Index of English words, starting with "cr"

(1) - Cribriform (a.) Resembling, or having the form of, a sieve; pierced with holes; as, the cribriform plate of the ethmoid bone; a cribriform compress.

(1) - Crick (n.) A small jackscrew.
(2) - Crick (n.) A painful, spasmodic affection of the muscles of some part of the body, as of the neck or back, rendering it difficult to move the part.
(3) - Crick (n.) The creaking of a door, or a noise resembling it.

(1) - Cricket (v. i.) To play at cricket.
(2) - Cricket (n.) A small false roof, or the raising of a portion of a roof, so as to throw off water from behind an obstacle, such as a chimney.
(3) - Cricket (n.) A game much played in England, and sometimes in America, with a ball, bats, and wickets, the players being arranged in two contesting parties or sides.
(4) - Cricket (n.) A low stool.
(5) - Cricket (n.) An orthopterous insect of the genus Gryllus, and allied genera. The males make chirping, musical notes by rubbing together the basal parts of the veins of the front wings.

(1) - Cricketer (n.) One who plays at cricket.

(1) - Crier (n.) an officer who proclaims the orders or directions of a court, or who gives public notice by loud proclamation; as, a town-crier.
(2) - Crier (n.) One who cries; one who makes proclamation.