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