10-letter words containing cr
- cribration — the action of sifting, esp (in pharmacy) to separate finer particles of a drug from coarser particles
- cribriform — pierced with holes; sievelike
- cricketers — Plural form of cricketer.
- cricketing — Cricketing means relating to or taking part in cricket.
- crime wave — When more crimes than usual are committed in a particular place, you can refer to this as a crime wave.
- criminally — In a criminal manner.
- crimsoning — Present participle of crimson.
- cringeling — a person who cringes in a subservient manner; a fawner
- crinogenic — stimulating secretion.
- crinoidean — of or relating to the Crinoidea, an order of echinoderms
- crinolette — a steel framework worn under the skirt to distend its rear section, fashionable in the mid-18th century
- crinolined — wearing a crinoline
- crinolines — Plural form of crinoline.
- criosphinx — a sphinx with the head of a ram instead of a human.
- crippledom — the state of being crippled
- crispation — the act of curling or state of being curled
- crispature — the state of being crisped or crispate
- crispbread — Crispbreads are thin dry biscuits made from wheat or rye. They are often eaten instead of bread by people who want to lose weight.
- crispiness — The state of being crispy.
- crispinian — Saint, See under Crispin, Saint.
- crisscross — to move or cause to move in a crosswise pattern
- cristiform — crest-shaped
- criteria's — a standard of judgment or criticism; a rule or principle for evaluating or testing something.
- criterions — Plural form of criterion.
- crithidial — relating to a developmental stage in protozoan parasites of the trypanosome group, now more commonly referred to as the epimastigote stage
- critically — inclined to find fault or to judge with severity, often too readily.
- criticised — to censure or find fault with.
- criticiser — (British) alternative spelling of criticizer.
- criticises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of criticise.
- criticisms — the act of passing judgment as to the merits of anything.
- criticized — to censure or find fault with.
- criticizer — to censure or find fault with.
- criticizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of criticize.
- critiquing — an article or essay criticizing a literary or other work; detailed evaluation; review.
- cro magnon — an Upper Paleolithic population of humans, regarded as the prototype of modern Homo sapiens in Europe. Skeletal remains found in an Aurignacian cave in southern France indicate that the Cro-Magnon had long heads, broad faces, and sunken eyes, and reached a height of approximately 5 feet 9 inches (175 cm).
- cro-magnon — belonging to a prehistoric, Caucasoid type of human who lived on the European continent, distinguished by tallness and erect stature, and by the use of stone and bone implements, principally of Aurignacian culture
- crocheting — Present participle of crochet.
- crocodiles — Plural form of crocodile.
- crocosmias — Plural form of crocosmia.
- croissants — Plural form of croissant.
- crooked on — hostile or averse to
- crookedest — Superlative form of crooked.
- crookesite — a rare mineral, selenide of copper, thallium, and silver, (Cu, Tl, Ag) 2 Se, occurring in steel-gray, compact masses.
- crooknecks — Plural form of crookneck.
- crop-eared — having the ears or hair cut short
- cropduster — an aeroplane used to spray crops with fertilizer or insecticide
- croquettes — Plural form of croquette.
- cross buck — an offensive play in which two running backs cross paths and charge into the line on opposite sides, one back receiving the ball from the quarterback and the other back faking possession.
- cross hair — Also called cross wire. one of the fine wires or fibers, strands of spider web, or the like, crossing in a focal plane of an optical instrument to center a target or object or to define a line of sight.
- cross over — a structure consisting essentially of an upright and a transverse piece, used to execute persons in ancient times.