cult-, -cultural, -culture, -cultures, -culturally, -cultrist +

A descriptive term for all forms of energy produced through the applications of human technologies.

1. The quality in a person or society that arises from a concern for what is regarded as excellent in arts, letters, manners, scholarly pursuits, etc.
2. That which is excellent in the arts, manners, etc.
3. A particular form or stage of civilization, as that of a certain nation or period: Greek culture.
4. The development or improvement of the mind by education or training.
5. The behaviors and beliefs characteristic of a particular social, ethnic, or age group: the youth culture; the culture of the elderly; the drug culture.
6. In anthropology, the sum total of ways of living built up by a group of human beings and transmitted from one generation to another.
7. In biology, the cultivation of microorganisms; such as, bacteria, or of tissues, for scientific study, medicinal use, etc.; the product or growth resulting from such cultivation.
8. The act or practice of cultivating the soil; tillage and farming.
9. The raising of plants or animals; especially, with a view to their improvement; the product or growth resulting from such cultivation.

A society supported by a cybernated industry; a society with a highly automated industry.

That which relates to household affairs; the art of housekeeping, cookery, etc.; domestic economy; home economics.

The use of electricity to grow crops.

The promotion of proper growth and development of a fetus or unborn child which is still in the uterus.

1. Relating to or involving floriculture.
2. A reference to the cultivation and management of ornamental and, especially, flowering plants.

The cultivation of flowers or flowering and ornamental plants.

Someone who cultivates flowers or flowering and ornamental plants.

Blood for bacteriological cultures.

The cultivation of reptiles; especially snakes.

The cultivation or propagation of leeches for biological study or for use in medical blood-product removal in certain bodily areas (wounds, surface blood clotting, etc.).

Someone who cultivates leeches for biological studies or for medical applications.

1. The physical cultivation or development of mankind.
2. Eugenics; the physical improvement of mankind.

The Latin words hortus "garden plant" and cultura "culture" together form horticulture, classically defined as the culture or growing of garden plants.