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  • CRUMMYadjective8 findersBad; poor.
  • CRUMPnoun51 findersThe sound of a muffled explosion.
  • CRUMPETnounWelsh103 findersA type of savoury cake, typically flat and round, made from batter and yeast, containing many small holes and served toasted, usually with butter.
  • CRUMPIESTadjective16 findersbrittle; crisp
  • CRUMPLEnounOld English18 findersA crease, wrinkle, or irregular fold.
  • CRUMPLYadjective6 findersCrumpled.
  • CRUMPYadjective10 findersbrittle; crisp
  • CRUNKadjectiveGerman94 findersCrazy and intoxicated.
  • CRUNODALadjective1 finderPossessing, or characterized by, a crunode.
  • CRUNODEnounLatin1 findernode (point where one branch of a curve crosses another branch)
  • CRUORnounLatin1 finderThe colouring matter of the blood.
  • CRURALadjectiveLatin2 findersPertaining to the leg.
  • CRUSnounLatin12 findersThe shin (tibia and fibula)
  • CRUSADEnounLatin29 findersAny 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
  • CRUSEnounProto-Germanic8 findersA small jar used to hold liquid, such as oil or water.
  • CRUSETnounFrench8 findersA goldsmith's crucible.
  • CRUSHnounProto-Germanic16 findersA violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.
  • CRUSHABLEadjective19 findersThat can be crushed.
  • CRUSHINGverb38 finderspresent participle and gerund of crush
  • CRUSHINGLYadverb62 findersSo as to defeat overwhelmingly.
  • CRUSTnounProto-Indo-European9 findersA more solid, dense or hard layer on a surface or boundary.
  • CRUSTAnounLatin5 findersA crust or shell.
  • CRUSTALadjective13 findersOf, pertaining to, or forming a crust, especially the crust of the Earth or other planet.
  • CRUSTATIONnoun1 finderAn adherent crust; an incrustation
  • CRUSTEDadjective40 findersHaving or consisting of a crust.
  • CRUSTILYadverb31 findersIn a crusty manner.
  • CRUSTOSEadjectiveLatin2 findersOf a lichen, growing tightly appressed to the substrate.
  • CRUSTYadjectiveMiddle English69 findersHaving a crust, especially a thick one.
  • CRUXnounProto-Indo-European689 findersThe basic, central, or essential point or feature.
  • CRWTHnounMiddle English144 findersAn 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
  • CRYINGadjective19 findersThat cries.
  • CRYOBANKnoun4 findersA biobank where cryogenically preserved material is stored.
  • CRYOGENnoun160 findersA cryogenic liquid (that boils below about -160°C) used as a refrigerant.
  • CRYOLITEnoun17 findersThe mineral sodium hexafluoroaluminate (Na3AlF6).
  • CRYOMETRIESnoun1 finderThe measurement of very low temperatures; the body of science and technology that facilitates it.
  • CRYOPHILEnoun7 findersan organism that thrives at low temperatures
  • CRYOSTATnoun4 findersA device used to maintain a constant low temperature. A microtome held at a constant low temperature.
  • CRYPTnounAncient Greek194 findersA cave or cavern.
  • CRYPTALadjective20 findersOf or pertaining to crypts (small pits or cavities in the body).
  • CRYPTEDadjective1 finderFurnished with a crypt.
  • CRYPTIDnoun332 findersA creature known only from folklore or legend, the existence of which is not proven by scientific observation.
  • CRYPTOnoun171 findersClipping of cryptocurrency
  • CRYPTOGAMnounAncient Greek31 findersAny plant that reproduces using spores (rather than seeds), formerly placed in the taxonomic group Cryptogamae, which included ferns, mosses, algae, fungi, lichens and liverworts.
  • CRYPTOGAMOUSadjective11 findersOf or pertaining to the cryptogams.
  • CRYPTOLOGISTnoun39 findersOne who studies cryptology.
  • CRYSTALnounProto-Indo-European64 findersA solid composed of an array of atoms or molecules possessing long-range order and arranged in a pattern which is periodic in three dimensions.
  • CRYSTALLINEadjectiveAncient Greek8 findersOf, relating to, or composed of crystals.
  • CTENEnounAncient Greek3 findersA band of fused cilia on the bodies of ctenophores, used for locomotion.
  • CTENIDIUMnoun3 findersA respiratory system, in the form of a comb, in some molluscs
  • CTENIFORMadjectiveAncient Greek7 findersComb-shaped.
  • CTENOIDadjective21 findersHaving a toothed margin, usually fish scales
  • CTENOPHOREnoun22 findersAny of various marine animals of the phylum Ctenophora, having lucent, mucilaginous bodies bearing eight rows of comblike cilia used for swimming.
  • CUATROnounSpanish4 findersAny 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
  • CUBAGEnounFrench2 findersA cubic measurement.
  • CUBANEnoun1 finderOne of the Platonic hydrocarbons, C8H8, having the carbon atoms placed at the vertices of a cube.
  • CUBATUREnounLatin1 finderThe process of measuring the solid or cubic contents of a body.
  • CUBBIERnounMiddle English1 finderA small, confined space.
  • CUBBIESTnounMiddle English2 findersA small, confined space.
  • CUBBISHadjective3 findersReminiscent of a cub, i.e. shy and naive.
  • CUBBYnounMiddle English66 findersA small, confined space.
  • CUBBYHOLEnoun5 findersA small, snug room which may be used as a place of privacy, or a safe place for children
  • CUBEnounAncient Greek10 findersA regular polyhedron having six identical square faces.
  • CUBERnoun3 findersAny device designed to cut things into cubes.
  • CUBHOODnoun1 finderthe state of being a cub
  • CUBICadjectiveMiddle French75 findersUsed in the names of units of volume formed by multiplying a unit of length by itself twice.
  • CUBICLEnounLatin18 findersA small separate part or one of the compartments of a room, especially in a work environment.
  • CUBIFORMadjective12 findersHaving the shape of a cube
  • CUBINGverb3 finderspresent participle and gerund of cube
  • CUBISMnounAncient Greek55 findersAn artistic movement in the early 20th Century characterized by the depiction of natural forms as geometric structures of planes.
  • CUBISTadjective93 findersAlternative letter-case form of Cubist.
  • CUBISTICadjective17 findersOf, pertaining to, or in the style of cubism.
  • CUBITnounLatin344 findersThe distance from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger used as an informal unit of length.
  • CUBITALadjective33 findersOf or pertaining to the cubit or ulna.
  • CUBITUSnounLatin8 findersThe ulna.
  • CUBITUSESnounLatin1 finderThe ulna.
  • CUBLESSadjective2 findersWithout a cub or cubs.
  • CUBOIDadjective120 findersOf the shape of a cube.
  • CUBOIDALadjective36 findersResembling a cube.
  • CUCURBITnounLatin6 findersAny member of the family Cucurbitaceae of gourds.
  • CUDBEARnounScots6 findersA violet-red dye powder, prepared from certain lichens, especially Ochrolechia tartarea.
  • CUDDYnounDutch25 findersA cabin, for the use of the captain, in the after part of a sailing ship under the poop deck.
  • CUDGELnounProto-Indo-European342 findersA short heavy club with a rounded head used as a weapon.
  • CUDGELERnoun41 findersOne who beats with a cudgel.
  • CUDGERIEnoun1 finderA tall rainforest tree of eastern Australia (Sloanea australis: Oxalidales).
  • CUDGERIESnoun1 finderA tall rainforest tree of eastern Australia (Sloanea australis: Oxalidales).
  • CUEISTnoun2 findersA person skilled in using a cue.
  • CUESTAnounSpanish4 findersA hill or ridge with a gentle slope on one side, and a steep slope on the other.
  • CUFFnounProto-Germanic3 findersGlove; mitten
  • CUFFLESSadjective6 findersHaving no cuffs; without cuffs.
  • CUFFLINKnoun7 findersA button or stud used to hold a sleeve cuff together.
  • CUIRASSnounOld French15 findersA piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle.
  • CUIRASSEDadjective2 findersWearing a cuirass.
  • CUIRASSIERnounFrench1 finderA cavalry soldier equipped with a cuirass (armor).
  • CUISINEnounLatin49 findersA characteristic manner or style of preparing food, often associated with a place of origin.
  • CUISSEnounProto-Indo-European7 findersDefensive armour (especially of plate) for the thigh.
  • CUKEnoun9 findersA cucumber.
  • CULCHIEnounIrish1 finderAn unsophisticated rural person; a rustic or provincial.
  • CULETnounLatin19 findersA component of armor, consisting of overlapping plates designed to protect the buttocks.
  • CULEXnounLatin18 findersAny of various mosquitoes of the genus Culex, some of which carry disease.
  • CULEXESnounLatin6 findersAny of various mosquitoes of the genus Culex, some of which carry disease.

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