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. |