Cremationist Cre·ma"tion·ist noun One who advocates the practice of cremation.

Cremator Cre·ma"tor noun [ Latin ] One who, or that which, cremates or consumes to ashes.

Crematorium Crem`a·to"ri·um noun ; plural Crematoriums (-ŭmz), Crematories (-r...z). [ New Latin crematorium , from Latin cremator .] A furnace for cremating corpses; a building containing such a furnace.

Crematory Crem"a·to·ry adjective Pertaining to, or employed in, cremation.

Crême Crême noun [ French] Cream; - - a term used esp. in cookery, names of liqueurs, etc.

Cremocarp Crem"o·carp (krĕm"o*kärp or krē"mo-) noun [ Greek kremanny`nai to hang + karpo`s fruit.] (Botany) The peculiar fruit of fennel, carrot, parsnip, and the like, consisting of a pair of carpels pendent from a supporting axis.

Cremona Cre·mo"na (kre*mō"n˙) noun A superior kind of violin, formerly made at Cremona , in Italy.

Cremor Cre"mor noun [ Latin CF. Cream .] Cream; a substance resembling cream; yeast; scum.

Cremosin Crem"o·sin noun See Crimson . [ Obsolete]

Crems Crems (krĕmz) noun See Krems .

Crenate Cre"nate (krē"nat), Cre"na*ted (krē"na*tĕd) adjective [ Latin crena notch. See Cranny .] (Botany) Having the margin cut into rounded teeth notches, or scallops.

Crenation Cre·na"tion noun 1. (Botany) A rounded tooth on the edge of a leaf.

2. The condition of being crenate.

Crenature Cren"a·ture noun 1. (Botany) A rounded tooth or notch of a crenate leaf, or any part that is crenate; -- called also crenelle .

2. The state of being crenated or notched.

Crenel Cre·nel" noun See Crenelle .

Crenelate Cren"el·ate transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Crenelated (- ?`t?d); present participle & verbal noun Crenelating (- ?`t?ng).] [ Late Latin crenellare , kernellare : confer French cr...neler to indent. See Crenelle .] [ Written also crenellate .] 1. To furnish with crenelles.

2. To indent; to notch; as, a crenelated leaf.

Crenelated molding (Architecture) , a kind of indented molding used in Norman buildings.

Crenelation Cren`el·a"tion noun The act of crenelating, or the state of being crenelated; an indentation or an embrasure. [ Written also crenellation .]

Crenelle, Crenel Cre·nelle", Cre·nel" noun [ Old French crenel , F. cr...neau , Late Latin crenellus , kernellus , dim. (prob.) from Latin crena notch. See Crenny .] 1. An embrasure or indentation in a battlement; a loophole in a fortress; an indentation; a notch. See Merlon , and Illust. of Battlement .

2. (Botany) Same as Crenature .

Crenelled Cre·nelled" (kr...-n...ld") adjective (Botany) Same as Crenate .

Crengle Cren"gle noun See Cringle .

Crenulate Cren"u·late adjective [ Dim. of crenate .] (Botany) Minutely crenate.

Crenulation Cren`u·la"tion noun 1. A minute crenation.

2. The state of being minutely scalloped.

Creole Cre"ole noun [ French cr...ole , Spanish criollo , from an American negro word, perhaps a corruption of a Spanish criadillo , dim. of criado servant, formerly also, child, from Latin creatus , past participle of creare to create. Confer Create .] 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.

» "The term creole negro is employed in the English West Indies to distinguish the negroes born there from the Africans imported during the time of the slave trade. The application of this term to the colored people has led to an idea common in some parts of the United States, though wholly unfounded, that it implies an admixture greater or less of African blood." R. Hildreth.

» "The title [ Creole] did not first belong to the descendants of Spanish, but of French, settlers, But such a meaning implied a certain excellence of origin, and so came early to include any native of French or Spanish descent by either parent, whose nonalliance with the slave race entitled him to social rank. Later, the term was adopted by, not conceded to, the natives of mixed blood, and is still so used among themselves. . . . Besides French and Spanish, there are even, for convenience of speech, 'colored' Creoles ; but there are no Italian, or Sicilian, nor any English, Scotch, Irish, or 'Yankee' Creoles , unless of parentage married into, and themselves thoroughly proselyted in, Creole society." G. W. Cable.

Creole Cre"ole adjective Of or pertaining to a Creole or the Creoles.

» In New Orleans the word Creole is applied to any product, or variety of manufacture, peculiar to Louisiana; as, Creole ponies, chickens, cows, shoes, eggs, wagons, baskets, etc.

Creole State Creole State Louisiana; -- a nickname. See Creole , noun & adjective

Creolean Cre·o"le·an (kr?-?"l?-a]/> n), Cre*o"li*an adjective Pertaining to, or characteristic of, the Creoles. -- noun A Creole.

Creosol Cre"o·sol noun [ Cresote + phen ol .] (Chemistry) A colorless liquid resembling phenol or carbolic acid, homologous with pyrocatechin, and obtained from beechwood tar and gum guaiacum. [ Written also creasol .]

Creosote Cre"o·sote noun [ Greek ........., gen. ........., flesh + ......... to preserve.] (Chemistry) 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.

» It is remarkable as an antiseptic and deodorizer in the preservation of wood, flesh, etc., and in the prevention of putrefaction; but it is a poor germicide, and in this respect has been overrated. Smoked meat, as ham, owes its preservation and taste to a small quantity of creosote absorbed from the smoke to which it is exposed. Carbolic acid is phenol proper, while creosote is a mixture of several phenols.

Coal-tar creosote (Chemistry) , a colorless or yellow, oily liquid, obtained in the distillation of coal tar, and resembling wood-tar oil, or creosote proper, in composition and properties.

Creosote Cre"o·sote transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Creosoted (-s?"t?d); present participle & verbal noun Creosoting .] To saturate or impregnate with creosote, as timber, for the prevention of decay.

Creosote bush Cre"o·sote bush A shrub ( Covillea mexicana ) found in desert regions from Colorado to California and southward through Mexico. It has yellow flowers and very resinous foliage with a strong odor of creosote.

Crepance Cre"pance noun [ Confer Latin crepare to crack.] (Far.) 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.

Crêpe Crêpe noun Same as Crape .

Crêpe Crêpe (krâp; Eng. krāp) noun [ French] Any of various crapelike fabrics, whether crinkled or not.

Crêpe de Chine [ French de Chine of China], Canton crape or an inferior gauzy fabric resembling it. -- C. lisse (lēs) [ French lisse smooth], smooth, or unwrinkled, crape.

Crepitant Crep"i·tant adjective [ See Crepitate .] Having a crackling sound; crackling; rattling.

Crepitant rale (Medicine) , a peculiar crackling sound audible with inspiration in pneumonia and other lung disease.

Crepitate Crep"i·tate (kr...p"...-t...t) intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Crepitated (- t...`t...d); present participle & verbal noun Crepitating (-t...`t...ng).] [ Latin crepitatus , past participle of crepitare to crackle, v. intensive of crepare to crack. Confer Crevice .] To make a series of small, sharp, rapidly repeated explosions or sounds, as salt in fire; to crackle; to snap.

Crepitation Crep`i·ta"tion noun [ Confer French crépitation .] 1. The act of crepitating or crackling.

2. (Medicine) (a) A grating or crackling sensation or sound, as that produced by rubbing two fragments of a broken bone together, or by pressing upon cellular tissue containing air. (b) A crepitant râle.

Crepitus Crep"i·tus noun [ Latin , from crepare to crack.] (Medicine) (a) The noise produced by a sudden discharge of wind from the bowels. (b) Same as Crepitation , 2.

Crepon Cre"pon noun [ French] A thin stuff made of the finest wool or silk, or of wool and silk.

Crept Crept (krĕpt), imperfect & past participle of Creep .

Crepuscle Cre·pus"cle (kre*pŭs"s'l), Cre*pus"cule (kre*pŭs"kul) noun [ Latin crepusculum , from creper dusky, dark: confer F. crépuscule .] Twilight. Bailey.

Crepuscular Cre·pus"cu·lar adjective [ Confer French crépusculaire .] 1. Pertaining to twilight; glimmering; hence, imperfectly clear or luminous.

This semihistorical and crepuscular period.
Sir G. C. Lewis.

2. (Zoology) Flying in the twilight or evening, or before sunrise; -- said certain birds and insects.

Others feed only in the twilight, as bats and owls, and are called crepuscular .
Whewell.

Crepusculine Cre·pus"cu·line (-lĭn) adjective Crepuscular. [ Obsolete] Sprat.

Crescence Cres"cence (krĕs"s e ns) noun [ See Crescent .] Increase; enlargement. [ Obsolete]

And toward the moon's attractive crescence bend.
H. Brooke.

Crescendo Cres·cen"do adjective & adverb [ Italian , from crescere to increase. See Crescent .] (Mus.) With a constantly increasing volume of voice; with gradually increasing strength and fullness of tone; -- a direction for the performance of music, indicated by the mark, or by writing the word on the score.

Crescendo Cres·cen"do noun (Mus.) (a) A gradual increase in the strength and fullness of tone with which a passage is performed. (b) A passage to be performed with constantly increasing volume of tone.

Crescent Cres"cent (krĕs"s e nt) noun [ Middle English cressent , cressaunt , crescent (in sense 1), Old French creissant increasing, French croissant , present participle of croître , Old French creistre , from Latin crescere to increase, v. incho.; akin to creare to create. See Create , and confer Accrue , Increase , Crescendo .] 1. 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.

2. Anything having the shape of a crescent or new moon.

3. A representation of the increasing moon, often used as an emblem or badge ; as: (a) A symbol of Artemis, or Diana. (b) The ancient symbol of Byzantium or Constantinople. Hence: (c) The emblem of the Turkish Empire, adopted after the taking of Constantinople.

The cross of our faith is replanted,
The pale, dying crescent is daunted.
Campbell.

4. Any one of three orders of knighthood; the first instituted by Charles I., king of Naples and Sicily, in 1268; the second by René 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. Brande & C.

5. (Her.) 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.

Crescent Cres"cent (krĕs"s e nt) adjective 1. Shaped like a crescent.

Astarte, queen of heaven, with crescent horns.
Milton.

2. Increasing; growing.

O, I see the crescent promise of my spirit hath not set.
Tennyson.

Crescent Cres"cent transitive verb 1. To form into a crescent, or something resembling a crescent. [ R.] Anna Seward.

2. To adorn with crescents.

Crescentic Cres·cen"tic (krĕs*sĕn"tĭk) adjective Crescent-shaped. " Crescentic lobes." R. Owen.

Crescentwise Cres"cent·wise` (krĕs"s e nt*wīz`) adverb In the form of a crescent; like a crescent. Tennyson.

Crescive Cres"cive adjective [ Latin crescere to increase.] Increasing; growing. [ R.]

Unseen, yet crescive in his faculty.
Shak.

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