Index of English words, starting with "cr"

(1) - Crusty (a.) Having a hard exterior, or a short, rough manner, though kind at heart; snappish; peevish; surly.
(2) - Crusty (a.) Having the nature of crust; pertaining to a hard covering; as, a crusty coat; a crusty surface or substance.

(1) - Crutch (v. t.) To support on crutches; to prop up.
(2) - Crutch (n.) A forked stanchion or post; a crotch. See Crotch.
(3) - Crutch (n.) A knee, or piece of knee timber
(4) - Crutch (n.) A form of pommel for a woman's saddle, consisting of a forked rest to hold the leg of the rider.
(5) - Crutch (n.) A staff with a crosspiece at the head, to be placed under the arm or shoulder, to support the lame or infirm in walking.

(1) - Crux (n.) Anything that is very puzzling or difficult to explain.

(1) - Cry (v. i.) Any expression of grief, distress, etc., accompanied with tears or sobs; a loud sound, uttered in lamentation.
(2) - Cry (v. i.) To utter lamentations; to lament audibly; to express pain, grief, or distress, by weeping and sobbing; to shed tears; to bawl, as a child.
(3) - Cry (v. i.) To utter inarticulate sounds, as animals.
(4) - Cry (v. t.) To utter loudly; to call out; to shout; to sound abroad; to declare publicly.
(5) - Cry (v. t.) To cause to do something, or bring to some state, by crying or weeping; as, to cry one's self to sleep.
(6) - Cry (v. t.) To make oral and public proclamation of; to declare publicly; to notify or advertise by outcry, especially things lost or found, goods to be sold, ets.; as, to cry goods, etc.
(7) - Cry (v. t.) to publish the banns of, as for marriage.
(8) - Cry (v. i.) To make a loud call or cry; to call or exclaim vehemently or earnestly; to shout; to vociferate; to proclaim; to pray; to implore.
(9) - Cry (v. i.) Outcry; clamor; tumult; popular demand.
(10) - Cry (v. i.) The crackling noise made by block tin when it is bent back and forth.
(11) - Cry (v. i.) Loud expression of triumph or wonder or of popular acclamation or favor.
(12) - Cry (v. i.) Importunate supplication.
(13) - Cry (v. i.) Public advertisement by outcry; proclamation, as by hawkers of their wares.
(14) - Cry (v. i.) Common report; fame.
(15) - Cry (v. i.) A word or phrase caught up by a party or faction and repeated for effect; as, the party cry of the Tories.
(16) - Cry (v. i.) A pack of hounds.
(17) - Cry (v. i.) A pack or company of persons; -- in contempt.
(18) - Cry (v. i.) A loud utterance; especially, the inarticulate sound produced by one of the lower animals; as, the cry of hounds; the cry of wolves.