Crassament (a.) Alt. of Crassamentum
Crassamentum (a.) A semisolid mass or clot, especially that formed in coagulation of the blood.
Crassiment (n.) See Crassament.
Crassitude (n.) Grossness; coarseness; thickness; density.
Crassness (n.) Grossness.
Crastination (n.) Procrastination; a putting off till to-morrow.
Crataegus (n.) A genus of small, hardy trees, including the hawthorn, much used for ornamental purposes.
Cratch (n.) A manger or open frame for hay; a crib; a rack.
Crate (n.) A large basket or hamper of wickerwork, used for the transportation of china, crockery, and similar wares.
Crate (n.) A box or case whose sides are of wooden slats with interspaces, -- used especially for transporting fruit.
Crated (imp. & p. p.) of Crate
Crating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Crate
Crate (v. t.) To pack in a crate or case for transportation; as, to crate a sewing machine; to crate peaches.
Crater (n.) The basinlike opening or mouth of a volcano, through which the chief eruption comes; similarly, the mouth of a geyser, about which a cone of silica is often built up.
Crater (n.) The pit left by the explosion of a mine.
Crater (n.) A constellation of the southen hemisphere; -- called also the Cup.
Crateriform (a.) Having the form of a shallow bowl; -- said of a corolla.
Craterous (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a crater.
Craunched (imp. & p. p.) of Craunch
Craunching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Craunch
Craunch (v. t. & i.) To crush with the teeth; to chew with violence and noise; to crunch.
Cravat (n.) A neckcloth; a piece of silk, fine muslin, or other cloth, worn by men about the neck.
Cravatted (a.) Wearing a cravat.
Craved (imp. & p. p.) of Crave
Craving (p pr. & vb. n.) of Crave
Crave (v. t.) To ask with earnestness or importunity; to ask with submission or humility; to beg; to entreat; to beseech; to implore.
Crave (v. t.) To call for, as a gratification; to long for; hence, to require or demand; as, the stomach craves food.
Crave (v. i.) To desire strongly; to feel an insatiable longing; as, a craving appetite.
Craven (a.) Cowardly; fainthearted; spiritless.
Craven (n.) A recreant; a coward; a weak-hearted, spiritless fellow. See Recreant, n.
Cravened (imp. & p. p.) of Craven
Cravening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Craven
Craven (v. t.) To make recreant, weak, spiritless, or cowardly.
Craver (n.) One who craves or begs.
Craving (n.) Vehement or urgent desire; longing for; beseeching.
Craw (n.) The crop of a bird.
Craw (n.) The stomach of an animal.
-fishes (pl. ) of Crayfish
-fish (pl. ) of Crayfish
Crawfish (n.) Alt. of Crayfish
Crayfish (n.) Any crustacean of the family Astacidae, resembling the lobster, but smaller, and found in fresh waters. Crawfishes are esteemed very delicate food both in Europe and America. The North American species are numerous and mostly belong to the genus Cambarus. The blind crawfish of the Mammoth Cave is Cambarus pellucidus. The common European species is Astacus fluviatilis.
Crawford (n.) A Crawford peach; a well-known freestone peach, with yellow flesh, first raised by Mr. William Crawford, of New Jersey.
Crawled (imp. & p. p.) of Crawl
Crawling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Crawl
Crawl (v. i.) To move slowly by drawing the body along the ground, as a worm; to move slowly on hands and knees; to creep.
Crawl (v. i.) to move or advance in a feeble, slow, or timorous manner.
Crawl (v. i.) To advance slowly and furtively; to insinuate one's self; to advance or gain influence by servile or obsequious conduct.
Crawl (v. i.) To have a sensation as of insect creeping over the body; as, the flesh crawls. See Creep, v. i., 7.
Crawl (n.) The act or motion of crawling; slow motion, as of a creeping animal.
Crawl (n.) A pen or inclosure of stakes and hurdles on the seacoast, for holding fish.
Crawler (n.) One who, or that which, crawls; a creeper; a reptile.
Crawly (a.) Creepy.
Cray (n.) Alt. of Crayer
Crayer (n.) See Crare.
Crayfish (n.) See Crawfish.
Crayon (n.) An implement for drawing, made of clay and plumbago, or of some preparation of chalk, usually sold in small prisms or cylinders.
Crayon (n.) A crayon drawing.
Crayon (n.) A pencil of carbon used in producing electric light.
Crayoned (imp. & p. p.) of Crayon
Crayoning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Crayon
Crayon (v. t.) To sketch, as with a crayon; to sketch or plan.
Crazed (imp. & p. p.) of Craze
Crazing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Craze
Craze (v. t.) To break into pieces; to crush; to grind to powder. See Crase.
Craze (v. t.) To weaken; to impair; to render decrepit.
Craze (v. t.) To derange the intellect of; to render insane.
Craze (v. i.) To be crazed, or to act or appear as one that is crazed; to rave; to become insane.
Craze (v. i.) To crack, as the glazing of porcelain or pottery.
Craze (n.) Craziness; insanity.
Craze (n.) A strong habitual desire or fancy; a crotchet.
Craze (n.) A temporary passion or infatuation, as for same new amusement, pursuit, or fashion; as, the bric-a-brac craze; the aesthetic craze.
Crazedness (n.) A broken state; decrepitude; an impaired state of the intellect.
Craze-mill (n.) Alt. of Crazing-mill
Crazing-mill (n.) A mill for grinding tin ore.
Crazily (adv.) In a crazy manner.
Craziness (n.) The state of being broken down or weakened; as, the craziness of a ship, or of the limbs.
Craziness (n.) The state of being broken in mind; imbecility or weakness of intellect; derangement.
Crazy (a.) Characterized by weakness or feebleness; decrepit; broken; falling to decay; shaky; unsafe.
Crazy (a.) Broken, weakened, or dissordered in intellect; shattered; demented; deranged.
Crazy (a.) Inordinately desirous; foolishly eager.
Creable (a.) Capable of being created.
Creaght (n.) A drove or herd.
Creaght (v. i.) To graze.
Creaked (imp. & p. p.) of Creak
Creaking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Creak
Creak (v. i.) To make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound, as by the friction of hard substances; as, shoes creak.
Creak (v. t.) To produce a creaking sound with.
Creak (n.) The sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking.
Creaking (n.) A harsh grating or squeaking sound, or the act of making such a sound.
Cream (n.) The rich, oily, and yellowish part of milk, which, when the milk stands unagitated, rises, and collects on the surface. It is the part of milk from which butter is obtained.
Cream (n.) The part of any liquor that rises, and collects on the surface.
Cream (n.) A delicacy of several kinds prepared for the table from cream, etc., or so as to resemble cream.
Cream (n.) A cosmetic; a creamlike medicinal preparation.
Cream (n.) The best or choicest part of a thing; the quintessence; as, the cream of a jest or story; the cream of a collection of books or pictures.
Creamed (imp. & p. p.) of Cream
Creaming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cream
Cream (v. t.) To skim, or take off by skimming, as cream.
Cream (v. t.) To take off the best or choicest part of.
Cream (v. t.) To furnish with, or as with, cream.
Cream (v. i.) To form or become covered with cream; to become thick like cream; to assume the appearance of cream; hence, to grow stiff or formal; to mantle.