cup tie

an eliminating game between teams in a cup competition ;

cupbearer

the attendant (usually an officer of a nobleman's household) whose duty is to fill and serve cups of wine ;

cupboard

a small room (or recess) or cabinet used for storage space ;

cupboard love

a show of affection motivated by selfishness ;

cupcake

small cake baked in a muffin tin ;

cupel

small porous bowl made of bone ash used in assaying to separate precious metals from e.g. lead ;

cupflower

any of various plants of the genus Nierembergia having upturned bell-shaped flowers ; Mexican evergreen climbing plant having large solitary funnel-shaped fragrant yellow flowers with purple-brown ridges in the throat ;

cupful

the quantity a cup will hold; "he drank a cup of coffee"; "he borrowed a cup of sugar" ;

cupid

a symbol for love in the form of a cherubic naked boy with wings and a bow and arrow ; (Roman mythology) god of love; counterpart of Greek Eros ;

cupid's bow

a curved bow with reversed curve ends ; the double curve of the upper lip when considered to resemble Cupid's bow ;

cupid's dart

south European plant having dark-eyed flowers with flat blue rays ;

cupid's disease

a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact ;

cupid's itch

a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact ;

cupidity

extreme greed for material wealth ;

cupola

a roof in the form of a dome ; a vertical cylindrical furnace for melting iron for casting ;

cuppa

a cup of tea ;

cupper

a cup of tea ;

cupping

a treatment in which evacuated cups are applied to the skin to draw blood through the surface ;

cupressaceae

cypresses and junipers and many cedars ;

cupressus

type genus of Cupressaceae ;

cupressus abramsiana

rare California cypress taller than but closely related to gowen cypress and sometimes considered the same species ;

cupressus arizonica

Arizona timber tree with bluish silvery foliage ;

cupressus goveniana

small sometimes shrubby tree native to California; often used as an ornamental; in some classification systems includes the Pygmy cypress and the Santa Cruz cypress ;

cupressus goveniana abramsiana

rare California cypress taller than but closely related to gowen cypress and sometimes considered the same species ;

cupressus goveniana pigmaea

rare small cypress native to northern California; sometimes considered the same species as gowen cypress ;

cupressus guadalupensis

relatively low wide-spreading endemic on Guadalupe Island; cultivated for its bluish foliage ;

cupressus lusitanica

tall spreading evergreen found in Mexico having drooping branches; believed to have been introduced into Portugal from Goa ;

cupressus macrocarpa

tall California cypress endemic on Monterey Bay; widely used for ornament as well as reforestation and shelterbelt planting ;

cupressus pigmaea

rare small cypress native to northern California; sometimes considered the same species as gowen cypress ;

cupressus sempervirens

tall Eurasian cypress with thin grey bark and ascending branches ;

cupric acetate

a blue or green powder used as a paint pigment ;

cupric sulfate

a copper salt made by the action of sulfuric acid on copper oxide ;

cupric sulphate

a copper salt made by the action of sulfuric acid on copper oxide ;

cuprimine

a drug (trade name Cuprimine) used to treat heavy metal poisoning and Wilson's disease and severe arthritis ;

cuprite

a mineral consisting of cuprous oxide that is a source of copper ;

cupronickel

a 60/40 alloy of copper and nickel ;

cupule

a sucker on the feet of certain flies ; cup-shaped structure of hardened bracts at the base of an acorn ;

cuquenan

a famous waterfall in Venezuela ;

cuquenan falls

a famous waterfall in Venezuela ;

cur

an inferior dog or one of mixed breed ; a cowardly and despicable person ;