Crud (n.) See Curd.
Cruddle (v. i.) To curdle.
Crude (superl.) In its natural state; not cooked or prepared by fire or heat; undressed; not altered, refined, or prepared for use by any artificial process; raw; as, crude flesh.
Crude (superl.) Unripe; not mature or perfect; immature.
Crude (superl.) Not reduced to order or form; unfinished; not arranged or prepared; ill-considered; immature.
Crude (superl.) Undigested; unconcocted; not brought into a form to give nourishment.
Crude (superl.) Having, or displaying, superficial and undigested knowledge; without culture or profundity; as, a crude reasoner.
Crude (superl.) Harsh and offensive, as a color; tawdry or in bad taste, as a combination of colors, or any design or work of art.
Crudely (adv.) In a crude, immature manner.
Crudeness (n.) A crude, undigested, or unprepared state; rawness; unripeness; immatureness; unfitness for a destined use or purpose; as, the crudeness of iron ore; crudeness of theories or plans.
Crudities (pl. ) of Crudity
Crudity (n.) The condition of being crude; rawness.
Crudity (n.) That which is in a crude or undigested state; hence, superficial, undigested views, not reduced to order or form.
Crudle (v. i.) See Cruddle.
Crudy (a.) Coagulated.
Crudy (a.) Characterized by crudeness; raw.
Cruel (n.) See Crewel.
Cruel (a.) Disposed to give pain to others; willing or pleased to hurt, torment, or afflict; destitute of sympathetic kindness and pity; savage; inhuman; hard-hearted; merciless.
Cruel (a.) Causing, or fitted to cause, pain, grief, or misery.
Cruel (a.) Attended with cruetly; painful; harsh.
Cruelly (adv.) In a cruel manner.
Cruelly (adv.) Extremely; very.
Cruelness (n.) Cruelty.
Cruels (n. pl.) Glandular scrofulous swellings in the neck.
Cruelties (pl. ) of Cruelty
Cruelty (n.) The attribute or quality of being cruel; a disposition to give unnecessary pain or suffering to others; inhumanity; barbarity.
Cruelty (n.) A cruel and barbarous deed; inhuman treatment; the act of willfully causing unnecessary pain.
Cruentate (a.) Smeared with blood.
Cruentous (a.) Bloody; cruentate.
Cruet (n.) A bottle or vessel; esp., a vial or small glass bottle for holding vinegar, oil, pepper, or the like, for the table; a caster.
Cruet (n.) A vessel used to hold wine, oil, or water for the service of the altar.
Cruise (n.) See Cruse, a small bottle.
Cruised (imp. & p. p.) of Cruise
Cruising (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cruise
Cruise (v. i.) To sail back and forth on the ocean; to sail, as for the potection of commerce, in search of an enemy, for plunder, or for pleasure.
Cruise (v. i.) To wander hither and thither on land.
Cruise (n.) A voyage made in various directions, as of an armed vessel, for the protection of other vessels, or in search of an enemy; a sailing to and fro, as for exploration or for pleasure.
Cruiser (n.) One who, or a vessel that, cruises; -- usually an armed vessel.
Cruive (n.) A kind of weir or dam for trapping salmon; also, a hovel.
Crull (a.) Curly; curled.
Cruller (n.) A kind of sweet cake cut in strips and curled or twisted, and fried crisp in boiling fat.
Crumb (n.) A small fragment or piece; especially, a small piece of bread or other food, broken or cut off.
Crumb (n.) Fig.: A little; a bit; as, a crumb of comfort.
Crumb (n.) The soft part of bread.
Crumbed (imp. & p. p.) of Crumb
Crumbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Crumb
Crumb (v. t.) To break into crumbs or small pieces with the fingers; as, to crumb bread.
Crumbcloth (n.) A cloth to be laid under a dining table to receive falling fragments, and keep the carpet or floor clean.
Crumbled (imp. & p. p.) of Crumble
Crumbling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Crumble
Crumble (v. t.) To break into small pieces; to cause to fall in pieces.
Crumble (v. i.) To fall into small pieces; to break or part into small fragments; hence, to fall to decay or ruin; to become disintegrated; to perish.
Crumbly (a.) EAsily crumbled; friable; brittle.
Crumenal (n.) A purse.
Crummable (a.) Capable of being crumbed or broken into small pieces.
Crummy (a.) Full of crumb or crumbs.
Crummy (a.) Soft, as the crumb of bread is; not crusty.
Crump (a.) Crooked; bent.
Crump (a.) Hard or crusty; dry baked; as, a crump loaf.
Crumpet (n.) A kind of large, thin muffin or cake, light and spongy, and cooked on a griddle or spider.
Crumpled (imp. & p. p.) of Crumple
Crumpling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Crumple
Crumple (v. t.) To draw or press into wrinkles or folds; to crush together; to rumple; as, to crumple paper.
Crumple (v. i.) To contract irregularly; to show wrinkles after being crushed together; as, leaves crumple.
Crumpy (a.) Brittle; crisp.
Crunched (imp. & p. p.) of Crunch
Crunching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Crunch
Crunch (v. i.) To chew with force and noise; to craunch.
Crunch (v. i.) To grind or press with violence and noise.
Crunch (v. i.) To emit a grinding or craunching noise.
Crunch (v. t.) To crush with the teeth; to chew with a grinding noise; to craunch; as, to crunch a biscuit.
Crunk (v. i.) Alt. of Crunkle
Crunkle (v. i.) To cry like a crane.
Crunodal (a.) Possessing, or characterized by, a crunode; -- used of curves.
Crunode (n.) A point where one branch of a curve crosses another branch. See Double point, under Double, a.
Cruor (n.) The coloring matter of the blood; the clotted portion of coagulated blood, containing the coloring matter; gore.
Cruorin (n.) The coloring matter of the blood in the living animal; haemoglobin.
Crup (a.) Short; brittle; as, crup cake.
Crup (n.) See Croup, the rump of a horse.
Crupper (n.) The buttocks or rump of a horse.
Crupper (n.) A leather loop, passing under a horse's tail, and buckled to the saddle to keep it from slipping forwards.
Crupper (v. t.) To fit with a crupper; to place a crupper upon; as, to crupper a horse.
Crura (n. pl.) See Crus.
Crural (a.) Of or pertaining to the thigh or leg, or to any of the parts called crura; as, the crural arteries; crural arch; crural canal; crural ring.
Crura (pl. ) of Crus
Crus (n.) That part of the hind limb between the femur, or thigh, and the ankle, or tarsus; the shank.
Crus (n.) Often applied, especially in the plural, to parts which are supposed to resemble a pair of legs; as, the crura of the diaphragm, a pair of muscles attached to it; crura cerebri, two bundles of nerve fibers in the base of the brain, connecting the medulla and the forebrain.
Crusade (n.) Any one of the military expeditions undertaken by Christian powers, in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries, for the recovery of the Holy Land from the Mohammedans.
Crusade (n.) Any enterprise undertaken with zeal and enthusiasm; as, a crusade against intemperance.
Crusade (n.) A Portuguese coin. See Crusado.
Crusaded (imp. & p. p.) of Crusade
Crusading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Crusade
Crusade (v. i.) To engage in a crusade; to attack in a zealous or hot-headed manner.
Crusader (n.) One engaged in a crusade; as, the crusaders of the Middle Ages.
Crusading (a.) Of or pertaining to a crusade; as, a crusading spirit.
Crusado (n.) An old Portuguese coin, worth about seventy cents.
Cruse (n.) A cup or dish.
Cruse (n.) A bottle for holding water, oil, honey, etc.
Cruset (n.) A goldsmith's crucible or melting pot.
Crushed (imp. & p. p.) of Crush