Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
creamy |
adjective |
Full of, or containing, cream; resembling cream, in nature, appearance, or taste; creamlike; unctuous. |
creant |
adjective |
Creative; formative. |
crease |
noun |
See Creese., A line or mark made by folding or doubling any pliable substance; hence, a similar mark, however produced., One of the lines serving to define the limits of the bowler and the striker., To make a crease or mark in, as by folding or doubling. |
creasy |
adjective |
Full of creases. |
create |
adjective |
Created; composed; begotten., To bring into being; to form out of nothing; to cause to exist., To effect by the agency, and under the laws, of causation; to be the occasion of; to cause; to produce; to form or fashion; to renew., To invest with a new form, office, or character; to constitute; to appoint; to make; as, to create one a peer. |
cretor |
noun |
One who creates, produces, or constitutes. Specifically, the Supreme Being. |
creaze |
noun |
The tin ore which collects in the central part of the washing pit or buddle. |
credit |
noun |
Reliance on the truth of something said or done; belief; faith; trust; confidence., Reputation derived from the confidence of others; esteem; honor; good name; estimation., A ground of, or title to, belief or confidence; authority derived from character or reputation., That which tends to procure, or add to, reputation or esteem; an honor., Influence derived from the good opinion, confidence, or favor of others; interest., Trust given or received; expectation of future playment for property transferred, or of fulfillment or promises given; mercantile reputation entitling one to be trusted; — applied to individuals, corporations, communities, or nations; as, to buy goods on credit., The time given for payment for lands or goods sold on trust; as, a long credit or a short credit., The side of an account on which are entered all items reckoned as values received from the party or the category named at the head of the account; also, any one, or the sum, of these items; — the opposite of debit; as, this sum is carried to one’s credit, and that to his debit; A has several credits on the books of B., To confide in the truth of; to give credence to; to put trust in; to believe., To bring honor or repute upon; to do credit to; to raise the estimation of., To enter upon the credit side of an account; to give credit for; as, to credit the amount paid; to set to the credit of; as, to credit a man with the interest paid on a bond. |
creeks |
noun pl. |
A tribe or confederacy of North American Indians, including the Muskogees, Seminoles, Uchees, and other subordinate tribes. They formerly inhabited Georgia, Florida, and Alabama. |
creeky |
adjective |
Containing, or abounding in, creeks; characterized by creeks; like a creek; winding. |
creepy |
adjective |
Crawly; having or producing a sensation like that caused by insects creeping on the skin. |
creese |
noun |
A dagger or short sword used by the Malays, commonly having a serpentine blade. |
cremor |
noun |
Cream; a substance resembling cream; yeast; scum. |
crenel |
noun |
See Crenelle., An embrasure or indentation in a battlement; a loophole in a fortress; an indentation; a notch. See Merlon, and Illust. of Battlement., Same as Crenature. |
creole |
noun |
One born of European parents in the American colonies of France or Spain or in the States which were once such colonies, esp. a person of French or Spanish descent, who is a native inhabitant of Louisiana, or one of the States adjoining, bordering on the Gulf of of Mexico., Of or pertaining to a Creole or the Creoles. |
crepon |
noun |
A thin stuff made of the finest wool or silk, or of wool and silk. |
cresol |
noun |
Any one of three metameric substances, CH3.C6H4.OH, homologous with and resembling phenol. They are obtained from coal tar and wood tar, and are colorless, oily liquids or solids. [Called also cresylic acid.] |
cressy |
adjective |
Abounding in cresses. |
cretan |
adjective |
Pertaining to Crete, or Candia., A native or inhabitant of Crete or Candia. |
cretic |
noun |
A poetic foot, composed of one short syllable between two long ones (- / -). |
cretin |
noun |
One afflicted with cretinism. |
crevet |
noun |
A crucible or melting pot; a cruset. |
crevis |
noun |
The crawfish. |
crewel |
noun |
Worsted yarn,, slackly twisted, used for embroidery. |
crewet |
noun |
See Cruet. |