6-letter words containing c, r, e
- credos — Plural form of credo.
- creeds — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of creed.
- creeks — Plural form of creek.
- creeky — having many creeks
- creels — Plural form of creel.
- creeps — an act or instance of creeping: It seems as if time has slowed to a creep.
- creepy — If you say that something or someone is creepy, you mean they make you feel very nervous or frightened.
- creese — kris
- creesh — fat or grease
- cremer — Sir William Randal, 1838–1908, English union organizer: Nobel Peace Prize 1903.
- cremor — a thick creamy liquid
- crenel — any of a set of openings formed in the top of a wall or parapet and having slanting sides, as in a battlement
- creole — A creole is a language that has developed from a mixture of different languages and has become the main language in a particular place.
- creped — a lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface.
- crepes — Plural form of crepe.
- crepey — wrinkled like crepe cloth or paper
- crepon — a thin material made of fine wool or silk, or both
- cresol — an aromatic compound derived from phenol, existing in three isomeric forms: found in coal tar and creosote and used in making synthetic resins and as an antiseptic and disinfectant; hydroxytoluene. Formula: C6H4(CH3)OH
- cressy — Crécy
- crests — the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- cresyl — the univalent radical of cresol
- cretan — of or relating to Crete or its inhabitants
- cretic — a metrical foot consisting of three syllables, the first long, the second short, and the third long (– ◡ –)
- cretin — If you call someone a cretin, you think they are very stupid.
- creusa — the bride of Jason, killed by the sorcery of the jealous Medea
- creuse — a department of central France, in Limousin region. Capital: Guéret. Pop: 122 713 (2003 est). Area: 5606 sq km (2186 sq miles)
- crevis — (UK, dialect) The crayfish.
- crewed — (especially of an aircraft, ship, or spacecraft) operated by a crew on board.
- crewel — a loosely twisted worsted yarn, used in fancy work and embroidery
- crible — dotted
- criers — Plural form of crier.
- crieth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cry.
- crikey — Some people say crikey in order to express surprise, especially at something unpleasant.
- crimea — a peninsula between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, disputed between Ukraine and Russia: a former autonomous republic of the Soviet Union (1921–54); part of the Ukrainian SSR from (1954–1991); an autonomous republic of independent Ukraine (1991–2014); annexation by Russia in 2014 not recognized internationally. Capital: Simferopol. Pop: 1 966 801 (2014 est)
- crimen — a crime
- crimes — Plural form of crime.
- cringe — If you cringe at something, you feel embarrassed or disgusted, and perhaps show this feeling in your expression or by making a slight movement.
- cripes — an expression of surprise
- crises — crisis.
- croche — a knob or bud at the top of a stag's antler
- croker — (obsolete) A cultivator of saffron; a dealer in saffron.
- cromer — a resort in E England, on the Norfolk coast: fishing. Pop: 8836 (2001)
- cronel — The iron head of a tilting spear.
- crones — Plural form of crone.
- cronet — the coronet of a horse's hoof or the hair which grows over this area
- cronje — Hansie, full name Wessel Johannes Cronje (1969–2002); South African cricketer. He captained South Africa (1994–2000); banned for life from cricket for match-fixing in 2001
- crores — Plural form of crore.
- crosse — a light staff with a triangular frame to which a network is attached, used in playing lacrosse
- croupe — That part of an animal that corresponds to the human buttocks.
- crouse — lively, confident, or saucy