English words: cross-hatch to crossette

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English words cross-hatch to crossette

cross-hatch noun, verb: Alternative spelling of crosshatch.
cross-hatching noun, verb: Alternative spelling of crosshatching.
cross-heading noun: Alternative form of crossheading.
cross holding noun: Alternative form of crossholding.
cross-index verb: To index under a secondary heading or keyword, so that an item may be looked up or located in an alternative way.
cross-infect verb: To transfer an infection from one person to another.
cross-infection noun: mutual infection between infected objects, animals, etc
cross-inhibition noun: The process where one pathway suppresses the activity of another, often through inhibitory signaling.
cross-inhibitory adjective: Relating to cross-inhibition.
cross-interrogate verb: Synonym of cross-examine.
cross-interrogation noun: The act of cross-examining.
cross-interrogatory noun: Synonym of cross-interrogation.
cross-jack yard noun: The lower yard on the mizenmast of a square-rigged ship
cross join noun: A join that returns a Cartesian product.
cross junction noun: A location where two railroad tracks cross, without switches, as where different roads intersect.
cross-jurisdictional adjective: Involving multiple jurisdictions.
cross-jurisdictionally adverb: In a manner involving multiple jurisdictions.
cross-kick noun, verb: Alternative form of crosskick.
cross-lag noun: The statistical relation between two facts at two different times
cross lay noun: An arrangement of the fire hose on a fire engine for rapid deployment, involving storage of the hose perpendicularly across the fire apparatus, usually...
cross-legged adjective, adverb: Having one leg over and across the other.
cross-light noun: A word clued by a stanza in a double acrostic or triple acrostic; its initial and final letters are used to form the uprights.
cross-linguistic adjective: Alternative form of crosslinguistic.
cross-linguistically adverb: Alternative form of crosslinguistically.
cross-link noun, verb: A covalent bond (or series of bonds) between adjacent chains of a polymer
cross-linkage noun: Alternative form of crosslinkage.
cross-linked adjective, verb: Having links between adjacent chains.
cross-linked polyethylene noun: A form of polyethylene with cross-linking used mainly in building construction and electrical insulating materials.
cross-list verb: To list (a stock or security) on multiple stock exchanges simultaneously.
cross-live verb: To live full-time in a gender role different from that associated with the sex one was assigned at birth.
cross-liver noun: A person who cross-lives.
cross lots prepositional phrase: Across the fields; by way of a shortcut.
Cross-McKusick-Breen syndrome noun: Synonym of Cross syndrome
cross-member noun: Alternative spelling of crossmember.
cross-modal adjective: Alternative form of crossmodal.
cross moline noun: A cross that has four equal-length arms with forked tips, so that it resembles a moline.
cross multiplication noun: An instance, or the process, of cross-multiplying.
cross-multiply verb: To set the product of the extremes of a proportion equal to the product of its means.
cross my heart phrase: A declaration that the speaker is telling the truth.
cross my heart and hope to die verb: Added to a promise or a statement to show how serious one was about being honest in what one said
cross my heart and hope to die, stick a needle in my eye proverb: Synonym of cross my heart and hope to die.
cross-national adjective: Synonym of international.
cross of Anjou noun: Synonym of cross of Lorraine.
cross of gold noun: A public policy which puts the interests of the rich ahead of those of the poor.
cross of Lorraine noun: A cross consisting of a vertical bar intersected by a shorter horizontal one above its midpoint, and again by another horizontal bar half the length of the...
cross of Malta noun: Synonym of Maltese cross (“symbol”).
cross off verb: To strike out; to cross out; to draw a line through.
cross one's arms verb: To link one's arms together across one's chest.
cross one's fingers verb: To put the middle finger across the index finger, especially
cross one's heart verb: To attest to the truthfulness of the accompanying statement.
cross one's legs verb: To place one leg over the other, especially while sitting down.
cross oneself verb: To make the sign of the cross.
cross-origin adjective: Located outside or leaving the domain (origin) from where the active resource (e.g. a web page) was loaded from.
cross out verb: To strike out (something); to draw a line through (something).
cross over adjective, noun, verb: Alternative form of crossover.
cross-ownership noun: The ownership by a single organization of more than one kind of media outlet, e.g. both newspapers and television.
cross-party adjective: Of or pertaining to two or more political parties.
cross-passage noun: An underground passage between two parallel tunnels, provided for use in the event of an emergency.
cross-patch noun: Alternative form of crosspatch.
cross paths verb: Of two things or people, to be, by chance, in the same physical place at the same time, as a result of two completely separate journeys; to encounter or...
cross pattée noun: Any of several forms of cross whose arms are narrow at the center and broad at the extremities.
cross peen hammer noun: a hammer with a blade-like peen at right angles to the haft, used by carpenters.
cross-phrasing noun: Musical device with a syncopated effect, usually when groups of three quavers cut across the beat.
cross-platform adjective: Across platforms.
cross-play noun: Alternative form of crossplay.
cross-ply adjective, noun: Having a carcass constructed from layers of cords placed diagonally across one other; contrasted with radial construction.
cross-pol noun: Clipping of cross-polarization.
cross-polarisation noun: A situation in which two polarised fields are orthogonal to one another.
cross-pole noun: A pole that runs horizontally between two supports or is supported by a central support.
cross-pollinate verb: To fertilize by the transfer of pollen from an anther of one plant to the stigma of another.
cross-pollination noun: Fertilization by the transfer of pollen from an anther of one plant to a stigma of another.
cross-polytope noun: A polytope that is the convex hull of points, two on each Cartesian axis of a Euclidean space, that are equidistant from the origin; an orthoplex.
cross-post noun, verb: Alternative form of crosspost.
cross potence noun: Alternative form of cross potent.
cross potent noun: A cross with crossbars at the ends of its arms.
cross-price elasticity of demand noun: Synonym of cross elasticity of demand.
cross-process adjective, verb: Across more than one process; crossing a process boundary.
cross product noun: A vector product.
cross-progress noun: Cross-platform functionality by which the player's progress through the game on one device is replicated to another device.
cross-progression noun: Synonym of cross-progress.
cross-promote verb: To advertise or promote products by using other advertised products, services, or promotions, thereby simultaneously increasing the commercial presence and...
cross-promotion noun: The advertising or publicising of products using other products or promotions.
cross purpose noun: A contrary or conflicting purpose or understanding, especially an unintentional or misconceived one.
cross purposes noun: plural of cross purpose.
cross-quantilogram noun: The quantile dependence between two time series
cross-quarters noun: An ornament of tracery like the four petals of a cruciform flower; a quatrefoil.
cross-question noun, verb: A question posed during a cross-examination.
cross-questioning noun, verb: Cross-examination.
cross-race effect noun: The tendency to more easily recognize members of one's own race.
cross-ratio noun: A special number associated with an ordered quadruple of collinear points, particularly points on a projective line, and preserved by the fractional linear...
cross-reaction noun: Alternative form of crossreaction.
cross-reactive adjective: Alternative form of crossreactive.
cross-reactivity noun: The degree to which an antigen is effective against an antibody that was generated against a different antigen
cross-reading noun: The reading of the lines of a newspaper directly across the page, instead of down the columns, thus producing a ludicrous combination of ideas.
cross-refer verb: To make or use a cross-reference
cross-reference noun, verb: A reference or direction in one place in a book or other source of information to information at another place in the same work.
cross resistance noun: The tolerance to a usually toxic substance stimulated by former exposure to a structurally similar substance.
cross-rhythm noun: Synonym of cross-beat.
cross-river adjective: That spans or crosses over or under a river.
cross road noun: Alternative form of crossroad.
cross-row noun: Alternative form of crossrow.
cross-ruff noun, verb: Alternative form of crossruff.
cross sea noun: A (dangerous) sea with two wave systems traveling at oblique angles, due to the wind over it shifting direction or the waves of two storm systems meeting.
cross section noun: A section formed by a plane cutting through an object, usually at right angles to an axis.
cross sectional adjective: Of, pertaining to, or being a cross section.
cross-sectionality noun: Synonym of intersectionality.
cross-sectionally adverb: In a cross-sectional manner
cross-sell noun, verb: To sell (additional products) to existing customers.
cross-sensitisation noun: Alternative form of cross-sensitization.
cross-sensitization noun: A phenomenon in which sensitization to a stimulus is generalized to a related stimulus, resulting in the amplification of a particular response to both the...
cross-server adjective: Extending across servers.
cross-sex adjective: Comprised of both sexes; mixed-sex.
cross-shaped adjective: Of the form of a cross.
cross-shot noun: A shot from one side of the field towards the opposite corner of the goal.
cross-sibling noun: An opposite-sex sibling or parallel cousin.
cross-sill noun: A railroad sleeper lying under the rails transversely as a support to the stringer.
cross-site adjective: Across multiple websites.
cross-site request forgery noun: An exploit of a website where unauthorized commands are transmitted from a user that the website trusts.
cross-site scripting noun: An exploit that involves tricking a victim into executing a malicious script on a target website, so that the malicious content is trusted as though it were...
cross someone's mind verb: To come into someone's thoughts suddenly and fleetingly.
cross someone's palm verb: To pay for goods or a service.
cross someone's palm with silver verb: Alternative form of cross someone's palm.
cross someone's path verb: To meet someone by chance.
cross someone's T verb: To sail one's battle line across the front of the enemy battle line, allowing one to bring one's full firepower to bear on the enemy battle line while...
cross-spall noun: One of the temporary wooden braces, placed horizontally across a frame to hold it in position until the deck beams are in; a cross-pawl.
cross-specialty adjective: Spanning several specialties.
cross spider noun: The European garden spider (Araneus diadematus).
cross springer noun: Alternative form of cross springer.
cross-staff noun: An archbishop's cross.
cross-step noun: In dancing, gymnastics: a step in which one foot is crossed over another; or the action of taking such a step or steps.
cross-stitch noun, verb: A double stitch that forms a cross.
cross-stitcher noun: Someone who does cross-stitch.
cross-stone noun: A harmotome.
cross-strait adjective: Pertaining to relations between the People's Republic of China, commonly known as mainland China, and the Republic of China, commonly known as Taiwan.
cross-stratification noun: Synonym of crossbedding.
cross-subsidise verb: To subsidise a loss-making business or activity from the profits gained from another business or activity.
cross-subsidize verb: Alternative form of cross-subsidise.
cross-subsidy noun: A subsidy from profit-making operations of a business to support loss-making operations of the same business.
cross swords verb: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cross, sword., to place or hold two swords so they cross each other.
Cross syndrome noun: A rare disorder characterized by white skin, blond hair with yellow-gray metallic sheen, small eyes with cloudy corneas, jerky nystagmus, gingival...
cross tab noun: A cross tabulation
cross table noun: Alternative form of crosstable.
cross-tabulate verb: Alternative form of crosstabulate.
cross tabulation noun: A presentation of data about categorical variable in a tabular form to aid in identifying a relationship between the variables.
cross-tail noun: A bar in a steam engine connecting the ends of the side rods or levers of a backaction or side-lever engine.
cross talk noun, verb: Alternative spelling of crosstalk.
cross term noun: In a quadratic form, a term which is not a squared variable; i.e., a term with more than one variable.
cross that bridge when one comes to it verb: To deal with a problem or situation only if and when it arises.
cross that bridge when one gets there verb: Alternative form of cross that bridge when one comes to it.
cross that bridge when one gets to it verb: Alternative form of cross that bridge when one comes to it.
cross the aisle verb: To vote, unite, or otherwise co-operate with members of another political party in order to achieve governmental or political action.
cross the floor verb: To vote against one’s own political party in parliament.
cross the line verb: To overstep a boundary, rule, or limit; to go too far or do something unacceptable.
cross the river verb: Synonym of pass the river (to die)
cross the Rubicon verb: To make an irreversible decision or to take an action with consequences.
cross the streams verb: To bring together two very disparate things, or things that the speaker thinks should be kept separate.
cross the Styx verb: To die.
cross the t's and dot the i's verb: Alternative form of dot the i's and cross the t's.
cross the Thames verb: Alternative form of swim the Thames.
cross the Tiber verb: Alternative form of swim the Tiber.
cross the wires verb: Of a news story: to break; to be published.
cross-thread adjective, verb: To misalign the threads of (a bolt or screw) with the threads of its corresponding nut or other hole; to insert (a bolt or screw) non-perpendicularly.
cross-threaded adjective, verb: Of a bolt or screw's threads: misaligned with the threads of its corresponding nut or other hole. Inserted non-perpendicularly.
cross-threading noun, verb: A misalignment of a bolt or screw's threads with the threads of its corresponding nut or other hole; a nonperpendicular insertion of a bolt or screw.
cross-tie noun: A sleeper supporting and connecting the rails, and holding them in place.
cross-tining noun: A method of harrowing crosswise.
cross to bear noun: A problem, or unpleasant or painful situation or person that one has to accept and deal with, although one finds it very difficult, or it causes trouble or...
cross to take up noun: Alternative form of cross to bear.
cross-trade adjective, noun, verb: Between foreign ports.
cross-trail verb: To broadcast a trailer on one channel or station advertising content that will appear on another.
cross-train verb: To train in a different task, skill or sport
cross-trainer noun: An elliptical trainer.
cross training noun: athletic training in a sport other than one's primary sport
cross-transmission noun: Synonym of cross-infection.
cross-transmit verb: Synonym of cross-infect.
cross-tree noun: Alternative spelling of crosstree.
cross-tune verb: To give an alternative tuning to (the open strings of a string instrument).
cross-tuning noun, verb: A system of tuning a musical instrument to pitches other than the accepted standard: for example, tuning one or more strings of a violin to pitches other...
cross-tunnel noun: A tunnel linking two parallel main tunnels.
cross up verb: To double-cross or betray (someone).
cross-validate verb: To perform cross-validation on.
cross-validation noun: Any technique or instance of assessing how the results of a statistical analysis will generalize to an independent dataset.
cross vanna noun: A measure of derivative price sensitivity, expressed as the rate of change of vega in one underlying asset with respect to the asset price of another...
cross vault noun: A groin vault.
cross-vaulting noun: cross vaults generally
cross volga noun: A measure of derivative price sensitivity, expressed as the rate of change of vega in one underlying asset with respect to the volatility of another...
cross-vote noun, verb: To vote for a candidate or political party other than one's preference, in order to block the election of a candidate one would prefer not to be elected.
cross-voter noun: One who cross-votes.
cross-wedge adjective: Describing a method of rolling across a wedge that shapes the final product
cross-wing noun: Alternative form of crosswing.
cross-wired adjective: Having its/one's wires crossed; confused.
cross wires noun, verb: To cause difficulty; to interact in a way that generates conflict.
cross-wiring noun: The act of becoming confused about something.
cross-wise adjective, adverb: Alternative form of crosswise.
cross write verb: To write across a page, and then turn the paper ninety degrees and overwrite, done in order to lessen the cost of sending a letter when postage costs were...
cross writing noun, verb: A 19th-century technique for saving paper and postage by writing a letter in one direction, then turning the page ninety degrees and writing perpendicularly...
crossability noun: The state of being crossable.
crossable adjective: Able to be crossed.
crossableness noun: The quality of being crossable.
Crossan proper noun: A surname from Irish.
crossandra noun: Any of the genus Crossandra of flowering plants in the family Acanthaceae.
crossarm noun: The horizontal member of a cross-shaped object, such as the horizontal bar of power poles or telephone poles.
crossasteroside noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
crossatron noun /ˈkɹɒs.əˌtɹɒn/: A high-power pulsed modulator device, a cold cathode gas-filled tube that combines useful features of thyratrons, vacuum tubes, and power semiconductor...
crossback noun, verb: Two pieces on the back of an item (for attaching or bracing it) which form an "X".
crossbacked adjective, verb: Having a cross on the back.
crossband adjective, noun, verb: A layer of plywood with its grain at a right angle to the wood next to it.
crossbanding noun, verb: An arrangement or pattern of crossbands.
crossbar noun, verb /ˈkɹ̠ɑs.bɑɹ/: Any transverse bar or piece, such as a bar across a door, or the iron bar or stock which passes through the shank of an anchor.
crossbar hotel noun: jail, prison
crossbar switch noun: A matrix of switches with multiple input and output lines that form a crossed pattern between which a connection may be established by closing a switch...
crossbarred adjective: Secured by, or furnished with, crossbars.
crossbarring noun: A pattern of lines crossing each other.
crossbeak noun: A bird, the crossbill.
crossbeam noun: A horizontal structural beam that runs perpendicular to the primary support beams; a girder.
crossbearer noun: Alternative spelling of cross bearer.
crossbedded adjective: Arranged in a crossbedding.
crossbedding noun: oblique lamination of horizontal beds
crossbelt noun: A shoulder belt.
crossbelted adjective: Wearing, or fitted with, a crossbelt.
crossbench adjective, noun: The political parties and/or members of a legislature that do not form part of the governing party or coalition, nor the official opposition (the largest...
crossbencher noun: A member of a legislature who belongs to a political party or coalition that is not in government or official opposition (the largest party or coalition not...
crossbenches noun: The seats in either house of the British parliament, or a similar assembly, used by members who do not vote regularly with either the government or the main...
crossbill noun /ˈkɹɒsbɪl/: Any of various finches of the genus Loxia, whose bill crosses over at the tips; they are specialist feeders on conifer cones.
crossbirth noun: Alternative form of cross-birth.
crossbite noun, verb: An occlusal irregularity where a tooth (or teeth) has a more buccal or lingual position than its corresponding antagonist tooth in the upper or lower arcade.
crossbiter noun: One who crossbites; a deceiver; a cheat.
crossbody adjective, noun: a move in which a wrestler jumps onto his opponent and lands horizontally across the opponent's torso, forcing them to the mat.
crossbolt noun: A bolt of the kind fired from a crossbow.
crossboned adjective: Bearing the crossbones emblem.
crossbones noun /ˈkɹɒsbəʊnz/: A representation of two femurs (thighbones) crossed diagonally, chiefly combined with a human skull as a symbol of danger or death.
crossborder adjective, adverb: Alternative spelling of cross-border.
crossbow noun /ˈkɹɒsbəʊ/: A mechanised weapon, based on the bow and arrow, that shoots bolts.
crossbow-woman noun: Alternative form of crossbowwoman.
crossbower noun: A crossbowman.
crossbowman noun: Someone (usually a soldier) equipped with a crossbow.
crossbowsman noun: Alternative form of crossbowman.
crossbowwoman noun: A woman equipped with a crossbow.
crossbracing noun: The use of diagonally crossing struts to add stability and rigidity to a structure.
crossbreak noun: A statistical analysis of a data set by two or more variables at once.
crossbred adjective, noun, verb: Produced by breeding from two breeds, varieties or species.
crossbreed noun, verb /ˈkɹɑːsˌbɹiːd/: To produce (an organism) by the mating of individuals of different breeds, varieties, or species; hybridize.
crossbreeder noun: One who crossbreeds.
crossbreeding noun, verb: The process or the result of crossbreeding.
crossbridge noun: A temporary link between myosin and actin filaments during muscle contraction
crossbridged adjective: Connected by a "bridge" of atoms
crossbridging noun: The linking together of two polymers via an intermediate compound
crossbuck noun: A sign consisting of two slats on a pole forming a diagonal cross, usually indicating a level crossing.
crosscalibration noun: The use of two instruments to calibrate each other
crosscap noun: Alternative spelling of cross-cap.
crosscheck noun, verb: A verification (of information, data, or calculations) by using an alternative source or method.
crosschecker noun: One who crosschecks, or re-examines.
crossclaim noun, verb: A secondary lawsuit, brought by a defendant in an original lawsuit, against a co-defendant in the original suit.
crossclamp noun, verb: A clamp applied to the aorta in order to isolate circulation from the heart
crossclamping noun, verb: The application of a crossclamp
crossclass adjective: Spanning several classes or categories.
crosscontaminate verb: Alternative form of cross-contaminate.
crosscontamination noun: Alternative form of cross-contamination.
crosscorrelation noun: correlation between the corresponding members of different series
crosscorrelogram noun: A correlogram of crosscorrelations
crosscountry adjective, noun: Alternative form of cross-country.
crosscoupled adjective: coupled crosswise
crosscoupling noun: A coupling reaction in which two different molecules react to form a third
crosscourt adjective: Hit diagonally into the opposite corner of the court
crosscovariance noun: A measure of the correlation between two signals
crosscrosslet noun: Alternative form of cross crosslet
crosscultural adjective: Alternative spelling of cross-cultural.
crossculturally adverb: Alternative spelling of cross-culturally.
crosscurrent noun: A turbulent stretch of water caused by multiple currents.
crosscurrented adjective: Having a crosscurrent; turbulent.
crosscurricular adjective: Alternative form of cross-curricular.
crosscut noun, verb /ˈkɹɒskʌt/: A crosswise cut.
crosscut saw noun: A saw used to cut wood across the grain.
crosscutter noun: Synonym of crosscut saw.
crosscutting noun, verb: Synonym of crosscut
crossdate verb: To date two trees by analysis of their tree rings and, thus, show that rings on either tree were made in the same year
crossdesensitisation noun: Alternative form of crossdesensitization.
crossdesensitization noun: Alternative form of cross-desensitization.
crossdisciplinarity noun: Alternative form of cross-disciplinarity.
crossdisciplinary adjective: Spanning several disciplines.
crossdress verb: Alternative spelling of cross-dress.
crossdresser noun: Alternative spelling of cross-dresser.
crossdressing noun: Alternative spelling of cross-dressing.
crosse noun: A lacrosse stick.
crossectional adjective: Alternative form of cross-sectional.
crossectomy noun: A procedure that ligates the great saphenous vein at its termination into the femoral vein.
crossed adjective, verb /kɹɒst/: Marked by a line drawn crosswise, often denoting cancellation.
crossed cheque noun: An ordinary cheque with two transverse lines drawn across it, which have the effect of making it payable only through a banker.
crossed-eyed adjective: Alternative form of cross-eyed
crossed fingers adverb, noun: Alternative spelling of fingers crossed (“hopefully, wishfully”).
crossed letter noun: A letter written using the method by which text is written in one direction, the paper is then turned ninety degrees, and then additional text is written...
crossed letters noun: plural of crossed letter.
crossed line noun: situation when portions of a second call are audible to persons on a telephone connection.
crossed loop sensor noun: A device comprising two magnetic coils with axes set at right angles to each other. When an electromagnetic signal induces voltages in the coils, the ratio...
crossed wires noun, verb: A mixup or confusion that results from getting one's wires crossed.
Crossen proper noun: A surname.
crossentropy noun: Alternative form of cross entropy.
crosser adjective, noun: Someone who crosses; agent noun of cross
Crossett proper noun: A surname.
crossette noun: A return in one of the corners of the architrave of a door or window.

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.