10-letter words containing cr
- crackbrain — a person who is insane
- crackdowns — Plural form of crackdown.
- cracked up — to break without complete separation of parts; become fissured: The plate cracked when I dropped it, but it was still usable.
- crackheads — Plural form of crackhead.
- crackhouse — a place where cocaine in the form of crack is bought, sold, and smoked.
- cracklings — Plural form of crackling.
- cradle cap — a form of seborrhoea of the scalp common in young babies
- cradleland — The region where something, especially a race of people, originated.
- cradlesong — a lullaby
- cradlewalk — a garden walkway covered by arched trees
- craft beer — a specialized beer produced in limited quantities by a small, usually independent brewery
- craft brew — an all-malt or nearly all-malt specialty beer usually brewed in a small, regional brewery.
- craft fair — A craft fair is an event at which people sell goods they have made.
- craftiness — skillful in underhand or evil schemes; cunning; deceitful; sly.
- cragginess — The state of being craggy.
- craigfluke — a common name for the grey sole fish Glyptocephalus cynoglossus
- craigslist — (transitive, Internet, informal) To advertise (a product or service) on the Craigslist website.
- crakeberry — The crowberry.
- cramp ball — a hard round blackish ascomycetous fungus, Daldinia concentrica, characteristically found on the bark of ash trees and formerly carried to ward off cramp. The specific name refers to the concentric rings revealed if the fungus is sliced
- cramp iron — a piece of iron with bent ends for holding together building stones or the like.
- crandalled — Simple past tense and past participle of crandall.
- cranesbill — any of various plants of the genus Geranium, having pink or purple flowers and long slender beaked fruits: family Geraniaceae
- craniology — the branch of science concerned with the shape and size of the human skull, esp with reference to variations between different races
- craniotomy — any surgical incision into the skull, esp to expose the brain for neurosurgery
- crankcases — Plural form of crankcase.
- cranked up — Machinery. any of several types of arms or levers for imparting rotary or oscillatory motion to a rotating shaft, one end of the crank being fixed to the shaft and the other end receiving reciprocating motion from a hand, connecting rod, etc.
- crankiness — ill-tempered; grouchy; cross: I'm always cranky when I don't get enough sleep.
- crankshaft — A crankshaft is the main shaft of an internal combustion engine.
- crannequin — a portable device for bending a crossbow.
- crappiness — extremely bad, unpleasant, or inferior; lousy: crappy weather.
- crapshoots — Plural form of crapshoot.
- crapulence — sickness caused by excess in drinking or eating
- craquelure — a network of fine cracks on old paintings caused by the deterioration of pigment or varnish
- crash boat — a small, fast boat used in rescue operations, especially for airplane crashes.
- crash cart — a movable cart or similar conveyance carrying supplies and equipment for the management of medical emergencies.
- crash diet — a strict diet which is intended to produce drastic results in a relatively short period
- crash dive — a sudden steep dive from the surface by a submarine
- crash site — the place where a crash occurred
- crash team — a medical team with special equipment able to be mobilized quickly to treat cardiac arrest
- crash test — the act of crashing a vehicle under controlled conditions in order to assess its safety for passengers
- crash-dive — a rapid dive by a submarine made at a steep angle, especially to avoid attack from a surface vessel or airplane.
- crash-land — If a pilot crash-lands an aircraft, or if it crash-lands, it lands more quickly and less safely than usual, for example when there is something wrong with the aircraft, and it cannot land normally.
- crashingly — extremely; exceedingly
- crashproof — (of a vehicle) resistant to damage and as safe as possible for the occupants in the event of a crash.
- crassitude — gross ignorance or stupidity.
- craterlike — Resembling a crater or some aspect of one.
- cravenness — cowardly; contemptibly timid; pusillanimous.
- crawfished — Simple past tense and past participle of crawfish.
- crawlspace — (in a building) an area accessible by crawling, having a clearance less than human height, for access to plumbing or wiring, storage, etc.
- crazy bone — funny bone