cum: Prefix, Suffix and Derived words
Prefixes of cum
- scum«Word Popularity Bar3/5
scum
- noun worthless people
trash.
- noun a film of impurities or vegetation that can form on the surface of a liquid
- noun worthless people
- modicum3/5
modicum
- noun a small or moderate or token amount
- England still expects a modicum of eccentricity in its artists"- Ian Jack
- noun a small or moderate or token amount
- slocum3/5
slocum
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- locum2/5
locum
- noun someone (physician or clergyman) who substitutes temporarily for another member of the same profession
locum tenens.
- noun someone (physician or clergyman) who substitutes temporarily for another member of the same profession
- talcum2/5
talcum
- noun a fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate; used in a variety of products including talcum powder
talc.
- noun a toilet powder made of purified talc and usually scented; absorbs excess moisture
talcum powder.
- noun a fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate; used in a variety of products including talcum powder
- triticum2/5
triticum
(Bot.) A genus of grasses including the various species of wheat.
- molluscum2/5
molluscum
- noun any skin disease characterized by soft pulpy nodules
- noun any skin disease characterized by soft pulpy nodules
- panicum2/5
panicum
(Bot.) A genus of grasses, including several hundred species, some of which are valuable; panic grass.
- capsicum2/5
capsicum
- noun any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers
pepper; capsicum pepper plant.
- noun chiefly tropical perennial shrubby plants having many-seeded fruits: sweet and hot peppers
genus Capsicum.
- noun any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers
- cecum2/5
cecum
- noun the cavity in which the large intestine begins and into which the ileum opens
caecum; blind gut.
- the appendix is an offshoot of the cecum
- noun the cavity in which the large intestine begins and into which the ileum opens
- hypericum2/5
hypericum
(Bot.) A genus of plants, generally with dotted leaves and yellow flowers; -- called also St. John's-wort .
- caecum2/5
caecum
- noun the cavity in which the large intestine begins and into which the ileum opens
cecum; blind gut.
- the appendix is an offshoot of the cecum
- noun the cavity in which the large intestine begins and into which the ileum opens
- taraxacum2/5
taraxacum
- noun an asterid dicot genus of the family Compositae including dandelions
genus Taraxacum.
- noun an asterid dicot genus of the family Compositae including dandelions
- practicum2/5
practicum
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- circum2/5
circum
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- tecum2/5
tecum
(Bot.) See Tucum .
- japonicum2/5
japonicum
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- mecum2/5
mecum
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- tabacum2/5
tabacum
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- illyricum2/5
- guaiacum1/5
guaiacum
- noun medicinal resin from the lignum vitae tree
- noun hard greenish-brown wood of the lignum vitae tree and other trees of the genus Guaiacum
guaiac; lignum vitae.
- noun medicinal resin from the lignum vitae tree
- angraecum1/5
angraecum
- noun genus of tropical Old World epiphytic orchids with showy flowers sometimes grotesque
genus Angraecum; genus Angrecum.
- noun genus of tropical Old World epiphytic orchids with showy flowers sometimes grotesque
- colchicum1/5
colchicum
(Bot.) A genus of bulbous-rooted plants found in many parts of Europe, including the meadow saffron. ✍ Preparations made from the poisonous bulbs and seeds, and perhaps from the flowers, of the Colchicum autumnale (meadow saffron) are used as remedies for gout and rheumatism.
- verbascum1/5
verbascum
- noun genus of coarse herbs and subshrubs mostly with woolly leaves
genus Verbascum.
- noun genus of coarse herbs and subshrubs mostly with woolly leaves
- viscum1/5
viscum
(Bot.) A genus of parasitic shrubs, including the mistletoe of Europe.
- lycopersicum1/5
lycopersicum
- noun tomatoes
Lycopersicon; genus Lycopersicum; genus Lycopersicon.
- noun tomatoes
- doronicum1/5
doronicum
- noun genus of Eurasian perennial tuberous or rhizomatous herbs: leopard's bane
genus Doronicum.
- noun genus of Eurasian perennial tuberous or rhizomatous herbs: leopard's bane
- levisticum1/5
levisticum
- noun genus of aromatic European herbs with yellow flowers
genus Levisticum.
- noun genus of aromatic European herbs with yellow flowers
- viaticum1/5
viaticum
(Rom. Antiq.) An allowance for traveling expenses made to those who were sent into the provinces to exercise any office or perform any service.
- indicum1/5
indicum
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- accum1/5
accum
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- publicum1/5
- graecum1/5
graecum
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- glaucum1/5
glaucum
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- canticum1/5
- elasticum1/5
elasticum
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- basilicum1/5
basilicum
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- unicum1/5
- californicum1/5
californicum
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- zeylanicum1/5
zeylanicum
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- aquaticum1/5
aquaticum
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- aromaticum1/5
aromaticum
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- zincum1/5
- dicoccum1/5
dicoccum
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- periostracum1/5
periostracum
(Zoöl.) A chitinous membrane covering the exterior of many shells; -- called also epidermis .
- eboracum1/5
- tillicum1/5
- toxicum1/5
- herpeticum1/5
herpeticum
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- domesticum1/5
domesticum
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- sylvaticum1/5
sylvaticum
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- technicum1/5
technicum
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- virginicum1/5
virginicum
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- etymologicum1/5
- aurantiacum1/5
aurantiacum
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- orichalcum1/5
Suffixes of cum
- cumulative«Word Popularity Bar5/5
cumulative
- adjective satellite increasing by successive addition
accumulative.
- the benefits are cumulative
- the eventual accumulative effect of these substances
- adjective satellite increasing by successive addition
- cumberland4/5
cumberland
- noun English general; son of George II; fought unsuccessfully in the battle of Fontenoy (1721-1765)
Butcher Cumberland; Duke of Cumberland; William Augustus.
- noun a river that rises in southeastern Kentucky and flows westward through northern Tennessee to become a tributary of the Ohio River in southwestern Kentucky
Cumberland River.
- noun English general; son of George II; fought unsuccessfully in the battle of Fontenoy (1721-1765)
- cummings4/5
cummings
- noun United States writer noted for his typographically eccentric poetry (1894-1962)
e. e. cummings; Edward Estlin Cummings.
- noun United States writer noted for his typographically eccentric poetry (1894-1962)
- cumbersome4/5
cumbersome
- adjective satellite difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight
cumbrous.
- a cumbersome piece of machinery
- cumbrous protective clothing
- adjective satellite not elegant or graceful in expression
awkward; inept; ill-chosen; inapt; clumsy.
- an awkward prose style
- a clumsy apology
- his cumbersome writing style
- if the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?
- adjective satellite difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight
- cumulus3/5
cumulus
- noun a globular cloud
cumulus cloud.
- noun a collection of objects laid on top of each other
agglomerate; pile; heap; mound; cumulation.
- noun a globular cloud
- cumin3/5
cumin
- noun dwarf Mediterranean annual long cultivated for its aromatic seeds
Cuminum cyminum.
- noun aromatic seeds of the cumin herb of the carrot family
cumin seed.
- noun dwarf Mediterranean annual long cultivated for its aromatic seeds
- cummins3/5
cummin
Same as Cumin .Ye pay tithe of mint, and cummin. Matt. xxiii. 23.
- cumming3/5
cum
- noun the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
semen; ejaculate; seminal fluid; seed; come.
- noun the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
- cumulated2/5
cumulate
- verb collect or gather
amass; gather; conglomerate; accumulate; pile up.
- Journals are accumulating in my office
- The work keeps piling up
- verb collect or gather
- cumulation2/5
cumulation
- noun a collection of objects laid on top of each other
agglomerate; cumulus; pile; heap; mound.
- noun a collection of objects laid on top of each other
- cumulonimbus2/5
cumulonimbus
- noun a dark cloud of great vertical extent charged with electricity; associated with thunderstorms
thundercloud; cumulonimbus cloud.
- noun a dark cloud of great vertical extent charged with electricity; associated with thunderstorms
- cumulate2/5
cumulate
- verb collect or gather
amass; gather; conglomerate; accumulate; pile up.
- Journals are accumulating in my office
- The work keeps piling up
- verb collect or gather
- cumber2/5
cumber
- verb hold back
encumber; constrain; restrain.
- verb hold back
- cumulatively2/5
cumulatively
- adverb in a cumulative manner
- mind has become self-reproducing through man's capacity to transmit experience and its products cumulatively
- adverb in a cumulative manner
- cumbria2/5
cumbria
- noun a former Celtic kingdom in northwestern England; the name continued to be used for the hilly northwestern region of England including the Lake District and the northern Pennines
- noun a county of northwestern England
- noun a former Celtic kingdom in northwestern England; the name continued to be used for the hilly northwestern region of England including the Lake District and the northern Pennines
- cumbrous2/5
cumbrous
- adjective satellite difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight
cumbersome.
- a cumbersome piece of machinery
- cumbrous protective clothing
- adjective satellite difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight
- cumae2/5
cumae
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- cums1/5
cum
- noun the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
semen; ejaculate; seminal fluid; seed; come.
- noun the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
- cumuliform1/5
cumuliform
- adjective satellite shaped like a cumulus cloud
- adjective satellite shaped like a cumulus cloud
- cumbered1/5
cumber
- verb hold back
encumber; constrain; restrain.
- verb hold back
- cumana1/5
cumana
- noun a port city in northeastern Venezuela on the Caribbean Sea; founded in 1523, it is the oldest European settlement in South America
- noun a port city in northeastern Venezuela on the Caribbean Sea; founded in 1523, it is the oldest European settlement in South America
- cumulating1/5
cumulate
- verb collect or gather
amass; gather; conglomerate; accumulate; pile up.
- Journals are accumulating in my office
- The work keeps piling up
- verb collect or gather
- cumulates1/5
cumulate
- verb collect or gather
amass; gather; conglomerate; accumulate; pile up.
- Journals are accumulating in my office
- The work keeps piling up
- verb collect or gather
- cumuli1/5
cumulus
- noun a globular cloud
cumulus cloud.
- noun a collection of objects laid on top of each other
agglomerate; pile; heap; mound; cumulation.
- noun a globular cloud
- cumbers1/5
cumber
- verb hold back
encumber; constrain; restrain.
- verb hold back
- cumbering1/5
cumber
- verb hold back
encumber; constrain; restrain.
- verb hold back
- cumulations1/5
cumulation
- noun a collection of objects laid on top of each other
agglomerate; cumulus; pile; heap; mound.
- noun a collection of objects laid on top of each other
- cumulous1/5
cumulous
- adjective satellite thrown together in a pile
- a desk heaped with books
- heaped-up ears of corn
- ungraded papers piled high
- adjective satellite thrown together in a pile
- cuminum1/5
cuminum
- noun cumin
genus Cuminum.
- noun cumin
- cummerbund1/5
cummerbund
- noun a broad pleated sash worn as formal dress with a tuxedo
- noun a broad pleated sash worn as formal dress with a tuxedo
- cummerbunds1/5
cummerbund
- noun a broad pleated sash worn as formal dress with a tuxedo
- noun a broad pleated sash worn as formal dress with a tuxedo
- cumbersomeness1/5
cumbersomeness
- noun trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape
unwieldiness; awkwardness.
- the movers cursed the unwieldiness of the big piano
- noun trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape
- cumbrian1/5
cumbrian
Pertaining to Cumberland, England, or to a system of rocks found there.
- cumulant1/5
cumulant
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- cumene1/5
cumene
(Chem.) A colorless oily hydrocarbon, C6H5.C3H7 , obtained by the distillation of cuminic acid; -- called alsocumol .
- cumbia1/5
cumbia
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- cummin1/5
cummin
Same as Cumin .Ye pay tithe of mint, and cummin. Matt. xxiii. 23.
- cumbre1/5
cumbre
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- cumaean1/5
- cummer1/5
cum
- noun the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
semen; ejaculate; seminal fluid; seed; come.
- noun the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
- cuman1/5
cuman
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- cump1/5
cump
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- cumecs1/5
- cumulativeness1/5
- cumshaw1/5
cumshaw
A present or bonus; -- originally applied to that paid on ships which entered the port of Canton. S. Wells Williams.
- cumhal1/5
- cumbersomely1/5
cumbersome
- adjective satellite difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight
cumbrous.
- a cumbersome piece of machinery
- cumbrous protective clothing
- adjective satellite not elegant or graceful in expression
awkward; inept; ill-chosen; inapt; clumsy.
- an awkward prose style
- a clumsy apology
- his cumbersome writing style
- if the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?
- adjective satellite difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight
- cumbias1/5
- cumec1/5
cumec
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Derived words of cum
- accumulation«Word Popularity Bar5/5
accumulation
- noun an increase by natural growth or addition
accretion.
- noun several things grouped together or considered as a whole
assemblage; aggregation; collection.
- noun an increase by natural growth or addition
- documentary5/5
documentary
- noun a film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event
documentary film; infotainment; docudrama.
- adjective relating to or consisting of or derived from documents
documental.
- noun a film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event
- circumstances5/5
circumstances
- noun your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
fortune; destiny; fate; portion; lot; luck.
- whatever my fortune may be
- deserved a better fate
- has a happy lot
- the luck of the Irish
- a victim of circumstances
- success that was her portion
- noun a person's financial situation (good or bad)
- he found himself in straitened circumstances
- noun your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
- document5/5
document
- noun writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)
written document; papers.
- noun anything serving as a representation of a person's thinking by means of symbolic marks
- noun writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)
- documents5/5
document
- noun writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)
written document; papers.
- noun anything serving as a representation of a person's thinking by means of symbolic marks
- noun writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)
- documented5/5
documented
- adjective furnished with or supported by documents
- the first documented case of shark attack in those waters
- verb record in detail
document.
- The parents documented every step of their child's development
- adjective furnished with or supported by documents
- accumulated5/5
accumulated
- adjective satellite periodically accumulated over time
accrued.
- accrued interest
- accrued leave
- verb get or gather together
amass; roll up; compile; collect; accumulate; hoard; pile up.
- I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife
- She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis
- She rolled up a small fortune
- adjective satellite periodically accumulated over time
- circumstance5/5
circumstance
- noun a condition that accompanies or influences some event or activity
- noun the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event
setting; context.
- the historical context
- noun a condition that accompanies or influences some event or activity
- documentation5/5
documentation
- noun confirmation that some fact or statement is true through the use of documentary evidence
corroboration; certification.
- noun program listings or technical manuals describing the operation and use of programs
software documentation.
- noun confirmation that some fact or statement is true through the use of documentary evidence
- circumscribed4/5
circumscribed
- adjective satellite subject to limits or subjected to limits
limited.
- verb draw a line around
circumscribe.
- He drew a circle around the points
- adjective satellite subject to limits or subjected to limits
- accumulate4/5
accumulate
- verb get or gather together
amass; roll up; compile; collect; hoard; pile up.
- I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife
- She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis
- She rolled up a small fortune
- verb collect or gather
amass; gather; conglomerate; cumulate; pile up.
- Journals are accumulating in my office
- The work keeps piling up
- verb get or gather together
- incumbent4/5
incumbent
- noun the official who holds an office
officeholder.
- adjective satellite lying or leaning on something else
- an incumbent geological formation
- noun the official who holds an office
- documenting4/5
document
- noun writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)
written document; papers.
- noun anything serving as a representation of a person's thinking by means of symbolic marks
- noun writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)
- accumulating4/5
accumulate
- verb get or gather together
amass; roll up; compile; collect; hoard; pile up.
- I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife
- She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis
- She rolled up a small fortune
- verb collect or gather
amass; gather; conglomerate; cumulate; pile up.
- Journals are accumulating in my office
- The work keeps piling up
- verb get or gather together
- succumbed4/5
succumb
- verb consent reluctantly
give in; knuckle under; yield; buckle under.
- verb be fatally overwhelmed
yield.
- verb consent reluctantly
- circumference4/5
circumference
- noun the size of something as given by the distance around it
perimeter.
- noun the boundary line encompassing an area or object
circuit.
- he had walked the full circumference of his land
- a danger to all races over the whole circumference of the globe
- noun the size of something as given by the distance around it
- circumcision4/5
circumcision
- noun the act of circumcising performed on males eight days after birth as a Jewish and Muslim religious rite
- noun (Roman Catholic Church and Anglican Church) feast day celebrating the circumcision of Jesus; celebrated on January 1st
Feast of the Circumcision; January 1.
- noun the act of circumcising performed on males eight days after birth as a Jewish and Muslim religious rite
- ecumenical4/5
ecumenical
- adjective satellite concerned with promoting unity among churches or religions
oecumenical; ecumenic; oecumenic.
- ecumenical thinking
- ecumenical activities
- the ecumenical movement
- adjective satellite of worldwide scope or applicability
worldwide; cosmopolitan; universal; general; oecumenical; world-wide.
- an issue of cosmopolitan import
- the shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time"- Christopher Morley
- universal experience
- adjective satellite concerned with promoting unity among churches or religions
- documentaries3/5
documentary
- noun a film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event
documentary film; infotainment; docudrama.
- adjective relating to or consisting of or derived from documents
documental.
- noun a film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event
- accumulations3/5
accumulation
- noun an increase by natural growth or addition
accretion.
- noun several things grouped together or considered as a whole
assemblage; aggregation; collection.
- noun an increase by natural growth or addition
- succumb3/5
succumb
- verb consent reluctantly
give in; knuckle under; yield; buckle under.
- verb be fatally overwhelmed
yield.
- verb consent reluctantly
- accumulates3/5
accumulate
- verb get or gather together
amass; roll up; compile; collect; hoard; pile up.
- I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife
- She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis
- She rolled up a small fortune
- verb collect or gather
amass; gather; conglomerate; cumulate; pile up.
- Journals are accumulating in my office
- The work keeps piling up
- verb get or gather together
- circumcised3/5
circumcise
- verb cut the skin over the clitoris
- verb cut the foreskin off male babies or teenage boys
- During the bris, the baby boy is circumcised
- verb cut the skin over the clitoris
- encumbered3/5
encumbered
- adjective loaded to excess or impeded by a heavy load
- a summer resort...encumbered with great clapboard-and-stucco hotels"- A.J.Liebling
- a hiker encumbered with a heavy backpack
- an encumbered estate
- verb hold back
encumber; constrain; restrain; cumber.
- adjective loaded to excess or impeded by a heavy load
- succumbing3/5
succumb
- verb consent reluctantly
give in; knuckle under; yield; buckle under.
- verb be fatally overwhelmed
yield.
- verb consent reluctantly
- accumulator3/5
accumulator
- noun a person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes)
gatherer; collector.
- noun a voltaic battery that stores electric charge
storage battery.
- noun a person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes)
- circumvent3/5
circumvent
- verb surround so as to force to give up
beleaguer; hem in; surround; besiege.
- The Turks besieged Vienna
- verb beat through cleverness and wit
outsmart; beat; overreach; outwit; outfox.
- I beat the traffic
- She outfoxed her competitors
- verb surround so as to force to give up
- incumbents3/5
incumbent
- noun the official who holds an office
officeholder.
- adjective satellite lying or leaning on something else
- an incumbent geological formation
- noun the official who holds an office
- acumen3/5
acumen
- noun a tapering point
- noun shrewdness shown by keen insight
insightfulness.
- noun a tapering point
- circumspect3/5
circumspect
- adjective satellite heedful of potential consequences
discreet.
- circumspect actions
- physicians are now more circumspect about recommending its use
- a discreet investor
- adjective satellite heedful of potential consequences
- circumvented3/5
circumvent
- verb surround so as to force to give up
beleaguer; hem in; surround; besiege.
- The Turks besieged Vienna
- verb beat through cleverness and wit
outsmart; beat; overreach; outwit; outfox.
- I beat the traffic
- She outfoxed her competitors
- verb surround so as to force to give up
- recumbent3/5
recumbent
- adjective satellite lying down; in a position of comfort or rest
accumbent; decumbent.
- adjective satellite lying down; in a position of comfort or rest
- circumstantial3/5
circumstantial
- adjective satellite fully detailed and specific about particulars
- a circumstantial report about the debate
- adjective satellite fully detailed and specific about particulars
- circumferential3/5
circumferential
- adjective satellite lying around or just outside the edges or outskirts
- circumferential highways around cities
- adjective satellite lying around or just outside the edges or outskirts
- cucumber3/5
cucumber
- noun a melon vine of the genus Cucumis; cultivated from earliest times for its cylindrical green fruit
Cucumis sativus; cucumber vine.
- noun cylindrical green fruit with thin green rind and white flesh eaten as a vegetable; related to melons
cuke.
- noun a melon vine of the genus Cucumis; cultivated from earliest times for its cylindrical green fruit
- undocumented3/5
undocumented
- adjective lacking necessary documents (as for e.g. permission to live or work in a country)
- undocumented aliens
- undocumented tax deductions
- adjective lacking necessary documents (as for e.g. permission to live or work in a country)
- cucumbers3/5
cucumber
- noun a melon vine of the genus Cucumis; cultivated from earliest times for its cylindrical green fruit
Cucumis sativus; cucumber vine.
- noun cylindrical green fruit with thin green rind and white flesh eaten as a vegetable; related to melons
cuke.
- noun a melon vine of the genus Cucumis; cultivated from earliest times for its cylindrical green fruit
- tecumseh3/5
tecumseh
- noun a famous chief of the Shawnee who tried to unite Indian tribes against the increasing white settlement (1768-1813)
Tecumtha.
- noun a famous chief of the Shawnee who tried to unite Indian tribes against the increasing white settlement (1768-1813)
- unencumbered3/5
unencumbered
- adjective free of encumbrance
- inherited an unencumbered estate
- adjective satellite not burdened with cares or responsibilities
- living an unencumbered life
- adjective free of encumbrance
- circumscribe2/5
circumscribe
- verb draw a line around
- He drew a circle around the points
- verb restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day"
confine; limit.
- verb draw a line around
- circumscribing2/5
circumscribe
- verb draw a line around
- He drew a circle around the points
- verb restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day"
confine; limit.
- verb draw a line around
- circumscribes2/5
circumscribe
- verb draw a line around
- He drew a circle around the points
- verb restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day"
confine; limit.
- verb draw a line around
- circumscription2/5
circumscription
- noun the act of circumscribing
- noun the act of circumscribing
- encumbrances2/5
encumbrance
- noun an onerous or difficult concern
load; incumbrance; onus; burden.
- the burden of responsibility
- that's a load off my mind
- noun a charge against property (as a lien or mortgage)
incumbrance.
- noun an onerous or difficult concern
- ecumenism2/5
ecumenism
- noun a movement promoting union between religions (especially between Christian churches)
oecumenism.
- noun (Christianity) the doctrine of the ecumenical movement that promotes cooperation and better understanding among different religious denominations: aimed at universal Christian unity
ecumenicalism; ecumenicism.
- noun a movement promoting union between religions (especially between Christian churches)
- encumbrance2/5
encumbrance
- noun an onerous or difficult concern
load; incumbrance; onus; burden.
- the burden of responsibility
- that's a load off my mind
- noun a charge against property (as a lien or mortgage)
incumbrance.
- noun an onerous or difficult concern
- succumbs2/5
succumb
- verb consent reluctantly
give in; knuckle under; yield; buckle under.
- verb be fatally overwhelmed
yield.
- verb consent reluctantly
- encumber2/5
encumber
- verb hold back
constrain; restrain; cumber.
- verb hold back
- circumnavigation2/5
circumnavigation
- noun traveling around something (by ship or plane)
- Magellan's circumnavigation of the earth proved that it is a globe
- noun traveling around something (by ship or plane)
- accumulators2/5
accumulator
- noun a person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes)
gatherer; collector.
- noun a voltaic battery that stores electric charge
storage battery.
- noun a person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes)
- circumcise2/5
circumcise
- verb cut the skin over the clitoris
- verb cut the foreskin off male babies or teenage boys
- During the bris, the baby boy is circumcised
- verb cut the skin over the clitoris
- encumbering2/5
encumber
- verb hold back
constrain; restrain; cumber.
- verb hold back
- incumbrance2/5
incumbrance
- noun a charge against property (as a lien or mortgage)
encumbrance.
- noun an onerous or difficult concern
load; onus; encumbrance; burden.
- the burden of responsibility
- that's a load off my mind
- noun a charge against property (as a lien or mortgage)
- circumventing2/5
circumvent
- verb surround so as to force to give up
beleaguer; hem in; surround; besiege.
- The Turks besieged Vienna
- verb beat through cleverness and wit
outsmart; beat; overreach; outwit; outfox.
- I beat the traffic
- She outfoxed her competitors
- verb surround so as to force to give up
- circumspection2/5
circumspection
- noun knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress
prudence; discretion; discreetness.
- the servants showed great tact and discretion
- noun the trait of being circumspect and prudent
caution.
- noun knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress
- incumbency2/5
incumbency
- noun the term during which some position is held
term of office; tenure.
- noun a duty that is incumbent upon you
- noun the term during which some position is held
- accumulative2/5
accumulative
- adjective satellite increasing by successive addition
cumulative.
- the benefits are cumulative
- the eventual accumulative effect of these substances
- adjective satellite marked by acquiring or amassing
- we live in an accumulative society
- adjective satellite increasing by successive addition
- circumlocution2/5
circumlocution
- noun a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things
periphrasis; ambage.
- noun an indirect way of expressing something
indirect expression.
- noun a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things
- circumvents2/5
circumvent
- verb surround so as to force to give up
beleaguer; hem in; surround; besiege.
- The Turks besieged Vienna
- verb beat through cleverness and wit
outsmart; beat; overreach; outwit; outfox.
- I beat the traffic
- She outfoxed her competitors
- verb surround so as to force to give up
- circumferences2/5
circumference
- noun the size of something as given by the distance around it
perimeter.
- noun the boundary line encompassing an area or object
circuit.
- he had walked the full circumference of his land
- a danger to all races over the whole circumference of the globe
- noun the size of something as given by the distance around it
- circumnavigate2/5
circumnavigate
- verb travel around, either by plane or ship
compass.
- We compassed the earth
- verb travel around, either by plane or ship
- curcuma2/5
curcuma
(Bot.) A genus of plants of the order Scitamineæ , including the turmeric plant (Curcuma longa ).
- circumnavigated2/5
circumnavigate
- verb travel around, either by plane or ship
compass.
- We compassed the earth
- verb travel around, either by plane or ship
- cucumis2/5
cucumis
(Bot.) A genus of plants including the cucumber, melon, and same kinds of gourds.
- circumlocutions2/5
circumlocution
- noun a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things
periphrasis; ambage.
- noun an indirect way of expressing something
indirect expression.
- noun a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things
- circumflex2/5
circumflex
- noun a diacritical mark (^) placed above a vowel in some languages to indicate a special phonetic quality
- noun a diacritical mark (^) placed above a vowel in some languages to indicate a special phonetic quality
- circumpolar2/5
circumpolar
- adjective satellite (of a celestial body) continually visible above the horizon during the entire 360 degrees of daily travel
- a circumpolar star
- adjective satellite located or found throughout a polar region
- adjective satellite (of a celestial body) continually visible above the horizon during the entire 360 degrees of daily travel
- circumspectly2/5
circumspectly
- adverb in a cagey manner
cagily.
- `I don't know yet,' he answered cagily
- adverb in a cagey manner
- circumvention2/5
circumvention
- noun the act of evading by going around
- noun the act of evading by going around
- circumstantially2/5
circumstantially
- adverb according to circumstances
- he was convicted circumstantially
- adverb insofar as the circumstances are concerned
- the account was circumstantially accurate
- adverb according to circumstances
- uncircumcised2/5
uncircumcised
Not circumcised; hence, not of the Israelites. "This uncircumcised Philistine." 1 Sam. xvii. 26.
- bioaccumulation2/5
- curcumin2/5
curcumin
(Chem.) The coloring principle of turmeric, or curcuma root, extracted as an orange yellow crystalline substance, C14H14O4 , with a green fluorescence.✍ It possesses acid properties and with alkalies forms brownish salts. This change in color from yellow to brown is the characteristic reaction of tumeric paper. See Turmeric paper , underTurmeric .
- circumstanced2/5
circumstance
- noun a condition that accompanies or influences some event or activity
- noun the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event
setting; context.
- the historical context
- noun a condition that accompanies or influences some event or activity
- acuminata2/5
acuminata
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- circumstellar2/5
- scumbag2/5
scumbag
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- recumbency2/5
recumbency
Recumbence.
- circumferentially2/5
circumferential
- adjective satellite lying around or just outside the edges or outskirts
- circumferential highways around cities
- adjective satellite lying around or just outside the edges or outskirts
- tucuman2/5
tucuman
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- circumambulation2/5
circumambulation
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- ecumene2/5
ecumene
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- circumduction1/5
circumduction
- noun a circular movement of a limb or eye
- noun a circular movement of a limb or eye
- circumscriptions1/5
circumscription
- noun the act of circumscribing
- noun the act of circumscribing
- incumbrances1/5
incumbrance
- noun a charge against property (as a lien or mortgage)
encumbrance.
- noun an onerous or difficult concern
load; onus; encumbrance; burden.
- the burden of responsibility
- that's a load off my mind
- noun a charge against property (as a lien or mortgage)
- acuminate1/5
acuminate
- verb make sharp or acute; taper; make (something) come to a point
- adjective satellite (of a leaf shape) narrowing to a slender point
- verb make sharp or acute; taper; make (something) come to a point
- scummy1/5
scummy
- adjective satellite of the most contemptible kind
scurvy; low-down; low; abject; miserable.
- abject cowardice
- a low stunt to pull
- a low-down sneak
- his miserable treatment of his family
- You miserable skunk!
- a scummy rabble
- a scurvy trick
- adjective satellite covered with scum
- the scummy surface of the polluted pond
- adjective satellite of the most contemptible kind
- circumcising1/5
circumcise
- verb cut the skin over the clitoris
- verb cut the foreskin off male babies or teenage boys
- During the bris, the baby boy is circumcised
- verb cut the skin over the clitoris
- encumbers1/5
encumber
- verb hold back
constrain; restrain; cumber.
- verb hold back
- scumble1/5
scumble
- noun the application of very thin coat of color over the surface of a picture
- noun the application of very thin coat of color over the surface of a picture
- cirrocumulus1/5
cirrocumulus
- noun a cloud at a high altitude consisting of a series of regularly arranged small clouds resembling ripples
cirrocumulus cloud.
- noun a cloud at a high altitude consisting of a series of regularly arranged small clouds resembling ripples
- ecumenicalism1/5
ecumenicalism
- noun (Christianity) the doctrine of the ecumenical movement that promotes cooperation and better understanding among different religious denominations: aimed at universal Christian unity
ecumenism; ecumenicism.
- noun (Christianity) the doctrine of the ecumenical movement that promotes cooperation and better understanding among different religious denominations: aimed at universal Christian unity
- ecumenicism1/5
ecumenicism
- noun (Christianity) the doctrine of the ecumenical movement that promotes cooperation and better understanding among different religious denominations: aimed at universal Christian unity
ecumenicalism; ecumenism.
- noun (Christianity) the doctrine of the ecumenical movement that promotes cooperation and better understanding among different religious denominations: aimed at universal Christian unity
- scums1/5
scum
- noun worthless people
trash.
- noun a film of impurities or vegetation that can form on the surface of a liquid
- noun worthless people
- circumnavigations1/5
circumnavigation
- noun traveling around something (by ship or plane)
- Magellan's circumnavigation of the earth proved that it is a globe
- noun traveling around something (by ship or plane)
- locums1/5
locum
- noun someone (physician or clergyman) who substitutes temporarily for another member of the same profession
locum tenens.
- noun someone (physician or clergyman) who substitutes temporarily for another member of the same profession
- circumcises1/5
circumcise
- verb cut the skin over the clitoris
- verb cut the foreskin off male babies or teenage boys
- During the bris, the baby boy is circumcised
- verb cut the skin over the clitoris
- documental1/5
documental
- adjective relating to or consisting of or derived from documents
documentary.
- adjective relating to or consisting of or derived from documents
- circumcisions1/5
circumcision
- noun (Roman Catholic Church and Anglican Church) feast day celebrating the circumcision of Jesus; celebrated on January 1st
Feast of the Circumcision; January 1.
- noun the act of circumcising performed on males eight days after birth as a Jewish and Muslim religious rite
- noun (Roman Catholic Church and Anglican Church) feast day celebrating the circumcision of Jesus; celebrated on January 1st
- documentations1/5
documentation
- noun confirmation that some fact or statement is true through the use of documentary evidence
corroboration; certification.
- noun program listings or technical manuals describing the operation and use of programs
software documentation.
- noun confirmation that some fact or statement is true through the use of documentary evidence
- circumnavigating1/5
circumnavigate
- verb travel around, either by plane or ship
compass.
- We compassed the earth
- verb travel around, either by plane or ship
- oecumenical1/5
oecumenical
- adjective satellite concerned with promoting unity among churches or religions
ecumenic; oecumenic; ecumenical.
- ecumenical thinking
- ecumenical activities
- the ecumenical movement
- adjective satellite of worldwide scope or applicability
worldwide; cosmopolitan; universal; ecumenical; general; world-wide.
- an issue of cosmopolitan import
- the shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time"- Christopher Morley
- universal experience
- adjective satellite concerned with promoting unity among churches or religions
- circumambulate1/5
circumambulate
- verb walk around something
walk around.
- verb walk around something
- macumba1/5
macumba
- noun (Brazil) followers of a religious cult of African origin
- noun popular dance music of Brazil; derived from the practices of the macumba religious cult
- noun (Brazil) followers of a religious cult of African origin
- altocumulus1/5
altocumulus
- noun a cumulus cloud at an intermediate altitude of 2 or 3 miles
altocumulus cloud.
- noun a cumulus cloud at an intermediate altitude of 2 or 3 miles
- circumambulating1/5
circumambulate
- verb walk around something
walk around.
- verb walk around something
- procumbent1/5
procumbent
- adjective satellite having stems that trail along the ground without putting down roots
- adjective satellite having stems that trail along the ground without putting down roots
- ecumenic1/5
ecumenic
- adjective satellite concerned with promoting unity among churches or religions
oecumenical; oecumenic; ecumenical.
- ecumenical thinking
- ecumenical activities
- the ecumenical movement
- adjective satellite concerned with promoting unity among churches or religions
- circumambulated1/5
circumambulate
- verb walk around something
walk around.
- verb walk around something
- decumbent1/5
decumbent
- adjective satellite lying down; in a position of comfort or rest
accumbent; recumbent.
- adjective satellite lying down; in a position of comfort or rest
- circumlocutory1/5
circumlocutory
- adjective satellite roundabout and unnecessarily wordy; (`ambagious' is archaic)
periphrastic; ambagious; circumlocutious.
- had a preference for circumlocutious (or circumlocutory) rather than forthright expression
- A periphrastic study in a worn-out poetical fashion,/ Leaving one still with the intolerable wrestle/ With words and meanings."-T.S.Eliot
- adjective satellite roundabout and unnecessarily wordy; (`ambagious' is archaic)
- circumnavigates1/5
circumnavigate
- verb travel around, either by plane or ship
compass.
- We compassed the earth
- verb travel around, either by plane or ship
- scummed1/5
scum
- noun worthless people
trash.
- noun a film of impurities or vegetation that can form on the surface of a liquid
- noun worthless people
- incumbencies1/5
incumbency
- noun the term during which some position is held
term of office; tenure.
- noun a duty that is incumbent upon you
- noun the term during which some position is held
- circumambulates1/5
circumambulate
- verb walk around something
walk around.
- verb walk around something
- superincumbent1/5
superincumbent
- adjective satellite lying or resting on and exerting pressure on something else
- superincumbent layers of dead plants cut off the air and arrested decomposition
- adjective satellite lying or resting on and exerting pressure on something else
- circumvallate1/5
circumvallate
- verb surround with or as if with a rampart or other fortification
- verb surround with or as if with a rampart or other fortification
- capsicums1/5
capsicum
- noun any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers
pepper; capsicum pepper plant.
- noun chiefly tropical perennial shrubby plants having many-seeded fruits: sweet and hot peppers
genus Capsicum.
- noun any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers
- disencumbered1/5
disencumber
- verb release from entanglement of difficulty
untangle; extricate; disentangle.
- I cannot extricate myself from this task
- verb release from entanglement of difficulty
- dicumarol1/5
dicumarol
- noun an anticoagulant drug that has now been largely replaced by warfarin
dicoumarol.
- noun an anticoagulant drug that has now been largely replaced by warfarin
- disencumber1/5
disencumber
- verb release from entanglement of difficulty
untangle; extricate; disentangle.
- I cannot extricate myself from this task
- verb release from entanglement of difficulty
- circumventions1/5
circumvention
- noun the act of evading by going around
- noun the act of evading by going around
- uncircumcision1/5
uncircumcision
The absence or want of circumcision.
- noncumulative1/5
noncumulative
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- procumbens1/5
procumbens
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- scumbags1/5
scumbags
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- acuminatum1/5
acuminatum
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- circumambient1/5
circumambient
Surrounding; inclosing or being on all sides; encompassing. "The circumambient heaven." J. Armstrong.
- ecumenically1/5
ecumenical
- adjective satellite concerned with promoting unity among churches or religions
oecumenical; ecumenic; oecumenic.
- ecumenical thinking
- ecumenical activities
- the ecumenical movement
- adjective satellite of worldwide scope or applicability
worldwide; cosmopolitan; universal; general; oecumenical; world-wide.
- an issue of cosmopolitan import
- the shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time"- Christopher Morley
- universal experience
- adjective satellite concerned with promoting unity among churches or religions
- stratocumulus1/5
stratocumulus
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- circumvallation1/5
circumvallation
(Mil.) (a) The act of surrounding with a wall or rampart. (b) A line of field works made around a besieged place and the besieging army, to protect the camp of the besiegers against the attack of an enemy from without.
- decumanus1/5
- documentarian1/5
documentarian
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- documenter1/5
document
- noun writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)
written document; papers.
- noun anything serving as a representation of a person's thinking by means of symbolic marks
- noun writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)
- circumoral1/5
- circumstantiality1/5
circumstantiality
The state, characteristic, or quality of being circumstantial; particularity or minuteness of detail. "I will endeavor to describe with sufficient circumstantiality." De Quincey.
- overaccumulation1/5
- documentable1/5
documentable
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- bioaccumulative1/5
- reaccumulation1/5
- circumciser1/5
circumcise
- verb cut the skin over the clitoris
- verb cut the foreskin off male babies or teenage boys
- During the bris, the baby boy is circumcised
- verb cut the skin over the clitoris
- documentarians1/5
- incumbered1/5
encumber
- verb hold back
constrain; restrain; cumber.
- verb hold back
- encumbrancer1/5
encumbrancer
(Law) Same as Incumbrancer .
- documentarist1/5
documentarist
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- documentarists1/5
- ecumenist1/5
ecumenist
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- circumjacent1/5
circumjacent
Lying round; borderong on every side. T. Fuller.
- ecumenicity1/5
ecumenicity
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- practicums1/5
practicums
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- uncircumscribed1/5
- circumnavigator1/5
circumnavigator
One who sails round. W. Guthrie.
- circumcircle1/5
- circumambulations1/5
circumambulations
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- unincumbered1/5
unincumbered
Not incumbered; not burdened.
- scumbling1/5
scumble
- noun the application of very thin coat of color over the surface of a picture
- noun the application of very thin coat of color over the surface of a picture
- circumambulatory1/5
- acuminatus1/5
acuminatus
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- scumbled1/5
scumble
- noun the application of very thin coat of color over the surface of a picture
- noun the application of very thin coat of color over the surface of a picture
- circumcisers1/5
circumciser
One who performs circumcision. Milton.
- circumnuclear1/5
- circumneutral1/5
- semirecumbent1/5
- ecumenists1/5
- circumnutation1/5
circumnutation
(Bot.) The successive bowing or bending in different directions of the growing tip of the stems of many plants, especially seen in climbing plants.
- circumspective1/5
circumspective
Looking around everi way; cautious; careful of consequences; watchful of danger. "Circumspective eyes." Pope.
- circumstantials1/5
circumstantial
- adjective satellite fully detailed and specific about particulars
- a circumstantial report about the debate
- adjective satellite fully detailed and specific about particulars
- nonincumbent1/5
nonincumbent
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- ecumenics1/5
ecumenic
- adjective satellite concerned with promoting unity among churches or religions
oecumenical; oecumenic; ecumenical.
- ecumenical thinking
- ecumenical activities
- the ecumenical movement
- adjective satellite concerned with promoting unity among churches or religions
- circumlunar1/5
circumlunar
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- semidocumentary1/5
- nondocumentary1/5
- nonincumbents1/5
- circumcenter1/5
circumcenter
(Geom.) The center of a circle that circumscribes a triangle.
- circumsolar1/5
circumsolar
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- documentor1/5
- circumnavigators1/5
circumnavigator
One who sails round. W. Guthrie.
- documenters1/5
documenters
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