| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| crabbing | noun | The act or art of catching crabs., The fighting of hawks with each other., A process of scouring cloth between rolls in a machine. |
| crabbish | adjective | Somewhat sour or cross. |
| cracking | present participle & vb. noun | of Crack |
| crackled | adjective | Covered with minute cracks in the glaze; — said of some kinds of porcelain and fine earthenware. |
| cracknel | verb t. | A hard brittle cake or biscuit. |
| cracowes | noun pl. | Long-toed boots or shoes formerly worn in many parts of Europe; — so called from Cracow, in Poland, where they were first worn in the fourteenth century. |
| cradling | present participle & vb. noun | of Cradle, The act of using a cradle., Cutting a cask into two pieces lengthwise, to enable it to pass a narrow place, the two parts being afterward united and rehooped., The framework in arched or coved ceilings to which the laths are nailed. |
| craftily | adverb | With craft; artfully; cunningly. |
| cragsmen | plural | of Cragsman |
| cragsman | noun | One accustomed to climb rocks or crags; esp., one who makes a business of climbing the cliffs overhanging the sea to get the eggs of sea birds or the birds themselves. |
| cramming | present participle & vb. noun | of Cram |
| cramoisy | adjective | Crimson. |
| cramping | present participle & vb. noun | of Cramp |
| craniota | noun pl. | A comprehensive division of the Vertebrata, including all those that have a skull. |
| craniums | plural | of Cranium |
| crannied | adjective | Having crannies, chinks, or fissures; as, a crannied wall., of Cranny |
| crannoge | noun | One of the stockaded islands in Scotland and Ireland which in ancient times were numerous in the lakes of both countries. They may be regarded as the very latest class of prehistoric strongholds, reaching their greatest development in early historic times, and surviving through the Middle Ages. See also Lake dwellings, under Lake. |
| crannies | plural | of Cranny |
| crantara | noun | The fiery cross, used as a rallying signal in the Highlands of Scotland. |
| crashing | present participle & vb. noun | of Crash, The noise of many things falling and breaking at once. |
| cravened | imp. & past participle | of Craven |
| crawfish | noun | Alt. of Crayfish |
| crayfish | noun | Any crustacean of the family Astacidae, resembling the lobster, but smaller, and found in fresh waters. Crawfishes are esteemed very delicate food both in Europe and America. The North American species are numerous and mostly belong to the genus Cambarus. The blind crawfish of the Mammoth Cave is Cambarus pellucidus. The common European species is Astacus fluviatilis., See Crawfish. |
| crawford | noun | A Crawford peach; a well-known freestone peach, with yellow flesh, first raised by Mr. William Crawford, of New Jersey. |
| crawling | present participle & vb. noun | of Crawl |
| crayoned | imp. & past participle | of Crayon |
| creaking | present participle & vb. noun | of Creak, A harsh grating or squeaking sound, or the act of making such a sound. |
| creaming | present participle & vb. noun | of Cream |
| creamery | noun | A place where butter and cheese are made, or where milk and cream are put up in cans for market., A place or apparatus in which milk is set for raising cream., An establishment where cream is sold. |
| creasing | present participle & vb. noun | of Crease, A layer of tiles forming a corona for a wall. |
| creasote | noun | See Creosote. |
| creating | present participle & vb. noun | of Create |
| creation | noun | The act of creating or causing to exist. Specifically, the act of bringing the universe or this world into existence., That which is created; that which is produced or caused to exist, as the world or some original work of art or of the imagination; nature., The act of constituting or investing with a new character; appointment; formation. |
| creative | adjective | Having the power to create; exerting the act of creation. |
| creatrix | noun | A creatress. |
| creature | noun | Anything created; anything not self-existent; especially, any being created with life; an animal; a man., A human being, in pity, contempt, or endearment; as, a poor creature; a pretty creature., A person who owes his rise and fortune to another; a servile dependent; an instrument; a tool., A general term among farmers for horses, oxen, etc. |
| crebrous | adjective | Frequent; numerous. |
| credence | noun | Reliance of the mind on evidence of facts derived from other sources than personal knowledge; belief; credit; confidence., That which gives a claim to credit, belief, or confidence; as, a letter of credence., The small table by the side of the altar or communion table, on which the bread and wine are placed before being consecrated., A cupboard, sideboard, or cabinet, particularly one intended for the display of rich vessels or plate, and consisting chiefly of open shelves for that purpose., To give credence to; to believe. |
| credenda | plural | of Credendum |
| credible | adjective | Capable of being credited or believed; worthy of belief; entitled to confidence; trustworthy. |
| credibly | adverb | In a manner inducing belief; as, I have been credibly informed of the event. |
| credited | imp. & past participle | of Credit |
| creditor | noun | One who credits, believes, or trusts., One who gives credit in business matters; hence, one to whom money is due; — correlative to debtor. |
| creeping | present participle & vb. noun | of Creep, Crawling, or moving close to the ground., Growing along, and clinging to, the ground, or to a wall, etc., by means of rootlets or tendrils. |
| cremator | noun | One who, or that which, cremates or consumes to ashes. |
| cremosin | noun | See Crimson. |
| crenated | adjective | Having the margin cut into rounded teeth notches, or scallops. |
| crenelle | noun | Alt. of Crenel |
| creolean | adjective | Alt. of Creolian |
| creolian | adjective | Pertaining to, or characteristic of, the Creoles., A Creole. |
| creosote | noun | Wood-tar oil; an oily antiseptic liquid, of a burning smoky taste, colorless when pure, but usually colored yellow or brown by impurity or exposure. It is a complex mixture of various phenols and their ethers, and is obtained by the distillation of wood tar, especially that of beechwood., To saturate or impregnate with creosote, as timber, for the prevention of decay. |
| crepance | noun | Alt. of Crepane |
| crepitus | noun | The noise produced by a sudden discharge of wind from the bowels., Same as Crepitation, 2. |
| crescent | noun | The increasing moon; the moon in her first quarter, or when defined by a concave and a convex edge; also, applied improperly to the old or decreasing moon in a like state., Anything having the shape of a crescent or new moon., A representation of the increasing moon, often used as an emblem or badge, A symbol of Artemis, or Diana., The ancient symbol of Byzantium or Constantinople., The emblem of the Turkish Empire, adopted after the taking of Constantinople., Any one of three orders of knighthood; the first instituted by Charles I., king of Naples and Sicily, in 1268; the second by Rene of Anjou, in 1448; and the third by the Sultan Selim III., in 1801, to be conferred upon foreigners to whom Turkey might be indebted for valuable services., The emblem of the increasing moon with horns directed upward, when used in a coat of arms; — often used as a mark of cadency to distinguish a second son and his descendants., Shaped like a crescent., Increasing; growing., To form into a crescent, or something resembling a crescent., To adorn with crescents. |
| crescive | adjective | Increasing; growing. |
| cresting | present participle & vb. noun | of Crest, An ornamental finish on the top of a wall or ridge of a roof. |
| cresylic | adjective | Pertaining to, or derived from, cresol, creosote, etc. |
| cretonne | noun | A strong white fabric with warp of hemp and weft of flax., A fabric with cotton warp and woolen weft., A kind of chintz with a glossy surface. |
| creutzer | noun | See Kreutzer. |
| crevalle | noun | The cavally or jurel., The pompano (Trachynotus Carolinus). |
| crevasse | noun | A deep crevice or fissure, as in embankment; one of the clefts or fissure by which the mass of a glacier is divided., A breach in the levee or embankment of a river, caused by the pressure of the water, as on the lower Mississippi. |
| creviced | adjective | Having a crevice or crevices; as, a creviced structure for storing ears of corn. |
| cribbing | present participle & vb. noun | of Crib, The act of inclosing or confining in a crib or in close quarters., Purloining; stealing; plagiarizing., A framework of timbers and plank backing for a shaft lining, to prevent caving, percolation of water, etc., A vicious habit of a horse; crib-biting. The horse lays hold of the crib or manger with his teeth and draws air into the stomach with a grunting sound. |
| cribbage | verb t. | A game of cards, played by two or four persons, in which there is a crib. (See Crib, 11.) It is characterized by a great variety of chances. |
| cribbled | imp. & past participle | of Cribble |
| cribrate | adjective | Cribriform. |
| cribrose | adjective | Perforated like a sieve; cribriform. |
| crimeful | adjective | Criminal; wicked; contrary to law, right, or dury. |
| criminal | adjective | Guilty of crime or sin., Involving a crime; of the nature of a crime; — said of an act or of conduct; as, criminal carelessness., Relating to crime; — opposed to civil; as, the criminal code., One who has commited a crime; especially, one who is found guilty by verdict, confession, or proof; a malefactor; a felon. |
| crimosin | noun | See Crimson. |
| crimping | present participle & vb. noun | of Crimp |
| crimpage | noun | The act or practice of crimping; money paid to a crimp for shipping or enlisting men. |
| crimpled | imp. & past participle | of Crimple |
| crinated | adjective | Having hair; hairy. |
| cringing | present participle & vb. noun | of Cringe |
| crinital | adjective | Same as Crinite, 1. |
| crinkled | imp. & past participle | of Crinkle, Having short bends, turns, or wrinkles; wrinkled; wavy; zigzag. |
| crippled | imp. & past participle | of Cripple, Lamed; lame; disabled; impeded. |
| crippler | noun | A wooden tool used in graining leather. |
| crisping | present participle & vb. noun | of Crisp |
| crispate | adjective | Alt. of Crispated |
| cristate | adjective | Crested. |
| criteria | plural | of Criterion |
| critical | noun | Qualified to criticise, or pass judgment upon, literary or artistic productions., Pertaining to criticism or the critic’s art; of the nature of a criticism; accurate; as, critical knowledge; a critical dissertation., Inclined to make nice distinctions, or to exercise careful judgment and selection; exact; nicely judicious., Inclined to criticise or find fault; fastidious; captious; censorious; exacting., Characterized by thoroughness and a reference to principles, as becomes a critic; as, a critical analysis of a subject., Pertaining to, or indicating, a crisis, turning point, or specially important juncture; important as regards consequences; hence, of doubtful issue; attended with risk; dangerous; as, the critical stage of a fever; a critical situation. |
| critique | noun | The art of criticism., A critical examination or estimate of a work of literature or art; a critical dissertation or essay; a careful and through analysis of any subject; a criticism; as, Kant’s “Critique of Pure Reason.”, A critic; one who criticises., To criticise or pass judgment upon. |
| croaking | present participle & vb. noun | of Croak |
| croatian | adjective | Of or pertaining to Croatia., A Croat. |
| croceous | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or like, saffron; deep reddish yellow. |
| crocetin | noun | A dyestuff, obtained from the Chinese crocin, which produces a brilliant yellow. |
| crociary | noun | One who carries the cross before an archbishop. |
| crocking | present participle & vb. noun | of Crock |
| crockery | noun | Earthenware; vessels formed of baked clay, especially the coarser kinds. |
| crocoite | noun | Lead chromate occuring in crystals of a bright hyacinth red color; — called also red lead ore. |
| croconic | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or resembling saffron; having the color of saffron; as, croconic acid., Pertaining to, or derived from, croconic acid. |
| crefting | noun | Croftland., Exposing linen to the sun, on the grass, in the process of bleaching. |
| croisade | noun | Alt. of Croisado |
| croisado | noun | A holy war; a crusade. |
| cromlech | noun | A monument of rough stones composed of one or more large ones supported in a horizontal position upon others. They are found chiefly in countries inhabited by the ancient Celts, and are of a period anterior to the introduction of Christianity into these countries. |
| cromorna | noun | A certain reed stop in the organ, of a quality of tone resembling that of the oboe. |
| crooking | present participle & vb. noun | of Crook |
| crookack | adjective | Hunched. |
| crooning | present participle & vb. noun | of Croon |
| cropping | present participle & vb. noun | of Crop |
| crop-ear | noun | A person or animal whose ears are cropped. |
| cropsick | adjective | Sick from excess in eating or drinking. |
| crossing | present participle & vb. noun | of Cross, The act by which anything is crossed; as, the crossing of the ocean., The act of making the sign of the cross., The act of interbreeding; a mixing of breeds., Intersection, as of two paths or roads., A place where anything (as a stream) is crossed; a paved walk across a street., Contradiction; thwarting; obstruction. |
| crossbar | noun | A transverse bar or piece, as a bar across a door, or as the iron bar or stock which passes through the shank of an anchor to insure its turning fluke down. |
| crossbow | noun | A weapon, used in discharging arrows, formed by placing a bow crosswise on a stock. |
| crosscut | verb t. | To cut across or through; to intersect., A short cut across; a path shorter than by the high road., A level driven across the course of a vein, or across the main workings, as from one gangway to another. |
| crosslet | noun | A small cross., A crucible., Crossed again; — said of a cross the arms of which are crossed. SeeCross-crosslet. |
| crossrow | noun | The alphabet; — called also Christcross-row., A row that crosses others. |
| crossway | noun | See Crossroad. |
| crotalum | noun | A kind of castanet used by the Corybantes. |
| crotalus | noun | A genus of poisonous serpents, including the rattlesnakes. |
| crotches | plural | of Crotch |
| crotched | adjective | Having a crotch; forked., Cross; peevish. |
| crotchet | noun | A forked support; a crotch., A time note, with a stem, having one fourth the value of a semibreve, one half that of a minim, and twice that of a quaver; a quarter note., An indentation in the glacis of the covered way, at a point where a traverse is placed., The arrangement of a body of troops, either forward or rearward, so as to form a line nearly perpendicular to the general line of battle., A bracket. See Bracket., An instrument of a hooked form, used in certain cases in the extraction of a fetus., A perverse fancy; a whim which takes possession of the mind; a conceit., To play music in measured time. |
| crotonic | adjective | Of or pertaining to, or derived from, a plant of the genus Croton, or from croton oil. |
| crottles | noun pl. | A name given to various lichens gathered for dyeing. |
| crouched | imp. & past participle | of Crouch, Marked with the sign of the cross. |
| croupade | noun | A leap in which the horse pulls up his hind legs toward his belly. |
| croupier | noun | One who presides at a gaming table and collects the stakes., One who, at a public dinner party, sits at the lower end of the table as assistant chairman. |
| croupous | adjective | Relating to or resembling croup; especially, attended with the formation of a deposit or membrane like that found in membranous croup; as, croupous laryngitis. |
| crowding | present participle & vb. noun | of Crowd |
| crowfoot | noun | The genus Ranunculus, of many species; some are common weeds, others are flowering plants of considerable beauty., A number of small cords rove through a long block, or euphroe, to suspend an awning by., A caltrop., A tool with a side claw for recovering broken rods, etc. |
| crowning | present participle & vb. noun | of Crown |
| crownlet | noun | A coronet. |
| crowstep | noun | See Corriestep. |
| cruciate | adjective | Tormented., Having the leaves or petals arranged in the form of a cross; cruciform., To torture; to torment. [Obs.] See Excruciate. |
| crucible | noun | A vessel or melting pot, composed of some very refractory substance, as clay, graphite, platinum, and used for melting and calcining substances which require a strong degree of heat, as metals, ores, etc., A hollow place at the bottom of a furnace, to receive the melted metal., A test of the most decisive kind; a severe trial; as, the crucible of affliction. |
| crucifer | noun | Any plant of the order Cruciferae. |
| crucifix | noun | A representation in art of the figure of Christ upon the cross; esp., the sculptured figure affixed to a real cross of wood, ivory, metal, or the like, used by the Roman Catholics in their devotions., The cross or religion of Christ. |
| cruising | present participle & vb. noun | of Cruise |
| crumbing | present participle & vb. noun | of Crumb |
| crumbled | imp. & past participle | of Crumble |
| crumenal | noun | A purse. |
| crumpled | imp. & past participle | of Crumple |
| crunched | imp. & past participle | of Crunch |
| crunodal | adjective | Possessing, or characterized by, a crunode; — used of curves. |
| crusaded | imp. & past participle | of Crusade |
| crusader | noun | One engaged in a crusade; as, the crusaders of the Middle Ages. |
| crushing | present participle & vb. noun | of Crush, That crushes; overwhelming. |
| crusting | present participle & vb. noun | of Crust |
| crustily | adverb | In a crusty or surly manner; morosely. |
| crutches | plural | of Crutch |
| crutched | adjective | Supported upon crutches., Marked with the sign of the cross; crouched. |
| cryolite | noun | A fluoride of sodium and aluminum, found in Greenland, in white cleavable masses; — used as a source of soda and alumina. |
| crypturi | noun pl. | An order of flying, drom/ognathous birds, including the tinamous of South America. See Tinamou. |