English words starting with cu

Meanings of Cu:

abbreviation

Cubic (in units of measurement: for example, cu. ft. = cubic feet).

noun

A red-brown metal, the chemical element of atomic number 29.

The chemical element copper.

Meanings of Cuadrilla:

noun

A matador's team.

Usage examples:

The torero and his cuadrilla wave their bright pink and yellow capes as the bull storms by.

Meanings of Cuadrillas:

noun

A matador's team.

Usage examples:

The torero and his cuadrilla wave their bright pink and yellow capes as the bull storms by.

Meanings of Cuartel:

noun

A military barracks in spain and spanish-speaking countries.

Usage examples:

‘pasaporte,’ demands the sour-faced officer at the cuartel

Meanings of Cub:

noun

The young of a fox, bear, lion, or other carnivorous mammal.

Usage examples:

She was as protective as a tiger with her cubs

verb

Give birth to cubs.

Usage examples:

Both share the same earth during the first ten days after cubbing

Meanings of Cuba:

proper noun

A caribbean country, the largest and furthest west of the islands of the west indies, situated at the mouth of the gulf of mexico; population 11,400,000 (estimated 2015); official language, spanish; capital, havana.

Meanings of Cubage:

noun

Cubic content or capacity.

Usage examples:

Figure 8 is a view showing a flow chart for computing the cubage of a part to be ultrasonically sca…

Meanings of Cubans:

noun

A native or inhabitant of cuba, or a person of cuban descent.

Usage examples:

The language spoken by nearly all cubans is spanish

adjective

Relating to cuba or its people.

Usage examples:

A box of cuban cigars

Meanings of Cubature:

noun

The determination of the volume of a solid.

Usage examples:

He applied his theories of generalised functions and of embeddings of function spaces to cubature f…

Meanings of Cubatures:

noun

The determination of the volume of a solid.

Usage examples:

He applied his theories of generalised functions and of embeddings of function spaces to cubature f…

Meanings of Cubbies:

noun

A cubbyhole.

Usage examples:

We trust each other enough that students eating at café mac leave their bags in the cubbies outside…

Meanings of Cubbing:

verb

Give birth to cubs.

Usage examples:

Both share the same earth during the first ten days after cubbing

noun

The young of a fox, bear, lion, or other carnivorous mammal.

Usage examples:

She was as protective as a tiger with her cubs

Meanings of Cubby:

noun

A cubbyhole.

Usage examples:

We trust each other enough that students eating at café mac leave their bags in the cubbies outside…

Meanings of Cubbyhole:

noun

A small enclosed space or room.

Usage examples:

She works in a cubbyhole next to his office

Meanings of Cubbyholes:

noun

A small enclosed space or room.

Usage examples:

She works in a cubbyhole next to his office

Meanings of Cube:

noun

A symmetrical three-dimensional shape, either solid or hollow, contained by six equal squares.

Usage examples:

What is the surface area of a 2 cm cube?

verb

Raise (a number or value) to its cube.

Usage examples:

Cube the deviations from the mean

Meanings of Cubeb:

noun

A tropical shrub of the pepper family, which bears pungent berries.

Usage examples:

Sapphire, with grains of paradise and cubeb berries added to bombay's botanical mix, has flavor and…

Meanings of Cubebs:

noun

A tropical shrub of the pepper family, which bears pungent berries.

Usage examples:

Sapphire, with grains of paradise and cubeb berries added to bombay's botanical mix, has flavor and…

Meanings of Cubed:

verb

Raise (a number or value) to its cube.

Usage examples:

Cube the deviations from the mean

noun

A symmetrical three-dimensional shape, either solid or hollow, contained by six equal squares.

Usage examples:

What is the surface area of a 2 cm cube?

Meanings of Cubes:

noun

A symmetrical three-dimensional shape, either solid or hollow, contained by six equal squares.

Usage examples:

What is the surface area of a 2 cm cube?

verb

Raise (a number or value) to its cube.

Usage examples:

Cube the deviations from the mean

Meanings of Cubic:

adjective

Having the shape of a cube.

Usage examples:

A cubic room

noun

A cubic equation, or a curve described by one.

Usage examples:

After subsequent work failed to solve equations of higher degree, lagrange undertook an analysis in…

Meanings of Cubicle:

noun

A small partitioned-off area of a room, for example one containing a shower or toilet, or a desk in an office.

Usage examples:

Each cubicle is equipped with a pc and printer, and there are two fax machines in the east alcove

Meanings of Cubicles:

noun

A small partitioned-off area of a room, for example one containing a shower or toilet, or a desk in an office.

Usage examples:

Each cubicle is equipped with a pc and printer, and there are two fax machines in the east alcove

Meanings of Cubing:

verb

Raise (a number or value) to its cube.

Usage examples:

Cube the deviations from the mean

noun

A symmetrical three-dimensional shape, either solid or hollow, contained by six equal squares.

Usage examples:

What is the surface area of a 2 cm cube?

Meanings of Cubism:

noun

An early 20th-century style and movement in art, especially painting, in which perspective with a single viewpoint was abandoned and use was made of simple geometric shapes, interlocking planes, and, later, collage.

Usage examples:

The early analytic cubism of pablo picasso and georges braque sought to capture the essence of subj…