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

cross-country skiing
noun the sport of skiing across the countryside (rather than downhill)

cross-cultural
adjective dealing with or comparing two or more cultures; `a cross-cultural survey`

cross-dress
verb dress in the clothes of the other sex

cross-examination
noun (law) close questioning of a hostile witness in a court of law to discredit or throw a new light on the testimony already provided in direct examination

cross-examiner
cross-questioner noun someone who questions a witness carefully (especially about testimony given earlier)

cross-eye
crossed eye noun strabismus in which one or both eyes turn inward toward the nose

cross-eyed
adjective having convergent strabismus

cross-fertilization
cross-fertilisation noun interchange between different cultures or different ways of thinking that is mutually productive and beneficial; `the cross-fertilization of science and the creative arts`

cross-fertilize
cross-fertilise verb cause to undergo cross-fertilization; `Mendel cross-fertilized different kinds of beans`

cross-file
verb have one`s name listed as a candidate for several parties

Cross-Florida Waterway
Okeechobee Waterway noun a waterway used by small boats to travel between the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico through Lake Okeechobee and the Caloosahatchee Canal and the Caloosahatchee River

cross-index
verb make an index that refers from one point to the next; `These references are cross-indexed`

cross-leaved heath
bell heather 2 Erica tetralix noun dwarf European shrub with rose-colored flowers

cross-legged
adverb with the legs crossed; `he sat on the floor cross-legged and meditated`

cross-linguistic
adjective relating to different languages; `cross-linguistic evidence`

cross-link
cross-linkage noun a side bond that links two adjacent chains of atoms in a complex molecule

cross-modal
adjective relating to different sense modalities

cross-ply
adjective of or relating to an older kind of automobile tire that had a flexible tread and relatively stiff sidewalls

cross-pollinating
adjective of or relating to or characteristic of cross-pollination

cross-pollination
noun stimulating influence among diverse elements; `the cross-pollination of the arts`

cross-purpose
noun a contrary aim; `at cross-purposes`

cross-question
noun a question asked in cross-examination

cross-refer
verb refer from one entry to another, as in catalogues, books, and lists

cross-reference
cross-index noun a reference at one place in a work to information at another place in the same work

cross-section(a)
cross-sectional adjective representing a plane made by cutting across something at right angles to its length; `cross-section views of the neck`

cross-sectional
adjective of or relating to a cross section; `a cross-sectional slice`

cross-sentential
adjective of or relating to relations between sentences

cross-shaped
adjective shaped in the form of a cross

cross-stitch
noun embroidery done with pairs of stitches that cross each other

cross(a)
transverse adjective extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction; at right angles to the long axis; `cross members should be all steel`; `from the transverse hall the stairway ascends gracefully`; `transversal vibrations`; `transverse colon`

crossbar
noun long thin horizontal crosspiece between two vertical posts

crossbench
noun any of the seats in the House of Commons used by members who do not vote regularly with either the government or the opposition

crossbencher
noun a member of the House of Commons who does not vote regularly with either the government or the opposition

crossbill
Loxia curvirostra noun finch with a bill whose tips cross when closed

crossbones
noun two crossed bones (or a representation of two crossed bones) used as a symbol danger or death

crossbow
noun a bow fixed transversely on a wooden stock grooved to direct the arrow (quarrel)

crossbred
adjective bred from a mixture of breeds or strains

crossbreed
cross verb breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties; `cross a horse and a donkey`; `Mendel tried crossbreeding`; `these species do not interbreed`

crosscheck
noun an illegal check (chopping at an opponent`s arms or stick)

crosscut
noun a diagonal path

crosscut saw
crosscut handsaw noun handsaw that cuts at right angles to the grain (or major axis)

crosse
noun a long racket with a triangular frame; used in playing lacrosse

crossed
hybrid adjective produced by crossbreeding

crossfire
noun fire from two or more points so that the lines of fire cross

crosshairs
noun a center of interest; `the war on terrorism has put Saddam Hussein in the crosshairs`

crosshatch
verb shade with multiple crossing lines; `the draftsman crosshatched the area`

crosshead
noun metal block that connects to a piston; it slides on parallel guides and moves a connecting rod back and forth

crossheading
crosshead noun a heading of a subsection printed within the body of the text

crossing
crosswalk noun a path (often marked) where something (as a street or railroad) can be crossed to get from one side to the other

crossing guard
noun someone who helps people (especially children) at a traffic crossing

crossing over
crossover noun the interchange of sections between pairing homologous chromosomes during the prophase of meiosis

crossjack
mizzen course noun the lowermost sail on a mizzenmast

crossly
grouchily adverb in an ill-natured manner; `she looked at her husband crossly`

crossopterygian
lobefin noun any fish of the order Crossopterygii; most known only in fossil form

Crossopterygii
subclass Crossopterygii noun fishes having paired fins resembling limbs and regarded as ancestral to amphibians

crossover
noun the appropriation of a new style (especially in popular music) by combining elements of different genres in order to appeal to a wider audience; `a jazz-classical crossover album`

crossover voter
crossover noun a voter who is registered as a member of one political party but who votes in the primary of another party

crosspiece
noun a transverse brace

crossroads
noun a point where a choice must be made; `Freud`s work stands at the crossroads between psychology and neurology`

crossruff
verb trump alternately in two hands

crosstalk
XT noun the presence of an unwanted signal via an accidental coupling

crosstown
cross-town adjective going or extending across a town or city; `the crosstown bus`; `crosstown traffic`

crosswind
noun wind blowing across the path or a ship or aircraft

crosswise
adjective in the shape of (a horizontal piece on) a cross

crossword puzzle
crossword noun a puzzle in which words corresponding to numbered clues are to be found and written in to squares in the puzzle

crotalaria
rattlebox noun any of various plants of the genus Crotalaria having inflated pods within which the seeds rattle; used for pasture and green-manure crops

Crotalidae
family Crotalidae noun New World vipers: pit vipers

Crotalus
genus Crotalus noun large rattlesnakes; seldom bite unless startled or pursuing prey

crotaphion
noun the tip of the greater wing of the sphenoid bone

Crotaphytus
genus Crotaphytus noun collard lizards

crotch
fork noun the angle formed by the inner sides of the legs where they join the human trunk

crotchet
noun a small tool or hooklike implement

croton
noun tropical Asiatic shrub; source of croton oil

croton oil
noun viscid acrid brownish-yellow oil from the seeds of Croton tiglium having a violent cathartic action

Croton tiglium
noun tropical Asiatic shrub; source of croton oil

Crotophaga
genus Crotophaga noun ani

crottle
crottal noun any of several lichens of the genus Parmelia from which reddish brown or purple dyes are made

crouch
noun the act of bending low with the limbs close to the body

crouched
crouching adjective squatting close to the ground; `poorly clothed men huddled low against the wind`; `he stayed in the ditch hunkered down`

croup
spasmodic laryngitis noun a disease of infants and young children; harsh coughing and hoarseness and fever and difficult breathing

croupier
noun someone who collects and pays bets at a gaming table

croupier`s rake
noun a small rake used by a croupier to move chips around on the table

croupy
adjective resembling or arising from or indicating croup

Crouse
Russel Crouse noun United States playwright (1893-1966)

crouton
noun a small piece of toasted or fried bread; served in soup or salads

crow
noun black birds having a raucous call

crow blackbird
noun long-tailed American blackbird having iridescent black plumage

crow garlic
false garlic noun pungent Old World wild onion

crow pheasant
Centropus sinensis noun common coucal of India and China

crow`s foot
crow`s feet noun a wrinkle in the skin at the outer corner of your eyes

crow`s nest
noun platform for a lookout at or near the top of a mast

crow-sized
adjective having the approximate size of a crow

crowbait
crow-bait noun an emaciated horse likely soon to become carrion and so attractive to crows

crowbar
wrecking bar noun a heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge

crowberry
noun a low evergreen shrub with small purple flowers and black berrylike fruit

crowd
noun a large number of things or people considered together; `a crowd of insects assembled around the flowers`

crowd control
noun activity of controlling a crowd

crowd out
verb press, force, or thrust out of a small space; `The weeds crowded out the flowers`

crowded
adjective overfilled or compacted or concentrated; `a crowded theater`; `a crowded program`; `crowded trains`; `a young mother`s crowded days`

crowding
noun a situation in which people or things are crowded together; `he didn`t like the crowding on the beach`