| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| 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. |