8-letter words containing cr
- catchcry — a well-known, frequently used phrase, esp one associated with a particular group, etc
- cecropia — A fast-growing tropical American tree, typically among the first to colonize a cleared area. Many cecropias have a symbiotic relationship with ants.
- cecropin — an antimicrobial peptide originally derived from an American moth
- cockcrow — daybreak
- cocreate — to create jointly
- concrete — Concrete is a substance used for building which is made by mixing together cement, sand, small stones, and water.
- corncrib — a ventilated building for the storage of unhusked maize
- coscript — to script jointly
- crabbily — in a crabby manner
- crabbing — Informal. an ill-tempered or grouchy person.
- crabbish — Somewhat sour or cross; crabby.
- crablike — resembling a crab, esp in movement
- crabmeat — Crabmeat is the part of a crab that you eat.
- crabwise — (of motion) sideways; like a crab
- crabwood — a tropical American meliaceous tree, Carapa guianensis
- crachach — (in Wales) members of a cultural elite
- crack on — If you crack on with something, you continue doing it, especially with more effort than before, or as quickly as possible.
- crack up — If someone cracks up, they are under such a lot of emotional strain that they become mentally ill.
- crackers — crazy; insane
- crackies — by cracky.
- cracking — You use cracking to describe something you think is very good or exciting.
- crackjaw — difficult to pronounce
- crackled — Simple past tense and past participle of crackle.
- crackles — Plural form of crackle.
- cracknel — a type of hard plain biscuit
- crackpot — If you describe someone or their ideas as crackpot, you disapprove of them because you think that their ideas are strange and crazy.
- cradling — a framework of iron or wood, esp as used in the construction of a ceiling
- crafters — Plural form of crafter.
- craftier — Comparative form of crafty.
- craftily — skillful in underhand or evil schemes; cunning; deceitful; sly.
- crafting — an art, trade, or occupation requiring special skill, especially manual skill: the craft of a mason.
- cragfast — stranded or stuck on a crag
- craggily — full of crags.
- cragsman — a rock climber
- cragsmen — Plural form of cragsman.
- cramdown — (legal) A court settlement in bankruptcy in which creditors receive less than they were owed.
- cramming — intensive study, esp in order to pass an exam
- cramoisy — of a crimson colour
- cramping — cramp iron.
- crampons — Plural form of crampon.
- crampoon — Alternative form of crampon (attachment for a shoe).
- crandall — Prudence, 1803–90, U.S. educator and civil-rights activist.
- cranefly — A cranefly is a harmless flying insect with long legs.
- cranford — a township in NE New Jersey.
- craniate — having a skull or cranium
- crank in — 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.
- crank up — If you crank up a machine or device, you start it.
- crank-up — an act or instance of cranking up.
- crankier — Comparative form of cranky.
- crankily — In a cranky manner.