English words: Crewkerne to crimping pliers

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English words Crewkerne to crimping pliers

Crewkerne proper noun /ˈkɹuːkəɹn/: A town and civil parish with a town council in Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST4409).
crewless adjective: Without a crew; unmanned
crewlessness noun: Absence of a crew.
crewman noun: A member of a crew, especially the crew of a ship.
crewmanship noun: The status or role of crewman.
crewmate noun: A member of the same crew.
crewmember noun /ˈkɹuːmɛmbə/: A member of a crew.
crewneck noun: Alternative form of crew neck.
crewnecked adjective: Having a crewneck.
crewperson noun: Synonym of crewmember.
crewwoman noun: A female crewmember.
CRF noun: Initialism of conditional random field.
CRFI noun: Initialism of cake-related fatphobic incident, an incident in which someone criticizes an overweight person for having too large of a cake slice.
CRG noun: Initialism of collisional ring galaxy
CRGV noun: Initialism of cutaneous and renal glomerular vasculopathy.
CRH noun: Initialism of corticotropin-releasing hormone.
CRHergic adjective: Produced or activated by CRH (corticotropin-releasing hormone).
CRI noun: Initialism of community research initiative.
cri de cœur noun: Alternative spelling of cri de coeur.
cri de coeur noun /ˌkɹiː.dəˈkɜː/: An impassioned outcry, appeal, protest or entreaty.
cri du chat noun: Synonym of cri du chat syndrome.
cri du chat syndrome noun: A rare genetic disorder identified by the catlike cry of the infant, caused by an absence of some genetic material on the fifth chromosome.
cria noun: A young South American camelid (llama, vicuna, guanaco or alpaca).
criadera noun: A tier of sherry barrels in a solera
Criado proper noun: A surname from Spanish.
Crianlarich proper noun: A village in Stirling council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NN3825).
crib noun, verb /kɹɪb/: A baby’s bed with high, often slatted, often moveable sides, suitable for a child who has outgrown a cradle or bassinet.
crib-biter noun: A horse that engages in crib-biting.
crib-biting noun: A stereotypy in horses consisting of seizing the manger or other solid, usually wooden, object with the teeth and sucking in wind.
crib board noun: cribbage board
crib death noun: The unexplained death of a baby usually while sleeping.
crib mattress noun: A mattress that fits a standard-sized baby crib.
crib midget noun: A child, especially a young child or infant.
crib note noun: A brief reminder or item of information written on a slip of paper or in a concealable place such as on one's arm, as an aid for a public speaker or for use...
crib sheet noun: A bedsheet, usually nowadays fitted, that fits a crib mattress.
crib talk noun: Self-directed speech by very young children most often spoken when alone, at night, just before falling asleep.
Cribb proper noun: A surname.
cribbage noun /ˈkɹɪbɪd͡ʒ/: A point-counting card game for two players, with variants for three or four players; the cribbage board used for scoring to 61 or 121 points in numerous...
cribbage board noun: A board with several tracks of holes, used for scorekeeping in games such as cribbage and dominoes.
cribbage-faced adjective: Of a person: having a pockmarked face.
cribbed adjective, verb /kɹɪbd/: Placed in a crib.
cribber noun: One who cribs from others; a plagiarist.
cribbing noun, verb /ˈkɹɪbɪŋ/: The members used to build a (structural) crib, usually of timbers or logs, but also of concrete, steel or even plastic; cribwork.
Cribbins proper noun: A surname.
cribbiting noun: Alternative form of crib-biting
cribble adjective, noun, verb /ˈkɹɪbəl/: A coarse sieve or screen.
cribellar adjective: Relating to the cribellum.
cribellate adjective: Having a cribellum.
cribellum noun /kɹɪˈbɛləm/: A spinning organ having many fine pores, situated in front of the spinners in some araneomorph spiders.
cribhouse noun: A brothel.
cribiform adjective: Misconstruction of cribriform.
crible noun: Alternative form of cribble.
cribless adjective: Without a crib.
criblike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a crib.
cribmate noun: An infant raised in the same crib as another.
cribo noun: Any of various snakes in the genus Drymarchon.
cribral adjective: Perforated or sieve-like in structure.
cribrate adjective: Cribriform.
cribrately adverb: In a cribrate manner.
cribration noun: sifting, especially of the finer parts of drugs from the coarser parts.
cribrellum noun: Alternative form of cribellum.
cribricyath noun: The larva of an archaeocyathid
cribriform adjective: Perforated, as in the manner of a sieve.
cribriform plate noun: In the human skull, a sieve-like region of the ethmoid bone (which separates the nasal cavity from the brain).
cribriformity noun: The condition of being cribriform
cribrilinid noun: Any bryozoan in the family Cribrilinidae.
cribroethmoid adjective: cribrose and ethmoid
cribrose adjective: perforated like a sieve
cribrosely adverb: In a cribrose manner.
cribrostatin noun: Any of several keto derivatives of an isoquinoline that have antibacterial or apoptopic activity
cribrous adjective: Perforated, as in the manner of a sieve.
cribsheet noun: Alternative form of crib sheet.
cribside noun: A position at the side of an infant's crib.
cribwall noun: A log cabin structure filled with rock and soil, used for stabilizing streambanks.
cribwork noun: cribbing (structural members)
cric noun: Cricothyrotomy; cricothyroidotomy.
Criccieth proper noun: A small coastal town and community with a town council in Gwynedd, Wales (OS grid ref SH4937/5038).
cricetid noun /kɹɪˈsɛtɪd/: Any member of the Cricetidae, a family of rodents.
cricetide noun: Alternative form of cricetid.
cricetine noun: Any member of the subfamily Cricetinae of small rodents; a hamster.
Crich proper noun /kɹaɪt͡ʃ/: A village and civil parish in Amber Valley district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3554).
Crichlow proper noun: A surname.
Crichton proper noun /ˈkɹaɪ̯.tən/: A village and civil parish in Midlothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT384619).
crichtonite noun: A mixed oxide mineral containing several different lanthanides as well as titanium, iron and manganese.
crick noun, verb /kɹɪk/: A painful stiffness in some part of the body, like the neck or back, which makes it difficult to move the affected body part for some time; a cramp.
cricket noun, verb /ˈkɹɪkɪt/: An insect in the order Orthoptera, especially family Gryllidae, that makes a chirping sound by rubbing its wing casings against combs on its hind legs.
cricket ball noun: A hard, solid ball with an interior of cork and a leather case with a slightly raised sewn seam. Traditionally red, but other colors are available.
cricket bat noun: a bat, traditionally made from willow, used to play cricket
cricket chair noun: A small wooden rocking chair or armchair with turned legs and posts, having a padded seat, back cushion, and usually a cloth skirt.
cricket circle noun: Synonym of fielding circle.
cricket field noun: The area of grass (within the boundary) on which a cricket match is played.
cricket flour noun: A substance made from ground-up crickets, used in foodstuffs.
cricket frog noun: Any member of the genus Acris of frogs with cricket-like mating calls, of North America.
cricket ground noun: An arena in which a cricket match is played; a cricket field plus the viewing areas, pavilion etc.
cricket net noun: Any of a set of nets enclosing a cricket pitch for the purpose of practising the game without the need for fielders or wicketkeeper.
cricket pitch noun: The twenty-two yard strip between the two wickets, where the batsman faces the bowler.
cricket score noun: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cricket, score.
cricket test noun: An informal test of whether an immigrant in England is well integrated into the country, based on whether they support the English cricket team rather than...
cricket thief spider noun: A species of running crab spider (Thanatus vulgaris), frequently found in containers of imported crickets and other invertebrates used as pet food.
cricket whites noun: The traditional clothing worn by cricketers, consisting of white trousers, shirt and optionally sweater.
cricketainment noun: The promotion of the sport of cricket as a glamorous entertainment event.
cricketana noun: Items relating to the game of cricket, especially collectibles.
cricketeer noun: A cricketer; a player of cricket.
cricketer noun /ˈkɹɪk.ɪtɚ/: A person who plays cricket.
cricketing adjective, noun, verb: That plays cricket.
cricketless adjective: Without crickets (the insects).
cricketlike adjective: Similar to or resembling a cricket (the insect).
cricketly adverb: With regards to cricket.
crickets interjection, noun /ˈkɹɪk.ɪts/: plural of cricket.
crickety adjective, interjection: Of or pertaining to crickets.
crickety-crack interjection: A cracking sound.
crickey interjection /ˈkɹɪk.i/: Alternative form of crikey.
Crickhowell proper noun: A town and community with a town council in south-east Powys, Wales, historically in Breconshire (OS grid ref SO2118).
Cricklade proper noun: A small town and civil parish in northern Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU1093).
Cricklewood proper noun /ˈkɹɪkəlwʊd/: A suburban area of London in the borough of Brent, borough of Barnet and borough of Camden, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ2386).
cricky adjective, interjection /ˈkɹɪk.i/: Resembling or characteristic of a crick.
crico- prefix /kɹʌɪ.kə(ʊ)/: Of or pertaining to the cricoid cartilage.
cricoarytenoid adjective, noun /ˌkɹʌɪ.kəʊ.a.ɹɪˈtiː.nɔɪd/: Of or relating to the cricoid and arytenoid cartilages.
cricoarytenoid muscle noun: Either of a pair of muscles which originate from the cricoid and insert on to the arytenoid cartilage, and serve to adduct and abduct the vocal folds.
cricoarytenoideus noun /ˌkɹaɪ.koʊˌæɹ.ə.tiˈnɔɪ.di.əs/: Alternative form of cricoarytenoid muscle.
cricoconarid noun: Any lophophorate of the class †Cricoconarida.
cricoesophageal adjective: Relating to the cricoid cartilage and the esophagus
cricoid adjective, noun /ˈkɹʌɪ.kɔɪd/: Of, relating to, or being a cricoid cartilage.
cricoid cartilage noun: A ring of hyaline cartilage which articulates with the lower cornua of the thyroid cartilage and with which the arytenoid cartilages articulate; it forms...
cricoidal adjective: cricoid
cricoidectomy noun: excision of the cricoid cartilage
cricomyotomy noun: Cricopharyngeal myotomy.
cricondenbar noun: The maximum pressure at which two phases can coexist.
cricondentherm noun: The maximum temperature at which two phases can coexist.
cricopharyngeal adjective: Of or relating to the cricopharyngeus.
cricopharyngeus noun: Part of the inferior pharyngeal constrictor, arising from the cricoid cartilage.
cricothyroid adjective, noun /ˌkɹʌɪ.kə(ʊ)ˈθʌɪ.ɹɔɪd/: Of or pertaining both to the cricoid and the thyroid cartilages.
cricothyroid muscle noun: A triangular muscle of the larynx that is attached to the cricoid and thyroid cartilages and is the principal tensor of the vocal cords.
cricothyroideus noun /ˌkɹaɪ.koʊ.θaɪˈɹɔɪ.di.əs/: Alternative form of cricothyroid muscle.
cricothyroidotomy noun: an emergency surgical procedure, a form of tracheotomy, in which a hole is cut through the patient's neck into the windpipe in order to allow air into the lungs
cricothyrotomy noun: An incision made through the skin and cricothyroid membrane to establish a patent airway during certain life-threatening situations, such as airway...
cricotomy noun: incision of the cricoid cartilage
cricotracheal adjective: Relating to the cricoid cartilage and the trachea
cricovocal adjective: Relating to the cricoid cartilage and the vocal ligaments
cridanimod noun: An immunomodulatory drug with IUPAC name 2-(9-oxoacridin-10-yl)acetic acid.
Criddle proper noun: A surname.
criddleite noun: A monoclinic-prismatic black mineral containing antimony, gold, silver, sulfur, and thallium.
Crider proper noun: A surname.
Cridland proper noun: A surname from Old English.
Crieff proper noun /kɹiːf/: A market town in Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NN8621).
crier noun /ˈkɹaɪɚ/: One who cries.
criey adjective: Alternative form of cryey.
crifanac noun /kɹɪˈfæn.æk/: Urgent, high-priority fan activity.
CRification noun: The generation of a clarification request.
Crigler proper noun: A surname.
Crigler-Najjar syndrome noun: A rare hereditary disease characterized by a near complete inability of the liver to process bilirubin, which leads to death by kernicterus if untreated.
crik noun: Pronunciation spelling of creek.
crike interjection, noun, verb: Clipping of cricothyrotomy.
crikey interjection /ˈkɹaɪki/: An exclamation of astonishment.
crikeycore noun: An aesthetic based on things stereotypically associated with Australia.
crile noun: A small person or creature; a dwarf or runt.
Crilly proper noun: A surname from Irish.
crillz noun: Crack cocaine.
crim noun /kɹɪm/: A criminal.
crim con noun: Alternative form of crim. con..
crimance noun /kɹaɪˈmæns/: crime-romance
crime noun, verb /kɹaɪm/: A specific act committed in violation of the law, especially criminal law.
crime against humanity noun: A very destructive and immoral act; later specifically, something causing widespread human misery or loss of life; an atrocity.
crime against nature noun: Any of various sexual deviations that, at one time or another, have been considered to be so unnatural as to be illegal.
crime buster noun: Alternative spelling of crimebuster.
crime car noun: A police patrol car.
crime doesn't pay proverb /kɹaɪm ˈdʌzˌənt peɪ/: If you commit a crime you will most likely be punished for it.
crime fighter noun: Alternative form of crimefighter.
crime-free adjective: Alternative form of crimefree.
crime lord noun: A person who is in charge of a criminal organization.
crime of passion noun: A crime, typically a violent crime such as assault or murder, committed against a loved one because of sudden jealous rage or heartbreak rather than as a...
crime passionel noun: Alternative form of crime passionnel.
crime passionnel noun /ˌkɹiːmˌpasjəˈnɛl/: A crime of passion, especially a murder committed from motives of jealousy.
crime rate noun: A measure of incidences of crime in a given area, especially in comparison to its population.
crime-ridden adjective: dominated or plagued by crime.
crime scene noun: The location of a crime, especially one at which forensic evidence is collected in a controlled manner.
crime scene cleaner noun: A trained professional who cleans and sanitizes an area where a crime or an accident has occurred.
crime scene tape noun: Police tape that used to cordon off a crime scene.
crime science noun: The study of crime in order to find ways to prevent it.
crime scientist noun: Someone who studies crime science, especially someone who does so professionally.
crime sheet noun: A rap sheet
crime tourism noun: A form of organized crime in which a group of criminals arrive in a foreign country in the guise of tourists in order to target wealthy households before...
crime wave noun: Alternative form of crimewave.
Crimea proper noun /kɹaɪˈmiːə/: A geographic region and peninsula in Eastern Europe, jutting out into the Black Sea; de facto occupied and annexed in 2014 as a republic of Russia, but...
Crimean adjective, noun /kɹaɪˈmi.ən/: Denoting, of, or related to Crimea, a peninsula on the north of the Black Sea, separating it from the Sea of Azov.
Crimean flannel noun: A type of flannel material used to make Crimean shirts.
Crimean shirt noun: A wide, flannel, buttonless long-sleeved shirt with collar and V-neck formerly worn by labourers.
Crimean snowdrop noun: Synonym of pleated snowdrop.
Crimean Tatar noun: A Turkic language of Crimea (Ukraine), Turkey, Romania, Russia, Bulgaria and Uzbekistan.
crimebuster noun: A person, especially a law enforcement officer, who is particularly effective in thwarting criminal activity and in bringing criminals to justice.
crimebusting noun: The work of a crimebuster; the thwarting of criminal activity.
crimefighter noun: Any person who attempts to prevent crime or apprehend criminals.
crimefighting adjective, noun: Combating crime.
crimefree adjective: Free from crime.
crimeful adjective: criminal; wicked; illegal
crimeless adjective: Without crime.
crimelessness noun: Absence of crime.
crimelike adjective /ˈkɹaɪmlaɪk/: Resembling or characteristic of crime.
crimelord noun: Alternative spelling of crime lord.
crimen noun /ˈkɹaɪmən/: An impediment to Catholic marriage due to a conspiracy to murder or a death of a previous spouse.
crimen adulterii noun: Adultery as an offense or wrongdoing.
crimen exceptum noun: A legal doctrine used in early modern European law that classified certain offenses as so heinous that normal legal rules, especially ordinary rules of...
crimen falsi noun: A crime involving a falsehood, such as forgery, perjury, or counterfeiting.
crimen injuria noun: In Roman-Dutch law, the unlawful and intentional impairment of someone's dignity (covering road rage, stalking, and various kinds of abuse).
crimenetly interjection: Alternative spelling of criminently.
Crimeo- prefix: Crimea, Crimean.
crimeproof adjective, verb: Resistant to criminal activity.
crimeridden adjective: Alternative spelling of crime-ridden.
crimes interjection, noun, verb /kɹaɪmz/: Christ; crikey.
crimescape noun: A landscape or particular environment of criminal activity.
crimespeak noun: The jargon associated with crime and criminals.
crimestopper noun: A person who intervenes to stop a crime from taking place.
crimethink noun, verb: The crime of having unorthodox or unofficial thoughts (thoughtcrimes).
crimethought noun, verb: Synonym of crimethink (“the crime of having unorthodox or unofficial thoughts”).
crimeware noun: Software that performs or facilitates illegal activities.
crimewave noun: A large increased incidence of crimes within a relatively short period of time.
Crimhead noun: A fan of the English rock band King Crimson.
Crimi proper noun: A surname from Italian.
crimidine noun: A convulsant poison used as a rodenticide.
crimie noun: A member of a Latino criminal gang.
criminal adjective, noun /ˈkɹɪm.ɪ.nəl/: Against the law; forbidden by law.
criminal against humanity noun: One who has committed a crime against humanity.
criminal code noun: A document which compiles all, or a significant amount of, a particular jurisdiction's criminal law.
criminal conversation noun: Unlawful sexual intercourse with a married person; adultery; a common law tort arising from adultery, abolished in many jurisdictions.
criminal law noun: The area of law pertaining to crime and punishment.
criminal lawyer noun: A lawyer who specializes in criminal law.
criminal-like adjective: Like, resembling, or befitting a criminal.
criminal negligence noun: Failure to use reasonable care, and thus put someone at risk of injury or death.
criminal offence noun: A crime.
criminal offense noun: (This entry is a translation hub.)
criminal procedure noun: The legal process for adjudicating claims that someone has violated criminal law.
criminal prosecution noun: Instituted activity under the legal regime of criminal procedure directed at someone suspect of an offence under criminal law, in order to assess his...
criminal prosecutor noun: Someone who is occupied with pursuing criminal prosecution.
criminal psychologist noun: A psychologist specialized in examining the personality of convicted criminals and suspects.
criminal psychology noun: Branch of psychology which studies the wills, thoughts, intentions and reactions of criminals.
criminal record noun: A record of the past crimes of which someone has been convicted.
criminal record certificate noun: Synonym of certificate of conduct.
criminal science noun: Synonym of crime science.
criminal scientist noun: Synonym of crime scientist.
criminal spin noun: A theory that describes how small or unintentional actions can snowball into an escalating, self-sustaining cycle of serious criminal behavior.
criminal tool noun: A device or implement used in the carrying out of a criminal offence.
criminal tribe noun: a caste or tribe in British India that is deemed by authorities in "addicted to the systematic commission of non-bailable offences", and was subjected to...
criminaldom noun: The realm or sphere of criminals.
criminalese noun: The argot spoken by criminals.
criminaless noun: A female criminal.
criminalisation noun: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of criminalization.
criminalise verb: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of criminalize.
criminalish adjective: Characteristic of a criminal.
criminalism noun: Criminal behaviour or tendencies.
criminalist noun: A person who specializes in criminal law.
criminalistic adjective /ˌkɹɪm.ɪ.nəˈlɪs.tɪk/: Tending to criminal behavior.
criminalistician noun: A person working in the field of criminalistics.
criminalistics noun: The scientific processing and study of evidence of crimes.
criminality noun: The state of being criminal.
criminalizable adjective: Capable of being criminalized.
criminalization noun /ˌkɹɪmɪnəlaɪzˈeɪʃən/: The act of making a previously legal activity illegal, the act of making something a criminal offence.
criminalize verb: To make (something) a crime; to make illegal under criminal law; to ban.
criminalizer noun: One who criminalizes.
criminally adverb: In a criminal manner.
criminalness noun: The state or quality of being criminal.
criminaloid noun: A person who carries out business in an immoral or exploitative way, but does not necessarily break the law, and is protected from consequences by a veneer...
criminate adjective, verb: To accuse (someone) of a crime; to incriminate.
crimination noun /ˌkɹɪmɪˈneɪʃən/: An accusation of wrongdoing, a recrimination
criminative adjective: Charging with crime; accusing; criminatory.
criminator noun: One who criminates.
criminatory adjective: Relating to, or involving, crimination; accusatory.
crimine interjection: Alternative form of criminy.
criminently interjection /ˈkɹɪmɪnəntli/: An expression of annoyance or surprise
criminetly interjection: Alternative spelling of criminently.
crimini interjection, noun: A dark brown edible mushroom, Agaricus bisporus, that has a rounded cap; called a portobello when mature
criminocracy noun: Rule by criminals.
criminogenesis noun: The origination of criminal behaviour.
criminogenetic adjective: Alternative form of criminogenic.
criminogenic adjective: Tending to produce crime or criminals.
criminogenically adverb: In a criminogenic way.
criminological adjective: Of or pertaining to criminology.
criminologically adverb: in a criminological manner
criminologist noun /ˈkɹɪ.mɪ.nɒ.lə.dʒɪst/: One who practices criminology.
criminology noun: The study of crime and criminals, especially their behaviour.
criminophobia noun: The fear of being a victim of crime
criminous adjective: criminal
criminously adverb: In a criminous manner.
criminousness noun: The state or quality of being criminous.
criminy interjection /ˈkɹaɪ.mɪ.ni/: Expressing surprise or impatience.
CRIMM noun: Initialism of continuity Rambus in-line memory module.
Crimmas noun: Pronunciation spelling of Christmas.
Crimmins proper noun: A surname from Irish.
crimo noun /ˈkɹaɪməʊ/: A person with multiple criminal convictions; a career criminal.
crimogenic adjective: Producing or leading to crime.
crimony interjection /kɹɪˈməʊni/: Alternative form of criminy.
crimp adjective, noun, verb /kɹɪmp/: Easily crumbled; friable; brittle.
crimp house noun: Alternative form of crimping house.
crimpage noun: The act or practice of crimping, or entrapping soldiers or sailors into service.
crimped adjective, verb /kɹɪmpt/: With a crimp in it; crushed shut.
crimper noun /ˈkɹɪmpɚ/: A small climbing hold that can only be held with the tips of a person's fingers.
crimpiness noun: the state of being crimpy
crimping noun, verb /ˈkɹɪmpɪŋ/: The act by which something is crimped.
crimping house noun: A (usually low-rise) building into which men were decoyed and plied with alcoholic drink to induce them to ship or enlist as sailors or soldiers.
crimping pin noun: An instrument for crimping or puckering the border of a lady's cap.
crimping pliers noun: A tool used to crimp, to join two pieces of metal.

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.