5-letter words containing c, r
- cours — (obsolete) course.
- court — A court is a place where legal matters are decided by a judge and jury or by a magistrate.
- couru — done or executed with a running step.
- cover — If you cover something, you place something else over it in order to protect it, hide it, or close it.
- cower — If you cower, you bend forward and downwards because you are very frightened.
- cowry — cowrie.
- coyer — Comparative form of coy.
- craal — an enclosure for cattle and other domestic animals in southern Africa.
- crabb — George, 1778–1851, English author and philologist.
- crabs — the lowest throw in a game of chance, esp two aces in dice
- crack — If something hard cracks, or if you crack it, it becomes slightly damaged, with lines appearing on its surface.
- craft — You can refer to a boat, a spacecraft, or an aircraft as a craft.
- crags — the neck, throat, or craw.
- craic — If you are talking about something that you did and you say 'the craic was great', or 'it was a good craic', you mean that you had a really good time, especially because everyone was talking, joking, and laughing.
- craig — Edward Gordon. 1872–1966, English theatrical designer, actor, and director. His nonrealistic scenic design greatly influenced theatre in Europe and the US
- crake — any of several rails that occur in the Old World, such as the corncrake and the spotted crake
- crame — a merchant's booth or stall at a market
- cramp — Cramp is a sudden strong pain caused by a muscle suddenly contracting. You sometimes get cramp in a muscle after you have been making a physical effort over a long period of time.
- crams — to fill (something) by force with more than it can easily hold.
- crane — A crane is a large machine that moves heavy things by lifting them in the air.
- crank — If you call someone a crank, you think their ideas or behaviour are strange.
- crans — Plural form of cran.
- crape — crepe, esp when used for mourning clothes
- craps — a gambling game using two dice, in which a player wins the bet if 7 or 11 is thrown first, and loses if 2, 3, or 12 is thrown
- crapy — Resembling crape.
- crare — (formerly) a small and unwieldy trading vessel
- crase — (obsolete) To break in pieces; to crack.
- crash — A crash is an accident in which a moving vehicle hits something and is damaged or destroyed.
- crass — Crass behaviour is stupid and does not show consideration for other people.
- crate — A crate is a large box used for transporting or storing things.
- crave — If you crave something, you want to have it very much.
- crawl — When you crawl, you move forward on your hands and knees.
- craws — Plural form of craw.
- craxi — Bettino (beˈtiːno). 1934–2000, Italian socialist statesman; prime minister (1983–87)
- crays — Plural form of cray.
- craze — If there is a craze for something, it is very popular for a short time.
- crazy — If you describe someone or something as crazy, you think they are very foolish or strange.
- creak — If something creaks, it makes a short, high-pitched sound when it moves.
- cream — Cream is a thick yellowish-white liquid taken from milk. You can use it in cooking or put it on fruit or desserts.
- creat — An usher to a riding master.
- crecy — a village in N France: scene of the first decisive battle of the Hundred Years' War when the English defeated the French (1346)
- credo — A credo is a set of beliefs, principles, or opinions that strongly influence the way a person lives or works.
- creds — the quality of being believable or worthy of respect, especially within a particular social, professional, or other group: If you wear this t-shirt, you’ll be earning geek cred. Both chefs have plenty of Southern cred. See also street cred.
- creed — A creed is a set of beliefs, principles, or opinions that strongly influence the way people live or work.
- creek — A creek is a narrow place where the sea comes a long way into the land.
- creel — a wickerwork basket, esp one used to hold fish
- creep — When people or animals creep somewhere, they move quietly and slowly.
- crema — A brownish foam that forms on the top of freshly made espresso.
- creme — (of a liqueur) rich and sweet
- crena — a notch or indentation