Index of English words, starting with "cr"

(1) - Crucifixion (n.) Intense suffering or affliction; painful trial.
(2) - Crucifixion (n.) The state of one who is nailed or fastened to a cross; death upon a cross.
(3) - Crucifixion (n.) The act of nailing or fastening a person to a cross, for the purpose of putting him to death; the use of the cross as a method of capital punishment.

(1) - Cruciform (a.) Cross-shaped; (Bot.) having four parts arranged in the form of a cross.

(1) - Crucify (v. t.) To vex or torment.
(2) - Crucify (v. t.) To destroy the power or ruling influence of; to subdue completely; to mortify.
(3) - Crucify (v. t.) To fasten to a cross; to put to death by nailing the hands and feet to a cross or gibbet.

(1) - 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.
(2) - Crude (superl.) Having, or displaying, superficial and undigested knowledge; without culture or profundity; as, a crude reasoner.
(3) - Crude (superl.) Undigested; unconcocted; not brought into a form to give nourishment.
(4) - Crude (superl.) Not reduced to order or form; unfinished; not arranged or prepared; ill-considered; immature.
(5) - Crude (superl.) Unripe; not mature or perfect; immature.
(6) - 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.

(1) - 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.