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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
Curio
- noun - something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting
Curls
- noun - a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
- a strand or cluster of hair
- American chemist who with Richard Smalley and Harold Kroto discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1933)
- form a curl, curve, or kink; "the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling"
- play the Scottish game of curling
- shape one's body into a curl; "She curled farther down under the covers"; "She fell and drew in"
- twist or roll into coils or ringlets; "curl my hair, please"
- wind around something in coils or loops
Curly
- adjective - (of hair) having curls or waves; "they envied her naturally curly hair"
Curry
- noun - (East Indian cookery) a pungent dish of vegetables or meats flavored with curry powder and usually eaten with rice
- give a neat appearance to; "groom the dogs"; "dress the horses"
- season with a mixture of spices; typical of Indian cooking
- treat by incorporating fat; "curry tanned leather"
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"
Curst
- verb - deserving a curse; sometimes used as an intensifier; "villagers shun the area believing it to be cursed"; "cursed with four daughter"; "not a cursed drop"; "his cursed stupidity"; "I'll be cursed if I can see your reasoning"
- 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"
- 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"
Curvy
- adjective - (of a woman's body) having a large bosom and pleasing curves; "Hollywood seems full of curvaceous blondes"; "a curvy young woman in a tight dress"
- having curves; "a settee with only one curvy end"
Cusco
- noun - a town in the Andes in southern Peru; formerly the capital of the Inca empire