| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| crabbed | noun | Characterized by or manifesting, sourness, peevishness, or moroseness; harsh; cross; cynical; — applied to feelings, disposition, or manners., Characterized by harshness or roughness; unpleasant; — applied to things; as, a crabbed taste., Obscure; difficult; perplexing; trying; as, a crabbed author., Cramped; irregular; as, crabbed handwriting. |
| crabber | noun | One who catches crabs. |
| cracked | imp. & past participle | of Crack, Coarsely ground or broken; as, cracked wheat., Crack-brained. |
| cracker | noun | One who, or that which, cracks., A noisy boaster; a swaggering fellow., A small firework, consisting of a little powder inclosed in a thick paper cylinder with a fuse, and exploding with a sharp noise; — often called firecracker., A thin, dry biscuit, often hard or crisp; as, a Boston cracker; a Graham cracker; a soda cracker; an oyster cracker., A nickname to designate a poor white in some parts of the Southern United States., The pintail duck., A pair of fluted rolls for grinding caoutchouc. |
| crackle | verb i. | To make slight cracks; to make small, sharp, sudden noises, rapidly or frequently repeated; to crepitate; as, burning thorns crackle., The noise of slight and frequent cracks or reports; a crackling., A kind of crackling sound or r/le, heard in some abnormal states of the lungs; as, dry crackle; moist crackle., A condition produced in certain porcelain, fine earthenware, or glass, in which the glaze or enamel appears to be cracked in all directions, making a sort of reticulated surface; as, Chinese crackle; Bohemian crackle. |
| cradled | imp. & past participle | of Cradle |
| cragged | adjective | Full of crags, or steep, broken //cks; abounding with prominences, points, and inequalities; rough; rugged. |
| crammed | imp. & past participle | of Cram |
| crammer | noun | One who crams; esp., one who prepares a pupil hastily for an examination, or a pupil who is thus prepared. |
| cramped | imp. & past participle | of Cramp |
| crampet | noun | A cramp iron or cramp ring; a chape, as of a scabbard. |
| crampit | noun | See Crampet. |
| crampon | noun | An a/rial rootlet for support in climbing, as of ivy. |
| cranage | noun | The liberty of using a crane, as for loading and unloading vessels., The money or price paid for the use of a crane. |
| craning | present participle & vb. noun | of Crane |
| cranial | adjective | Of or pertaining to the cranium. |
| cranium | noun | The skull of an animal; especially, that part of the skull, either cartilaginous or bony, which immediately incloses the brain; the brain case or brainpan. See Skull. |
| cranked | adjective | Formed with, or having, a bend or crank; as, a cranked axle. |
| crankle | verb t. | To break into bends, turns, or angles; to crinkle., To bend, turn, or wind., A bend or turn; a twist; a crinkle. |
| crannog | noun | Alt. of Crannoge |
| craping | present participle & vb. noun | of Crape |
| crapnel | noun | A hook or drag; a grapnel. |
| crappie | noun | A kind of fresh-water bass of the genus Pomoxys, found in the rivers of the Southern United States and Mississippi valley. There are several species. |
| crapple | noun | A claw. |
| crapula | noun | Alt. of Crapule |
| crapule | noun | Same as Crapulence. |
| crashed | imp. & past participle | of Crash |
| crating | present participle & vb. noun | of Crate |
| craunch | verb t. & i. | To crush with the teeth; to chew with violence and noise; to crunch. |
| craving | p pr. & vb. noun | of Crave, Vehement or urgent desire; longing for; beseeching. |
| crawled | imp. & past participle | of Crawl |
| crawler | noun | One who, or that which, crawls; a creeper; a reptile. |
| crazing | present participle & vb. noun | of Craze |
| crazily | adverb | In a crazy manner. |
| creable | adjective | Capable of being created. |
| creaght | noun | A drove or herd., To graze. |
| creaked | imp. & past participle | of Creak |
| creamed | imp. & past participle | of Cream |
| creance | noun | Faith; belief; creed., A fine, small line, fastened to a hawk’s leash, when it is first lured., To get on credit; to borrow. |
| creased | imp. & past participle | of Crease |
| creaser | noun | A tool, or a sewing-machine attachment, for making lines or creases on leather or cloth, as guides to sew by., A tool for making creases or beads, as in sheet iron, or for rounding small tubes., A tool for making the band impression distinct on the back. |
| created | imp. & past participle | of Create |
| creatic | adjective | Relating to, or produced by, flesh or animal food; as, creatic nausea. |
| creatin | noun | A white, crystalline, nitrogenous substance found abundantly in muscle tissue. |
| credent | adjective | Believing; giving credence; credulous., Having credit or authority; credible. |
| creeper | noun | One who, or that which, creeps; any creeping thing., A plant that clings by rootlets, or by tendrils, to the ground, or to trees, etc.; as, the Virginia creeper (Ampelopsis quinquefolia)., A small bird of the genus Certhia, allied to the wrens. The brown or common European creeper is C. familiaris, a variety of which (var. Americana) inhabits America; — called also tree creeper and creeptree. The American black and white creeper is Mniotilta varia., A kind of patten mounted on short pieces of iron instead of rings; also, a fixture with iron points worn on a shoe to prevent one from slipping., A spurlike device strapped to the boot, which enables one to climb a tree or pole; — called often telegraph creepers., A small, low iron, or dog, between the andirons., An instrument with iron hooks or claws for dragging at the bottom of a well, or any other body of water, and bringing up what may lie there., Any device for causing material to move steadily from one part of a machine to another, as an apron in a carding machine, or an inner spiral in a grain screen., Crockets. See Crocket. |
| creepie | noun | A low stool. |
| creeple | noun | A creeping creature; a reptile., One who is lame; a cripple. |
| cremate | verb t. | To burn; to reduce to ashes by the action of fire, either directly or in an oven or retort; to incremate or incinerate; as, to cremate a corpse, instead of burying it. |
| cremona | noun | A superior kind of violin, formerly made at Cremona, in Italy. |
| crenate | adjective | Alt. of Crenated |
| crengle | noun | Alt. of Crenkle |
| crenkle | noun | See Cringle. |
| creosol | noun | A colorless liquid resembling phenol or carbolic acid, homologous with pyrocatechin, and obtained from beechwood tar and gum guaiacum. |
| crepane | noun | An injury in a horse’s leg, caused by the shoe of one hind foot striking and cutting the other leg. It sometimes forms an ulcer. |
| cresses | plural | of Cress |
| cresset | noun | An open frame or basket of iron, filled with combustible material, to be burned as a beacon; an open lamp or firrepan carried on a pole in nocturnal processions., A small furnace or iron cage to hold fire for charring the inside of a cask, and making the staves flexible. |
| crested | imp. & past participle | of Crest, Having a crest., Having a crest of feathers or hair upon the head., Bearing any elevated appendage like a crest, as an elevated line or ridge, or a tuft. |
| cretian | adjective & noun | See Cretan. |
| cretism | noun | A Cretan practice; lying; a falsehood. |
| cretose | adjective | Chalky; cretaceous. |
| crevice | noun | A narrow opening resulting from a split or crack or the separation of a junction; a cleft; a fissure; a rent., To crack; to flaw. |
| cribbed | imp. & past participle | of Crib |
| cribble | noun | A coarse sieve or screen., Coarse flour or meal., To cause to pass through a sieve or riddle; to sift., Coarse; as, cribble bread. |
| cricket | noun | An orthopterous insect of the genus Gryllus, and allied genera. The males make chirping, musical notes by rubbing together the basal parts of the veins of the front wings., A low stool., A game much played in England, and sometimes in America, with a ball, bats, and wickets, the players being arranged in two contesting parties or sides., A small false roof, or the raising of a portion of a roof, so as to throw off water from behind an obstacle, such as a chimney., To play at cricket. |
| cricoid | adjective | Resembling a ring; — said esp. of the cartilage at the larynx, and the adjoining parts. |
| crimped | imp. & past participle | of Crimp |
| crimper | noun | One who, or that which, crimps, A curved board or frame over which the upper of a boot or shoe is stretched to the required shape., A device for giving hair a wavy appearance., A machine for crimping or ruffling textile fabrics. |
| crimple | verb t. | To cause to shrink or draw together; to contract; to curl. |
| crimson | noun | A deep red color tinged with blue; also, red color in general., Of a deep red color tinged with blue; deep red., To dye with crimson or deep red; to redden., To become crimson; to blush. |
| crincum | noun | A twist or bend; a turn; a whimsey. |
| cringer | noun | One who cringes. |
| cringle | noun | A withe for fastening a gate., An iron or pope thimble or grommet worked into or attached to the edges and corners of a sail; — usually in the plural. The cringles are used for making fast the bowline bridles, earings, etc. |
| crinite | adjective | Having the appearance of a tuft of hair; having a hairlike tail or train., Bearded or tufted with hairs. |
| crinkle | verb t. | To form with short turns, bends, or wrinkles; to mold into inequalities or sinuosities; to cause to wrinkle or curl., To turn or wind; to run in and out in many short bends or turns; to curl; to run in waves; to wrinkle; also, to rustle, as stiff cloth when moved., A winding or turn; wrinkle; sinuosity. |
| crinkly | adjective | Having crinkles; wavy; wrinkly. |
| crinoid | adjective | Crinoidal., One of the Crinoidea. |
| crinose | adjective | Hairy. |
| cripple | noun | One who creeps, halts, or limps; one who has lost, or never had, the use of a limb or limbs; a lame person; hence, one who is partially disabled., Lame; halting., To deprive of the use of a limb, particularly of a leg or foot; to lame., To deprive of strength, activity, or capability for service or use; to disable; to deprive of resources; as, to be financially crippled. |
| cripply | adjective | Lame; disabled; in a crippled condition. |
| crisped | imp. & past participle | of Crisp |
| crisper | noun | One who, or that which, crisps or curls; an instrument for making little curls in the nap of cloth, as in chinchilla. |
| crispin | noun | A shoemaker; — jocularly so called from the patron saint of the craft., A member of a union or association of shoemakers. |
| crisply | adverb | In a crisp manner. |
| crissal | adjective | Pertaining to the crissum; as, crissal feathers., Having highly colored under tail coverts; as, the crissal thrasher. |
| crissum | noun | That part of a bird, or the feathers, surrounding the cloacal opening; the under tail coverts. |
| crizzel | noun | A kind of roughness on the surface of glass, which clouds its transparency. |
| croaked | imp. & past participle | of Croak |
| croaker | noun | One who croaks, murmurs, grumbles, or complains unreasonably; one who habitually forebodes evil., A small American fish (Micropogon undulatus), of the Atlantic coast., An American fresh-water fish (Aplodinotus grunniens); — called also drum., The surf fish of California. |
| crocein | noun | A name given to any one of several yellow or scarlet dyestuffs of artificial production and complex structure. In general they are diazo and sulphonic acid derivatives of benzene and naphthol. |
| crochet | noun | A kind of knitting done by means of a hooked needle, with worsted, silk, or cotton; crochet work. Commonly used adjectively., To knit with a crochet needle or hook; as, to crochet a shawl. |
| crocked | imp. & past participle | of Crock |
| crocker | noun | A potter. |
| crocket | noun | An ornament often resembling curved and bent foliage, projecting from the sloping edge of a gable, spire, etc., A croche, or knob, on the top of a stag’s antler. |
| crocose | noun | A white crystalline sugar, metameric with glucose, obtained from the coloring matter of saffron. |
| croesus | noun | A king of Lydia who flourished in the 6th century b. c., and was renowned for his vast wealth; hence, a common appellation for a very rich man; as, he is a veritable Croesus. |
| crofter | noun | One who rents and tills a small farm or helding; as, the crofters of Scotland. |
| cronian | adjective | Saturnian; — applied to the North Polar Sea. |
| cronies | plural | of Crony |
| croodle | verb i. | To cower or cuddle together, as from fear or cold; to lie close and snug together, as pigs in straw., To fawn or coax., To coo. |
| crooked | imp. & past participle | of Crook, Characterized by a crook or curve; not straight; turning; bent; twisted; deformed., Not straightforward; deviating from rectitude; distorted from the right., False; dishonest; fraudulent; as, crooked dealings. |
| crooken | verb t. | To make crooked. |
| crooned | imp. & past participle | of Croon |
| cropped | imp. & past participle | of Crop |
| cropful | adjective | Having a full crop or belly; satiated. |
| cropper | noun | One that crops., A variety of pigeon with a large crop; a pouter., A machine for cropping, as for shearing off bolts or rod iron, or for facing cloth., A fall on one’s head when riding at full speed, as in hunting; hence, a sudden failure or collapse. |
| croquet | noun | An open-air game in which two or more players endeavor to drive wooden balls, by means of mallets, through a series of hoops or arches set in the ground according to some pattern., The act of croqueting., In the game of croquet, to drive away an opponent’s ball, after putting one’s own in contact with it, by striking one’s own ball with the mallet. |
| crosier | noun | The pastoral staff of a bishop (also of an archbishop, being the symbol of his office as a shepherd of the flock of God. |
| croslet | noun | See Crosslet. |
| crossed | imp. & past participle | of Cross |
| crossly | adverb | Athwart; adversely; unfortunately; peevishly; fretfully; with ill humor. |
| crotalo | noun | A Turkish musical instrument. |
| croupal | adjective | Croupy. |
| crouper | noun | See Crupper. |
| crouton | noun | Bread cut in various forms, and fried lightly in butter or oil, to garnish hashes, etc. |
| crowing | present participle & vb. noun | of Crow |
| crowbar | noun | A bar of iron sharpened at one end, and used as a lever. |
| crowded | imp. & past participle | of Crowd |
| crowder | noun | One who plays on a crowd; a fiddler., One who crowds or pushes. |
| crowned | imp. & past participle | of Crown, Having or wearing a crown; surmounted, invested, or adorned, with a crown, wreath, garland, etc.; honored; rewarded; completed; consummated; perfected., Great; excessive; supreme. |
| crowner | noun | One who, or that which, crowns., A coroner. |
| crownet | noun | A coronet., The ultimate end and result of an undertaking; a chief end. |
| crowtoe | noun | The Lotus corniculatus., An unidentified plant, probably the crowfoot. |
| crozier | noun | See Crosier. |
| crucial | adjective | Having the form of a cross; appertaining to a cross; cruciform; intersecting; as, crucial ligaments; a crucial incision., Severe; trying or searching, as if bringing to the cross; decisive; as, a crucial test. |
| crucify | verb t. | To fasten to a cross; to put to death by nailing the hands and feet to a cross or gibbet., To destroy the power or ruling influence of; to subdue completely; to mortify., To vex or torment. |
| cruddle | verb i. | To curdle. |
| crudely | adverb | In a crude, immature manner. |
| crudity | noun | The condition of being crude; rawness., That which is in a crude or undigested state; hence, superficial, undigested views, not reduced to order or form. |
| cruelly | adverb | In a cruel manner., Extremely; very. |
| cruelty | noun | The attribute or quality of being cruel; a disposition to give unnecessary pain or suffering to others; inhumanity; barbarity., A cruel and barbarous deed; inhuman treatment; the act of willfully causing unnecessary pain. |
| cruised | imp. & past participle | of Cruise |
| cruiser | noun | One who, or a vessel that, cruises; — usually an armed vessel. |
| cruller | noun | A kind of sweet cake cut in strips and curled or twisted, and fried crisp in boiling fat. |
| crumbed | imp. & past participle | of Crumb |
| crumble | verb t. | To break into small pieces; to cause to fall in pieces., To fall into small pieces; to break or part into small fragments; hence, to fall to decay or ruin; to become disintegrated; to perish. |
| crumbly | adjective | EAsily crumbled; friable; brittle. |
| crumpet | noun | A kind of large, thin muffin or cake, light and spongy, and cooked on a griddle or spider. |
| crumple | verb t. | To draw or press into wrinkles or folds; to crush together; to rumple; as, to crumple paper., To contract irregularly; to show wrinkles after being crushed together; as, leaves crumple. |
| crunkle | verb i. | To cry like a crane. |
| crunode | noun | A point where one branch of a curve crosses another branch. See Double point, under Double, a. |
| cruorin | noun | The coloring matter of the blood in the living animal; haemoglobin. |
| crupper | noun | The buttocks or rump of a horse., A leather loop, passing under a horse’s tail, and buckled to the saddle to keep it from slipping forwards., To fit with a crupper; to place a crupper upon; as, to crupper a horse. |
| crusade | noun | Any one of the military expeditions undertaken by Christian powers, in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries, for the recovery of the Holy Land from the Mohammedans., Any enterprise undertaken with zeal and enthusiasm; as, a crusade against intemperance., A Portuguese coin. See Crusado., To engage in a crusade; to attack in a zealous or hot-headed manner. |
| crusado | noun | An old Portuguese coin, worth about seventy cents. |
| crushed | imp. & past participle | of Crush |
| crusher | noun | One who, or that which, crushes. |
| crusted | imp. & past participle | of Crust, Incrusted; covered with, or containing, crust; as, old, crusted port wine. |
| crustal | adjective | Relating to a crust. |
| cruzado | noun | A coin. See Crusado. |
| cryptal | adjective | Of or pertaining to crypts. |
| cryptic | adjective | Alt. of Cryptical |
| crystal | noun | The regular form which a substance tends to assume in solidifying, through the inherent power of cohesive attraction. It is bounded by plane surfaces, symmetrically arranged, and each species of crystal has fixed axial ratios. See Crystallization., The material of quartz, in crystallization transparent or nearly so, and either colorless or slightly tinged with gray, or the like; — called also rock crystal. Ornamental vessels are made of it. Cf. Smoky quartz, Pebble; also Brazilian pebble, under Brazilian., A species of glass, more perfect in its composition and manufacture than common glass, and often cut into ornamental forms. See Flint glass., The glass over the dial of a watch case., Anything resembling crystal, as clear water, etc., Consisting of, or like, crystal; clear; transparent; lucid; pellucid; crystalline. |