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| CURDLE | | v. (-ling) form into curds; congeal. make one's blood curdle horrify one. [from *curd] | |
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| CURFEW | | n. - signal or time after which people must remain indoors.
- hist. Signal for extinction of fires at a fixed hour. [french: related to *cover, latin *focus] | |
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| CURIUM | | n. Artificial radioactive metallic element. [m. And p. Curie, name of scientists] | |
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| CURLER | | n. Pin or roller etc. For curling the hair. | |
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| CURLEW | | n. Wading bird, usu. With a long slender bill. [french] | |
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| CURSED | | attrib. Adj. Damned. | |
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| CURSOR | | n. - math. Etc. Transparent slide with a hairline, forming part of a slide-rule.
- computing indicator on a vdu screen identifying esp. The position that the program will operate on with the next keystroke. [latin, = runner: related to *cursive] | |
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| CURTSY | | (also curtsey) —n. (pl. -ies or -eys) bending of the knees and lowering of the body made by a girl or woman in acknowledgement of applause or as a respectful greeting etc. —v. (-ies, -ied or -eys, -eyed) make a curtsy. [var. Of *courtesy] | |
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| CURVET | | —n. Horse's frisky leap. —v. (-tt- or -t-) perform a curvet. [italian diminutive: related to *curve] | |
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| CUSSED | | adj. Colloq. Stubborn. cussedness n. | |
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