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Cruet Stand
- - a frame for holding cruets; a caster; a stand for cruets together with the cruets containing various condiments.
Cruet-Stand
- noun - a stand for cruets containing various condiments
Cryocautery
- noun - an instrument for destroying tissue by freezing it
- application of a substance that destroys tissue by freezing it
Cucurbitive
- - Having the shape of a gourd seed; -- said of certain small worms.
Culminating
- verb - bring to a head or to the highest point; "Seurat culminated pointillism"
- end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage; "The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace"
- reach the highest altitude or the meridian, of a celestial body
- reach the highest or most decisive point
- rise to, or form, a summit; "The helmet culminated in a crest"
Culmination
- noun - (astronomy) a heavenly body's highest celestial point above an observer's horizon
- a concluding action
- a final climactic stage; "their achievements stand as a culmination of centuries of development"
- the decisive moment in a novel or play; "the deathbed scene is the climax of the play"
Cultivating
- verb - adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment; "domesticate oats"; "tame the soil"
- foster the growth of
- prepare for crops; "Work the soil"; "cultivate the land"
- teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment; "Cultivate your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds"; "She is well schooled in poetry"
Cultivation
- noun - (agriculture) production of food by preparing the land to grow crops (especially on a large scale)
- a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality; "they performed with great polish"; "I admired the exquisite refinement of his prose"; "almost an inspiration which gives to all work that finish which is almost art"--Joseph Conrad
- socialization through training and education to develop one's mind or manners; "her cultivation was remarkable"
- the act of raising or growing plants (especially on a large scale)
- the process of fostering the growth of something; "the cultivation of bees for honey"
Cultivators
- noun - a farm implement used to break up the surface of the soil (for aeration and weed control and conservation of moisture)
- someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil
Cupellation
- - The act or process of refining gold or silver, etc., in a cupel.