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- CRUMMYBad; poor.
- CRUMPThe sound of a muffled explosion.
- CRUMPETA type of savoury cake, typically flat and round, made from batter and yeast, containing many small holes and served toasted, usually with butter.
- CRUMPIESTbrittle; crisp
- CRUMPLEA crease, wrinkle, or irregular fold.
- CRUMPLYCrumpled.
- CRUMPYbrittle; crisp
- CRUNKCrazy and intoxicated.
- CRUNODALPossessing, or characterized by, a crunode.
- CRUNODEnode (point where one branch of a curve crosses another branch)
- CRUORThe colouring matter of the blood.
- CRURALPertaining to the leg.
- CRUSThe shin (tibia and fibula)
- CRUSADEAny of the Papally-endorsed military expeditions undertaken by the Christians of Latin Europe in the 11th to 13th centuries to reconquer the Levant from the Muslims, as well as exp
- CRUSEA small jar used to hold liquid, such as oil or water.
- CRUSETA goldsmith's crucible.
- CRUSHA violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.
- CRUSHABLEThat can be crushed.
- CRUSHINGpresent participle and gerund of crush
- CRUSHINGLYSo as to defeat overwhelmingly.
- CRUSTA more solid, dense or hard layer on a surface or boundary.
- CRUSTAA crust or shell.
- CRUSTALOf, pertaining to, or forming a crust, especially the crust of the Earth or other planet.
- CRUSTATIONAn adherent crust; an incrustation
- CRUSTEDHaving or consisting of a crust.
- CRUSTILYIn a crusty manner.
- CRUSTOSEOf a lichen, growing tightly appressed to the substrate.
- CRUSTYHaving a crust, especially a thick one.
- CRUXThe basic, central, or essential point or feature.
- CRWTHAn archaic stringed instrument associated particularly with Wales, though once played widely in Europe, and characterized by a vaulted back and enough space for the player to stop
- CRYINGThat cries.
- CRYOBANKA biobank where cryogenically preserved material is stored.
- CRYOGENA cryogenic liquid (that boils below about -160°C) used as a refrigerant.
- CRYOLITEThe mineral sodium hexafluoroaluminate (Na3AlF6).
- CRYOMETRIESThe measurement of very low temperatures; the body of science and technology that facilitates it.
- CRYOPHILEan organism that thrives at low temperatures
- CRYOSTATA device used to maintain a constant low temperature. A microtome held at a constant low temperature.
- CRYPTA cave or cavern.
- CRYPTALOf or pertaining to crypts (small pits or cavities in the body).
- CRYPTEDFurnished with a crypt.
- CRYPTIDA creature known only from folklore or legend, the existence of which is not proven by scientific observation.
- CRYPTOClipping of cryptocurrency
- CRYPTOGAMAny plant that reproduces using spores (rather than seeds), formerly placed in the taxonomic group Cryptogamae, which included ferns, mosses, algae, fungi, lichens and liverworts.
- CRYPTOGAMOUSOf or pertaining to the cryptogams.
- CRYPTOLOGISTOne who studies cryptology.
- CRYSTALA solid composed of an array of atoms or molecules possessing long-range order and arranged in a pattern which is periodic in three dimensions.
- CRYSTALLINEOf, relating to, or composed of crystals.
- CTENEA band of fused cilia on the bodies of ctenophores, used for locomotion.
- CTENIDIUMA respiratory system, in the form of a comb, in some molluscs
- CTENIFORMComb-shaped.
- CTENOIDHaving a toothed margin, usually fish scales
- CTENOPHOREAny of various marine animals of the phylum Ctenophora, having lucent, mucilaginous bodies bearing eight rows of comblike cilia used for swimming.
- CUATROAny of several stringed instruments of Latino origin; a Venezuelan ukulele-like instrument with four strings; a Puerto Rican violin-like instrument with ten strings in five courses
- CUBAGEA cubic measurement.
- CUBANEOne of the Platonic hydrocarbons, C8H8, having the carbon atoms placed at the vertices of a cube.
- CUBATUREThe process of measuring the solid or cubic contents of a body.
- CUBBIERA small, confined space.
- CUBBIESTA small, confined space.
- CUBBISHReminiscent of a cub, i.e. shy and naive.
- CUBBYA small, confined space.
- CUBBYHOLEA small, snug room which may be used as a place of privacy, or a safe place for children
- CUBEA regular polyhedron having six identical square faces.
- CUBERAny device designed to cut things into cubes.
- CUBHOODthe state of being a cub
- CUBICUsed in the names of units of volume formed by multiplying a unit of length by itself twice.
- CUBICLEA small separate part or one of the compartments of a room, especially in a work environment.
- CUBIFORMHaving the shape of a cube
- CUBINGpresent participle and gerund of cube
- CUBISMAn artistic movement in the early 20th Century characterized by the depiction of natural forms as geometric structures of planes.
- CUBISTAlternative letter-case form of Cubist.
- CUBISTICOf, pertaining to, or in the style of cubism.
- CUBITThe distance from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger used as an informal unit of length.
- CUBITALOf or pertaining to the cubit or ulna.
- CUBITUSThe ulna.
- CUBITUSESThe ulna.
- CUBLESSWithout a cub or cubs.
- CUBOIDOf the shape of a cube.
- CUBOIDALResembling a cube.
- CUCURBITAny member of the family Cucurbitaceae of gourds.
- CUDBEARA violet-red dye powder, prepared from certain lichens, especially Ochrolechia tartarea.
- CUDDYA cabin, for the use of the captain, in the after part of a sailing ship under the poop deck.
- CUDGELA short heavy club with a rounded head used as a weapon.
- CUDGELEROne who beats with a cudgel.
- CUDGERIEA tall rainforest tree of eastern Australia (Sloanea australis: Oxalidales).
- CUDGERIESA tall rainforest tree of eastern Australia (Sloanea australis: Oxalidales).
- CUEISTA person skilled in using a cue.
- CUESTAA hill or ridge with a gentle slope on one side, and a steep slope on the other.
- CUFFGlove; mitten
- CUFFLESSHaving no cuffs; without cuffs.
- CUFFLINKA button or stud used to hold a sleeve cuff together.
- CUIRASSA piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle.
- CUIRASSEDWearing a cuirass.
- CUIRASSIERA cavalry soldier equipped with a cuirass (armor).
- CUISINEA characteristic manner or style of preparing food, often associated with a place of origin.
- CUISSEDefensive armour (especially of plate) for the thigh.
- CUKEA cucumber.
- CULCHIEAn unsophisticated rural person; a rustic or provincial.
- CULETA component of armor, consisting of overlapping plates designed to protect the buttocks.
- CULEXAny of various mosquitoes of the genus Culex, some of which carry disease.
- CULEXESAny of various mosquitoes of the genus Culex, some of which carry disease.