English words: cryptosporidian to ctrl-z

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English words cryptosporidian to ctrl-z

cryptosporidian adjective: Relating to cryptosporidia
cryptosporidiosis noun /kɹip.toʊ.spɔɹ.i.diˈoʊ.səs/: A disease affecting the intestines of mammals that is caused by cryptosporidium, a protozoan parasite.
cryptosporidium noun: Any protozoan of the genus Cryptosporidium, intestinal parasites of humans and other vertebrates that can cause diarrhea and other symptoms in cases of low...
cryptosporidosis noun: Alternative form of cryptosporidiosis.
cryptosporopsin noun: An echinocandin present in a fungus of the genus Cryptosporiopsis
cryptostictic acid noun: A depsidone with the molecular formula C₁₉H₁₆O₉.
cryptostigmin noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
cryptostome noun: Any bryozoan of the order Cryptostomata
cryptostomy noun: An adaptation in which the mouth is reduced to a slit and its location is concealed.
cryptosyringid noun: Any echinoderm of the proposed superclass Cryptosyringida
cryptosystem noun: A system of cryptography.
cryptotanshinone noun: A quinoid diterpene, isolated from the root of the Asian medicinal plant Salvia miltiorrhiza (red sage), 1,2,6,7,8,9-hexahydro-1,6,6-trimethyl-...
cryptotephra noun: volcanic ash that is hidden under other strata
cryptotephrastratigraphy noun: stratigraphy of cryptotephra
cryptoTERF noun: A person who conceals or masks their gender-critical views, especially from friends or within trans-inclusive spaces.
cryptoterrestrial adjective: Relating to a technologically advanced civilization claimed to be hidden on the Earth and evidenced by UFOs.
cryptotia noun /kɹɪpˈtəʊ.ʃə/: A condition where an ear appears to have its upper portion buried underneath the side of the head.
cryptotomography noun: A form of tomography that uses a series of randomly-oriented diffraction patterns to reconstruct a three-dimensional image
cryptotype noun: A semantic or syntactic feature that has no morphological implementation but is crucial for the construction and understanding of a phrase.
cryptotypical adjective: Of or relating to a cryptotype.
cryptovariable noun: The key used for encryption and decryption.
cryptoviral adjective: related to a cryptovirus
cryptoviral extortion noun: A data kidnapping attack studied in the field of cryptovirology, in which malware encrypts user data and asks for payment in exchange for the decryption key.
cryptovirological adjective: Relating to cryptovirology.
cryptovirology noun: The use of cryptography to design powerful malicious software such as ransomware and asymmetric backdoors.
cryptovirus noun /ˈkɹɪptəʊˌvaɪɹəs/: A kind of plant virus associated with latent infection of the host, and not transmissible by many means.
cryptoviviparous adjective: Relating to cryptovivipary
cryptovivipary noun: The growth of an embryo to break through the seed coat but not the fruit wall before it splits open
cryptowallet noun: Alternative form of crypto wallet.
cryptowealthy adjective: Having acquired significant wealth in the cryptocurrency market.
cryptowinter noun: A prolonged period in the cryptocurrency market characterized by sharply falling prices, low trading volumes, and decreased investor enthusiasm.
cryptoworm noun: A form of malware that spreads in the form of a worm and encrypts victims' data.
cryptoxanthin noun: A xanthophyll pigment (a hydroxy derivative of carotene) that occurs widely in nature.
cryptozoa noun: Small animals who live in darkness and under conditions of high relative humidity.
cryptozoic adjective: Living in a cavity or small cave.
cryptozoite noun: The exoerythrocytic stage of a malarial parasite
cryptozoological adjective /ˌkɹɪptoʊˌzoʊəˈlɒd͡ʒɪkəl/: Of or pertaining to cryptozoology.
cryptozoologist noun: One who studies cryptozoology.
cryptozoology noun /ˌkɹɪp.təʊ.zəʊˈɒ.lə.d͡ʒi/: Study of cryptids, animals whose existence has not been proven.
cryptozoospermia noun: The presence of very few live spermatozoa in the semen
cryptozoospermic adjective: Almost azoospermic
cryptozygous adjective: Having a face that is narrower than the cranium (such that the zygomatic arches are not always visible)
crysome adjective: Characterised by crying or weeping; tearful; lamentful
-cryst noun, suffix: Abbreviation of crystal.
crystal adjective, noun /ˈkɹɪstəl/: A solid composed of an array of atoms or molecules possessing long-range order and arranged in a pattern which is periodic in three dimensions.
crystal ball noun: A globe of glass or crystal that is used to foretell the future.
crystal cell noun: Synonym of lithocyst (“siliceous structure in algae”).
crystal class noun: Any of 32 possible classes of crystals, arising from the 32 possible combinations of symmetry operations.
crystal clear adjective: Without ambiguity or doubt; completely understood.
crystal clearly adverb: In a crystal clear manner.
crystal clock noun: Synonym of quartz-crystal clock.
crystal field theory noun: A description of various properties of transition element complex compounds that compares the effects of its ligands to that of neighbouring atoms in a crystal
crystal gazer noun: Someone who claims to be able to see the future by gazing into a crystal ball.
crystal-gazing noun: The action or practice of gazing into a crystal ball in the hope or belief of seeing the future.
crystal habit noun: The characteristic external shape of an individual crystal or crystal group.
crystal healing noun: The practice of using the supposed therapeutic effects of crystals to cure illness.
crystal jelly noun: The jellyfish Aequorea victoria.
crystal lattice noun: A regular three-dimensional geometric arrangement of atoms, molecules or ions in a crystal
crystal-like adjective: Similar to or resembling a crystal.
crystal magick noun: The ceremonial use of crystals for specific intentions and healing energies
crystal meth noun /ˈkɹɪst(ə)l mɛθ/: The drug methamphetamine hydrochloride in a macroscopically crystalline form.
crystal methamphetamine noun: Alternative form of crystal meth.
crystal momentum noun: A specific vector associated with the movement of electrons in a crystal lattice
crystal noodle noun: Synonym of cellophane noodle
crystal oven noun: A temperature-controlled chamber used to maintain the quartz crystal in electronic crystal oscillators at a constant temperature, in order to prevent...
crystal radio noun: Synonym of crystal set.
crystal radio receiver noun: Synonym of crystal set.
crystal set noun: An early radio receiver, having no electrical power supply except the radio waves themselves; it used a crystal of lead or cadmium sulphide and a wire (the...
crystal sphere noun: A crystal ball.
crystal stone noun: Crystal; a piece of crystal.
crystal system noun: Any of the seven distinct symmetry classifications of crystals: cubic, tetragonal, hexagonal, orthorhombic, monoclinic, triclinic and trigonal.
crystal twinning noun: The intergrowth of two twin crystals.
crystal violet noun: A dye, derived from gentian violet, that is used as an acid-base indicator and as a biological stain.
crystaled adjective: Alternative form of crystalled.
crystalic adjective: Alternative form of crystallic.
crystalinity noun: Alternative form of crystallinity.
crystalisation noun: Alternative spelling of crystallization.
crystalise verb: Non-Oxford British English spelling of crystallize.
crystalize verb /ˈkɹɪstəlaɪz/: Alternative spelling of crystallize.
crystallant noun: Any material added to a solution to encourage crystallization
crystalled adjective: Having a crystal or crystals.
crystallery noun: The manufacture of crystal.
crystallic adjective: Of or relating to crystals.
crystalliferous adjective: Containing or producing crystals
crystalliform adjective: In the form of a crystal.
crystallin noun: A globulin found in the lens of the eye.
crystalline adjective, noun /ˈkɹɪs.tə.lɪn/: Of, relating to, or composed of crystals.
crystalline arthritis noun: Synonym of gout.
crystalline humor noun: Alternative form of crystalline humour.
crystalline humour noun: The lens of the eye.
crystalline lens noun: Synonym of lens (“part of the eye”).
crystallinely adverb: In a crystalline manner.
crystallineness noun: The quality of being crystalline.
crystallinity noun: The condition or degree of being crystalline.
crystallisability noun: Alternative form of crystallizability.
crystallisable adjective: Alternative form of crystallizable.
crystallisation noun: Alternative spelling of crystallization.
crystallise verb: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of crystallize.
crystalliser noun: Alternative form of crystallizer.
crystallite noun: A small region of a solid that consists of a single crystal; a grain.
crystallitic adjective: Of or relating to crystallites.
crystallizability noun: The state of being crystallizable.
crystallizable adjective: That can be crystallized.
crystallization noun /ˌkɹɪstəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/: The act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal, or becomes crystallized.
crystallize verb /ˈkɹɪstəlaɪz/: To make something form into crystals.
crystallized adjective, verb: having definitive and fixed form, solidified.
crystallized fruit noun: Synonym of candied fruit.
crystallizer noun: The chemical engineering vessel in which the crystallization of a solution takes place.
crystallo- prefix: crystal
crystallochemical adjective: Relating to crystallochemistry.
crystallochemistry noun: The study of the chemical structure of crystals.
crystalloclast noun: A person who breaks crystals for the purpose of studying them.
crystallogen noun: The nucleus of a newly-formed crystal.
crystallogenesis noun: The formation of crystalline minerals.
crystallogenetic adjective: Relating to crystallogenesis
crystallogenic adjective: Producing crystals
crystallogeny noun: A branch of science relating to the production of crystals.
crystallogeometrical adjective: Of or pertaining to the geometry of crystal forms
crystallogram noun: A photograph of an X-ray diffraction pattern
crystallographer noun: a person skilled in crystallography
crystallographic adjective: Of or pertaining to crystallography
crystallographic defect noun: A localized disruption in the perfect, repeating arrangement of atoms in a crystal lattice, occurring at a single point or around one atom, significantly...
crystallographical adjective: crystallographic
crystallographically adverb: With regard to crystallography
crystallography noun /ˌkɹɪstəˈlɒɡɹəfi/: The experimental science of determining the arrangement of atoms in solids.
crystalloid adjective, noun: Any substance that can be crystallized from solution; a water-soluble crystalline substance that can diffuse through a semipermeable membrane, as opposed to...
crystalloidal adjective: Relating to a crystalloid.
crystalloidally adverb: In the form of a crystalloid.
crystallology noun: The scientific study of crystals.
crystalloluminescence noun: luminescence emitted during the process of crystallization.
crystalloluminescent adjective: Exhibiting crystalloluminescence.
crystallomancer noun: One who performs crystallomancy.
crystallomancy noun: The use of a crystal ball or other transparent solid for the purpose of divination.
crystallomantic adjective: Of or pertaining to crystallomancy.
crystallometric adjective: Relating to crystallometry.
crystallometry noun: The scientific measurement of crystals.
crystallopathy noun: Any disease characterised by the formation of crystals in tissue or a body cavity.
crystallophone noun: A percussion instrument similar to a xylophone, but with glass rather than wooden bars.
crystallophysics noun: The physics of crystals and their growth
crystallostratum noun: A continuous layer of oxalate crystals embedded in the thallus, associated with the family Porinaceae.
crystallurgy noun: crystallization
crystalluria noun: The presence of crystals in the urine.
crystalluric adjective: Having or relating to crystalluria.
crystally adverb: Like or as a crystal.
crystally clear adjective, adverb: In a crystal clear manner
crystalographic adjective: Alternative spelling of crystallographic.
crystalopathy noun: Alternative form of crystallopathy.
crystalturbation noun: The mixing of soil by the growth and decay of mineral crystals.
crystalware noun: Items, especially tableware, made from crystal.
crystalwort noun: Any of various plants of the genus Riccia.
crystobalite noun: Alternative form of cristobalite.
crystolon noun: A silicon carbide abrasive.
cs conjunction, noun, symbol: Initialism of computer science.
CS gas noun: A tear gas formed by mixing o-chlorobenzalmalononitrile powder with a dispersal liquid.
CSA noun: Initialism of combined statistical area.
CSAAS noun: Initialism of child sexual abuse accommodation syndrome
CSAC noun: Initialism of chip-scale atomic clock.
CSAM noun: Initialism of cold spray additive manufacturing.
csar noun: Alternative spelling of tsar.
csardas noun /ˈtʃɑːdæʃ/: An intricate Hungarian folk dance characterized by variations in tempo. The two main parts are called lassú (slow) and friss (quick).
CSAT noun: Initialism of College Scholastic Ability Test, a standardized test in South Korea used for university entry.
CSC noun: Initialism of criminal sexual conduct.
CSD noun: Initialism of conventional suburban development.
CSDH noun: Initialism of chronic subdural hematoma.
csDMARD noun: conventional synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drug
CSE noun: Initialism of Certificate of Secondary Education, a former examination in UK schools; a pass achieved in this examination.
CSEA noun: Initialism of child sexual exploitation and abuse.
CSEC noun: Initialism of commercial sexual exploitation of children.
csejka berry noun: Synonym of lingonberry.
CSEM noun: Abbreviation of child sexual exploitation material (i.e. child pornography).
CSF noun: Initialism of cerebrospinal fluid.
CSG noun: Initialism of coal seam gas.
cshatriya noun: Alternative form of kshatriya.
CSI noun: Initialism of crime scene investigation (a term of forensic science).
CSI effect noun: The phenomenon in which the exaggerated portrayal of forensic science on crime television shows influences public perception, and especially, jurors'...
CSIB noun: Initialism of Combat Service Identification Badge.
CSIC noun: Initialism of Customer-Specified Integrated Circuit.
CSIRT noun: Initialism of computer security incident response team.
CSL noun: A car of the BMW CSL series.
CSM noun: Initialism of company sergeant major.
CSMA noun: Initialism of Carrier Sense, Multiple Access.
CSMT proper noun: The station code of Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus in India.
cSNP noun: A coding SNP (polymorphic base pair).
CSO noun: Initialism of chief security officer.
Csokas proper noun /sˈiːsˈə͡ʊkəz/: A surname.
CSOM noun: Initialism of chronic suppurative otitis media.
CSP noun: Abbreviation of Content Security Policy.
CSPE noun: Initialism of chlorosulfonated polyethylene.
CSPRNG noun: Initialism of cryptographically secure pseudorandom number generator.
CSR noun: Initialism of corporate social responsibility.
CSRF noun /siː ɛs ɑː(ɹ)ˈɛf/: Initialism of Cross-Site Request Forgery.
CSRF token noun: A secret value added to a web form by the server and sent back by the user as part of a POST request, used to prevent cross-site request forgeries by making...
CSS noun, phrase /siː ɛs ˈɛs/: Initialism of change segment status, a GDS code used on older types of airline keyboards.
CSSer noun: A person who writes CSS (cascading style sheets) markup.
CST noun: Initialism of concrete syntax tree.
cstg noun: Abbreviation of casting (“object made in a mold; process of making these”).
CSTIT noun: Initialism of Computer Speech, Text and Internet Technology (speech and language processing, and its application to Internet technology).
CSU proper noun: The Bavarian Christian Social Union (Christlich-Soziale Union), a major mainstream right-wing political party in Bavaria.
CSV noun: Initialism of comma-separated values: a simple plain text data format, usually with values delimited by commas.
CSW proper noun: The station code of Cheung Sha Wan in Hong Kong.
cswk noun: Abbreviation of coursework.
CSWS noun: Initialism of cerebral salt-wasting syndrome.
CSX proper noun /ˈsi.ɛsˌɛks/: CSX Transportation, an American Class I freight railroad that operates in the eastern United States and in the southern parts of Ontario and Québec. Its...
ct adjective, noun, verb: Initialism of computed tomography.
Ct. of App. noun: Abbreviation of court of appeals.
CT scan noun: A computed tomography scan.
CTA adjective, noun: Initialism of call to action.
CTAB adjective, noun /ˈsiːtæb/: Acronym of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide.
CTAL noun: Initialism of Certified Tester Advanced Level.
CTC noun, phrase, verb: Initialism of care to chat?.
CTCF noun: A transcription factor that in humans is encoded by the CTCF gene.
CTCP noun: Initialism of composite toe and composite plate.
CTCSS noun: Initialism of continuous tone-coded squelch system.
CTD adjective, noun: Initialism of carboxyl tail domain or carboxyl terminal domain.
CTD apparatus noun: A device that measures conductivity, temperature, and depth underwater.
ctDNA noun: Initialism of circulating tumor DNA; DNA from tumours circulating in the body outside of tumours, released by the necrosis of tumor cells.
CTE noun: Initialism of chronic traumatic encephalopathy.
ctenacanth noun: Alternative form of ctenacanthid.
ctenacanthid noun: Any extinct fish of the genus Ctenacanthus
ctenacanthiform noun: Any extinct fish of the order †Ctenacanthiformes
ctenacanthoid adjective: Relating to the ctenacanthids
ctenanthe noun /tɛnˈænθiː/: Any flowering plant of the genus Ctenanthe, family Marantaceae, native to Central and South America; commonly cultivated as an indoor plant.
ctene noun: A band of fused cilia on the bodies of ctenophores, used for locomotion.
ctenid noun /ˈtɛnɪd/: Any spider in the family Ctenidae.
ctenidial adjective: Relating to ctenidia
ctenidium noun: A respiratory system, in the form of a comb, in some molluscs
cteniform adjective: Comb-shaped.
ctenitoxin noun: Any of a group of toxic peptides present in spiders of the genus Ctenus.
ctenius noun: A small spine or spinule.
ctenizid noun: Any spider in the family Ctenizidae.
cteno- prefix: comb
ctenochasmatid noun: Any pterosaur of the family Ctenochasmatidae
ctenochasmatoid noun: Any pterosaur of the clade Ctenochasmatoidea
ctenocheyid noun: Any fish of the genus Ctenochaetus
ctenocyst noun: A sensory organ of the ctenophores (comb jellies). It is a black speck in the depression on the aboral side of the body.
ctenocystoid noun: Any fossil ctenoid echinoderm of the class Ctenocystoidea
ctenodactylid noun: Any of the several rodents of the family Ctenodactylidae.
ctenodactyline noun: Any beetle of the tribe Ctenodactylini
ctenodactyloid noun: Any member of the Ctenodactyloidea superfamily of rodents.
ctenodont adjective: Having hinges with many teeth transverse to the margin.
ctenoid adjective, noun /ˈtiː.nɔɪd/: Having a toothed margin, usually fish scales
ctenoidean adjective, noun: Relating to the former group of fish Ctenoidei; ray-finned.
ctenomyid noun: Any rodent of the family Ctenomyidae.
ctenophoral adjective: Relating to a ctenophore.
ctenophoran noun: Any comb jelly of the phylum Ctenophora
ctenophore noun /ˈtiː.nəˌfɔː/: Any of various marine animals of the phylum Ctenophora, having lucent, mucilaginous bodies bearing eight rows of comblike cilia used for swimming.
ctenophoric adjective: Of or relating to the ctenophores.
ctenophorous adjective: Of or relating to the ctenophores.
ctenoplanid noun: Any comb jelly in the family Ctenoplanidae
ctenoplectrid noun: Any bee of the tribe Ctenoplectrini (especially when the latter is, as formerly by some, regarded as the family Ctenoplectridae).
ctenopod noun: Any crustacean of the suborder Ctenopoda
ctenopoma noun: Any of the genus Ctenopoma of climbing gouramies, native to Africa, including certain members of the genus Microctenopoma, which was part of Ctenopoma in...
ctenosaur noun: Any iguana of the genus Ctenosaura
ctenosauriscid noun: Any archosaur in the family Ctenosauriscidae.
ctenosquamate adjective, noun: Of or from the section Ctenosquamata of bony fish.
ctenostomatid noun: Any bryozoan of the order Ctenostomatida
ctenostomatous adjective: Of or relating to a ctenostome.
ctenostome noun: Any bryozoan of the order Ctenostomata
ctenostylid noun: Any fly of the family Ctenostylidae.
ctenotus noun: Any skink of the genus Ctenotus.
ctenuchid noun: Any moth in the former family Ctenuchidae, now considered to be the erebid subtribe Ctenuchina.
CTEPH noun: Abbreviation of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension.
Ctesibian adjective: Of or relating to Ctesibius, Ancient Greek inventor and mathematician.
Ctesiphon proper noun /ˈtɛsɪfɒn/: An ancient capital of Parthia and later of the Sassanid Persian Empire, on the Tigris near Baghdad in present-day Iraq, abandoned in the 7th and 8th centuries.
Ctesiphonian adjective, noun: Pertaining to Ctesiphon.
ctetic adjective: Alternative form of ktetic.
ctetology noun: The study of the origin of acquired characteristics.
CTF noun: Initialism of capture the flag.
CTFE noun: Abbreviation of chlorotrifluoroethylene.
CTFO phrase: Initialism of chill the fuck out.
ctfu phrase: Initialism of cracking the fuck up.
CTG noun: Initialism of cardiotocography.
CTH noun: Initialism of contract to hire.
cthonic adjective: Rare spelling of chthonic.
Cthulhian adjective: Of or relating to Cthulhu.
Cthulhic adjective: Of, or pertaining to, Cthulhu; monstrous.
Cthulhu proper noun /kəˈθuːlu/: A gigantic fictional humanoid alien god being described with a head resembling an octopus and dragon wings and claws, around whom an insane cult developed.
Cthulhuesque adjective: Reminiscent of Cthulhu; monstrous and terrifying.
CTI noun: Initialism of Computer Telephony Integration.
CTIO noun: Initialism of chief technology innovation officer.
CTIS noun: Initialism of central tire inflation system.
CTL noun: Initialism of computation tree logic.
CTLD noun: Initialism of C-type lectin-like domain.
ctlg noun: Abbreviation of catalogue/catalog.
CTM noun: Initialism of community trademark.
ctn noun, phrase: Initialism of criminal tracking number.
cTnI noun: Cardiac troponin I
CTO adjective, noun: Initialism of cancelled to order.
CTOL noun: Acronym of conventional take-off and landing (“taking off and landing horizontally from a conventional length runway in the usual distance”).
ctonic adjective: Rare spelling of chthonic
ctor noun: Abbreviation of constructor.
CTOT noun: Initialism of Calculated Take Off Time a facet of Airport Collaborative Decision Making.
CTP noun: Initialism of compulsory third party.
CTPA noun: Initialism of computed tomography pulmonary angiogram
ctr noun, phrase: Initialism of click-through rate.
ctrl noun: Abbreviation of control key.
Ctrl-Alt-Delete interjection, noun, verb: The simultaneous key combination of Ctrl, Alt, and Delete.
ctrl-c verb /kənˈtɹəʊlˌsiː/: To copy, to store on the computer clipboard.
ctrl-v verb /kənˈtɹəʊlˌviː/: To paste from the computer's clipboard.
ctrl-z verb: To undo an action.

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.