| crocodilian |
any reptile such as or resembling the alligator, caiman, and crocodile. |
| crocus |
any of several small plants, related to the iris, that grow from a bulb and bloom in early spring with a single colorful flower. |
| croissant |
a roll in the shape of a crescent, made of leavened dough or puff pastry. |
| crook |
a curved or hooked part of something. [5 definitions] |
| crooked |
bent, curved, or twisting. [2 definitions] |
| crop |
agricultural plants or produce. [12 definitions] |
| crop up |
to appear or occur unexpectedly. |
| cross |
a symbol or structure formed by a vertical line or pole intersecting a horizontal one. [16 definitions] |
| crossbow |
a bow mounted on a wooden stock that shoots arrows by means of a trigger mechanism. |
| cross-eye |
a condition in which one or both eyes turn toward each other. (See strabismus.) |
| crossing |
a place where two roads, routes, or railroad tracks, or a combination of these, intersect. [3 definitions] |
| crossing guard |
a school official, police officer, or volunteer who directs traffic and helps children to cross the streets around a school. |
| cross out |
to remove (something) by drawing a line through it. |
| cross reference |
a reference from one part of a book, index, or file to another part containing additional or related information. |
| cross-reference |
to supply with cross references. |
| crossroad |
the place where two roads intersect; crossing. [2 definitions] |
| cross section |
a planar view exposed by cutting through an object, usu. at right angles to its longitudinal axis. [3 definitions] |
| crosswalk |
a lane or path, usu. near the corner of a street, that is marked off as a pedestrian crossing. |
| crossword puzzle |
a puzzle in which the player must guess words from numbered clues and enter them in the correspondingly numbered series of vertical or horizontal squares. |
| crotch |
the place where two linear parts, such as human legs, come together. |
| crouch |
to lower the body close to the ground by bending the legs, as an animal about to pounce or a human preparing to run in a race. [4 definitions] |