6-letter words starting with cr
- crimpy — having small folds or waves; curly
- crinal — of or relating to the hair
- cringe — If you cringe at something, you feel embarrassed or disgusted, and perhaps show this feeling in your expression or by making a slight movement.
- cringy — Cringeworthy.
- crinky — (rare) crinkly.
- crinum — any plant of the mostly tropical amaryllidaceous genus Crinum, having straplike leaves and clusters of lily-like flowers
- cripes — an expression of surprise
- cripps — Sir (Richard) Stafford. 1889–1952, British Labour statesman; Chancellor of the Exchequer (1947–50)
- crises — crisis.
- crisic — of or relating to a crisis
- crisis — A crisis is a situation in which something or someone is affected by one or more very serious problems.
- crispi — Francesco (franˈtʃesko). 1819–1901, Italian statesman; premier (1887–91; 1893–96)
- crispr — Biochemistry. a unique cluster of short, repeated DNA sequences found in bacterial genomes and capable of fighting viruses: CRISPR enables bacteria to integrate foreign DNA into their genome.
- crisps — very thin slices of potato fried and eaten cold as a snack
- crispy — Food that is crispy is pleasantly hard, or has a pleasantly hard surface.
- crista — a structure resembling a ridge or crest, such as that formed by folding of the inner membrane of a mitochondrion
- critic — A critic is a person who writes about and expresses opinions about things such as books, films, music, or art.
- croaks — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of croak.
- croaky — If someone's voice is croaky, it is low and rough.
- croche — a knob or bud at the top of a stag's antler
- crocks — Plural form of crock.
- crocky — Smutty, muddy.
- crocus — Crocuses are small white, yellow, or purple flowers that are grown in parks and gardens in the early spring.
- crofts — Plural form of croft.
- croggy — a ride on a bicycle as a passenger
- crojik — a triangular sail
- croker — (obsolete) A cultivator of saffron; a dealer in saffron.
- cromer — a resort in E England, on the Norfolk coast: fishing. Pop: 8836 (2001)
- cronel — The iron head of a tilting spear.
- crones — Plural form of crone.
- cronet — the coronet of a horse's hoof or the hair which grows over this area
- cronic — very potent marijuana.
- cronin — A(rchibald) J(oseph). 1896–1981, British novelist and physician. His works include Hatter's Castle (1931), The Judas Tree (1961), and Dr Finlay's Casebook, a TV series based on his medical experiences
- cronje — Hansie, full name Wessel Johannes Cronje (1969–2002); South African cricketer. He captained South Africa (1994–2000); banned for life from cricket for match-fixing in 2001
- cronus — a Titan, son of Uranus (sky) and Gaea (earth), who ruled the world until his son Zeus dethroned him
- cronut — A pastry which combines characteristics of a croissant and a doughnut.
- cronyn — Hume, 1911–2003, Canadian actor in the U.S.
- crooks — Plural form of crook.
- croons — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of croon.
- croony — Characterized by crooning.
- croppy — a person with cropped hair, esp rebels in the Irish rising of 1798 who had their hair cropped as a display of solidarity with the French Revolution
- crores — Plural form of crore.
- crosby — a town in NW England, in Sefton unitary authority, Merseyside. Pop: 51 789 (2001)
- cross- — indicating action from one individual, group, etc, to another
- crosse — a light staff with a triangular frame to which a network is attached, used in playing lacrosse
- crotal — any of various lichens used in dyeing wool, esp for the manufacture of tweeds
- crotch — Your crotch is the part of your body between the tops of your legs.
- croton — any shrub or tree of the chiefly tropical euphorbiaceous genus Croton, esp C. tiglium, the seeds of which yield croton oil
- crouch — If you are crouching, your legs are bent under you so that you are close to the ground and leaning forward slightly.
- croupe — That part of an animal that corresponds to the human buttocks.