Kur

n. [ From Igor Kurchatov, a Russian scientist who worked on the atomic bomb. ] A transuranic element of atomic number 104, symbol Ku; also called rutherfordium, symbol Rf. It is produced in very small quantities by nuclear reactions. In November 1993 the nomenclature committe of the American Chemical Society approved the name rutherfordium for element 104. Russsian investigators who claim to have first discovered element 104, isotope 260 (half-life 0.3 seconds) in 1964 at Dubna proposed the name kurchatovium. However, investigators at Berkely in 1969 produced several isotopes of element 104 but were unable to produce isotope 260; they reported finding isotope 257, with a half-life of 4-5 seconds, isotope 259 with a half-life of 3-4 seconds, and isotope 258 with a shorter half-life.
Syn. -- rutherfordium, Rf, Ku, unnilquadium, Unq, element 104, atomic number 104. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. A tropical Asian tree (Holarrhena antidysenterica syn. Holarrhena pubescens) with hard white wood and bark formerly used as a remedy for dysentery and diarrhea.
Syn. -- ivory tree, conessi, kurchee, Holarrhena pubescens, Holarrhena antidysenterica. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. A member of a people who inhabit a mountainous region of Western Asia, sometimes referred to as Kurdistan, spread over an area including adjoining parts of Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Syria. The people of this region speak Kurdish and are mostly Moslem. [ Written also Koord. ] [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

prop. a. Of or pertaining to the Kurds, the Kurdish language, or Kurdistan. [ Written also Koordish. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. The language of the Kurds; it is related to Farsi, the modern Iranian language. [ Written also Koordish. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to the Kurile Islands, a chain of islands in the Pacific ocean, extending from the southern extremity of Kamchatka to Yesso. -- n. A native or an inhabitant of the Kurile Islands. [ Written also Koorilian. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Jap. kuroshio; kuro black + shio tide. ] See Japan Current, above. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]