Cu

Definition: Cu

Cu

Noun

1. A ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element; occurs in various minerals but is the only metal that occurs abundantly in large masses; used as an electrical and thermal conductor.

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Date "Cu" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references)

Computing

Agriculture

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Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Cu

Crosswords: Cu

Portuguese (arse, ass, Cuba, Republic of Cuba), Romanian (and, by, in, into, of, on, per, with, with the object of), Welsh (beloved, dear, fond, kind).

Ilustrate cu flori de cîmp (1974)

Cu mîinile curate (1972)

Intilnire cu cerul (1972)

Intîlnire cu vechii mei prieteni (1971)

Cu da Mãe (1969)

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Books

• Bmw 320I 1975 Thru 1983 All 4-Cyl Models 121.4 Cu in (2.0 Liter 107.7 Cu In) (reference)

• Diesel Engine Repair Manual: General Motors and Ford V8 Diesel Engines: Gm 350 Cu in (5.7L and 379 Cu In) (reference)

• Harley-Davidson Big Twins Owners Workshop Manual: 1970 to 1999 1200Cc (74 Cu In) 1340Cc (80 Cu In) (Haynes Owners Workshop Manual Series) (reference)

• Signs of Diaspora/Diaspora of Signs: Literacies, Creolization, and Vernacular Practice in African America (Commonwealth Center Studies in American cu (reference)

• Triumph Spitfire Automotive Repair Manual: 1962 Thru 1981/70 Cu in (1147 Cc79 Cu In) (reference)

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Theater & Movies

• The Cu Chi Tunnels (reference)

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Music

• Piramida Cu Povesti (reference)

• Vol. 4-Legendarios-Baila Mi Cu (reference)

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60,000 cubed yards of sludge (yellowish area) at 1% cu in the Spring Creek arm of Keswick Reservoir. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Girl guerilla at Cu Chi, South Vietnam. Credit: Library of Congress.

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Business

The MWA is a highly competent agency supplying water that meets international standards of quality to most of the Bangkok metropolitan area. Before the crisis hit in 1997, the Thai government approved a 26 billion baht plan from the MWA to extend its capacity by 400,000 cu.m. a day and add 600,000 customers to its distribution chain. (references)

It plans for FY2001 include starting work on Bangkok Metropolitan Region Stage 1, a 100,000 cu.m. per day treatment facility covering Kukot and Prachathiphat in Pathum Thani province, just north of Bangkok, and Bangkok Metropolitan Region western vicinity, a 91,000 cu.m. per day treatment facility covering Om-noi Municipality in Samut Sakhon Province and Om-yai Sanitary District in Nakhon Pathom Province. (references)

Civil Liberties

Vietnam

Persons who depart the country using passports marked dinh cu or "resettlement" appear to need a reentry permit to return. (references)

Vietnam

Twenty or more Hmong Protestant leaders may still be imprisoned, including: Va Sinh Giay, Vang Sua Giang, Phang A Dong, Mua A Ho, Cu Van Long, and Sua Song Vu. An ethnic Hre church leader, Dinh Troi, was detained in Quang Ngai Province on the central coast in 1999, and it is believed he was still detained at year's end. (references)

Economic History

Bahrain

Bahrain's natural gas production is about 1.11 billion cu. ft. per day. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "Cu": cu ft ♦ cu in. Additional references.

Beginning with "Cu": Cu-as-pyrite, cu-ic, Cu-mo-au, Cu-ni, cu-nim, Cu-pb-zn, CU-SeeMe, Cu-zn, Cu-zn-au, Cu-zno, Cu-zn-pb, Cu-zn-pb-ag.

Ending with "Cu": Sn-cu.

Containing "Cu": Fe-cu-ni, Sn-cu-w, Sn-cu-zn-as, Zn-cu-pb.

Chinese 

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Danish

resultaterne for Cu-Ni-legeringer i havvand blev fremskaffet ved paasproejtningsmetoden og ved kanalstroemning (the results obtained from exposing cu ni alloys to seawater were ascertained by the jet flow method and with the aid of channel flows), de styrkeoegende udskillelser af Cu blev ikke iagttaget (the hardening precipitates of CU were not found). (various references)

Dutch

de resultaten met cu- ni-legeringen in zeewater werden verkregen door vloeistofstralen en met behulp van stromingen door kanalen (the results obtained from exposing cu ni alloys to seawater were ascertained by the jet flow method and with the aid of channel flows), de hardende uitscheidingen van Cu werden niet gevonden (the hardening precipitates of CU were not found). (various references)

Finnish

kupari-nikkelimetalliseos (the results obtained from exposing cu ni alloys to seawater were ascertained by the jet flow method and with the aid of channel flows). (various references)

French

les résultats avec des cupro-nickels - alliages cuivre-nickel - dans l'eau de mer ont été obtenus par la méthode du jet et � l'aide de courants canalisés (the results obtained from exposing cu ni alloys to seawater were ascertained by the jet flow method and with the aid of channel flows), les précipités durcissants de CU n'étaient pas visibles (the hardening precipitates of CU were not found). (various references)

German

Ergebnisse an Cu- Ni Legierungen in Meerwasser wurden mit der Fluessigkeits- Jet- Methode und mit Hilfe von Kanalstroemungen erarbeitet (the results obtained from exposing cu ni alloys to seawater were ascertained by the jet flow method and with the aid of channel flows), die verfestigenden Ausscheidungen von CU wurden nicht gefunden (the hardening precipitates of CU were not found). (various references)

Greek 

τα κατακρημνίσματα χαλκού που σκληρύνθηκαν δεν ήταν ορατά (the hardening precipitates of CU were not found), τα αποτελέσματα που πρόκυψαν από την έκθεση κραμάτων Cu-Νι σε θαλασσινό νερό πάρθηκαν με τη μέθοδο της ροής δέσμης και με τη βοήθεια ροής σε � (the results obtained from exposing cu ni alloys to seawater were ascertained by the jet flow method and with the aid of channel flows). (various references)

Italian

non furono trovati i precipitati indurenti di Cu (the hardening precipitates of CU were not found), i risultati sulle leghe nickel-rame nell' acqua marina furono ottenuti col metodo a scorrimento a getto e per mezzo del flusso della corrente in canale (the results obtained from exposing cu ni alloys to seawater were ascertained by the jet flow method and with the aid of channel flows). (various references)

Pig Latin

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Spanish

los resultados de aleaciones de cobre-níquel en agua marina se obtuvieron con el método jet y con ayuda de flujo canal (the results obtained from exposing cu ni alloys to seawater were ascertained by the jet flow method and with the aid of channel flows), los precipitados endurecedores del Cu no se encontraron (the hardening precipitates of CU were not found). (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "Cu": cuadrilla, cuadrillas, cub, cubage, cubages, cubature, cubatures, cubbies, cubbish, cubby, cubbyhole, cubbyholes, cube, cubeb, cubebs, cubed, cuber, cubers, cubes, cubic, cubical, cubically, cubicities, cubicity, cubicle, cubicles, cubicly, cubics, cubicula, cubiculum, cubiform, cubing, cubism, cubisms, cubist, cubistic, cubists, cubit, cubital, cubits, cuboid, cuboidal, cuboids, cubs, cuckold, cuckolded, cuckolding, cuckoldries, cuckoldry, cuckolds, cuckoo. (additional references)

Words ending with "Cu": apercu, ecu, pirarucu. (additional references)

Words containing "Cu": abacus, abacuses, acculturate, acculturated, acculturates, acculturating, acculturation, acculturational, acculturations, acculturative, accumulate, accumulated, accumulates, accumulating, accumulation, accumulations, accumulative, accumulatively, accumulativeness, accumulativenesses, accumulator, accumulators, accuracies, accuracy, accurate, accurately, accurateness, accuratenesses, accursed, accursedly, accursedness, accursednesses, accurst, accusal, accusals, accusant, accusants, accusation, accusations, accusative, accusatives, accusatory, accuse, accused, accuser, accusers, accuses, accusing, accusingly, accustom, accustomation. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

+1 letter: cub, cud, cue, cum, cup, cur, cut, ecu.

+2 letters: buck, caul, chub, chug, chum, club, clue, coup, crud, crus, crux, cube, cubs, cuds, cued, cues, cuff, cuif, cuke, cull, culm, cult, cunt, cups, curb, curd, cure, curf, curl, curn, curr, curs, curt, cusk, cusp, cuss, cute, cuts, duce, duci, duck, duct, ecru, ecus, fuci, fuck, guck, huck, huic, luce, luck, much, muck, ouch, puce, puck, ruck, scud, scum, scup, scut, such, suck, tuck, unci, unco, uric, yuca, yuch, yuck.