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