English words: crust to cryogenized

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English words crust to cryogenized

crust noun, verb /kɹʌst/: A more solid, dense or hard layer on a surface or boundary.
crust punk noun: A subgenre of punk rock, derived from hardcore punk with extreme metal elements, often with pessimistic lyrics about political and social ills.
crusta noun /ˈkɹʌstə/: A crust or shell.
crusta lactea noun: Synonym of cradle cap.
crustacea noun: Crustaceans.
crustaceal adjective: Synonym of crustacean.
crustacean adjective, noun /kɹʌsˈteɪʃən/: Any arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea, including lobsters, crabs, shrimp, barnacles and woodlice.
crustaceological adjective: Pertaining to crustaceology.
crustaceologist noun: One who studies crustaceology.
crustaceology noun /kɹʌsˌteɪʃiˈɒləd͡ʒi/: The branch of zoology dealing with crustaceans.
crustaceorubin noun: The red pigment zoonerythrin.
crustaceous adjective /kɹʌsˈteɪʃəs/: Resembling a crustacean.
crustaceously adverb: In a crustaceous manner.
crustaceousness noun: The state or quality of being crustaceous, or having a crust-like shell.
crustache noun: A sparse or wispy mustache.
crustacivore noun: Any animal (typically a bird) that forages for, and eats crustaceans
crustacyanin noun: Any of a class of complexes of astaxanthin and protein found in the carapace of lobsters
crustal adjective /ˈkɹʌstəl/: Of, pertaining to, or forming a crust, especially the crust of the Earth or other planet.
crustally adverb: In a crustal manner.
crustated adjective: Covered with a crust.
crustation noun /kɹʌsˈteɪʃən/: An adherent crust; an incrustation
crustaxanthin noun: A particular carotenoid.
crustcore noun: Synonym of crust punk (“a music genre”).
crustecdysone noun: A hormone, generated by crustaceans, that leads to molting
crusted adjective, verb /ˈkɹʌstɪd/: Having or consisting of a crust.
crusted scabies noun: A form of scabies in immunocompromised patients, causing a scaly rash and thick crusts of mite-infested skin across most of the body.
crustic adjective: Exhibiting or relating to crusis.
crustie noun: Alternative form of crusty (“tramp or urban subculture member with poor hygiene”).
crustiform adjective: With a texture of alternating bands parallel to the wall of a vein.
crustify verb: To form a crust.
crustily adverb: In a crusty manner.
crustin noun: An antimicrobial peptide present in some prawns
crustiness noun: The state of being crusty.
crusting noun, verb /ˈkɹʌstɪŋ/: Encrusted material.
crustless adjective: Having no crust.
crustlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a crust.
crustocalcin noun: Any of a group of calcins present in the shell of some crustaceans
crustohymeniderm noun: A type of fungal cap cuticle structure.
crustose adjective /ˈkɹʊs.təʊs/: Of a lichen, growing tightly appressed to the substrate.
crustquake noun: A starquake in the crust of a neutron star
crusty adjective, noun /ˈkɹʌsti/: Having a crust, especially a thick one.
crusy noun: Alternative form of cruisie.
crut noun, verb: A cross-measure tunnel or drift.
crutch noun, verb /ˈkɹʌt͡ʃ/: A device to assist in motion as a cane, especially one that provides support under the arm to reduce weight on a leg.
crutch cross noun: Synonym of cross potent.
crutch word noun: A word that becomes a filler in conversation, or is used for verbal emphasis, without adding any meaning to an utterance.
crutched adjective, verb: Supported upon crutches.
crutcher noun: A vessel in which the ingredients of soap are stirred with a crutch (form of prop).
crutches for lame ducks noun: Conventional reply to an inquisitive child who asks what something is, or what is inside a container.
Crutchfield proper noun: A surname.
crutchless adjective: Without crutches.
Crutchley proper noun /ˈkɹʌtʃli/: A surname.
crutchlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a crutch.
crutchword noun: Alternative form of crutch word.
cruth noun: Alternative spelling of crwth.
Cruttenden proper noun: A surname from Old English.
crutter noun: A worker who drills blasting holes, prepares the explosive charge, and removes blasted rock.
cruve noun: Alternative form of cruive.
Cruveilhier-Baumgarten bruit noun: An abdominal wall bruit that is characteristic of Cruveilhier-Baumgarten disease.
Cruveilhier-Baumgarten disease noun: A rare medical condition in which the umbilical or paraumbilical veins are distended, with an abdominal wall bruit (the Cruveilhier-Baumgarten bruit) and...
Cruveilhier-Baumgarten syndrome noun: Synonym of Cruveilhier-Baumgarten disease
crux noun /kɹʌks/: The basic, central, or essential point or feature.
crux ansata noun: Synonym of ankh.
crux decussata noun: A diagonal cross, resembling the letter X.
crux gammata noun /kɹʌks ɡæmˈmɑːtə/: The tetra-gammadion.
crux ordinaria noun: A cross made of a horizontal beam affixed to a vertical post, used for the execution of criminals during the ancient Roman era.
crux simplex noun: A single beam or pole without a cross bar for executions.
cruxy adjective: The most difficult (part of a climb).
Cruyff turn noun: A piece of footwork where, instead of passing or crossing the ball directly by kicking it, the player drags the ball behind his planted foot with the inside...
Cruz proper noun /kɹuːz/: A surname from Ibero-Romance.
cruzado noun: The monetary unit of Brazil from 1986 to 1990.
Cruzan proper noun: A surname.
cruze noun: Alternative spelling of cruse.
cruzeiro noun: The currency of Brazil from 1942 to 1986 and 1990 to 1993.
cruzipain noun: A particular cysteine protease
CRV noun: Initialism of California redemption value: a regulatory fee paid on recyclable beverage containers in the state of California.
CRVO noun: Initialism of central retinal vein occlusion.
crwth noun /kɹuθ/: An archaic stringed instrument associated particularly with Wales, though once played widely in Europe, and characterized by a vaulted back and enough space...
cry noun, verb /kɹaɪ/: To shed tears; to weep, especially in anger or sadness.
cry aim verb: To encourage an archer when shooting by crying "aim".
cry all the way to the bank verb: To be happy due to the receipt of money, but sad about the cause.
cry baby noun: Alternative form of crybaby.
cry beef verb: To raise a hue and cry.
cry blue murder verb: To make an unwarranted fuss.
cry buckets verb: Synonym of weep buckets.
cry carrots and turnips verb: To be taken through the streets on a cart while being whipped, as a punishment for certain crimes.
cry craven verb: To surrender.
cry cupboard verb /kɹaɪ ˈkʌbəd/: Chiefly of one's stomach: to need or want food; to show signs of hunger; to hunger.
cry down verb: Publicly to forbid or suppress (something).
cry for help noun: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cry, for, help.
cry foul verb: To protest about something which appears to be unjust.
cry from the housetop verb: Synonym of shout from the rooftops.
cry from the housetops verb: Synonym of shout from the rooftops.
cry from the rooftop verb: Synonym of shout from the rooftops.
cry from the rooftops verb: Synonym of shout from the rooftops.
cry halves verb: To claim a share equal to half of something.
cry harder phrase: Used sarcastically to indicate indifference or schadenfreude, often as a reply to a statement that the speaker considers exaggerated or baseless.
cry havoc verb: To shout out 'Havoc!'; that is, to give an army the order to plunder.
cry in one's beer verb: To feel sorry for oneself; to feel sadness or regret, especially in combination with self-pity.
cry in the wilderness noun: Synonym of voice in the wilderness.
cry into one's beer verb: Alternative form of cry in one's beer.
cry it out verb: Of a baby: to be left alone to cry until falling asleep (recommended in some approaches to parenting).
cry-laugh verb: To laugh so much that tears are shed.
cry like a baby verb: Of an adult or older child, to bawl unabashedly and pitifully.
cry like a little girl verb: Of an adult or older child, to bawl unabashedly and pitifully.
cry off verb: To cancel something previously arranged with someone.
cry on verb: To call on; to invoke.
cry one's eyes out verb: To weep for an elongated time, or in an excessive manner.
cry oneself to sleep verb: To cry until one falls asleep.
cry out verb: To shout or speak in a loud voice, due to pain, fear or unhappiness.
cry out for verb: To be in urgent need (of)
cry over spilt milk verb: To worry about unfortunate events which have already happened and which cannot be changed.
cry poormouth verb: To claim to be poor, especially in a conspicuous and self-pitying way.
cry room noun: A room set aside for people to take their crying babies.
cry someone a river verb: To weep profusely or excessively in the presence of another person.
cry stinking fish verb: To disparage oneself; to say things that make oneself look bad.
cry the blues verb: To sing in the style of blues music.
cry-typing noun: Disordered spelling and punctuation usage, conveying that the typist is under emotional duress.
cry uncle verb: To beg for mercy; to give up, admit defeat, surrender; indicate submission, such as when wrestling.
cry up verb: To extol, praise.
cry wolf verb: To raise a false alarm; to constantly warn others about an imagined threat, thereby failing to get assistance when a real threat appears.
cryable adjective: Likely to cause a person to cry.
cryalf noun: A kind of alfisol found in cold climates.
cryalgesia noun: pain caused by cold
Cryan proper noun: A surname from Irish.
cryand noun: A kind of andisol associated with cold climates.
crybaby noun, verb /ˈkɹaɪˌbeɪbi/: A baby who cries excessively.
crybabyish adjective: Like or similar to a crybaby.
crybabylike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a crybaby.
crybully noun, verb: A person who engages in intimidation, harassment, or other abusive behaviour while claiming to be a victim, often using the perceived victimization to...
Crye proper noun: A surname from German.
cryept noun: A kind of inceptisol found in cold climates.
cryert noun: A vertisol with a cryic soil temperature regime.
cryesthesia noun: The sensation of coldness
cryey adjective /ˈkɹaɪi/: Inclined to cry; tearful.
cryfest noun: Something sad or moving, especially a film.
cryful adjective: Characterised by cries or crying; crysome.
cryic adjective /ˈkɹaɪ.ɪk/: Perennially frozen.
cryin' verb: Pronunciation spelling of crying.
crying adjective, noun, verb /ˈkɹaɪ̯.ɪŋ/: That cries.
crying bird noun: limpkin
crying call noun: A call made by a player with a weak hand because they already have a large amount of money in the pot.
crying game noun: A situation where someone cries in a spiteful, self-indulgent, or attention-seeking manner.
crying room noun: Synonym of cry room.
crying shame noun: A situation that is considered to be a disgrace, or deplorable.
cryingly adverb: While crying; with tears.
crykonisine noun: An alkaloid found in Cryptocarya konishii.
crymotherapy noun: cryotherapy
cryo noun, prefix /ˈkɹʌɪəʊ/: cold, freezing
cryo-electron microscopy noun: A form of electron microscopy in which the sample is held at a very low temperature
cryo-freeze noun, verb /kɹaɪoʊˈfɹiːz/: To freeze something cryogenically.
cryo process noun, verb: The process or use of cryogenic freezing.
cryo processed adjective, verb: Having been subjected to cryo-processing.
cryo processing noun, verb: The act of processing by cryogenic freezing.
cryo-transmission noun: Used only in the terms cryo-transmission electron micrograph, cryo-transmission electron microscope and cryo-transmission electron microscopy
cryo-transmission electron micrograph noun: A micrograph designed to illustrate a sample viewed through a transmission electron microscope.
cryo-transmission electron microscope noun: A microscope designed to contain a sample held at a very low temperature for transmission electron microscopy.
cryo-transmission electron microscopy noun: A form of transmission electron microscopy in which the sample is held at a very low temperature.
cryoablation noun: The use of extremely cold temperatures to remove organic tissue
cryoablative adjective: Relating to, or casing cryoablation
cryoactivation noun: activation (of an enzyme etc) by application of low temperatures
cryoanæsthesia noun: Dated spelling of cryoanaesthesia.
cryoanaesthesia noun: Alternative spelling of cryoanesthesia.
cryoanalgesia noun: Synonym of cryoneurolysis.
cryoanesthesia noun: Insensibility resulting from cold.
cryoanesthetized adjective: anesthetized by means of cryoanesthesia
cryoapplication noun: An application applied at low temperature
cryoarchive verb: To store a (biological) sample at a low temperature.
cryoartifact noun: An artifact produced by the freezing process of preparing a biological sample for microscopy
cryoattachment noun: An attachment that allows an instrument to be used at low temperatures
cryobag noun: A bag used to store material in a cryogenic medium
cryoballoon noun: An inflatable balloon filled with a refrigerant that is used to freeze tissue.
cryobank noun, verb: A biobank where cryogenically preserved material is stored.
cryobanking noun, verb: The use of a cryobank
cryobath noun: A bath used in cryotherapy.
cryobed noun: A bed-like unit in which a person can be cryogenically preserved.
cryobench noun: An optical bench designed for cryocrystallography
cryobiological adjective: Of or pertaining to cryobiology
cryobiologically adverb: In terms of, or by means of, cryobiology.
cryobiologist noun: a biologist who specializes in cryobiology
cryobiology noun: The study of the effects of extreme low temperature on living organisms.
cryobiopsy noun: A biopsy carried out at low temperature
cryobiosis noun: A cryptobiotic response to a decrease in temperature.
cryobiotechnological adjective: Relating to cryobiotechnology
cryobiotechnology noun: biotechnology at very low temperatures
cryobiotic adjective /ˌkɹaɪəʊbaɪˈɒtɪk/: Of or pertaining to cryobiosis.
cryoblation noun: Alternative form of cryoablation.
cryoblock noun: An insulated aluminium block in which frozen samples may be transported without the danger of thawing
cryoblood noun: frozen whole (typically human) blood
cryobot noun: A robot capable of using heat to penetrate ice and sink down through it.
cryobox noun: A box, typically used to hold samples, that can withstand very low temperatures
cryobrush noun: A hairbrush used in cryotherapy
cryobuffer noun: A solution, which will not solidify on cooling, in which crystals may be grown at low temperature
cryoburn noun: A burn to the skin caused by contact with an extremely cold surface.
cryocanalization noun: canalization using a cryoprobe
cryocardioplegia noun: Using coldness to paralyze the heart.
cryocatheter noun: A catheter that operates at low temperature
cryocauterization noun: cauterization by the application of extreme cold
cryocautery noun: cautery by the application of extreme cold
cryocentrifugation noun: centrifugation at low temperature
cryochamber noun: A chamber for cryogenic storage.
cryochemical adjective, noun: A chemical at a very low temperature of -150 C°
cryochemist noun: A chemist who specializes in cryochemistry.
cryochemistry noun: the study of chemical interactions at temperatures below -150°C
cryochrept noun: A cold-climate soil lacking in development at both the surface and sub-surface levels.
cryoclamp noun, verb: A clamp designed to be used at low temperatures
cryoclamping noun, verb: The use of a cryoclamp
cryoclastic adjective: Of or relating to cryoclasty.
cryoclasty noun: fracturing by means of freezing.
cryocoagulation noun: Coagulation achieved by cryotherapy.
cryocoil noun: A coil carrying a circulating cryogenic liquid
cryocollection noun: A collection of frozen material, typically tissue samples
cryocompound noun: A blend of glycols and resins used a matrix for cryostat tissue sectioning
cryocompression noun: A therapy involving the simultaneous use of compression and cryotherapy.
cryoconcentrate verb: To concentrate by means of cryoconcentration.
cryoconcentration noun: The concentration of a material in the solid or liquid parts of a partially frozen mixture
cryocondensation noun: The use of very low temperatures to condense volatile (usually) organic compounds from the air or other gaseous medium.
cryocondition noun: A condition produced by cryogenics
cryoconite noun: Dark silt accumulating mainly from airborne volcanic sediment or soot from artificial pollution, or detritus in water of ablation from ice sheets or...
cryoconite hole noun: a hollow or pond formed in a layer of snow or ice, commonly on the surface of a glacier or in polar regions, where a dark patch of cryoconite absorbs...
cryoconservation noun: conservation at low temperature
cryoconserve verb: To conserve at low temperature
cryoconserved adjective, verb: conserved by means of cryoconservation
cryocontainer noun: An insulated container used for cryofluids
cryocooled adjective: Cooled in a cryocooler.
cryocooler noun: A cryogenic cooler.
cryocooling noun: Cooling in a cryocooler.
cryocrastinate verb /kɹaɪ.oʊˈkɹæs.tɪ.neɪt/: To put off making arrangements of having one's body cryopreserved upon old age.
cryocrastination noun: The act of waiting until old age for cryopreservation.
cryocratic noun: The glacial phase of ecological development, characterized by a cold, dry climate in which vegetation is sparse and lacking in diversity.
cryocrystallography noun: crystallography at low temperatures
cryoculture noun: A culture (of cells or tissue) made at a low temperature
cryod noun: A form of cryic spodosol.
cryodamage noun, verb: Damage from cold and freezing
cryodamaged adjective: damaged by cold
cryodebulking noun: cryorecanalization
cryodehydrate verb: To dehydrate by means of cryodehydration
cryodehydration noun: dehydration while frozen or when repeatedly frozen and thawed
cryodenervation noun: Denervation by the application of low temperatures.
cryodepleted adjective: depleted by means of cryoprecipitation
cryodesiccate verb: Synonym of freeze-dry.
cryodesiccated adjective: Synonym of freeze-dried.
cryodesiccation noun: Synonym of freeze-drying.
cryodesiccator noun: A device used in cryodesiccation
cryodestruction noun: The surgical destruction of tissues using cold.
cryodetector noun: Any of several devices that detect something by measuring small differences in very low temperatures
cryodevice noun: A cryogenic device
cryodevitalization noun: The destruction of cells using cold temperature.
cryodiluent noun: A cryogenic diluent
cryodissect verb: To dissect at low temperatures
cryodissection noun: A dissection carried out at low temperatures
cryodistillation noun: Synonym of freeze distillation.
cryoelectrogenic adjective: electrogenic at low temperatures
cryoelectron noun: Used attributively in such terms such as cryoelectronics and cryo-electron microscopy.
cryoelectronic adjective: Involving, or pertaining to, cryoelectronics.
cryoelectronics noun: the study, design and manufacture of electronic components that function at low temperatures; especially those that employ superconductivity
cryoembed verb: To embed at low temperatures
cryoembedding noun: embedding (of biological tissue) at low temperatures
cryoenergy noun: energy produced or transmitted at low temperatures
cryoengineering noun: cryogenic engineering
cryoenvironment noun: A cryogenic environment
cryoenzymological adjective: Relating to cryoenzymology.
cryoenzymology noun: The study of enzymology at subzero temperatures.
cryoetch verb: To etch at low temperatures
cryoetching noun, verb: An etching made at low temperature
cryoexposure noun: exposure to low temperatures (especially to freezing)
cryoextraction noun: The pressing of frozen grapes as part of the manufacture of a form of ice wine
cryoextractor noun: A surgical device used in cryoextraction.
cryofacial noun: A facial skin treatment in which a person's skin is rapidly cooled using liquid nitrogen.
cryofacility noun: A cryogenic facility.
cryofibrinogen noun: An abnormal complex of fibrinogen with other proteins, obtained via precipitation at low temperatures.
cryofibrinogenaemia noun: The presence of cryofibrinogen in the blood.
cryofibrinogenemia noun: Alternative spelling of cryofibrinogenaemia.
cryofiltration noun: The process of separating plasma from blood, chilling it, and filtering it before returning it to the patient's body.
cryofix verb: To freeze cryogenically
cryofixation noun: The freezing of a specimen, typically by immersion in liquid nitrogen, in order to fix it
cryofixative noun: A fixative used in cryofixation
cryofixed adjective, verb: Subject to cryofixation
cryofluid noun: Any cryogenic fluid (typically liquid nitrogen or liquid helium)
cryofluorane noun: 1,2-dichlorotetrafluoroethane, a chlorofluorocarbon used mainly as a refrigerant.
cryofluorescence noun: fluorescence at low temperatures (typically in cryo-electron microscopy)
cryofocus verb: To trap or detain gaseous compounds in a cryotrap.
cryofocusing noun: The trapping of materials by use of a cryotrap.
cryofracture noun, verb: fracture caused by the stresses of water freezing to become ice
cryofracturing noun, verb: fracturing by means of freezing.
cryofreeze noun: cryogenic freezing
cryofreezing noun: Cryogenic freezing.
cryofrozen adjective: frozen by means of cryonics
cryogel noun: A gel formed at low temperatures
cryogelation noun: The formation of a cryogel
cryogen noun: A cryogenic liquid (that boils below about -160°C) used as a refrigerant.
cryogenesis noun: The combination of thermophysical, physiochemical, physiomechanical processes occurring in freezing and thawing earth materials.
Cryogenian adjective: Of a geologic period within the Neoproterozoic era from about 850 to 600 million years ago.
cryogenic adjective /ˌkɹaɪoʊˈd͡ʒɛnɪk/: Of, relating to, or performed at low temperatures.
cryogenic liquid noun: Any liquid (typically a liquified gas) with a very low boiling point
cryogenically adverb: Carried out at very low temperatures, near absolute zero.
cryogenicist noun: One who works in cryogenics.
cryogenics noun: The science and technology of the production of very low temperatures.
cryogenine noun: A biphenylquinolizidine lactone alkaloid, obtained from sinicuichi, with antiinflammatory activity similar to that of aspirin.
cryogenized adjective: Treated with a cryogen

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.