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| CURRENTLY | | adv. At the present time; now. | |
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| CURRYCOMB | | n. Metal serrated device for grooming horses. | |
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| CURTILAGE | | n. Esp. Law area attached to a house and forming one enclosure with it. [french: related to *court] | |
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| CURVATURE | | n. - curving.
- curved form.
- deviation of a curve or curved surface from a plane. [french from latin: related to *curve] | |
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| CUSTODIAN | | n. Guardian or keeper. custodianship n. | |
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| CUSTOMARY | | adj. In accordance with custom, usual. customarily adv. Customariness n. [medieval latin: related to *custom] | |
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| CUSTOMIZE | | v. (also -ise) (-zing or -sing) make or modify to order; personalize. | |
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| CUTANEOUS | | adj. Of the skin. [latin: related to *cuticle] | |
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| CUTTHROAT | | —n. - murderer.
- (in full cutthroat razor) razor with a long unguarded blade set in a handle. —adj. - (of competition) ruthless and intense.
- (of a card-game) three-handed. | |
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| CYBERPUNK | | n. Science fiction writing combining high-tech plots with unconventional or nihilistic social values. [from *cybernetics, *punk] | |
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