cryptography | n. act or art of writing in code or secret characters; also, secret characters, codes or ciphers, or messages written in a secret code |
crystalline | a. consisting of or containing or of the nature of crystals |
crystallization | n. a mental synthesis that becomes fixed or concrete by a process resembling crystal formation |
crystallize | v. assume crystalline form; cause to take on a definite and clear shape |
cub | n. young of certain animals, such as the bear, wolf, or lion |
cubism | n. an artistic movement in France beginning in 1907 that featured surfaces of geometrical planes |
cucumber | n. cylindrical green fruit with thin green rind and white flesh eaten as a vegetable; related to melons |
culinary | a. relating to the kitchen, or to the art of cookery; used in kitchens |
cultivation | n. act or practice of tilling land and preparing it for crops; the agricultural management of land; husbandry in general |
culture | n. all the knowledge and values shared by a society ; foster; raising of plants or animals |
cupboard | n. a small room or cabinet used for storage space |
curator | n. one who manages or oversees, usually as an administrator in a museum or library |
curious | a. difficult to please or satisfy; careful or anxious to learn; eager for knowledge; given to research or inquiry |
curriculum | n. all the courses of study offered by an educational institution; a group of related courses, often in a special field of study |
custodian | n. curator; guardian |
cut short | v. make shorter by cutting; interrupt and curtail before the planned end time |
cylinder | n. cylindrical container |
daft | a. mad; crazy; simple; stupid; foolish; gay; playful |
daisy | n. any of numerous composite plants having flower heads with well-developed ray flowers usually arranged in a single whorl |
damper | n. something that deadens, restrains, or depresses |
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