5-letter words containing c, r
- creon — the successor to Oedipus as king of Thebes; the brother of Jocasta
- crepe — Crepe is a thin fabric with an uneven surface and is made of cotton, silk, or wool.
- crept — Crept is the past tense and past participle of creep.
- crepy — (esp of the skin) having a dry wrinkled appearance like crepe
- cres. — Crescent
- cresc — (music) crescendo.
- cress — Cress is a plant with small green leaves that are used in salads or to decorate food. See also mustard and cress.
- crest — The crest of a hill or a wave is the top of it.
- crete — a mountainous island in the E Mediterranean, the largest island of Greece: of archaeological importance for the ruins of Minoan civilization. Pop: 601 131 (2001). Area: 8331 sq km (3216 sq miles)
- crewe — a town in NW England, in Cheshire: major railway junction. Pop: 67 683 (2001)
- crews — Plural form of crew.
- crias — a baby vicuna, llama, guanaco, or alpaca.
- cribs — A young child's bed with barred or latticed sides.
- crick — If you have a crick in your neck or in your back, you have a pain there caused by muscles becoming stiff.
- cried — cry
- crier — a person or animal that cries
- cries — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cry.
- crile — George Washington1864-1943; U.S. surgeon
- crime — A crime is an illegal action or activity for which a person can be punished by law.
- crimp — If you crimp something such as a piece of fabric or pastry, you make small folds in it.
- crims — Plural form of crim.
- crine — the hair
- crios — a multicoloured woven woollen belt traditionally worn by men in the Aran Islands
- crips — Plural form of crip.
- crise — crisis.
- crisp — Food that is crisp is pleasantly hard, or has a pleasantly hard surface.
- crit. — critic
- crith — a unit of weight for gases, equal to the weight of one litre of hydrogen at standard pressure and temperature (0.09 grams)
- crits — Plural form of crit.
- crius — a Titan, the son of Uranus and Gaea.
- croak — When a frog or bird croaks, it makes a harsh, low sound.
- croat — a native or inhabitant of Croatia
- croce — Benedetto (beneˈdetto). 1866–1952, Italian philosopher, critic, and statesman: an opponent of Fascism, he helped re-establish liberalism in postwar Italy
- croci — Plural form of crocus.
- crock — A crock is a clay pot or jar.
- crocs — Plural form of croc.
- croft — In Scotland, a croft is a small piece of land which is owned and farmed by one family and which provides them with food.
- crome — John, known as Old Crome. 1768–1821, English landscape painter and etcher
- crone — A crone is an ugly old woman.
- cronk — unfit; unsound
- crony — You can refer to friends that someone spends a lot of time with as their cronies, especially when you disapprove of them.
- crook — A crook is a dishonest person or a criminal.
- crool — to spoil
- croon — If you croon, you sing or hum quietly and gently.
- crope — (obsolete) Simple past form of creep.
- crops — Plural form of crop.
- cropt — a simple past tense and past participle of crop.
- crore — (in Indian English) ten million
- cross — If you cross something such as a room, a road, or an area of land or water, you move or travel to the other side of it. If you cross to a place, you move or travel over a room, road, or area of land or water in order to reach that place.
- crost — Eye dialect of cross.