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Showing words for CURTAIL using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Curtail

curtail, trucial, urtical

6 Letter Words for Curtail

citral, citrul, curial, curtal, lauric, rictal, ritual, tauric, tuliac, uracil, uralic, uratic, urtica

5 Letter Words for Curtail

artic, aulic, auric, carli, catur, cauli, cital, citua, clair, clart, claut, culti, curat, curia, ictal, irula, liart, litra, lucia, lutra, rauli, rutic, tical, ticul, trail, triac, trial, trica, ultra, urali, urial, utica

4 Letter Words for Curtail

aclu, actu, airt, aitu, aril, arui, atli, cair, carl, cart, caul, cira, cirl, clar, clat, clit, crit, crut, ctrl, cuir, cuit, cult, cura, curl, curt, ital, laic, lair, lait, lari, lati, laur, liar, lira, litu, luit, lura, rail, rait, ratu, rial, rita, ruta, tail, talc, tali, tari, taur, tiar, tirl, trac, tula, ulta, ural, uria, uric, utai, util

3 Letter Words for Curtail

act, ail, air, ait, alc, alt, arc, art, aru, aul, cai, cal, car, cat, cia, cir, cit, cli, clr, crl, crt, cru, ctr, cul, cur, cut, ira, ita, lac, lai, lar, lat, lca, lir, lit, ltr, lur, lut, rai, rat, rct, ria, rit, rti, ruc, rut, tai, tal, tar, tau, tic, til, tiu, tlc, tlr, tra, tri, tua, tui, tur, uca, uit, ula, ult, ura, uta, utc, uti

Definitions for Curtail

[1] to cut short; cut off a part of; abridge; reduce; diminish.
[2] a horizontal, spiral termination to the lower end of a stair railing.
[3] Also called curtail step . a starting step having a scroll termination to one or both ends of the tread.
[4] (tr) to cut short; abridge

Words related to Curtail

trim, halt, reduce, shorten, downsize, decrease, slash, lessen, diminish, cramp, cut, clip, truncate, retrench, contract, chop, dock, lop, abbreviate, minify

Words nearby Curtail

cursor, cursorial, cursory, curst, curt, curtail, curtail step, curtain, curtain call, curtain lecture, curtain line

Origin of Curtail

2probably alteration, by folk etymology, of curtal

Other words from Curtail

cur·tailed·ly , adverb
cur·tail·er , noun
cur·tail·ment , noun
non·cur·tail·ing , adjective
non·cur·tail·ment , noun
un·cur·tailed , adjective

Word origin for Curtail

C16: changed (through influence of tail 1 ) from obsolete curtal to dock; see curtal

Synonyms for Curtail

cut back, decrease, diminish, downsize, halt, lessen, reduce, shorten, slash, trim, abbreviate, chop, clip, contract, cramp, cut, dock, lop, minify, retrench, truncate, boil down, get to meat, pare down, put in nutshell, roll back