English words: crimping tool to critical Reynolds number

300 English words, part 174 of 202 of the words starting with C, A to Z. 34 have a page of their own.

English words crimping tool to critical Reynolds number

crimping tool noun: A tool used to crimp, to join two pieces of metal.
crimple verb /ˈkɹɪmpəl/: to crumple, crimp
crimplene noun: A kind of heavy, wrinkle-resistant fabric used for clothing.
crimpness noun: The state or quality of being crimp.
crimpy adjective /ˈkɹɪmpi/: Having a crimped appearance; frizzly.
crimson adjective, noun, verb /ˈkɹɪmzən/: A deep, slightly bluish red.
crimson clover noun: Trifolium incarnatum, a species of clover in the family Fabaceae, native to most of Europe.
crimson finch noun: A species of red plumaged estrildid finch, Neochmia phaeton, of Australia and New Guinea.
crimson lake noun: The pigment carmine.
crimson rosella noun: A parrot of species Platycercus elegans, native to eastern and southeastern Australia.
crimson tide noun: red tide (type of algal bloom)
crimson wave noun: Menstruation.
crimson-winged woodpecker noun: Any member of the species Picus puniceus, a yellow-bodied and crimson-winged woodpecker native to multiple southeastern Asian countries.
crimsonish adjective: Somewhat crimson in colour; crimsony.
crimsonly adverb: With a crimson colour.
crimsonness noun: The state or condition of being crimson in colour.
crimsonwing noun: Any of the birds in the genus Cryptospiza, found in Sub-Saharan Africa.
crimsony adjective: Somewhat crimson in colour.
crin noun: horsehair fabric
crinal adjective /ˈkɹʌɪnəl/: Pertaining to the hair.
crinamidine noun: An alkaloid with IUPAC name (1S,13R,15R,16S,18R)-9-methoxy-5,7,17-trioxa-12-azahexacyclo[10.6.2.0^(1,13).0^(2,10).0^(4,8).0^(16,18)]icosa-2,4(8),9-trien-15-ol
Crinan proper noun: A small coastal village in Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland, located on Loch Crinan at the west end of the Crinan Canal (OS grid ref NR7894).
crinate adjective: Having hair; hairy; crinated.
crinated adjective: Having hair; hairy, or hairlike.
crinch noun, verb /kɹɪnt͡ʃ/: To grind the teeth, crunch
crincum-crancum noun: Alternative form of crinkum-crankum.
crine noun, suffix, verb /kɹaɪn/: To wither, wilt, shrivel.
crinecerfont noun: A medication used for the treatment of congenital adrenal hyperplasia.
crined adjective /kɹaɪnd/: Having hair or a mane of a specified tincture, different from that of the body.
Criner proper noun: A surname.
crinet noun /ˈkɹɪn.ɪt/: Each of the small hair-like feathers growing around a hawk's cere.
cringe adjective, interjection, noun, verb /ˈkɹɪnd͡ʒ/: To cower, flinch, recoil, shrink, or tense, as in disgust, embarrassment, or fear.
cringe comedy noun: A genre of comedy based around characters getting into socially awkward situations.
cringe de la cringe noun: Something very cringeworthy.
cringe-making adjective: Alternative form of cringemaking.
cringe-makingly adverb: In a cringemaking way or manner.
cringe-o-meter noun /ˈkɹɪnd͡ʒəʊˌmiːtə/: Alternative form of cringeometer.
cringe-worthy adjective: Alternative form of cringeworthy.
cringe-y adjective: Alternative form of cringy.
cringefail adjective: Embarrassing and cringeworthy.
cringefest noun /ˈkɹɪnd͡ʒˌfɛst/: A work or a situation that induces cringing; something very embarrassing.
cringeful adjective: Tending to make one cringe; embarrassing or frightening.
cringeling noun: One who cringes and fawns; a submissive toady.
cringelord noun: One who is consistently cringey.
cringemaking adjective: Inducing cringing; embarrassing.
cringeness noun: The quality of being cringe.
cringeometer noun /kɹɪnˈd͡ʒɒmɪtə/: An imaginary device that measures cringeworthiness (the extent to which something makes one cringe; that is, flinch or recoil with embarrassment).
cringer noun: A person who cringes or shies away.
cringesome adjective: Characterised or marked by cringing; causing one to cringe.
cringetastic adjective /kɹɪnd͡ʒˈtæstɪk/: Very cringeworthy; causing one to cringe with embarrassment.
cringeworthily adverb: In a cringeworthy manner; so as to make one cringe.
cringeworthiness noun: The property of being cringeworthy: causing cringing by someone (an onlooker, a person doing something cringeworthy, or both) through awkwardness,...
cringeworthy adjective /ˈkɹɪnd͡ʒˌwɜːði/: That causes or may cause one to cringe with disgust, embarrassment (often vicarious embarrassment), etc.; awkward, disgusting, embarrassing.
cringey adjective /ˈkɹɪnd͡ʒi/: Characterised by causing feelings of embarrassment; embarrassing.
cringey-ness noun: Alternative form of cringiness.
cringeyness noun: Alternative form of cringiness.
cringily adverb: In a cringey manner.
cringiness noun: The quality of being cringey.
cringing noun, verb /ˈkɹɪnd͡ʒɪŋ/: Act of one who cringes.
cringingly adverb: In a cringing manner; while cringing.
cringingness noun: The state or quality of being cringing.
cringle noun, verb: A short piece of rope, arranged as a grommet around a metal ring, used to attach tackle to a sail etc.
cringle-crangle adjective: Alternative form of crinkle-crankle.
cringled adjective, verb: Fitted with a cringle.
cringometer noun: Alternative spelling of cringeometer.
cringy adjective /ˈkɹɪnd͡ʒi/: Alternative spelling of cringey.
crinicultural adjective: Relating to the growth of hair, or hairstyles.
criniere noun /ˌkɹinˈjɛəɹ/: Protective armor for a horse's neck.
criniferous adjective: Hairy; bristly.
crinigerous adjective: hairy, or related to hair.
crinite adjective, noun /ˈkɹaɪnaɪt/: Having the appearance of a tuft of hair.
crinitol noun: A linear diterpenoid derived from the seaweed Cystoseira crinita, (2E,6E,9R,10E)-3,7,11,15-tetramethylhexadeca-2,6,10,14-tetraene-1,9-diol
crinitory adjective: Of or relating to hair.
crinivirus noun: Any plant virus of the genus Crinivirus.
crinkle noun, verb /ˈkɹɪŋkəl/: To fold, crease, crumple, or wad.
crinkle-crankle adjective, noun: Of a garden wall: built in a repeating series of curves.
crinkle critter noun: Alternative form of crinklecritter.
crinkle-cut adjective: Of French fries or potato crisps: given a crinkled or ridged texture.
crinkle-leaved poison noun: Any member of the species Gastrolobium villosum of toxic plants of Australia.
crinkle-patterned adjective: having a pattern like crinkled paper
crinkleawn noun: Any grass in the genus, Trachypogon
crinklebutt noun /ˈkɹɪŋkəl.bʌt/: A term of endearment for one who wears a diaper.
crinklecritter noun /ˌkɹɪŋkəlˌkɹɪtɚ/: Synonym of diapercritter (“an anthropomorphic creature or full-body suit made entirely out of a single (fully absorbent) diaper”).
crinkled adjective, verb: Having crinkles
crinklepants noun /ˈkɹɪŋkəlˌpænts/: A term of endearment for one who wears a diaper; a crinklebutt.
crinkler noun /ˈkɹɪŋk.lə/: Something that crinkles.
crinkleroot noun: Cardamine diphylla, a spring woodland plant native to North America.
crinklesome adjective: Characterised or marked by crinkles or crinkling.
crinkliness noun: The state or quality of being crinkly.
crinkling noun, verb: The act or sound or something being crinkled.
crinkly adjective, noun: That crinkles.
crinkum-crankum noun: Something elaborately convoluted or tricky.
crinkums noun: jail fever; typhus
crinky adjective /ˈkɹɪŋki/: crinkly
crinoid adjective, noun /ˈkɹaɪnɔɪd/: One of the numerous animals that make up the class Crinoidea; the feather stars or sea lilies.
crinoidal adjective: Relating to, consisting of, or containing crinoids.
crinoidean noun: Any of the Crinoidea.
crinolette noun: A whalebone, cane, or steel framework that was worn between petticoat and dress, attached at the waist and projecting backwards but not as far to the sides...
crinoline noun /ˈkɹɪnəlɪn/: A stiff fabric made from cotton and horsehair.
crinolined adjective: Wearing a crinoline skirt.
crinophagic adjective: Relating to crinophagy
crinophagy noun: The intracytoplasmic digestion of secretory granules by lysosomes.
crinose adjective: Hairy.
crinosity noun: hairiness
crinosterol noun: The sterol...
crinozoan noun: A member of the subphylum Crinozoa.
crinum noun: Any of the genus Crinum of perennial plants with large showy flowers on leafless stems, which develop from bulbs.
criobolium noun: The ritual slaughter of a ram.
criocone adjective, noun: An organism or fossil with a crioconic shell, or such a shell itself.
crioconic adjective: Having the shape of a ram's horn.
criodrilid noun: Any worm of the family Criodrilidae.
criolla noun: A genre of Cuban music.
criollo noun: Alternative form of Criollo.
criophore noun: A statue or other representation of a person carrying a ram.
criophoros noun: Synonym of criophore.
criophorous adjective: Carrying a ram (sheep)
criosphinx noun: A sphinx with the head of a ram.
crioulo noun: A native horse of South America, known for its speed and endurance.
Crip out verb: To don blue to signal membership in the Crips gang; to decorate or otherwise indicate (someone or something) is part of the Crips.
crip up verb: To pretend to be disabled in a movie, play, etc.
Crip walk noun, verb: A dance move associated with Crip gang members, involving quick and intricate footwork.
cripavirus noun: Any virus of the genus Cripavirus
Cripe proper noun: A surname.
cripes interjection /kɹaɪps/: A mild curse or expression of surprise.
Crippen proper noun: A surname.
Crippenesque adjective: Reminiscent of Hawley Harvey Crippen (1862–1910), American doctor who famously murdered his wife.
cripple adjective, noun, verb /ˈkɹɪp(ə)l/: Crippled.
cripple hole noun: Synonym of sheep creep; a small, low rectangular opening built into the base of a dry stone wall to allow sheep to pass between field.
cripple punk noun: Alternative form of cripplepunk.
crippledness noun: The state, quality, or condition of being crippled
crippledom noun: The state of being a cripple.
cripplement noun: The condition of being crippled; an injury that limits mobility.
crippleness noun: lameness
cripplepunk noun /ˈkɹɪ.pəlˌpʌnk/: A social movement regarding physical disability rights that rejects inspirational portrayals of those with physical disabilities on the sole basis of their...
crippler noun: A person who, or thing which cripples.
cripplesome adjective: Characterised or marked by crippledness; crippled.
crippling adjective, noun, verb: That cripples or incapacitates
cripplingly adverb: In a way that cripples, or is crippling.
cripply adjective: lame; disabled; crippled
Cripps proper noun: A surname.
crippunk noun /ˈkɹɪpˌpʌnk/: Synonym of cripplepunk.
cripqueer adjective, noun: Synonym of queercrip.
cris noun: Alternative form of kris (“dagger”).
Crisafulli proper noun: A surname from Italian.
Crisanto proper noun: A surname.
Crisci proper noun: A surname.
Crisco proper noun /ˈkɹɪskoʊ/: A surname.
Crisfield proper noun: A surname.
crisic adjective: Relating to a crisis.
crisiid noun: Any member of the Crisiidae family of bryozoans.
crisis noun /ˈkɹaɪsɪs/: A crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point.
crisis actor noun: A person employed to portray a disaster victim during emergency drills.
crisis center noun: a place staffed by volunteers who give help and advice to people experiencing difficulties
crisis hotline noun: A telephone number people can call to get immediate emergency telephone counseling.
crisis intervention noun: A time-limited intervention with a specific psychotherapeutic approach to immediately stabilize those in emotional crisis.
crisis line noun: Synonym of crisis hotline.
crisis management noun: The process by which an organization deals with a disruptive and unexpected event that threatens to harm the organization or its stakeholders.
crisis response team noun: a group of individuals trained to provide trauma mitigation and education in the aftermath of a critical incident.
crisis-ridden adjective: Dominated or plagued by crises.
crisisless adjective: Without crises
crisislike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a crisis
crisitunity noun: A crisis from which some good may come, and which may therefore be perceived as an opportunity.
Crisler proper noun: A surname.
Crisman proper noun: A surname.
crisnatol noun: A particular DNA intercalator.
Crisostomo proper noun: A surname from Spanish.
crisp adjective, noun, verb /kɹɪsp/: Of hair: curling, especially in tight, stiff curls or ringlets; also (obsolete), of a person: having hair curled in this manner.
crisp bread noun: Alternative spelling of crispbread.
crisp mint noun: A type of romaine lettuce with large, mint green leaves and a white center.
crispant noun: A F0 generation mutant generated by CRISPR/Cas9-directed genome editing.
crispate adjective /ˈkɹɪs.peɪt/: Having curled, wavy or notched edges.
crispated adjective: crispate
crispation noun: The act or process of curling, or the state of being curled.
crispature noun: The state of being crispate.
crispbread noun: A type of flat, dry bread or cracker, usually baked of rye flour, popular in the Nordic countries.
crisped mint noun: Mentha crispa.
crispedly adverb: In a finely curled manner.
Crispell proper noun: A surname.
crispen verb: To make crisp.
crispener noun: A circuit or device that modifies a video signal to make the picture look more crisp.
crisper adjective, noun /ˈkɹɪspə/: A cooled food storage container, used to cool items that do not require complete refrigeration.
crispette noun: A snack food consisting of a sweetened patty of popcorn.
crisphead noun: A lettuce (such as iceberg lettuce) with crisp tightly packed light-green leaves in a firm head.
crispification noun: Defuzzification over intuitionistic fuzzy sets.
crispify verb /ˈkɹɪspɪfaɪ/: To make crispy.
crispily adverb: In a crispy manner.
Crispin noun /ˈkɹɪspɪn/: A shoemaker.
crispiness noun: The state of being crispy
crispinette noun: A medieval net cap worn by ladies to contain the coiled braids of their hair, often worn with a circlet and veil.
crisping noun, verb /ˈkɹɪspɪŋ/: A crisp, clearly-defined object that exists within a more vaguely defined object.
crisping iron noun: A curling iron.
crisping pin noun: A curling iron.
crispito noun: A food consisting of a crispy fried or baked tortilla rolled tightly around a filling (typically a savory filling such as meat, corn, and/or cheese, but...
crispless adjective: Lacking crispness; without a crisp texture.
crisplike adjective: Resembling a crisp (the snack).
crisply adverb /ˈkɹɪspli/: In a crisp manner.
crispness noun: The state of being crisp.
CRISPR noun, verb /ˈkrɪspər/: Segments of bacteria and archaea DNA containing short repetitions of base sequences.
Crispus proper noun: A male given name from Latin of mostly historical use.
crispwich noun: A sandwich with crisps (potato chips) as a filling; a crisp sandwich.
crispy adjective, noun /ˈkɹɪs.pi/: Having a crisp texture; brittle yet tender.
crispy critter noun: A person who has been badly burned.
crispy seaweed noun: In Chinese cuisine, a dish of fried, sugared spring greens, spinach, or bok choy.
criss noun: Alternative form of kris (“dagger”).
criss-cross adjective, adverb, noun, verb: Alternative spelling of crisscross.
criss-cross applesauce adverb: (of sitting): Cross-legged.
criss-cross letter noun: Synonym of crossed letter.
criss-cross writing noun: Synonym of cross-writing.
criss-crossing noun, verb: Alternative form of crisscrossing.
crissake interjection: Alternative form of chrissake.
crissakes interjection: Alternative form of chrissakes.
crissal adjective: Relating to the crissum.
crissal thrasher noun: Toxostoma crissale, a large American thrasher.
crisscross adjective, adverb, noun, verb /ˈkɹɪsˌkɹɒs/: To move back and forth over or through.
crisscross-row noun: Alternative form of Christcross-row.
crisscrossed adjective, verb: Marked by lines crossing in two or more directions.
crisscrossing noun, verb: A crisscross pattern.
crissum noun: The area of feathers on a bird that surround its cloaca.
crista noun /ˈkɹɪstə/: Any of the internal compartments formed by the inner membrane of a mitochondrion, where many chemical reactions take place.
crista ampullaris noun: A sensory organ of rotation, able to sense angular acceleration and deceleration, found in the ampullae of each of the semicircular canals of the inner ear;...
crista cutis noun: Any of the tiny triangular regions on the skin delineated by sulci cutis.
cristacarpin noun: A particular phytoalexin found in Erythrina crista-galli.
cristal adjective: Relating to a crest.
Cristales proper noun: A surname from Spanish.
cristarque adjective: Having a cup-shaped deposit of druse
cristate adjective: Having a crest; crested.
cristated adjective: Cristate; crested.
Cristero adjective, noun: a supporter of the anti-secular side during the Cristero War in Mexico
Cristian proper noun /ˈkɹɪʃt͡ʃən/: A male given name from Ancient Greek, of rare usage, variant of Christian.
cristid noun: A dental crest
cristid obliqua noun: A diagonal crest that runs from the hypoconid forwards to the midpoint between the protoconid and metaconid.
cristidiscoidid noun: Any member of the subphylum Cristidiscoidia of amoebae.
cristiform adjective: Resembling a crest
Cristina proper noun: A barangay of Tapaz, Capiz, Philippines.
Cristo proper noun: A surname from the Romance languages.
Cristobal proper noun: A male given name from Spanish, an anglicized spelling of Spanish Cristóbal.
cristobalite noun: A mineral of volcanic rocks that solidified at a high temperature. Cristobalite is chemically identical to quartz, with the chemical formula SiO₂, but has a...
cristoballite noun: Alternative form of cristobalite.
Cristoforian adjective: Of or relating to Bartolomeo Cristofori (1655–1731), Italian maker of musical instruments, generally regarded as the inventor of the piano.
cristopathy noun: Synonym of neurocristopathy.
cristospina noun: A front-facing crest on the sternum of some animals.
cristospine noun: A crest on the sternum of some pterosaurs
cristulid noun: A small cristid
Criswell proper noun: A surname.
crit noun, verb /kɹɪt/: Criticism.
crit care noun: Clipped compound of critical care.
crit out verb: To kill (a player) with critical hits.
Critchfield proper noun: A surname.
Critchley proper noun: A surname.
Critchlow proper noun: A surname.
criteria noun /kɹaɪˈtɪə.ɹi.ə/: A single criterion.
criterial adjective /kɹaɪ̯ˈtɪə̯.ɹɪəl/: Which is based on, pertains to, or constitutes criteria.
criterialess adjective: Synonym of criterionless.
criteriality noun: The properties of something which are characteristic and indicative of meeting criteria.
criteriologic adjective: Pertaining to criteriology.
criteriological adjective: Synonym of criteriologic.
criteriologically adverb: According to criteriology.
criteriology noun: The study of the validity of reasoning and the criteria necessary to achieve knowledge.
criterion noun /kɹɪˈtɪəɹi.ən/: A standard, test, or requirement by which individual things or people may be compared and judged; a gauge.
criterion of embarrassment noun: An academic criterion of historical authenticity, by which an account is deemed likely to be true under the inference that the author would have no reason...
criterion of verifiability noun: Synonym of verifiability principle.
criterion of verification noun: Synonym of verifiability principle.
criterional adjective: Alternative form of criterial.
criterionless adjective: Without criteria or the use of criteria; undiscerning, arbitrary.
criterionlessness noun: Absence of criteria.
criterium noun /kɹaɪˈtɪəɹiəm/: A mass-start road-cycle race consisting of several laps around a closed circuit, the length of each lap or circuit ranging from about 1 km to 2 km (1/2 mile...
Crites proper noun: A surname from German.
crith noun /kɹɪθ/: the weight of 1 litre of hydrogen at standard temperature and pressure. Equal to approximately 0.09 grams.
crithidial adjective: Of or relating to the Crithidia.
crithmumdiol noun: The acetylenic diol (4E,9E)-heptadeca-1,4,9-trien-6-yne-3,8-diol present in rock samphire (Crithmum maritimum).
crithomancy noun: Divination by interpreting food, usually bread and grain used in sacrifice.
critic noun, verb /ˈkɹɪt.ɪk/: A person who appraises the works of others.
critical adjective, noun /ˈkɹɪt.ɪ.kəl/: Inclined to find fault or criticize.
critical altitude noun: the altitude at which atmospheric pressure becomes constant as altitude increases
critical angle noun: The angle of incidence beyond which light traveling through a medium experiences total internal reflection upon encountering a boundary with a less...
critical apparatus noun: The critical and primary source material that accompanies an edition of a text.
critical applied linguistics noun: An interdisciplinary approach within English applied linguistics that focuses on revealing the political dimensions and power relations inherent in...
critical care noun: Intensive care.
critical commentary noun: A detailed text in which the writer employs critical thinking to analyze the subject and considers it from several angles.
critical condition noun: A precarious state of health of a person, who is in need of intensive care to remain alive. (This entry is a translation hub.)
critical dissonance noun: Strong disagreement between critical opinion and public opinion.
critical exponent noun: The greatest number of times that a contiguous subsequence can be repeated.
critical function noun: Any function, in the calculus of variations, that satisfies the Euler equations
critical hit noun: A successful attack that deals more damage than a normal blow.
critical illness noun: Insurance that pays out a lump sum benefit on the diagnosis of a serious (life-threatening) illness in the life assured within the term of the policy, and...
critical incident stress management noun: A form of peer and group crisis response used to prevent psychological trauma such as PTSD and depression in first responders and military personnel.
critical load noun: The maximum load that a given system can sustain before it fails.
critical mass noun: The minimum amount of fissile material needed to support a self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction.
critical micelle concentration noun: The well-defined concentration at which micelles start to form.
critical opalescence noun: the milky turbidity observed in a fluid as it is slowly cooled to just above its critical point, at which point two clear phases (gas and liquid) form
critical path noun: The sequence of dependent steps that determine the minimum time needed to carry out an operation.
critical period noun: A maturational stage in the lifespan of an organism during which the nervous system is especially sensitive to certain environmental stimuli.
critical philosophy noun: A Kantian approach to philosophy, in which the primary purpose is not to establish and demonstrate theories about reality, but rather to subject all...
critical point noun: The temperature and pressure at which the vapour density of the gas and liquid phases of a fluid are equal, at which point there is no difference between...
critical point drying noun: Synonym of supercritical drying.
critical race theorist noun: A proponent of critical race theory.
critical race theory noun: A movement in academia involving the application of critical theory to issues surrounding the interaction between racial dynamics and social and legal power.
critical rationalism noun: The proposition that scientific theories, and any other claims to knowledge, can and should be rationally criticized, and, if they have empirical content,...
critical reception noun: The degree to which an artistic work such as a song, movie, book, or video game has been received by critics.
critical Reynolds number noun: A Reynolds number at which the flow of a fluid changes from laminar to turbulent.

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.