Index of English words, starting with "cu"

(1) - Curtate (a.) Shortened or reduced; -- said of the distance of a planet from the sun or earth, as measured in the plane of the ecliptic, or the distance from the sun or earth to that point where a perpendicular, let fall from the planet upon the plane of the ecliptic, meets the ecliptic.

(1) - Curtilage (n.) A yard, courtyard, or piece of ground, included within the fence surrounding a dwelling house.

(1) - Curtness (n.) The quality of bing curt.

(1) - Curtsy (n.) Same as Courtesy, an act of respect.