Jack was living in Arizona during a heat wave when the following took place.
"It"s just too hot to wear clothes today," complained Jack as he stepped out of the shower. "Honey, what do you think the neighbors would think if I mowed the lawn like this?"
"Probably that I married you for your money."
n. - a usual behaviour. B particular established way of behaving.
- law established usage having the force of law.
- regular business dealings or customers.
- (in pl.; also treated as sing.) A duty on imports and exports. B official department administering this. C area at a port, frontier, etc., dealing with customs etc. [latin consuetudo]
CUTLER
n. Person who makes or deals in knives etc. [latin cultellus diminutive: related to *coulter]
CUTLET
n. - neck-chop of mutton or lamb.
- small piece of veal etc. For frying.
- flat cake of minced meat or nuts and breadcrumbs etc. [french diminutive from latin costa rib]
CUTOFF
n. - (often attrib.) Point at which something is cut off.
- device for stopping a flow.
CUTOUT
n. - figure cut out of paper etc.
- device for automatic disconnection, the release of exhaust gases, etc.
CUTTER
n. - a person or thing that cuts. B (in pl.) Cutting tool.
- a small fast sailing-ship. B small boat carried by a large ship.
CYANIC
acid n. Unstable colourless pungent acid gas. [greek kuanos a blue mineral]
CYCLIC
adj. (also cyclical) 1 a recurring in cycles. B belonging to a chronological cycle.
- with constituent atoms forming a ring. cyclically adv.
CYGNET
n. Young swan. [latin cygnus swan from greek]
CYMBAL
n. Concave disc, struck usu. With another to make a ringing sound. cymbalist n. [latin from greek]
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A dog"s sense of smell is one of the keenest in nature. If a pot of stew was cooking on a stove, a human would smell the stew, while the dog could smell the beef, carrots, peas, potatoes, spices, and all the other individual ingredients in the stew.