11-letter words containing ross
- albatrosses — Plural form of albatross.
- backcrossed — Simple past tense and past participle of backcross.
- backcrosses — Plural form of backcross.
- christcross — the mark of a cross formerly placed in front of the alphabet in hornbooks
- come across — If you come across something or someone, you find them or meet them by chance.
- criss-cross — If a person or thing criss-crosses an area, they travel from one side to the other and back again many times, following different routes. If a number of things criss-cross an area, they cross it, and cross over each other.
- cross hairs — crossed lines, as of fine hair or cobweb, mounted in the optical system of a telescopic gun sight, surveyor's level, etc., to assist in precise aiming or centering of the instrument
- cross press — a fall in wrestling using the weight of the body to pin an opponent's shoulders to the floor
- cross ratio — a ratio relating four points in the real or complex plane.
- cross river — a state of SE Nigeria, on the Gulf of Guinea. Capital: Calabar. Pop: 2 888 966 (2006). Area: 20 156 sq km (7782 sq miles)
- cross swell — a movement of the sea at right angles to a major current
- cross vault — a vault or ceiling created by the intersection of vaults.
- cross wires — cross hair (def 1).
- cross-bench — a seat in Parliament occupied by a neutral or independent member
- cross-breed — If one species of animal or plant cross-breeds with another, they reproduce, and new or different animals or plants are produced. You can also say that someone cross-breeds something such as an animal or plant.
- cross-check — If you cross-check information, you check that it is correct using a different method or source from the one originally used to obtain it.
- cross-court — played across the court
- cross-dress — If someone cross-dresses, they wear the clothes of the opposite sex, especially for sexual pleasure.
- cross-heads — Printing. a title or heading filling a line or group of lines the full width of the column.
- cross-index — a note or notes referring the reader to other material
- cross-match — to test the compatibility of (a donor's and recipient's blood) by checking that the red cells of each do not agglutinate in the other's serum
- cross-nodal — having to do with interaction between the senses
- cross-party — Cross-party activities involve two or more political parties. A cross-party group consists of members from two or more political parties.
- cross-patch — a bad-tempered or irritable person.
- cross-react — to participate in a cross-reaction.
- cross-refer — to refer from one part of something, esp a book, to another
- cross-slide — the part of a lathe or planing machine on which the tool post is mounted and across which it slides at right angles to the bed of the lathe
- cross-staff — 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-trade — cross (def 26).
- cross-train — to train (a worker, athlete, etc.) to be proficient at different, usually related, skills, tasks, jobs, etc.
- crossbanded — (of a handrail) having the grain of the veneer run across that of the rail
- crossbarred — having a crossbar or crossbars
- crossbearer — a person who carries or wears a cross
- crossbedded — having layers of rock oblique or transverse to the main beds of stratified rock
- crossbowman — (in medieval warfare) a soldier armed with a crossbow.
- crossbowmen — Plural form of crossbowman.
- crossbreeds — Plural form of crossbreed.
- crossfaders — Plural form of crossfader.
- crosslegged — Alternative spelling of cross-legged.
- crossmember — A transverse structural piece that adds support to a motor-vehicle chassis or other construction.
- crosspieces — Plural form of crosspiece.
- crossruffed — Simple past tense and past participle of crossruff.
- cyclo-cross — a form of cycle race held over rough ground
- doublecross — To betray someone by leading them into trap after having gained their trust and led them to believe that they were actually being aided.
- engrossment — (uncountable) The state of being engrossed; concentration or preoccupation.
- fiery cross — a burning cross, the rallying symbol of ancient Scotland and later of the Highlanders in case of war; later adopted by other organizations, including the Ku Klux Klan.
- great gross — a unit of quantity equivalent to 12 gross. Abbreviation: GGR.
- greek cross — a cross consisting of an upright crossed in the middle by a horizontal piece of the same length.
- grossed out — without deductions; total, as the amount of sales, salary, profit, etc., before taking deductions for expenses, taxes, or the like (opposed to net2. ): gross earnings; gross sales.
- grosseteste — Robert. ?1175–1253, English prelate and scholar; bishop of Lincoln (1235–53). He attacked ecclesiastical abuses and wrote commentaries on Aristotle and treatises on theology, philosophy, and science
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