cull

pick out from others (to kill the weakest members); reject; select; collect (information); N.

culmination

highest point; climax; V. culminate in: reach the highest point in; end in; Ex. a series of minor clashes culminating in war

culpable

deserving blame; blameworthy

culprit

one guilty of a crime

culvert

artificial channel for water; drain crossing under a road

cumbersome

heavy and awkward to carry or wear; burdensome; Ex. cumbersome parcel/uniform

cumulative

growing by addition; accumulative

cunning

clever in deceiving; sly; N: cleverness in deceiving; deceit

cupidity

greed (for wealth); CF. cupid; CF. Cupid

curator

superintendent; manager (in charge of a museum or a library)

curb

chain or strap used with a bit to restrain a horse; something that checks; V: check; restrain

curfew

regulation requiring all people to leave the streets at stated times; signal (as a bell) announcing the hour of a curfew

curmudgeon

churlish, miserly individual; bad-tempered old person

cursive

(of writing) flowing; running; having the successive letters joined

cursory

casual; hastily done with little attention to detail

curtail

shorten; reduce

cynical

skeptical or distrustful of human motives; N. cynicism; CF. cynic: person who believes all people are motivated by selfishness

cynosure

object of general attention; person or thing that is a center of attention; CF. Ursa Minor