12-letter words containing cross
- ansate cross — ankh
- backcrossing — (genetics) The crossing of a hybrid with one of its parents or an individual genetically similar to its parent.
- bookcrossing — the practice of deliberately leaving books in places where they will be found and read by other people
- box lacrosse — a form of lacrosse played indoors, usually on a hockey rink with a wooden floor, between two teams of six players.
- celtic cross — a Latin cross with a broad ring surrounding the point of intersection
- crisscrossed — crossed over each other
- crisscrosses — Plural form of crisscross.
- cross colour — distortion in a colour television receiver in which high-frequency luminance detail is interpreted as colour information and reproduced as flashes of spurious colour
- cross cousin — a cousin who is the child of one's father's sister or one's mother's brother
- cross potent — a cross with equal arms, each of which ends in a bar
- cross street — a street running at right angles to a major thoroughfare
- cross stroke — the horizontal line through the vertical of a t or f.
- cross swords — to argue or fight
- cross volley — (in tennis) a volley across the court
- cross-action — an action brought within the same lawsuit by one defendant against another defendant or against the plaintiff.
- cross-bearer — a person who carries or holds a cross, especially in a religious procession.
- cross-bedded — having irregular laminations, as strata of sandstone, inclining in various directions not coincident with the general stratification.
- cross-border — Cross-border trade occurs between companies in different countries.
- cross-cousin — a cousin who is the child either of one's mother's brother or one's father's sister.
- cross-dating — a method of dating objects, remains, etc, by comparison and correlation with other sites and levels
- cross-garnet — a hinge with a long horizontal strap fixed to the face of a door and a short vertical leaf fixed to the door frame
- cross-legged — If someone is sitting cross-legged, they are sitting on the floor with their legs bent so that their knees point outwards.
- cross-linker — a substance or agent, such as radiation, that induces the formation of cross-links.
- cross-staves — an instrument for measuring the angle of elevation of heavenly bodies, consisting of a calibrated staff with another shorter staff perpendicular to and sliding on it.
- cross-stitch — Cross-stitch is a type of decorative sewing where one stitch crosses another.
- cross-string — overstring.
- crossability — the quality of being crossable
- crossbanding — a veneer border, as on furniture, with its grain at right angles to the grain of the adjacent wood
- crossbarring — stripes, esp those of an animal
- crossbencher — A member of the British parliament, or a similar assembly, who does not vote regularly with either the government or the main opposition party.
- crosschecked — Simple past tense and past participle of crosscheck.
- crosscurrent — a current in a river or sea flowing across another current
- crosscut saw — a saw for cutting timber across the grain
- crosscutting — a transverse cut or course.
- crossdresser — to dress in clothing typically worn by members of the opposite sex.
- crossed eyes — strabismus, especially the form in which one or both eyes turn inward.
- crossed line — interference on a telephone line that causes more than two callers to be connected
- crossgrained — Alternative form of cross-grained.
- crosspatches — Plural form of crosspatch.
- crossposting — Present participle of crosspost.
- double-cross — to prove treacherous to; betray or swindle, as by a double cross.
- geneva cross — a red Greek cross on a white background, displayed to distinguish ambulances, hospitals, and persons belonging to the Red Cross Society.
- george cross — a British award for bravery, esp of civilians: instituted 1940
- incrossbreed — to breed (animals) by crossbreeding inbred parents, whether of the same or of different breeds
- intercrossed — Simple past tense and past participle of intercross.
- intercrosses — Plural form of intercross.
- market cross — a place in a town or village where a cross was set up and a regular market was held
- noncrossover — a chromosome that has not crossed over during meiosis
- on the cross — diagonally
- sea crossing — a journey by sea from one coast to another
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