Matching Words
94 ResultsBelow are the words that matched your query.
Curie
- noun - a unit of radioactivity equal to the amount of a radioactive isotope that decays at the rate of 37,000,000,000 disintegrations per second
- French chemist (born in Poland) who won two Nobel prizes; one (with her husband and Henri Becquerel) for research on radioactivity and another for her discovery of radium and polonium (1867-1934)
- French physicist; husband of Marie Curie (1859-1906)
- Unit of radioactivity equal to 3.7x1010 disintegrations per second
Curse
- noun - a severe affliction
- an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group
- an evil spell; "a witch put a curse on his whole family"; "he put the whammy on me"
- exclude from a church or a religious community; "The gay priest was excommunicated when he married his partner"
- heap obscenities upon; "The taxi driver who felt he didn't get a high enough tip cursed the passenger"
- profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger; "expletives were deleted"
- something causing misery or death; "the bane of my life"
- utter obscenities or profanities; "The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street"
- wish harm upon; invoke evil upon; "The bad witch cursed the child"
Curve
- noun -
- a line on a graph representing data
- a pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approaches the batter
- bend or cause to bend; "He crooked his index finger"; "the road curved sharply"
- curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.)
- form a curl, curve, or kink; "the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling"
- form an arch or curve; "her back arches"; "her hips curve nicely"
- the property possessed by the curving of a line or surface
- the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes
- turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right"
Cutie
- unknown - An attractive or endearing person, especially a young woman.
Cuvee
- unknown - a blend or batch of wine
Dulce
- - To make sweet; to soothe.
Dulse
- noun - coarse edible red seaweed
Dunce
- noun - a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence
Duple
- adjective - consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs; "an egg with a double yolk"; "a double (binary) star"; "double doors"; "dual controls for pilot and copilot"; "duple (or double) time consists of two (or a multiple of two) beats to a measure"