buttercup | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus | Synonyms: butter-flower, butterflower, crowfoot, goldcup, kingcup |
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cup | (noun) a small open container usually used for drinking; usually has a handle | - |
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(noun) a large metal vessel with two handles that is awarded as a trophy to the winner of a competition | Synonyms: loving cup |
(noun) the hole (or metal container in the hole) on a golf green | - |
(noun) a punch served in a pitcher instead of a punch bowl | - |
(noun) cup-shaped plant organ | - |
(noun) the quantity a cup will hold | Synonyms: cupful |
(noun) a United States liquid unit equal to 8 fluid ounces | - |
(noun) any cup-shaped concavity | - |
eggcup | (noun) dishware consisting of a small cup for serving a boiled egg | Synonyms: egg cup |
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eyecup | (noun) (embryology) a two-walled cuplike depression that develops into the pigmented and sensory layers of the retina | Synonyms: optic cup |
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(noun) a small vessel with a rim curved to fit the orbit of the eye; use to apply medicated or cleansing solution to the eyeball | Synonyms: eye cup, eyebath |
goldcup | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus | Synonyms: butter-flower, buttercup, butterflower, crowfoot, kingcup |
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hiccup | (noun) (usually plural) the state of having reflex spasms of the diaphragm accompanied by a rapid closure of the glottis producing an audible sound; sometimes a symptom of indigestion | Synonyms: hiccough, singultus |
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kingcup | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus | Synonyms: butter-flower, buttercup, butterflower, crowfoot, goldcup |
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(noun) swamp plant of Europe and North America having bright yellow flowers resembling buttercups | Synonyms: Caltha palustris, cowslip, marsh marigold, May blob, meadow bright, water dragon |
scup | (noun) porgy of southern Atlantic coastal waters of North America | Synonyms: southern porgy, southern scup, Stenotomus aculeatus |
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(noun) found in Atlantic coastal waters of North America from South Carolina to Maine; esteemed as a panfish | Synonyms: northern porgy, northern scup, Stenotomus chrysops |
(noun) lean flesh of fish found in warm waters of southern Atlantic coast of the United States | Synonyms: porgy |
(noun) flesh of fish found in colder waters of northern Atlantic coast of the United States | - |
teacup | (noun) a cup from which tea is drunk | - |
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(noun) as much as a teacup will hold | Synonyms: teacupful |
whitecup | (noun) prostrate woody South American herb with white tubular flowers often tinged with blue or rose | Synonyms: Nierembergia repens, Nierembergia rivularis |
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