cuddy
A pony that works in a mine.
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cue
A marker or signal that triggers something, such as the start of an audio recording.
cull
An individual animal selected to be killed, or item of produce to be discarded.
cultigen
A plant that has been deliberately altered or selected by humans, that is it has resulted from artificial rather than natural selection.
cumai
nounMetalworking
A construction method for brazing steel sheets together by sandwiching copper sheets between them and performing an ersatz forge weld, for making Japanese-style blade steel. This method is used to add ornamental copper accents into forge-worked steel, such as a copper wave in a display blade.
cunit
A unit of measure for wood, equal to 100 cubic feet.
cupola
a small viewing window in the top of the caboose for looking over the train, or the part of the caboose where one looks through this window.
cuprotitanium
nounMetallurgy
An alloy of copper and titanium obtained by reducing a mixture of copper and rutile.
curb appeal
The visual attractiveness of an automobile, as viewed from street level.
curbstoner
A freelance used car dealer who places for-sale ads and meets a prospective buyer at a designated curbside address.
cure up
To cure (undergo a chemical or physical process for preservation or use) in a particular color or area.
Curie temperature
The temperature at which the magnetism of a substance changes, specifically when a ferromagnetic material becomes paramagnetic.
curl
Any of various diseases of plants causing the leaves or shoots to curl up; often specifically the potato curl.
curly top
A disease of beets, gourds, and other plants, often caused by the virus Beet curly top virus, which results in stunted or misshapen growth and curled or puckered leaves.
current
Ellipsis of electric current.
current divider
A simple electronic circuit which reduces an input current by a fixed factor using sources of impedance (such as resistors) connected in parallel.
curtain
nounManufacturing
A similar piece of cloth that separates the audience and the stage in a theater.
custom
adjectiveAgricultural equipment
Done on a for-hire basis, as contrasted with being done only for oneself.
custom car
nounAutomotive
A passenger vehicle that has been altered to improve its performance, modify its aesthetics, or combine both.
cut
The range of temperatures used to distill a particular mixture of hydrocarbons from crude oil.
cut and come again
An approach to growing lettuces, etc. where one harvests only the outer leaves, leaving the inner part of the plant to grow replacements that can be harvested later.
cut and cover
nounConstruction
A method of building a tunnel by digging a trench, constructing tunnel walls therein, and refilling the trench with earth.
cut-and-cover
adjectiveConstruction
A method of building tunnels just below the surface by excavating a large trench, constructing the tunnel and then covering it with soil.
cut-out
A switch that changes the current from one circuit to another, or for shortening a circuit.
cutback
Solvent-thinned bitumen used in cold process roofing adhesives, cements and coatings.
cutblock
A designated area from which timber can be harvested.
cutinite
A liptinite maceral formed from terrestrial plant cuticles.
cutline
nounSurveying
A linear cleared area through undeveloped land.
cutover
The process of quickly replacing a telephone switchboard, in which the connections are duplicated to the new machine and the original connections are then suddenly disconnected.
cutting
nounMachining
The process of bringing metals to a desired shape by chipping away the unwanted material.
CUV
nounAutomotive
Initialism of compact crossover sport utility vehicle or compact crossover utility vehicle.
CV
nounAutomotive
Initialism of commercial vehicle
CVBS
Initialism of composite video, blanking and sync.
CVC
Initialism of Compact Video Cassette.
CVD
nounManufacturing
Initialism of chemical vapor/vapour deposition.
CVPI
nameAutomotive
Initialism of Crown Victoria Police Interceptor.
CVT
nounAutomotive
Initialism of continuously variable transmission.
CW
Initialism of continuous wave.
cyanidation
nounMetallurgy
The extraction of gold or silver from their ores using the cyanide process
cycle
One take-off and landing of an aircraft, referring to a pressurisation cycle which places stresses on the fuselage.
cycler
A, usually man-made, object that follows such an orbit.
cyclic
The flight control used to control a helicopter's direction and rate of horizontal movement by tilting the lift vector of the helicopter's main rotor disk.
cycloconverter
A device that modifies alternating current to a lower frequency without converting it to direct current
cyclopean
adjectiveConstruction
Fitted together of huge irregular stones.
cylinder
nounAutomotive
The space in which a piston travels inside a reciprocating engine or pump.
cylinder head
nounAutomotive
A part of an internal combustion engine, usually made as a removable piece, that closes one end of the engine's cylinders.
cymogene
A highly volatile liquid, condensed by cold and pressure from the first products of the distillation of petroleum; used for producing low temperatures.
Cyprus
nounManufacturing
A thin, translucent, usually black fabric, a kind of crape.