All English words - page 1280

Meanings of Cupfuls:

noun

The amount held by a cup.

Usage examples:

A cupful of water

Meanings of Cupholder:

noun

A device for holding a plastic cup or other drinking container.

Usage examples:

We make no apology for dwelling on the new passat's cup-holders.

Meanings of Cupid:

proper noun

The god of love. he is represented as a naked winged boy with a bow and arrows, with which he wounds his victims.

noun

A representation of a naked winged child, typically carrying a bow.

Usage examples:

Little cupids floated in roseate clouds

Meanings of Cupidity:

noun

Greed for money or possessions.

Usage examples:

New wealth, however tainted by cupidity and egoism, tends to be favourable for the arts

Meanings of Cupids:

proper noun

The god of love. he is represented as a naked winged boy with a bow and arrows, with which he wounds his victims.

noun

A representation of a naked winged child, typically carrying a bow.

Usage examples:

Little cupids floated in roseate clouds

Meanings of Cupola:

noun

A rounded dome forming or adorning a roof or ceiling.

Usage examples:

A square tower crowned by a cupola

Meanings of Cupolas:

noun

A rounded dome forming or adorning a roof or ceiling.

Usage examples:

A square tower crowned by a cupola

Meanings of Cuppa:

noun

A cup of tea.

Usage examples:

A good strong cuppa

contraction

Cup of.

Usage examples:

Let's have another cuppa tea

Meanings of Cuppas:

noun

A cup of tea.

Usage examples:

A good strong cuppa

contraction

Cup of.

Usage examples:

Let's have another cuppa tea

Meanings of Cupped:

verb

Form (one's hand or hands) into the curved shape of a cup.

Usage examples:

‘hey!’ dad shouted, with his hands cupped around his mouth

noun

A small bowl-shaped container for drinking from, typically having a handle.

Usage examples:

It shows men drinking from porcelain cups without handles, and coffee being served from a metal or …

abbreviation

Cambridge university press.

Meanings of Cupping:

noun

(in chinese medicine) a therapy in which heated glass cups are applied to the skin along the meridians of the body, creating suction and believed to stimulate the flow of energy.

Usage examples:

The therapeutic applications of cupping have been documented through several thousand years of clin…

verb

Form (one's hand or hands) into the curved shape of a cup.

Usage examples:

‘hey!’ dad shouted, with his hands cupped around his mouth

Present participle of cup

Meanings of Cuppy:

adjective

(of ground) full of shallow depressions.

Usage examples:

He lost one race on a track that i would classify as dead and cuppy.

Meanings of Cuprammonium:

noun

A complex ion, cu(nh3)42+, formed in solution when ammonia is added to copper salts. the solution is deep blue and is used to dissolve cellulose.

Meanings of Cupreous:

adjective

Of or like copper.

Usage examples:

Stained green with cupreous patina

Meanings of Cupric:

adjective

Of copper with a valency of two; of copper(ii).

Usage examples:

The oxidizing fluxes usually include cupric oxide or manganese dioxide, which decompose at copper a…

Meanings of Cuprite:

noun

A dark red or brownish black mineral consisting of cuprous oxide.

Usage examples:

Other secondary copper minerals associated with the chrysocolla are malachite, cuprite, and tenorite.

Meanings of Cupronickel:

noun

An alloy of copper and nickel, especially in the proportions 3:1 as used in ‘silver’ coins.

Usage examples:

The new $1 coins are made from cupro-nickel, which is a blend of copper and nickel, and are alterna…

Meanings of Cuprous:

adjective

Of copper with a valency of one; of copper(i).

Usage examples:

These reactions depend on the ability of the reducing sugar to convert cupric sulfate to cuprous ox…

Meanings of Cups:

noun

A small bowl-shaped container for drinking from, typically having a handle.

Usage examples:

It shows men drinking from porcelain cups without handles, and coffee being served from a metal or …

verb

Form (one's hand or hands) into the curved shape of a cup.

Usage examples:

‘hey!’ dad shouted, with his hands cupped around his mouth

abbreviation

Cambridge university press.

Meanings of Cupsful:

Plural of cupful

Meanings of Cupule:

noun

A cup-shaped organ, structure, or receptacle in a plant or animal.

Usage examples:

The ovule is surrounded by integument tissues which produce the seed coat, and in the earliest seed…

Meanings of Cupules:

noun

A cup-shaped organ, structure, or receptacle in a plant or animal.

Usage examples:

The ovule is surrounded by integument tissues which produce the seed coat, and in the earliest seed…

Meanings of Cur:

noun

An aggressive or unkempt dog, especially a mongrel.

Usage examples:

A mangy-looking cur

Abbreviation for currency

Meanings of Curability:

noun

The fact that a disease can be cured

Usage examples:

Detecting lung cancer in its earliest stage may increase the curability of the disease., curability…

Meanings of Curable:

adjective

(of a disease or condition) able to be cured.

Usage examples:

Most skin cancers are completely curable