| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| crab | noun | One of the brachyuran Crustacea. They are mostly marine, and usually have a broad, short body, covered with a strong shell or carapace. The abdomen is small and curled up beneath the body., The zodiacal constellation Cancer., A crab apple; — so named from its harsh taste., A cudgel made of the wood of the crab tree; a crabstick., A movable winch or windlass with powerful gearing, used with derricks, etc., A form of windlass, or geared capstan, for hauling ships into dock, etc., A machine used in ropewalks to stretch the yarn., A claw for anchoring a portable machine., To make sour or morose; to embitter., To beat with a crabstick., To drift sidewise or to leeward, as a vessel., Sour; rough; austere. |
| crag | noun | A steep, rugged rock; a rough, broken cliff, or point of a rock, on a ledge., A partially compacted bed of gravel mixed with shells, of the Tertiary age., The neck or throat, The neck piece or scrag of mutton. |
| cram | verb t. | To press, force, or drive, particularly in filling, or in thrusting one thing into another; to stuff; to crowd; to fill to superfluity; as, to cram anything into a basket; to cram a room with people., To fill with food to satiety; to stuff., To put hastily through an extensive course of memorizing or study, as in preparation for an examination; as, a pupil is crammed by his tutor., To eat greedily, and to satiety; to stuff., To make crude preparation for a special occasion, as an examination, by a hasty and extensive course of memorizing or study., The act of cramming., Information hastily memorized; as, a cram from an examination., A warp having more than two threads passing through each dent or split of the reed. |
| cran | noun | Alt. of Crane |
| craw | noun | The crop of a bird., The stomach of an animal. |
| cray | noun | Alt. of Crayer |