Cuneiform, wedge-shaped
~Cuneated~, _a._ Cuneiform, wedge-shaped
~Cuneiform~, _a._ Cuneate, wedge-shaped.
~Cunner~, _n._ ~1.~ (_Conch_), Limpet (_Patella_).
~2.~ (_Ich._) Conner, burgall, CHOGSET, blue perch.
~Cunning~, _a._ Crafty, artful, sly, astute, subtle, wily, shrewd,
sharp, designing, intriguing, deceitful, TRICKY, crooked, diplomatic,
Machiavelian.
~Cunning~, _n._ Craft, art, shrewdness, artifice, deceit, duplicity,
subtlety, intrigue.
~Cup~, _n._ ~1.~ Chalice.
~2.~ Draught, potion, cupful.
~3.~ Lot, portion.
~4.~ Cupping-glass.
~Cupboard~, _n._ Buffet.
~Cupful~, _n._ Cup.
~Cupidity~, _n._ ~1.~ Longing, lust, strong desire.
~2.~ Avarice, covetousness, inordinate desire of wealth.
~Cupping-glass~, _n._ Cup.
~Cups~, _n. pl._ Orgies, revels, bacchanals, carousal, wassail,
compotation, drinking bout.
~Curative~, _a._ Remedial, sanatory.
~Curator~, _n._ Guardian, custodian, superintendent, keeper.
~Curb~, _n._ ~1.~ CHECK, restraint, hinderance, bridle.
~2.~ Curb-stone.
~Curb~, _v. a._ Check, restrain, control, bridle, put under restraint,
keep under.
~Curb-roof~, _n._ Mansard-roof, GAMBREL-ROOF.
~Curb-stone~, _n._ Curb.
~Curcuma paper~, Turmeric paper.
~Curd~, _n._ Caseine, coagulum of milk, coagulated milk.
~Curdle~, _v. a._ Coagulate, turn to curds.
~Curdy~, _a._ Coagulated.
~Cure~, _n._ ~1.~ Remedy, antidote, specific, restorative, reparative,
corrective, help.
~2.~ Healing, restoration.
~Cure~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Remedy, heal.
~2.~ Restore to health.
~3.~ Preserve (_from putrefaction_).
~Curiosity~, _n._ ~1.~ Inquisitiveness.
~2.~ Phenomenon, wonder, marvel, rarity, sight, spectacle.
~Curious~, _a._ ~1.~ Inquisitive, scrutinizing, prying, peering.
~2.~ Rare, singular, strange, unusual, unique, extraordinary, queer,
out of the way.
~3.~ Elegant, neat, nice, finished.
~Curl~, _n._ ~1.~ Ringlet.
~2.~ Sinuosity, undulation, flexure, wave.
~Curl~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Crisp, turn in ringlets.
~2.~ Writhe, wind, twist.
~3.~ Raise in waves.
~Curl~, _v. n._ Be bent into curls or waves.
~Curl cloud~, (_Meteor._) Cirrus, cat's tail, mare's tail.
~Curmudgeon~, _n._ Miser, niggard, churl, hunks, skinflint, scrimp,
lickpenny, screw, mean fellow, sordid wretch.
~Currency~, _n._ ~1.~ Publicity, general reception.
~2.~ Circulation, transmission from hand to hand.
~3.~ Money; aggregate of coin, bills and notes; circulating medium.
~Current~, _a._ ~1.~ Common, general, popular, rife, generally
received, in every one's mouth.
~2.~ Circulating (_as money_), passing from hand to hand.
~3.~ Present, existing, instant, now passing.
~Current~, _n._ ~1.~ Stream, moving fluid.
~2.~ Tide, running water.
~3.~ Course, progression.
~Curriculum~, _n._ Course of studies.
~Curry~, _n._ Curry-powder.
~Curry-powder~, _n._ Curry.
~Curse~, _v. a._ Execrate, anathematize, denounce, invoke or imprecate
evil upon.
~Curse~, _v. n._ Utter curses.
~Curse~, _n._ ~1.~ Malediction, anathema, execration, imprecation,
fulmination, denunciation, ban.
~2.~ Scourge, plague, torment, affliction, trouble, vexation,
annoyance, bitter pill, thorn in the side.
~Cursed~, _a._ ~1.~ Accursed, unsanctified, unholy.
~2.~ Detestable, hateful, abominable, execrable, villanous, confounded.
~Cursory~, _a._ Hasty, slight, superficial, careless, desultory,
transient, passing, brief.
~Curt~, _a._ Short (_usually in an ill sense, implying crustiness_),
brief, concise, terse, laconic.
~Curtail~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Shorten, abridge, retrench, lop, cut short.
~2.~ Diminish, lessen, decrease.
~Curtailment~, _n._ Abbreviation, abridgment, contraction, shortening,
reduction, retrenchment.