CULLIS
CULLIS, noun1. Broth of boiled meat strained.2. A kind of jelly.
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CULLY
CULLY, noun [See the Verb.] A person who is meanly deceived, tricked or imposed on, as by a sharper, jilt, or strumpet; a mean dupe.CULLY, verb transitive To deceive; to trick, ...
CULLYISM
CULLYISM, noun The state of a cully. [Cully and its derivatives are not elegant words.]
CULM
CULM, noun [Latin See Quill and Haulm.]1. In botany, the stalk or stem of corn and grasses, usually jointed and hollow, and supporting the leaves and fructification.2. The straw...
CULMIFEROUS
CULMIFEROUS, adjective [Latin, a stalk; to bear.] Producing stalks. culmiferous plants have a smooth jointed stalk, usually hollow, and wrapped about at each joint with single, ...
CULMINATE
CULMINATE, verb intransitive [Latin, a top or ridge.] To be vertical; to come or be in the meridian; to be in the highest point of altitude; as a planet.
CULMINATION
CULMINATION, noun1. The transit of a planet over the meridian, or highest point of altitude for the day.2. Top; crown.
CULPABILITY
CULPABILITY, noun [See Culpable.] Blamableness; culpableness.
CULPABLE
CULPABLE, adjective [Latin, a fault.]1. Blamable; deserving censure; as the person who has done wrong, or the act, conduct or negligence of the person. We say, the man is culpab...
CULPABLENESS
CULPABLENESS, noun Blamableness; guilt; the quality of deserving blame.
CULPABLY
CULPABLY, adverb Blamably; in a faulty manner; in a manner to merit censure.
CULPRIT
CULPRIT, noun [supposed to be formed from cul, for culpable, and prit, ready; certain abbreviations used by the clerks in noting the arraignment of criminals; the prisoner is gu...
CULTER
CULTER, noun [Latin] A colter, which see.
CULTIVABLE
CULTIVABLE, adjective [See Cultivate.] Capable of being tilled or cultivated.
CULTIVATE
CULTIVATE, verb transitive [Latin, to till, to dwell.]1. To till; to prepare for crops; to manure, plow, dress, sow and reap; to labor on manage and improve in husbandry; as, to...
CULTIVATED
CULTIVATED, participle passive Tilled; improved in excellence or condition; corrected and enlarged; cherished; meliorated; civilized; produced by tillage.
CULTIVATING
CULTIVATING, participle present tense Tilling; preparing for crops; improving in worth or good qualities; meliorating; enlarging; correcting; fostering; civilizing; producing by...
CULTIVATION
CULTIVATION, noun1. The art or practice of tilling and preparing for crops; husbandry; the management of land. Land is often made better by cultivation Ten acres under good cult...
CULTIVATOR
CULTIVATOR, noun1. One who tills, or prepares land for crops; one who manages a farm, or carries on the operations of husbandry in general; a farmer; a husbandman; an agricultur...
CULTRATED
CULTRATED, adjective [L, a knife.] Sharp-edged and pointed; formed like a knife; as, the beak of a bird is convex and cultrated
CULTURE
CULTURE, noun [Latin See Cultivate.]1. The act of tilling and preparing the earth for crops; cultivation; the application of labor or other means of improvement.We ought to blam...
CULVER
CULVER, noun [Latin] A pigeon, or wood pigeon.
CULVER-HOUSE
CULVER-HOUSE, noun A dove-cote.
CULVERIN
CULVERIN, noun [Latin, a serpent.] A long slender piece of ordnance or artillery, serving to carry a ball to a great distance.
CULVERKEY
CULVERKEY, noun A plant or flower.
CULVERT
CULVERT, noun A passage under a road or canal, covered with a bridge; an arched drain for the passage of water.
CULVERTAIL
CULVERTAIL, noun [culver and tail.] Dove-tail, in joinery and carpentry.