English words: credibly to crenelled
300 English words, part 171 of 202 of the words starting with C, A to Z. 40 have a page of their own.
English words credibly to crenelled
- credibly adverb /ˈkɹɛdɪbli/: In a credible manner; believably.
- credit noun, verb /ˈkɹɛdɪt/: To believe; to put credence in.
- credit account noun: Synonym of charge account.
- credit balance noun: The amount by which credits exceed debits.
- credit bar noun: A so called cash bar at a cashless facility
- credit bureau noun: data collection agency that gathers account information from various creditors and provides that information to responsible agencies
- credit card noun /ˈkɹɛdɪt ˌkɑɹd/: A plastic card, usually with a magnetic strip or an embedded microchip, connected to a credit account and used to buy goods or services.
- credit card slot noun: A slot in a card reader in which a credit or debit card is inserted or swiped.
- credit card tart noun: A rate tart.
- credit card terminal noun: Synonym of payment terminal.
- credit crunch noun: A period of economic crisis in which credit and investment capital are difficult to obtain.
- credit crunched adjective: Affected by a credit crunch; constrained in spending.
- credit default option noun: A put option that makes a payoff in the event the issuer of a specified reference asset defaults.
- credit default swap noun: A credit derivative contract between two counterparties, whereby the buyer (seller of risk) makes periodic payments to the seller (buyer of risk) in...
- credit-deposit ratio noun: The proportion of loan-assets created by banks from the deposits received.
- credit event noun: A significant default on a financial instrument or some other financial occurrence, such as bankruptcy, restructuring, repudiation, or moratorium, or...
- credit facility noun: A financial agreement under which a creditor agrees to make an amount of credit available to a borrower, which may be borrowed on demand (a line of credit)...
- credit history noun: A record of a borrower's responsible repayment of debts.
- credit hour noun: A course credit based on the number of contact hours per week in class, for one given term or semester.
- credit institution noun: the enterprise whose primary activity is banking and credit provision
- credit life insurance noun: A type of credit insurance sold by a lender to pay off an outstanding loan balance if the borrower dies.
- credit limit noun: The maximum amount of credit that a financial institution or other lender will extend to a debtor for a particular line of credit.
- credit line noun: A line of printed text attached to written material, an image, illustration, or the like, which identifies the author, photographer, or other source.
- credit-linked note noun: A form of funded credit derivative, structured as a security with an embedded credit default swap allowing the issuer to transfer a specific credit risk to...
- credit management noun: The process of granting credit, setting the terms on which it is granted, recovering this credit when it is due, and ensuring compliance with company credit...
- credit manager noun: A person employed by an organization to manage the credit department and make decisions concerning credit limits, acceptable levels of risk, terms of...
- credit money noun: Monetary value which is created as a result of a future obligation or claim by the issuer of the credit.
- credit mule noun: A victim of fraud persuaded to use their own name and information to obtain an expensive item with credit contract attached, such as a smartphone. The...
- credit muling noun: Exploitation of a credit mule to perform a fraud.
- credit note noun: A commercial document issued by a seller to adjust downwards the amount of an invoice already issued, i.e. to cancel part or all of it.
- credit rating noun: An estimate, based on a company, government or person's history of borrowing and repayment or available financial resources, that is used by creditors to...
- credit reference noun: A person or business that can be contacted to validate or vouch for the credit applicant's ability to pay outstanding balances in a timely manner.
- credit repair noun: The process of improving one's credit score by repaying debts etc.
- credit report noun: A document of the history and current status of a borrower's credit standing, which may include identifying information, credit information, public records...
- credit risk noun: The risk of loss due to a debtor's nonpayment or delayed payment of a financial obligation, such as an account payable, a loan or other line of credit.
- credit score noun: A measure of credit risk, usually for a consumer, calculated from credit information using a standardized formula.
- credit spread noun: extra interest charged to borrowers with a bad credit rating
- credit squeeze noun: Synonym of credit crunch.
- credit transfer noun: A method of payment in which an amount of money (credit) is transferred directly from one account to another, in the same or different bank
- credit union noun: A financial cooperative similar to a bank but owned and controlled by its members, often restricted to a local area or sometimes to a single profession.
- credit where credit's due phrase: Used to justly praise someone for their achievement or contribution, regardless of past disagreements or differences.
- credit-worthy adjective: Alternative spelling of creditworthy.
- creditability noun: The quality of being creditable.
- creditable adjective /ˈkɹɛdɪtəbəl/: Credible or believable.
- creditableness noun: The state or quality of being creditable.
- creditably adverb: In a creditable manner; reputably, without disgrace.
- credited adjective, verb /ˈkɹɛd.ɪ.tɪd/: Having something attributed to oneself.
- creditee noun: A person who is given credit to make a purchase.
- crediting noun, verb /ˈkɹɛdɪtɪŋ/: The act of making a credit in accounting.
- creditism noun: A socio-economic system associated with capitalism but distinguished from it due to wealth being loaned out rather than being invested.
- creditless adjective: Without financial credit.
- creditlessness noun: Absence of financial credit.
- Crediton proper noun: A town and civil parish with a town council in Mid Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS8300).
- creditor noun /ˈkɹɛdɪtə/: A person to whom a debt is owed.
- creditor's rights noun: The set of procedural provisions designed to protect the ability of creditors to collect the money that they are owed.
- creditorship noun: The state of being a creditor, of being owed money.
- creditress noun: A female creditor.
- creditrix noun: A female creditor.
- credits warp noun: A sequence breaking glitch allowing a player to skip directly to the end credits.
- creditworthiness noun: The property of being creditworthy.
- creditworthy adjective: Deemed likely to repay debts.
- Credle proper noun: A surname.
- crednerite noun: A dark grey mineral that is a mixed oxide of copper and manganese.
- credo noun /ˈkɹidəʊ/: A statement of a belief or a summary statement of a whole belief system; also (metonymically) the belief or belief system itself.
- credobaptism noun: Practice of the credobaptists; belief that baptism is only to be administered to those who profess their faith.
- credobaptist noun: One who holds that baptism should only be performed on those who have professed faith in the Christian religion and understand the significance of the rite.
- credophile noun /ˈkɹɛd.ə.faɪl/: One who gets positive pleasure from belief and pain from doubt; one who collects beliefs not for utility but for glitter and for whom, once he or she has...
- credulist noun: An unskeptical person; specifically, one who places the burden of proof against a specific claim.
- credulitiveness noun: Credulity.
- credulity noun /kɹɪˈd͡ʒuːlɪti/: A willingness to believe in someone or something in the absence of reasonable proof; credulousness.
- credulosity noun /ˌkɹɛd͡ʒəˈlɒsɪti/: credulity, credulousness, gullibility
- credulous adjective /ˈkɹɛd͡ʒələs/: Excessively ready to believe things; gullible.
- credulously adverb: In a credulous manner; believably.
- credulousness noun /ˈkɹɛd͡ʒələsnəs/: The characteristic or state of being credulous; credulity
- Cree noun /kɹiː/: A member of this people.
- Cree encephalitis noun: Aicardi-Goutières syndrome.
- Creech proper noun: A surname.
- creed noun, verb /kɹiːd/: That which is believed; accepted doctrine, especially religious doctrine; a particular set of beliefs; any summary of principles or opinions professed or...
- creedal adjective: Of or pertaining to a creed.
- creedalism noun: Belief in a particular creed.
- creedalist noun: One who subscribes to a particular creed.
- Creede proper noun: A statutory town, the county seat of Mineral County, Colorado, United States, named after Nicholas C. Creede.
- creeded adjective, verb /ˈkɹiːdɪd/: Possessing a creed or religion.
- creediid noun: Any fish in the family Creediidae.
- creedism noun: discrimination on the basis of a person's creed
- creedite noun: A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, calcium, fluorine, hydrogen, oxygen, and sulfur.
- creedless adjective /ˈkɹiːdləs/: Without a creed; not related to a specific creed.
- creedlessness noun: Absence of creed.
- Creedon proper noun: A surname from Irish.
- creedsman noun: A follower of a creed.
- Creedy proper noun: A surname.
- Creegan proper noun: A surname.
- creek adjective, noun /ˈkɹiːk/: A small inlet, often saltwater, leading to the sea or to the main channel of a river, especially a river estuary.
- creek bed noun: The bed of a creek.
- creek boat noun: A high-volume kayak with the volume arranged equally around the cockpit.
- creek plum noun: A shrub native to the central United States, Prunus rivularis, which produces bitter berries.
- creekbank noun: The bank of a creek.
- creekbed noun: Alternative form of creek bed.
- creekboating noun: Synonym of creeking.
- creeker noun /ˈkɹiːkə/: A poor rural person.
- creekfish noun: Erimyzon oblongus, the chubsucker.
- creekfront noun: The waterfront alongside a creek.
- creeking noun: The sport of descending very steep, low-volume whitewater in a canoe or kayak.
- creekless adjective: Without a creek.
- creeklet noun /ˈkriklət/: A small creek.
- creekline noun: The course occupied by a creek running through a landscape, including the immediate habitat on both sides.
- Creekmore proper noun: A surname.
- creekology noun: The practice of prospecting for oil along creeks.
- creekshell noun: Any of various freshwater mussels
- creekside adjective, noun: Beside a creek.
- creekward adjective, adverb: Toward a creek.
- creekwards adjective, adverb: Alternative form of creekward.
- creekwater noun: The water of a creek.
- creeky adjective /ˈkɹiːki/: Containing, or abounding in, creeks.
- creel noun, verb /kɹiːl/: A woven basket, especially a wicker basket.
- creeler noun: A textile worker who tends the creel and other aspects of a yarn tufting or twisting machine or other kind of loom.
- creelful noun: The amount that fills a creel.
- creeling noun, verb: A Scottish wedding tradition in which the groom is made to carry a basket of stones.
- creelman noun: One who fishes with a creel.
- creemee noun /ˈkɹiːmi/: A cold soft-served ice cream dessert, commonly maple syrup flavored.
- creen verb /kɹiːn/: To complain; to whine; to moan.
- creener noun: An ailing or sickly person.
- creep noun, verb /kɹiːp/: To move slowly with the abdomen close to the ground.
- creep in verb: To begin to affect.
- creep joint noun: A brothel or other disreputable or low-class place, especially where patrons are robbed.
- creep on verb: To monitor in a covert and creepy manner; to stalk.
- creep out verb: To make (someone) uncomfortable or afraid; to give (someone) the creeps.
- creep-shame verb: To shame someone by characterizing them as a creep.
- creep shot noun: Alternative form of creepshot.
- creep up verb: To advance or increase with stealth, unnoticed (literally or figuratively).
- creep up on verb: To sneakily arrive near someone in a position to startle them; to startle someone by creeping up behind them.
- creepage noun: A gradual, creeping movement.
- creepage distance noun: The shortest distance along a solid insulation surface between two conductive parts.
- creepazoid adjective, noun: Creepy.
- creepdar noun: The ability to detect whether or not a person is a creep.
- creeped out adjective, verb: Experiencing a creepy sensation; having been weirded out.
- creeper noun /ˈkɹipɚ/: A person or a thing that crawls or creeps.
- creeper gear noun: The lowest gear on a vehicle: especially, a dedicated super-low gear, available in some trucks and tractors, that is even lower than the usual low gear,...
- creepered adjective: Covered in creepers.
- creeperless adjective: Without creeping plants.
- creepers interjection, noun: An expression of surprise, fear, or excitement
- creepfest noun: A work in the horror genre, or an event exhibiting such works.
- creephole noun: A hole or retreat into which an animal can creep, to escape from view or danger.
- creepie noun: A low stool.
- creepie-peepie noun: Alternative spelling of creepy-peepy.
- creepify verb: To make creepy; to make annoying, unpleasant, or mildly threatening.
- creepily adverb: In a creepy manner.
- creepin' verb: Pronunciation spelling of creeping.
- creepiness noun: The state of being creepy.
- creeping noun, verb /ˈkɹiːpɪŋ/: The act of something that creeps.
- creeping barberry noun: A low-growing shrub with prickly leaves, native to western North America, Berberis repens (syn. Mahonia repens).
- creeping bent noun: A bentgrass of species Agrostis stolonifera, native to Eurasia and North Africa, naturalized in North America, widely used on golf courses.
- creeping bentgrass noun: A Eurasian and north African grass of moist environments, now found worldwide (Agrostis stolonifera).
- creeping buttercup noun: A perennial flowering plant, Ranunculus repens.
- creeping Charlie noun: moneywort, Lysimachia nummularia
- creeping cinquefoil noun: A plant of species Potentilla reptans within the family Rosaceae
- creeping crud noun: Any of various diseases.
- creeping determinism noun: tendency to perceive past events as more predictable than they actually were at the time
- creeping disease noun: skin infection by Spirurida larvae
- creeping elegance noun: The tendency of programmers to disproportionately emphasize elegance in software at the expense of other requirements such as functionality, shipping...
- creeping eruption noun: A skin disease caused by the movement of certain species of ancylostomatids under the skin.
- creeping featurism noun: Feature creep.
- creeping fig noun: A creeping vine that grows on vertical surfaces such as walls, Ficus pumila
- creeping foxglove noun: Synonym of Chinese violet.
- creeping freehold noun: The freehold of property, such as a basement or cellar, that is located underneath a different freehold; the converse of flying freehold.
- creeping gromwell noun: Glandora prostrata.
- creeping in noun, verb: An instance of something creeping in.
- creeping Jenny noun: A yellow-flowered crawling plant (Lysimachia nummularia, Myrsinaceae) native to Europe, widely planted, also known as moneywort.
- creeping normality noun: The process where a major change that would be considered objectionable if it happened in a single step is gradually reached by a series of less noticeable...
- creeping phlox noun: A plant of species Phlox stolonifera, Cherokee phlox.
- creeping sage noun: Salvia sonomensis, a species of sage with blue to purple flowers.
- creeping sedge noun: Synonym of string sedge (Carex chordorrhiza)
- creeping snowberry noun: Any member of the species Gaultheria hispidula of perennial spreading ground level vines of the heath family Ericaceae.
- creeping speedwell noun: Veronica peduncularis
- creeping thistle noun: Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense).
- creeping thyme noun: A species of thyme native to Europe and northern Africa, Thymus praecox, grown as a fragrant groundcover due to its tendency to branch and grow horizontally.
- creeping water bug noun: Any insect in the family Naucoridae, aquatic predatory true bugs that look like toe biters
- creeping willow noun: Any member of the species Salix repens of small, shrubby willows found among sand dunes and heathlands.
- creeping zinnia noun: Any of the flowering plants of the genus Sanvitalia.
- creepingly adverb: By creeping, moving stealthily and slowly; insidiously; cunningly.
- creepish adjective: creepy
- creeple noun /ˈkɹiːpəl/: A creeping creature; a reptile.
- creepmeter noun: An instrument that monitors the slow surface displacement of an active geologic fault in the earth.
- creepoid adjective, noun: Creepy.
- creeps noun, verb /kɹiːps/: A sensation that objects are crawling on one's skin.
- creepshot noun, verb /ˈkɹiːpʃɒt/: A surreptitiously taken photograph of a person (usually a woman) focusing on sexualized areas of the body such as the breasts, groin, or buttocks.
- creepshotter noun: A person who takes creepshots.
- creepsome adjective: Characterised or marked by creepiness; creepy.
- creeptacular adjective: Extremely creepy.
- creeptastic adjective: Very creepy; creepy in a positive or exciting way.
- creepware noun: Software covertly installed on a computer or device to allow its operation to be monitored and thus spy on the user's activity.
- creepy adjective /ˈkɹiːpi/: Moving by creeping along.
- creepy crawler noun: Synonym of creepy-crawly.
- creepy crawlies noun: plural of creepy-crawly
- creepy crawly adjective, noun: Any small crawling animal such as a spider, insect or worm that is unpleasant.
- creepy-peepy noun: A small, portable television camera used for taking candid, close-up shots outside of a studio environment.
- creepy stool noun: A low stool.
- creepy weepy noun: A story with Gothic and romance elements.
- creepypasta noun /ˈkɹiːpiˌpæstə/: Frightening urban legends and short stories in the horror genre, circulated on the Internet.
- Creer proper noun: A surname.
- creesh noun, verb: To grease.
- creeshy adjective: Greasy; oily.
- creetur noun /ˈkɹi.təɹ/: Alternative form of creature.
- Creevey proper noun: A surname from Irish.
- creevles noun: A creeping feeling; formication.
- Creevy proper noun: A surname from Irish.
- Cregan proper noun: A surname.
- Crego proper noun: A surname.
- Crehan proper noun: A surname from Irish.
- Creighton proper noun /ˈkɹeɪtən/: A surname.
- crellid noun: Any demosponge in the family Crellidae.
- crem noun: crematorium
- crema noun /ˈkɹeɪmə/: The light-colored, orangish head of foam on a cup of espresso.
- crémaillère noun: An indented or zigzagging line of entrenchment used in fortification.
- cremains noun /kɹɪˈmeɪnz/: Cremated remains of a deceased person.
- crémant noun /kɹeɪˈmɒ̃n/: A type of French sparkling wine.
- cremaster noun /kɹiːˈmastə/: A thin muscle attached to the testicles.
- cremasterial adjective: Relating to the cremaster.
- cremasteric adjective: Of or relating to cremasters.
- cremate verb /ˈkɹimeɪt/: To burn something to ashes.
- cremation noun /kɹɪˈmeɪʃən/: A burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse.
- cremation oven noun: A specially designed industrial furnace used to reduce human or pet remains to bone fragments through high-temperature combustion.
- cremationism noun: The advocacy of cremation as a means of disposal of the dead.
- cremationist adjective, noun: In favour of cremation
- cremator noun: One who, or that which, cremates or consumes to ashes.
- crematorial adjective: Of or relating to cremation or a crematory.
- crematorium noun /kɹɛməˈtɔːɹɪəm/: A place where the bodies of dead people are cremated.
- crematory adjective, noun: Pertaining to the act of cremating bodies.
- creme adjective, noun, verb /kɹɛm/: Alternative spelling of crème.
- crème anglaise noun: A liquid, sweet custard used as a topping for a dessert, as a dessert by itself, or as a base for ice cream or crème brûlée.
- creme brulee noun /kɹɛm bɹuˈleɪ/: A dessert of custard, covered by a brittle layer of browned sugar.
- creme caramel noun: A baked custard with a soft caramel top.
- creme chantilly noun: Synonym of Chantilly cream.
- crème de cacao noun: Liqueur whose flavor is that of cocoa, and, often, slightly that of vanilla.
- creme de cassis noun: A blood red, sweet, blackcurrant-flavored liqueur, which is an ingredient of kir, an apéritif.
- crème de framboise noun: Synonym of framboise
- creme de la creme noun: Best of the best; something superlative; the very best.
- crème de menthe noun /ˌkɹɛmdəˈmɑnt/: A peppermint-flavoured liqueur.
- crème de violette noun: A brandy liqueur with violet flavoring.
- creme fraiche noun /kɹɛmˈfɹɛʃ/: A slightly soured thick cream (generally less sour than sour cream).
- creme pat noun: Clipped compound of crème pâtissière (“pastry cream”).
- creme patissiere noun: Confectioner's cream, pastry cream.
- creme pie noun: Alternative spelling of cream pie
- creme soda noun: Alternative spelling of cream soda
- creme-y adjective: Alternative form of cremey.
- cremello noun: A horse with a cream-coloured coat due to the presence of two copies of the cream genes
- Cremer proper noun: A surname.
- cremeux noun: A smooth creamy sauce, custard, or pastry cream.
- cremey adjective: Containing or resembling creme.
- Cremin proper noun: A surname.
- cremini noun: Alternative spelling of crimini.
- Cremnitz white noun: Alternative form of Kremnitz white.
- cremnobate noun: Any freshwater snail of the genus Cremnobates (now named Cremnoconchus)
- cremnophobia noun: A morbid fear of abysses or precipices.
- cremnophyte noun: Any plant that is adapted to growing on cliffs, especially in crevices.
- cremnophytic adjective: Relating to, or characteristic of the cremnophytes
- cremocarp noun: The fruit of fennel, carrot, parsnip, etc., consisting of a pair of carpels pendent from a supporting axis.
- cremocarpium noun: Synonym of cremocarp.
- cremometer noun: Alternative form of creamometer.
- cremometric adjective: Alternative form of creamometric.
- Cremona noun: A superior kind of violin, formerly made at Cremona in Italy.
- Cremona group noun: The group of birational automorphisms of the n-dimensional projective space over a field.
- Cremonese adjective: Of or relating to Cremona in Italy.
- cremophor noun: A polyethoxylated derivative of castor oil
- cremophore noun: Alternative form of cremophor.
- cremor noun: cream, a creamy substance, yeast, or scum
- Cremorne proper noun: A suburb of Sydney in the North Sydney council area, New South Wales, Australia.
- crempog noun: A Welsh pancake made with self-raising flour, salt, eggs, milk and salted butter.
- Crems white noun: Alternative form of Krems white.
- cremulator noun: Device to grind the bone fragments that remain after cremation or aquamation into fine powder.
- cren- prefix: Alternative form of creno- (“spring, fountain, well, waters”).
- crena noun: A furrow or notch.
- crenactin noun: A filamentous protein, present in some crenarchaea, that is similar to an actin
- crenarchaeal adjective: Of or pertaining to the crenarchaea.
- crenarchaeon noun: Any archaebacterium of the phylum Crenarchaeota.
- crenarchaeotal adjective: Of or pertaining to the Crenarchaeota
- crenarchaeote noun /kɹɪˈnɑː(ɹ)ki.əʊt/: Any of very many marine archaea, of the phylum Crenarchaeota, many of which are extremophiles
- crenarchaeotic adjective: Alternative form of crenarchaeotal.
- crenate adjective, noun /ˈkɹiː.neɪt/: Having round or blunt teeth on its margin; scalloped.
- crenated adjective /kɹɪˈneɪtɪd/: crenate
- crenately adverb: in a crenate fashion
- crenation noun: The contraction of, or formation of abnormal notchings around, the edges of a cell after exposure to a hypertonic solution, due to the loss of water through...
- crenator noun: Any anionic amphipath that inserts itself into the outer layer of a lipid bilayer to form a convex curvature
- crenature noun: A rounded tooth or notch of a crenate leaf, or any part that is crenate; a crenelle.
- crenel noun /ˈkɹɛnəl/: The space between merlons in a crenelated battlement.
- crenelate verb /ˈkren.ə.leɪt/: To furnish with crenelles.
- crenelated adjective, verb: Having crenellations or battlements.
- crenelated molding noun: A kind of indented molding used in Norman buildings.
- crenelation noun: Alternative form of crenellation.
- crénelé adjective: Embattled.
- creneled adjective: Alternative form of crenelled.
- crenelee adjective: Alternative form of crénelé.
- crenelet noun: A little crenel.
- crenellate verb /ˈkɹɛnɛleɪt/: To furnish with crenelles.
- crenellated adjective, verb: Having crenellations (battlements).
- crenellated moulding noun: A kind of indented moulding used in Norman buildings.
- crenellation noun /ˌkɹɛnəlˈeɪʃən/: A pattern along the top of a parapet (fortified wall), most often in the form of multiple, regular, rectangular spaces in the top of the wall, through which...
- crenelle adjective, noun: Alternative spelling of crenel.
- crenelled adjective: Crenate.
Part 170 · Part 172 · English words: C
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under C: 60,525 words, in 202 parts.