curability

capability of being cured or healed ;

curableness

capability of being cured or healed ;

curacao

flavored with sour orange peel ; a popular island resort in the Netherlands Antilles ;

curacoa

flavored with sour orange peel ;

curacy

the position of a curate ;

curandera

a Mexican woman who practices healing techniques inherited from the Mayans ;

curandero

a Mexican man who practices healing techniques inherited from the Mayans ;

curare

a toxic alkaloid found in certain tropical South American trees that is a powerful relaxant for striated muscles; "curare acts by blocking cholinergic transmission at the myoneural junction" ;

curassow

large crested arboreal game bird of warm parts of the Americas having long legs and tails; highly esteemed as game and food ;

curate

a person authorized to conduct religious worship; "clergymen are usually called ministers in Protestant churches" ;

curate cycloid

a cycloid generated by a point inside the rolling circle ;

curative

a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain ;

curator

the custodian of a collection (as a museum or library) ;

curatorship

the position of curator ;

curb

the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess; "his common sense is a bridle to his quick temper" ; a stock exchange in New York ; an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter) ; a horse's bit with an attached chain or strap to check the horse ;

curb bit

a horse's bit with an attached chain or strap to check the horse ;

curb market

a stock market for trading in securities not listed on the New York Stock Exchange ;

curb roof

a roof with two or more slopes on each side of the ridge ;

curb service

service provided to customers who remain in their vehicles ;

curbing

an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter) ;

curbside

the side of a sidewalk that is bordered by a curb; "policemen stood at intervals along the curbside" ;

curbstone

a paving stone forming part of a curb ;

curculionidae

true weevils: snout beetles ;

curcuma

tropical Asiatic perennial herbs ;

curcuma domestica

widely cultivated tropical plant of India having yellow flowers and a large aromatic deep yellow rhizome; source of a condiment and a yellow dye ;

curcuma longa

widely cultivated tropical plant of India having yellow flowers and a large aromatic deep yellow rhizome; source of a condiment and a yellow dye ;

curd

coagulated milk; used to made cheese; "Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet eating some curds and whey" ; a coagulated liquid resembling milk curd; "bean curd"; "lemon curd" ;

curdling

the process of forming semisolid lumps in a liquid ;

cure

a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain ;

cure-all

hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists ;

curet

a surgical instrument shaped like a scoop to remove tissue from a bodily cavity ;

curettage

surgery to remove tissue or growths from a bodily cavity (as the uterus) by scraping with a curette ;

curette

a surgical instrument shaped like a scoop to remove tissue from a bodily cavity ;

curettement

surgery to remove tissue or growths from a bodily cavity (as the uterus) by scraping with a curette ;

curfew

an order that after a specific time certain activities (as being outside on the streets) are prohibited ; a signal (usually a bell) announcing the start of curfew restrictions ; the time that the curfew signal is sounded ;

curia

(Roman Catholic Church) the central administration governing the Roman Catholic Church ;

curie

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) ; 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 ;

curie point

the temperature above which a ferromagnetic substance loses its ferromagnetism and becomes paramagnetic ;

curie temperature

the temperature above which a ferromagnetic substance loses its ferromagnetism and becomes paramagnetic ;

curietherapy

the use of radium in radiation therapy ;