Definition of culm

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Culm (n.) The waste of the Pennsylvania anthracite mines, consisting of fine coal, dust, etc., and used as fuel..

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Zenith :: Zenith (n.) hence, figuratively, the point of culmination; the greatest height; the height of success or prosperity..
Culm :: Culm (n.) Mineral coal that is not bituminous; anthracite, especially when found in small masses..
Acme :: Acme (n.) The top or highest point; the culmination.
Moon-culminating :: Moon-culminating (a.) Culminating, or coming to the meredian, at or about the same time with the moon; -- said of a star or stars, esp. of certain stars selected beforehand, and named in an ephemeris (as the Nautical Almanac), as suitable to be observed in connection with the moon at culmination, for determining terrestrial longitude..
Culminant :: Culminant (a.) Being vertical, or at the highest point of altitude; hence, predominant..
Noon :: Noon (n.) Hence, the highest point; culmination..
Apogee :: Apogee (n.) Fig.: The farthest or highest point; culmination.
Culminating :: Culminating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Culminat.
Culminate :: Culminate (v. i.) To reach its highest point of altitude; to come to the meridian; to be vertical or directly overhead.
Head :: Head (n.) Culminating point or crisis; hence, strength; force; height..
Culmination :: Culmination (n.) Attainment or arrival at the highest pitch of glory, power, etc..
Sheathed :: Sheathed (a.) Invested by a sheath, or cylindrical membranaceous tube, which is the base of the leaf, as the stalk or culm in grasses; vaginate..
Culminate :: Culminate (a.) Growing upward, as distinguished from a lateral growth; -- applied to the growth of corals..
Culmen :: Culmen (n.) The dorsal ridge of a bird's bill.
Meridian :: Meridian (a.) Hence: The highest point, as of success, prosperity, or the like; culmination..
Culm :: Culm (n.) The stalk or stem of grain and grasses (including the bamboo), jointed and usually hollow..
Culmen :: Culmen (n.) Top; summit; acme.
Culmination :: Culmination (n.) The attainment of the highest point of altitude reached by a heavently body; passage across the meridian; transit.
Culminal :: Culminal (a.) Pertaining to a culmen.
Culmiferous :: Culmiferous (a.) Having jointed stems or culms.
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