10-letter words containing cr
- cross rate — A cross rate is an exchange rate of two currencies expressed in a third different currency, such as the exchange rate between the euro and the yuan expressed in yen.
- cross talk — interference in one channel from another or others
- cross vine — a woody bignoniaceous vine, Bignonia capreolata, of the southeastern US, having large trumpet-shaped reddish flowers
- cross wind — a wind blowing across the course or path of a ship, aircraft, etc.
- cross wire — cross hair (def 1).
- cross-eyed — Someone who is cross-eyed has eyes that seem to look towards each other.
- cross-fade — to fade in (one sound or picture source) as another is being faded out
- cross-file — to register as a candidate in more than one party's primary election
- cross-fire — lines of gunfire from two or more positions or combatants crossing one another, or a single one of such lines.
- cross-foot — Accounting. to total figures horizontally across columns instead of vertically.
- cross-link — a chemical bond, atom, or group of atoms that connects two adjacent chains of atoms in a large molecule such as a polymer or protein
- cross-over — a structure consisting essentially of an upright and a transverse piece, used to execute persons in ancient times.
- cross-post — a message posted to two or more message boards or electronic mailing lists at the same time: Cross-posts are often greeted with hostility.
- cross-sell — to sell or try to sell (similar or related products or services) to an existing customer.
- cross-town — going across or following a route across a town
- cross-vein — a transverse vein that connects adjacent longitudinal veins in the wing of an insect.
- cross-vine — a climbing or creeping woody vine, Bignonia capreolata, of the bignonia family, having yellow-red trumpet-shaped flowers and a stem that shows a crosslike arrangement in cross section.
- cross-vote — to vote against one's own party
- crossandra — any shrub of the free-flowering mostly African genus Crossandra, grown in greenhouses for their large yellow, lilac, or orange flowers: family Acanthaceae
- crossbands — Plural form of crossband.
- crossbeams — Plural form of crossbeam.
- crossbills — Plural form of crossbill.
- crossbirth — any abnormal labour in which the child is positioned across the uterus
- crossbones — a representation of two thighbones placed across each other, usually under that of a skull, used as a symbol of death or danger
- crossbreed — to breed (animals or plants) using parents of different races, varieties, breeds, etc
- crosscheck — to verify (a fact, report, etc) by considering conflicting opinions or consulting other sources
- crossclaim — a secondary claim brought by a defendant in a lawsuit on a co-defendant
- crosscourt — (in racket games) directed to the diagonally opposite side of the court.
- crossdress — Alternative spelling of cross-dress.
- crossfader — (music) A device consisting of two volume controls which control separate records, allowing the DJ to change the source of the sound between the records.
- crossfield — (in sport) across the field of play
- crossfires — Plural form of crossfire.
- crosshairs — 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.
- crosshatch — to shade or hatch (forms, figures, etc) with two or more sets of parallel lines that cross one another
- crossjacks — Plural form of crossjack.
- crosslight — a light source which illuminates a subject from a perpendicular angle to another light
- crosslines — Plural form of crossline.
- crossmatch — (pathology) To test that the blood of a donor and recipient are compatible.
- crossovers — Plural form of crossover.
- crosspatch — a peevish bad-tempered person
- crosspiece — a transverse beam, joist, etc
- crossroads — A crossroads is a place where two roads meet and cross each other.
- crossruffs — Plural form of crossruff.
- crosstrees — two short bars across a ship's masthead, to spread the rigging that supports the mast
- crosswalks — Plural form of crosswalk.
- crosswinds — Plural form of crosswind.
- crosswords — Plural form of crossword.
- crotalaria — a genus of plants and shrubs of the Fabaceae family with pods in which the seeds rattle
- crotcheted — short-tempered
- crotchless — (of a garment) having a hole cut so as to leave the genitals uncovered.