English words: crone to cross-harbour

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English words crone to cross-harbour

crone noun /kɹoʊn/: An old woman.
cronehood noun: The condition of being an elderly woman; the time during which a woman is elderly.
cronel noun: The metal head of a tilting spear or lance, which could be blunt or consist of many small points (to grip armor), designed not to penetrate or wound.
cronelike adjective: Like a crone; old and withered.
cronell noun: Alternative form of cronel (“lance-part”).
cronem noun: A male comrade or friend; (also) a group of males.
Cronenberg proper noun: A surname from German.
Cronenbergian adjective: Of or pertaining to David Paul Cronenberg (1943-), Canadian filmmaker and screenwriter and one of the principal originators of the body horror genre, or to...
cronet noun: The coronet of a horse.
Cronian adjective /ˈkɹəʊ.ni.ən/: Saturnian; applied to the Arctic Ocean.
cronidipine noun: A calcium channel blocker.
Cronin proper noun: A surname from Irish.
croning noun: A Wiccan or feminist ceremony that recognizes older women as wise and experienced "crones".
cronjob noun: An automated task that runs at specific intervals.
cronk adjective, noun, verb: To honk like a goose.
Cronkhite proper noun: A surname.
Cronkhite-Canada syndrome noun: A rare syndrome characterized by multiple polyps of the digestive tract.
Cronkite proper noun: A surname.
Cronkitean adjective: Of or relating to Walter Cronkite (1916–2009), American broadcast journalist and anchorman sometimes cited as "the most trusted man in America".
Cronkitian adjective: Alternative form of Cronkitean.
cronnell noun: Alternative form of cronel (“lance-part”).
crono- prefix: Relating to Saturn
cronocentric adjective: Having the planet Saturn at the center.
Cronon proper noun: A surname.
cronstedtite noun: A trigonal-ditrigonal pyramidal mineral containing hydrogen, iron, oxygen, and silicon.
crontab noun: A table of commands to be executed periodically.
Cronulla proper noun: A suburb of Sydney in Sutherland Shire, New South Wales, Australia.
Cronus proper noun /ˈkrəʊnəs/: The youngest of the twelve Titans, son of Uranus and Gaia; father to the first generation of Olympian gods and goddesses.
cronusite noun: A trigonal coal black mineral containing calcium, chromium, hydrogen, oxygen, and sulfur.
cronut noun /ˈkɹəʊnʌt/: A pastry which combines characteristics of a croissant and a doughnut. A croissant-based donut. A breadstuff shaped like a donut and made from croissant dough.
crony noun /ˈkɹoʊni/: A close friend.
crony capitalism noun /ˈkɹoʊni ˈkæpɪtəlɪzəm/: A form of capitalism in which success in business depends on corrupt close relationships with government officials, often implying favouritism.
crony democracy noun: A political system where it's apparently democratic with representative democracy and elections but actually it's run by mutually beneficial relationships...
cronydom noun: cronyism
cronyish adjective: Exhibiting cronyism; showing undue favour toward one's friends.
cronyism noun /ˈkɹəʊnɪɪz(ə)m/: Favouritism to friends without regard for their qualifications; especially (politics), in their appointment to political positions.
cronyist noun: One who supports or encourages cronyism.
cronyistic adjective: Of, or relating to cronyism.
cronynomics noun: Synonym of crony capitalism.
croobeen noun: Alternative form of crubeen.
croodle noun, verb: To cower or cuddle together, as from fear or cold; to lie close and snug together, as pigs in straw.
crook adjective, noun, verb /kɹʊk/: A bend; turn; curve; curvature; a flexure.
crook and nanny noun: A very small place.
crook as Rookwood adjective: Extremely unwell.
crook in the lot noun: Any trial or hardship in one's experience.
crook of the arm noun: Synonym of elbow pit.
crook one's elbow verb: To consume alcoholic drink.
crookback noun: A crooked back, or a person with such a back; a hunchback.
crookbacked adjective: hunchbacked
crookbill noun: wrybill (Anarhynchus frontalis).
Crooke proper noun: A surname.
crooked adjective, verb /kɹʊkɪd/: Not straight; having one or more bends or angles.
crooked as a barrel of snakes adjective: Very untrustworthy.
crooked as a dog's hind leg adjective: Very unscrupulous and deceptive.
crooked number noun: A score of more than one run in an inning.
crooked tune noun: A folk song with a deviant number of beats.
crookedly adverb: In a crooked manner.
crookedness noun: The state of being crooked
crooken verb: To make crooked.
crookery noun: The activities of crooks; crime.
Crookes proper noun: A surname.
Crookes dark space noun: Synonym of Faraday dark space.
Crookes-Hittorf tube noun: Synonym of Crookes tube.
Crookes layer noun: Synonym of Crookes space.
Crookes radiometer noun: Synonym of light mill.
Crookes space noun: The dark space within the negative-pole glow at the cathode of a vacuum tube, observed only when the pressure is low enough to give a striated discharge.
Crookes tube noun: An early experimental electrical discharge tube by means of which cathode rays and X-rays were discovered.
Crookesian adjective: Of or relating to Sir William Crookes (1832–1919), British chemist and physicist who worked on spectroscopy and was a pioneer of vacuum tubes, inventing the...
crookesite noun: A tetragonal-disphenoidal mineral containing copper, selenium, silver, and thallium.
crookfingered adjective: Having crooked fingers.
crookheaded adjective: Having a crooked head.
crookie noun: A combination of a croissant and a cookie.
crooking noun, verb: The act by which something is crooked.
crookish adjective: Crooked (dishonest, illegal, corrupt).
crookle verb: To bend; to make crooked.
crooklegged adjective: Having crooked legs.
crookless adjective: Without a crook (in various senses).
crookneck noun: Any of several yellow varieties of squash having a curved neck.
crooknecked adjective: Having a crooked neck.
crooknosed adjective: Having a crooked nose.
Crookshanks proper noun: A surname.
crookshouldered adjective: Having crooked shoulders.
Crookston proper noun: A surname.
Crookwell proper noun: A town in the Upper Lachlan council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia.
crool adjective, verb /kɹuːl/: To murmur or mutter.
Croom proper noun: A surname.
Croome proper noun: A surname.
croon noun, verb /kɹuːn/: To hum or sing (a song or tune), or to speak (words), softly in a low pitch or in a sentimental manner; specifically, to sing (a popular song) in a low,...
crooner noun /ˈkɹuːn.ə(ɹ)/: One who croons; a singer, usually male, especially of popular music.
Croonian adjective /ˈkɹuː.ni.ən/: Of or relating to William Croone (1633–1684), English physician whose endowment founded the Croonian Lectures.
crooning noun, verb /ˈkɹuːnɪŋ/: The act of creating a croon.
crooningly adverb: With a crooning sound.
croony adjective: Characterized by crooning.
crop noun, verb /kɹɒp/: A plant, grown for it, or its fruits or seeds, to be harvested as food, livestock fodder, or fuel or for any other economic purpose.
crop circle noun: An area in a field of crops where the stalks have been flattened into a circle or other geometric shape, performed as a prank or sometimes ascribed to UFO...
crop-dust verb: To carry out crop-dusting.
crop duster noun: Alternative form of cropduster.
crop-dusting noun, verb: The application of fertilizers, pesticides, and fungicides onto crops from an aircraft
crop-ear noun: A person or animal (often a horse) whose ears are cropped.
crop-full adjective: Alternative form of cropful.
crop mark noun: Alternative form of cropmark.
crop milk noun: A semi-solid substance, somewhat like pale yellow cottage cheese, secreted from the lining of the crop of (both male and female) pigeons and doves that is...
crop out verb: To appear at the surface of the ground; to outcrop.
Crop Over noun: A traditional harvest festival in Barbados.
crop-rotate verb: To practice crop rotation in growing (a particular crop)
crop rotation noun: A farming practice in which the same land is used to grow different crops in successive seasons or years (when once the land would have been left fallow);...
crop top noun /ˈkɹɒp ˌtɒp/: A short T-shirt or blouse that is cut off above the abdomen, exposing the midriff.
crop up verb: To occur, especially suddenly or unexpectedly.
cropable adjective: Alternative form of croppable.
cropbound adjective: Having the crop (pouch-like part of the alimentary tract) clogged up, as by overfeeding.
cropduster noun: An aircraft that carries out crop-dusting.
cropdusting noun: Alternative form of crop-dusting.
cropfield noun: A field where crops are grown.
cropful adjective, noun: Having a full crop (belly); satiated.
cropfull adjective: Alternative form of cropful.
crophead noun: A person whose hair is cut very short.
cropland noun: arable land
croplands noun: cropland
cropless adjective: Devoid of crops.
Cropley proper noun: A surname.
croplike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a crop (plant grown for food).
cropload noun: The amount of fruit that can be obtained as a crop from a fruit tree
cropmark noun: A sign of the former location of some feature (such as a wall or a ditch) revealed by variations in plant growth on the surface.
cropout noun: A horse that has spotted coloration but whose sire and dam were both solid-coloured.
Cropp proper noun: A surname.
croppable adjective: Suitable for the growing of crops.
cropped adjective, verb /kɹɒpt/: Cut short; cut very short.
cropper noun: A fall, a tumble; a decided failure.
croppie noun /ˈkɹɑpi/: A crop circle enthusiast who believes in the paranormal origin of crop circles.
cropping noun, verb: The act by which something is cut short or truncated.
cropraising noun: The raising of crops
Cropredy proper noun: A village and civil parish in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP4646).
cropropamide noun: A particular respiratory stimulant used in veterinary medicine.
cropsick adjective: Sick in the stomach, especially from excess in eating or drinking.
cropsickness noun: The quality of being cropsick.
croptop noun: Alternative form of crop top.
croquante noun: A kind of crisp-textured cake.
Croque proper noun: A settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador.
croque-madame noun: A croque-monsieur with a fried egg on top.
croque monsieur noun: A hot grilled ham and cheese sandwich, originating from France.
croquembouche noun /ˌkɹɒkɒmˈbuːʃ/: A French dessert made by piling profiteroles and other crunchy sweets in a tall shape, then pouring caramel over them to hold them in place.
croquet noun, verb /ˈkɹəʊkeɪ/: A game played on a lawn, in which players use mallets to drive balls through hoops (wickets).
croquet mallet noun: The wooden mallet used in croquet to strike the ball
croqueta noun: A Cuban croquette, usually made of ham, beef, chicken, or fish, and generally based on flour rather than potatoes.
croqueter noun: One who plays the game of croquet.
croquetlike adjective: Resembling the game of croquet or some aspect of it.
croquette noun /kɹoʊˈkɛt/: A minced, cooked food (usually meat or vegetables), which is deep-fried in fat and sometimes sprinkled with breadcrumbs.
croquignole noun: Alternative form of crokinole.
croquill noun: Dated form of crow quill.
croquis noun /kɹoʊˈkiː/: A quick and sketchy drawing, often of a live model. Croquis drawings are usually made in a few minutes, after which the model changes pose and another...
crore noun /kɹoɹ/: ten million (10⁷): 10,000,000, that is, with Indian digit grouping, 1,00,00,000.
crorepati noun: Someone whose net worth is greater than one crore (ten million) rupees or other local currency.
croreth adjective, noun: Being one of a crore equal parts of a whole.
crori noun: The possessor or collector of a crore, or ten million, of any given kind of money; especially an official collector of revenue to the extent of a crore of...
Crosbie proper noun: A surname, variant of Crosby.
Crosby proper noun /ˈkɹɒz.bi/: A village in Crosscanonby parish, Cumberland, Cumbria, previously in Allerdale borough (OS grid ref NY0738).
croscarmellose noun: A form of cross-linked carboxymethylcellulose that is used as a disintegrant in pharmaceutical formulations.
croshabell noun: A prostitute.
Croshaw proper noun: A surname.
crosier noun /ˈkɹəʊzi.ə/: A staff with a hooked end similar to a shepherd's crook, or with a cross at the end, carried by an abbot, bishop, or archbishop as a symbol of office.
crosiered adjective: Bearing a crosier.
croski noun: A trusted male friend; a broski.
Crosland proper noun: A surname.
Croslandian adjective: Of or relating to Charles Anthony Raven Crosland (1918–1977), British Labour politician and author.
Crosley noun: A record player of the Crosley brand.
crosne noun /kɹoʊn/: A vegetable, of species Stachys affinis; a Chinese artichoke.
Croson proper noun: A surname.
crospovidone noun: A particular substance used as a binder in many pharmaceutical tablets.
cross adjective, noun, prefix, preposition, suffix, verb /kɹɒs/: A geometrical figure consisting of two straight lines or bars intersecting each other such that at least one of them is bisected by the other.
cross a bridge before one comes to it verb: To worry about a future situation despite being as yet unable to act on it.
cross action noun: countersuit
cross aisle noun: A transept; the lateral divisions of a cruciform church.
cross and pile noun: The game of wagering money on heads or tails.
cross-appeal noun, verb: An appeal to one court to review the decision of another.
cross-armed adjective: Having the arms crossed.
cross as two sticks adjective: Particularly ill-natured and disagreeable.
cross assembler noun: An assembler that generates code for a platform other than the one it runs on.
cross-attention noun: A form of attention (machine learning method) where two different input sequences are compared, i.e. the keys and queries differ.
cross axle noun: A shaft, windlass, or roller, worked by levers at opposite ends, as in the copperplate printing press.
cross-back noun: Alternative form of crossback.
cross-banded adjective: Alternative spelling of crossbanded.
cross bat adjective, noun: The bat, when swung in a horizontal arc.
cross-battery noun: The use of information from multiple batteries of tests in order to guide diagnostic decisions and to gain a fuller picture of an individual.
cross-beam noun: Alternative form of crossbeam.
cross bearer noun: A person who carries a cross in a Christian religious procession.
cross-beat noun: The use of the rhythmic conflict found in polyrhythms as the basis of an entire musical work.
cross-bedded adjective: Alternative form of crossbedded.
cross-bedding noun: Alternative form of crossbedding.
cross belt sorter noun: A conveyor-based sortation system consisting of a chain of independently operated short conveyor belts mounted transversely along the main track.
cross-bench adjective, noun /ˈkɹɒsbɛnt͡ʃ/: A bench placed perpendicular to others, especially certain such benches in the House of Lords on which independent or neutral members traditionally sit.
cross-bencher noun /ˌkɹɒsˈbɛnt͡ʃə/: A member of the British House of Lords or the Senate of Canada or Australia who sits on a cross-bench, or who proclaims independence or political neutrality.
cross bike noun: A hybrid bicycle intended for general recreational and utility use, usually with flat handlebars.
cross-birth noun: A birth in which the fetus is positioned with neither the head nor the feet lying in the direction of the birth canal.
cross-bite noun, verb: Alternative form of crossbite.
cross-biter noun: Alternative form of crossbiter.
cross-bonding noun: A method to connect power cable by crossing the return conductors between phases to increase cable current rating and reduce electrical losses on the cable...
cross-bone noun: The sacrum.
cross-bones noun: Alternative form of crossbones.
cross border adjective, adverb: Taking place across a border.
cross-border ticket noun: A multi-sector airline ticket, issued for travel from a place that the passenger does not intend to fly from, in order to get a lower fare.
cross bore noun: The intersection of an existing underground utility or underground structure by a second utility, resulting in direct contact between the transactions of...
cross bottony noun: A cross having each arm terminating in three rounded lobes, forming a sort of trefoil.
cross-bow noun: Alternative spelling of crossbow.
cross brace noun: Diagonally crossing struts that add stability and rigidity to a structure.
cross-breed noun, verb: Alternative form of crossbreed.
cross-breeding noun, verb: A type or instance of breeding separate strains of the same species in order to create new traits.
cross-browser adjective: Compatible with more than one Web browser.
cross-buttock noun: A throw in which the wrestler turns his left side to his opponent, places his left leg across both legs of his opponent, and pulls him forward over his hip.
cross-buy noun, verb: A feature of some digital distribution systems, especially video games, allowing a person who buys the product for one platform or device to use the...
cross cap noun: A Möbius band.
cross-cast verb: To add up the separately computed totals from each column to ensure that they agree with the overall total.
cross-chain adjective, verb: To ride in the smallest or largest cassette sprocket and the corresponding chainring at the same time.
cross channel adjective, noun: Relating to the English Channel; to, from, or on the Continent; involving both Britain and the Continent, especially France
cross check noun, verb: Alternative form of crosscheck.
cross cheque noun: Dated form of crossed cheque.
cross-city adjective: Across a city; that crosses a city.
cross-claim noun, verb: Alternative form of crossclaim.
cross-collateralization noun: The situation where the collateral for a loan is also used as collateral for another loan.
cross-collateralize verb: To employ cross-collateralization.
cross-compatible adjective: Able to use, connect, interact, and function universally with various systems.
cross-compilation noun: The process of compiling a program for a different CPU architecture or operating system than that of the development machine.
cross compiler noun: A compiler that generates code for a platform other than the one it runs on.
cross-complaint noun: Synonym of crossclaim.
cross-conjugation noun: The condition when some cells in a given algal filament are active and others passive.
cross-contact noun: The inadvertent transferring of allergens between foods due to the foods being closely in contact with one another.
cross-contaminant noun: A contaminant that is cross-contaminated.
cross-contaminate verb: To transfer a contaminant from one source to another.
cross-contamination noun: The transfer of a contaminant from one source to another.
cross-contaminator noun: A person who cross-contaminates.
cross-correlate verb: To produce or exhibit a cross-correlation.
cross-correlation noun: A notion used across various fields of scientific study that shows the relation between members of two or more groups of data.
cross-counter noun, verb: A counterattack begun immediately after an opponent throws a jab, exploiting the opening in the opponent's position.
cross countries adjective, noun: Across or between countries.
cross country adjective, noun: A running sport popular in US high schools, colleges, etc., where participants race over varying terrain (e.g. golf courses, roads, etc.) in approximately...
cross-country ski verb: To practice or learn in the sport or activity of cross-country skiing.
cross-country skier noun: A skier who participates in cross-country skiing.
cross country skiing noun, verb: An endurance sport and method of getting about involving travelling on skis, uphill as well as downhill.
cross-course noun: A vein or lode that crosses the main lode, sometimes accompanied by a change of course in the main lode.
cross-court adjective: Alternative form of crosscourt.
cross cousin noun: The child of one's father's sister or of one's mother's brother; a cousin related via opposite-gender siblings rather than same-gender ones (the latter...
cross-cousin marriage noun: A marriage involving marrying the child of one's parent's opposite sex sibling.
cross cove noun: A thief or swindler.
cross-crawl noun: A movement pattern (as walking, crawling, or most swim strokes) in which one’s arms and legs move in opposition, e.g., the left arm and right leg move...
cross crosslet noun: A cross with the ends of each arm crossed.
cross-cultural adjective: Between two or more cultures; intercultural.
cross-cultural communication noun: A field of study that examines how people from differing cultural backgrounds communicate with each other.
cross-culturally adverb: Across cultures.
cross-current noun: Alternative form of crosscurrent.
cross-curricular adjective: Spanning more than one curriculum.
cross-cut noun, verb: Alternative form of crosscut.
cross-cut saw noun: Alternative form of crosscut saw.
cross-departmental adjective: Across multiple departments.
cross-departmentally adverb: Occurring across multiple departments.
cross-desensitisation noun: Alternative form of cross-desensitization.
cross-desensitization noun: Synonym of heterologous desensitization.
cross-disciplinarity noun: The combining and connecting of different disciplines.
cross-disciplinary adjective: Alternative form of crossdisciplinary.
cross-division noun: The division of any group into divisions that cut across each other and produce confusion.
cross-docking noun: freight terminal management practice of loading the cargo unloaded from inbound transport to the outbound transport with little or no storage in between
cross dowel noun: A cylindrical metal rod with a perpendicular threaded hole passing through its side and a thin shallow slot at the top that allows for turning it with a...
cross-dress verb /ˈkɹɔsˈdɹɛs/: To wear clothes typically associated with the opposite sex.
cross-dresser noun /ˈkɹɒsˌdɹɛ.sə/: A person who wears clothing which society considers appropriate only for members of the opposite sex.
cross-dressing noun, verb: The wearing of clothing which society considers appropriate for the opposite sex rather than the wearer's sex.
cross elasticity of demand noun: an economic metric that measures the responsiveness of the quantity demanded for a good to a change in the price of another good
cross-exam noun, verb: A cross-examination.
cross examination noun: The interrogation or questioning of a witness by the party against whom they have been called and examined, in an attempt to prove or reveal something false...
cross examine verb: To question (someone) closely in order to verify facts, or information previously given.
cross-examiner noun: A person who carries out a cross-examination.
cross examining noun, verb: A cross-examination.
cross-eye noun: A form of strabismus in which the eyes converge; esotropia
cross-eyed adjective: Having both eyes oriented inward, especially involuntarily.
cross-eyedness noun: The state of being cross-eyed; esotropia
cross-fade noun, verb: Alternative form of crossfade.
cross-feed noun, verb: Alternative form of crossfeed.
cross-fertile adjective: Synonym of cross-fertilizable.
cross-fertilisation noun: Alternative spelling of cross-fertilization.
cross-fertilise verb: Alternative form of cross-fertilize.
cross-fertilizable adjective: Able to be cross-fertilized.
cross-fertilization noun: Fertilization by the union of gametes of different plants (sometimes of different species).
cross-fertilize verb: To undergo (or cause to undergo) cross-fertilization.
cross file noun: A double convex file, used in dressing out the arms or crosses of fine wheels.
cross fleury noun: Alternative spelling of cross flory
cross flory noun: A cross with the ends of the arms flory, having a shape like a fleur-de-lis (⚜).
cross-foster verb: To remove offspring from its biological mother to be reared by another, especially so as to equalize the numbers in litters.
cross-fostering noun, verb: the technique of removing eggs from the nest of one species of bird, to be incubated in the nest of another. Usually done to aid the recovery of endangered...
cross fox noun: A red fox color morph with dark fur along its face, underside, paws, and tail, and a dark cross-shape on its back.
cross-functional adjective: Alternative form of crossfunctional.
cross gamma noun: A measure of derivative price sensitivity, expressed as the rate of change of delta in one underlying asset with respect to the asset price of another...
cross-garnet noun: A hinge having one strap perpendicular and the other strap horizontal, giving it the form of an ankh or T cross.
cross-gender adjective: Alternative form of crossgender.
cross-generational adjective: Between different generations.
cross-grade noun, verb: Alternative spelling of crossgrade.
cross-grained adjective: Having an irregular rather than a parallel grain.
cross-grainedness noun: The quality of being cross-grained.
cross-halving joint noun: A joint used for intermediate framework where half the thickness is removed from both pieces of timber where they cross.
cross-handed adjective, adverb: Done with hands or forearms crossed over each other.
cross-handedly adverb: In a cross-handed manner.
cross-handedness noun: The use of the nondominant hand, or lack of clear right- or left-handedness.
cross handle noun: A handle attached transversely to the axis of a tool, as in the augur.
cross-harbour adjective: That spans or crosses over or under a harbour.

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.