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Princeton University - WordNet - a lexical database for the English language Category: General Date & country: 27/01/2008, USA Words: 85192

crannied
adjective having small chinks or crannies (especially in or between rocks or stones); `a crannied wall`

cranny
noun a small opening or crevice (especially in a rock face or wall)

crap
dirt 2 shit noun obscene terms for feces

crap shooting
crapshoot noun playing craps

crap up
verb become obstructed or chocked up; `The drains clogged up`

crap-shooter
noun a gambler who throws dice in the game of craps

crapaud
South American bullfrog noun large toothed frog of South America and Central America resembling the bullfrog

crape
crepe noun small very thin pancake

crape
verb cover or drape with crape; `crape the mirror`

crape fern
Prince-of-Wales feather noun New Zealand with pinnate fronds and a densely woolly stalks; sometimes included in genus Todea

crape jasmine
crepe jasmine noun tropical shrub having glossy foliage and fragrant nocturnal flowers with crimped or wavy corollas; northern India to Thailand

crape myrtle
crepe myrtle noun ornamental shrub from eastern India commonly planted in the southern United States

crappie
noun small sunfishes of central United States rivers

craps
noun a gambling game played with two dice; a first throw of 7 or 11 wins and a first throw of 2, 3, or 12 loses and a first throw of any other number must be repeated to win before a 7 is thrown, which loses the bet and the dice

crapshooter
noun a gambler who plays the game of craps

crapulent
adjective suffering from excessive eating or drinking; `crapulent sleep`; `a crapulous stomach`

crash
wreck noun a serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles); `they are still investigating the crash of the TWA plane`

crash
verb break violently or noisily; smash;

crash barrier
noun a strong protective barrier that is erected around a racetrack or in the middle of a dual-lane highway in order to reduce the likelihood of severe accidents

crash course
crash program noun a rapid and intense course of training or research (usually undertaken in an emergency); `he took a crash course in Italian on his way to Italy`; `his first job was a crash course in survival and in learning how to get along with people`; `a crash programme is needed to create new jobs`

crash dive
noun a rapid descent by a submarine

crash helmet
noun a padded helmet worn by people riding bicycles or motorcycles; protects the head in case of accidents

crash land
verb make an emergency landing

crash landing
noun an emergency landing under circumstances where a normal landing is impossible (usually damaging the aircraft)

crash-dive
verb descend steeply and rapidly

Craspedia
genus Craspedia noun herbs of Australia and New Zealand

crass
adjective (of persons) so unrefined as to be lacking in discrimination and sensibility

crassness
crassitude noun the quality of being crass--devoid of refinement

Crassostrea
genus Crassostrea noun Virginia oysters

Crassula
genus Crassula noun type genus of Crassulaceae; herbs and small shrubs having woody stems and succulent aerial parts

Crassulaceae
family Crassulaceae noun succulent shrubs and herbs

Crataegus
genus Crataegus noun thorny shrubs and small trees: hawthorn; thorn; thorn apple

Crataegus monogyna
noun European hawthorn having deeply cleft leaves and bright red fruits; widely cultivated in many varieties and often grown as impenetrable hedges; established as an escape in eastern North America

Crataegus pedicellata
Crataegus coccinea noun American red-fruited hawthorn with dense corymbs of pink-red flowers

crate
noun a rugged box (usually made of wood); used for shipping

crater
noun a bowl-shaped depression formed by the impact of a meteorite or bomb

Crater Lake National Park
noun a national park in Oregon having the deepest lake in the United States in the crater of an extinct volcano

Crateva
genus Crateva noun tropical genus of small trees or shrubs

craton
noun the part of a continent that is stable and forms the central mass of the continent; typically Precambrian

crave
hunger 1 thirst verb have a craving, appetite, or great desire for

craved
desired adjective wanted intensely; `the child could no longer resist taking one of the craved cookies`; `it produced the desired effect`

craven
recreant adjective lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful; `the craven fellow turned and ran`; `a craven proposal to raise the white flag`; `this recreant knight`- Spenser

cravenness
noun meanspirited cowardice

craving
noun an intense desire for some particular thing

craw
crop noun a pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of food

crawdad
crawdaddy noun small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster

crawfish
crawdaddy noun small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster

Crawford
noun United States neoclassical sculptor (1814-1857)

crawl
creep verb move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground; `The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed`

crawl
creep noun a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body; `a crawl was all that the injured man could manage`; `the traffic moved at a creep`

crawler
noun a person who crawls or creeps along the ground

crawling
creep noun a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body; `a crawl was all that the injured man could manage`; `the traffic moved at a creep`

crawlspace
crawl space noun low space beneath a floor of a building; gives workers access to wiring or plumbing

Crax
genus Crax noun type genus of the Cracidae: curassows

crayfish
crawdaddy noun small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster

crayon
wax crayon noun writing implement consisting of a colored stick of composition wax used for writing and drawing

craze
noun a fine crack in a glaze or other surface

craze
verb cause to go crazy; cause to lose one`s mind

crazed
deranged adjective driven insane

crazily
dementedly adverb in an insane manner; `she behaved insanely`; `he behaves crazily when he is off his medication`; `the witch cackled madly`; `screaming dementedly`

craziness
daftness noun informal terms for insanity

crazy
dotty adjective marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness; `she was crazy about him`; `gaga over the rock group`s new album`; `he was infatuated with her`

Crazy Glue
noun a commercial brand of epoxy glue

Crazy Horse
Tashunca-Uitco noun a chief of the Sioux who resisted the invasion of the Black Hills and joined Sitting Bull in the defeat of General Custer at Little Bighorn (1849-1877)

crazy quilt
noun a patchwork quilt without a design

creak
creaking noun a squeaking sound; `the creak of the floorboards gave him away`

creakily
creakingly adverb in a creaky manner; `the old boat was moving along creakily`

creaking
creaky adjective having a rasping or grating sound; `they were alerted by the creaking gate`; `creaky stairs`

creaky
decrepit adjective worn and broken down by hard use; `a creaky shack`; `a decrepit bus...its seats held together with friction tape`; `a flea-bitten sofa`; `a run-down neighborhood`; `a woebegone old shack`

cream
pick noun the best people or things in a group; `the cream of England`s young men were killed in the Great War`

cream
clobber verb beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight; `We licked the other team on Sunday!`

cream cheese
noun soft unripened cheese made of sweet milk and cream

cream of tartar
tartar noun a salt used especially in baking powder

cream off
skim off verb pick the best

cream pitcher
creamer noun a small pitcher for serving cream

cream puff
chou noun puff filled with cream or custard

cream sauce
noun white sauce made with cream

cream soda
noun sweet carbonated drink flavored with vanilla

cream-colored
creamy-colored adjective having the color of fresh cream

cream-colored courser
Cursorius cursor noun courser of desert and semidesert regions of the Old World

cream-of-tartar tree
sour gourd noun Australian tree having an agreeably acid fruit that resembles a gourd

creamcups
Platystemon californicus noun California plant with small pale yellow flowers

creamery
noun a workplace where dairy products (butter and cheese etc.) are produced or sold

creaminess
soupiness noun the property of having the thickness of heavy cream

creamy
adjective of the color of cream; `creamy translucent pebbles`

creamy-yellow
adjective yellow with a creamy tinge

creaseless
uncreased adjective used especially of fabrics; `uncreased trousers`

creaseproof
wrinkleproof adjective of fabric that does not wrinkle easily

create
verb invest with a new title, office, or rank; `Create one a peer`

create by mental act
create mentally verb create mentally and abstractly rather than with one`s hands

create from raw material
create from raw stuff verb make from scratch

create verbally
verb create with or from words

creatine
creatin noun an amino acid that does not occur in proteins but is found in the muscle tissue of vertebrates both in the free form and as phosphocreatine; supplies energy for muscle contraction

creating by mental acts
noun the act of creating something by thinking

creating by removal
noun the act of creating by removing something

creating from raw materials
noun the act of creating something that is different from the materials that went into it

creation
creative activity noun the human act of creating

creation science
noun an effort to give scientific support for the truth of the account of creation given in the Book of Genesis

creationism
noun the literal belief in the account of creation given in the Book of Genesis; `creationism denies the theory of evolution of species`

creative
originative adjective having the ability or power to create; `a creative imagination`