Index of English words, starting with "cr"

(1) - Criosphinx (n.) A sphinx with the head of a ram.

(1) - Cripple (v. t.) To deprive of strength, activity, or capability for service or use; to disable; to deprive of resources; as, to be financially crippled.
(2) - Cripple (v. t.) To deprive of the use of a limb, particularly of a leg or foot; to lame.
(3) - Cripple (a.) Lame; halting.
(4) - Cripple (n.) One who creeps, halts, or limps; one who has lost, or never had, the use of a limb or limbs; a lame person; hence, one who is partially disabled.

(1) - Crisis (n.) That change in a disease which indicates whether the result is to be recovery or death; sometimes, also, a striking change of symptoms attended by an outward manifestation, as by an eruption or sweat.
(2) - Crisis (n.) The point of time when it is to be decided whether any affair or course of action must go on, or be modified or terminate; the decisive moment; the turning point.

(1) - Crisp (n.) That which is crisp or brittle; the state of being crisp or brittle; as, burned to a crisp; specifically, the rind of roasted pork; crackling.
(2) - Crisp (v. i.) To undulate or ripple. Cf. Crisp, v. t.
(3) - Crisp (a.) To make crisp or brittle, as in cooking.
(4) - Crisp (a.) To cause to undulate irregularly, as crape or water; to wrinkle; to cause to ripple. Cf. Crimp.
(5) - Crisp (a.) To curl; to form into ringlets, as hair, or the nap of cloth; to interweave, as the branches of trees.
(6) - Crisp (a.) Brisk; crackling; cheerful; lively.
(7) - Crisp (a.) Lively; sparking; effervescing.
(8) - Crisp (a.) Possessing a certain degree of firmness and freshness; in a fresh, unwilted condition.
(9) - Crisp (a.) Brittle; friable; in a condition to break with a short, sharp fracture; as, crisp snow.
(10) - Crisp (a.) Curled with the ripple of the water.
(11) - Crisp (a.) Curling in stiff curls or ringlets; as, crisp hair.

(1) - Crispate (a.) Alt. of Crispated