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Coo(v. i.) To make a low repeated cry or sound, like the characteristic note of pigeons or doves.
Cook(n.) A fish, the European striped wrasse.
(v. i.) To make the noise of the cuckoo.
(v. t.) To concoct or prepare
Cool(n.) A moderate state of cold
(superl.) Applied facetiously, in a vague sense, to a sum of money, commonly as if to give emphasis to the largeness of the amount
(v. i.) To become less hot
(v. t.) To make cool or cold
Coon(n.) A raccoon.
Coop(n.) A barrel or cask for liquor.
(v. t.) To confine in a coop
Coordinate(a.) Equal in rank or order
(n.) A thing of the same rank with another thing
(v. t.) To give a common action, movement, or condition to
Coordination(n.) The act of coordinating
Coot(n.) A stupid fellow
Cop(n.) A conical or conical-ended mass of coiled thread, yarn, or roving, wound upon a spindle, etc.
Copartner(n.) One who is jointly concerned with one or more persons in business, etc.
Cope(n.) A covering for the head.
(v. i.) To encounter
(v. t.) To bargain for
Copier(n.) An imitator
Coping(n.) The highest or covering course of masonry in a wall, often with sloping edges to carry off water
Copious(a.) Large in quantity or amount
Copper(n.) A coin made of copper
(v. t.) To cover or coat with copper
Coppice(n.) A grove of small growth
(v. t.) To cause to grow in the form of a coppice
Copra(n.) The dried meat of the cocoanut, from which cocoanut oil is expressed.
Coprolite(n.) A piece of petrified dung
Copse(n.) A wood of small growth
(v. t.) To plant and preserve, as a copse.
Coptic(a.) Of or pertaining to the Copts.
(n.) The language of the Copts.
Copula(n.) The stop which connects the manuals, or the manuals with the pedals
Copy(n.) An abundance or plenty of anything.
(v. i.) To make a copy or copies
Coquet(v. i.) To trifle in love
(v. t.) To attempt to attract the notice, admiration, or love of
Coquille(n.) A form of ruching used as a dress trimming or for neckwear, and named from the manner in which it is gathered or fulled
Coquina(n.) A soft, whitish, coral-like stone, formed of broken shells and corals, found in the southern United States, and used for roadbeds and for building material, as in the fort at St
Cor(n.) A Hebrew measure of capacity
Coracle(n.) A boat made by covering a wicker frame with leather or oilcloth. It was used by the ancient Britons, and is still used by fisherman in Wales and some parts of Ireland
Coracoid(a.) Pertaining to a bone of the shoulder girdle in most birds, reptiles, and amphibians, which is reduced to a process of the scapula in most mammals
(n.) The coracoid bone or process.
Coral(n.) A piece of coral, usually fitted with small bells and other appurtenances, used by children as a plaything
Coranto(n.) A sprightly but somewhat stately dance, now out of fashion.
Corban(n.) An alms basket
Corbel(n.) A bracket supporting a superincumbent object, or receiving the spring of an arch. Corbels were employed largely in Gothic architecture
(v. t.) To furnish with a corbel or corbels
Cord(imp. & p. p.) of Core
(n.) Any structure having the appearance of a cord, esp. a tendon or a nerve.
(v. t.) To arrange (wood, etc.) in a pile for measurement by the cord.
Core(n.) A body of individuals
(v. t.) To form by means of a core, as a hole in a casting.
Corf(n.) A basket.
Coriaceous(a.) Consisting of or resembling, leather
Coriander(n.) An umbelliferous plant, the Coriandrum sativum, the fruit or seeds of which have a strong smell and a spicy taste, and in medicine are considered as stomachic and carminative
Corinthian(a.) Debauched in character or practice
(n.) A gay, licentious person.
Corium(n.) Armor made of leather, particularly that used by the Romans
Corival(n.) A rival
(v. t.) To rival
Cork(n.) A mass of tabular cells formed in any kind of bark, in greater or less abundance.
(v. t.) To furnish or fit with cork
Corm(n.) A solid bulb-shaped root, as of the crocus.
Corn(n.) A single seed of certain plants, as wheat, rye, barley, and maize
(v. t.) To feed with corn or (in Sctland) oats
Corol(n.) A corolla.
Coromandel(n.) The west coast, or a portion of the west coast, of the Bay of Bengal.
Corona(n.) A character
Coroner(n.) An officer of the peace whose principal duty is to inquire, with the help of a jury, into the cause of any violent, sudden or mysterious death, or death in prison, usually on sight of the body and at the place where the death occurred
Coronet(n.) An ornamental or honorary headdress, having the shape and character of a crown
Corporal(n.) A noncommissioned officer, next below a sergeant. In the United States army he is the lowest noncommissioned officer in a company of infantry
Corporate(a.) Belonging to a corporation or incorporated body.
(v. i.) To become incorporated.
(v. t.) To incorporate.
Corporation(n.) A body politic or corporate, formed and authorized by law to act as a single person, and endowed by law with the capacity of succession
Corporator(n.) A member of a corporation, esp. one of the original members.
Corporeal(a.) Having a body
Corporeity(n.) The state of having a body
Corposant(n.) St. Elmo's fire.
Corps(n.) In some countries of Europe, a form of students' social society binding the members to strict adherence to certain student customs and its code of honor
(n. sing. & pl.) A body of men
Corpulent(a.) Solid
Corpus(n.) A body, living or dead
Corral(n.) A pen for animals
(v. t.) To surround and inclose
Corrasion(n.) The erosion of the bed of a stream by running water, principally by attrition of the detritus carried along by the stream, but also by the solvent action of the water
Correct(a.) Set right, or made straight
(v. t.) To bring back, or attempt to bring back, to propriety in morals
Correlate(n.) One who, or that which, stands in a reciprocal relation to something else, as father to son
(v. i.) To have reciprocal or mutual relations
(v. t.) To put in relation with each other
Correlation(n.) Reciprocal relation
Correlative(a.) Having or indicating a reciprocal relation.
(n.) One who, or that which, stands in a reciprocal relation, or is correlated, to some other person or thing
Correspond(v. i.) To be adapted
Corridor(n.) A gallery or passageway leading to several apartments of a house.
Corrigendum(n.) A fault or error to be corrected.
Corrival(a.) Having rivaling claims
(n.) A fellow rival
(v. i. & t.) To compete with
Corroborate(a.) Corroborated.
(v. t.) To make more certain
Corroboration(n.) That which corroborates.
Corroboree(n.) A festivity or social gathering, esp. one of a noisy or uproarious character
Corrode(v. i.) To have corrosive action
(v. t.) To consume
Corrosion(n.) The action or effect of corrosive agents, or the process of corrosive change
Corrosive(a.) Eating away
(n.) That which has the power of fretting or irritating.
Corrugate(a.) Wrinkled
(v. t.) To form or shape into wrinkles or folds, or alternate ridges and grooves, as by drawing, contraction, pressure, bending, or otherwise
Corrugation(n.) The act corrugating
Corrugator(n.) A muscle which contracts the skin of the forehead into wrinkles.
Corrupt(a.) Abounding in errors
(v. i.) To become putrid or tainted
(v. t.) To change from a sound to a putrid or putrescent state
Corsac(n.) The corsak.
Corsage(n.) a flower or small arrangement of flowers worn by a person as a personal ornament. Typically worn by women on special occasions (as, at a ball or an anniversary celebration), a corsage may be worn pinned to the chest, or tied to the wrist
Corsair(n.) A Californian market fish (Sebastichthys rosaceus).
Corselet(n.) Armor for the body, as, the body breastplate and backpiece taken together
Corset(n.) An article of dress inclosing the chest and waist worn (chiefly by women) to support the body or to modify its shape
(v. t.) To inclose in corsets.
Cortege(n.) A train of attendants
Cortex(n.) Bark, as of a tree
Corundum(n.) The earth alumina, as found native in a crystalline state, including sapphire, which is the fine blue variety
Coruscant(a.) Glittering in flashes
Coruscate(v. i.) To glitter in flashes
Corvette(n.) A war vessel, ranking next below a frigate, and having usually only one tier of guns
Corvine(a.) Of or pertaining to the crow
Corybant(n.) One of the priests of Cybele in Phrygia. The rites of the Corybants were accompanied by wild music, dancing, etc
Corymb(n.) A flat-topped or convex cluster of flowers, each on its own footstalk, and arising from different points of a common axis, the outermost blossoms expanding first, as in the hawthorn
Coryza(n.) Nasal catarrh.
Cosecant(n.) The secant of the complement of an arc or angle.
Cosine(n.) The sine of the complement of an arc or angle.
Cosmetic(n.) Any external application intended to beautify and improve the complexion.
Cosmogony(n.) The creation of the world or universe
Cosmography(n.) A description of the world or of the universe
Cosmology(n.) The science of the world or universe
Cosmopolite(a.) Common everywhere
(n.) One who has no fixed residence, or who is at home in every place
Cosmos(n.) A genus of composite plants closely related to Bidens, usually with very showy flowers, some with yellow, others with red, scarlet, purple, white, or lilac rays
Cossack(n.) One of a warlike, pastoral people, skillful as horsemen, inhabiting different parts of the Russian empire and furnishing valuable contingents of irregular cavalry to its armies, those of Little Russia and those of the Don forming the principal divisions
Cosset(n.) A lamb reared without the aid of the dam. Hence: A pet, in general.
(v. t.) To treat as a pet
Cost(imp. & p. p.) of Cost
(n.) A rib
(v. t.) Expenses incurred in litigation.
Cot(n.) A cover or sheath
Cotangent(n.) The tangent of the complement of an arc or angle.
Cote(n.) A cottage or hut.
(v. t.) To go side by side with
Cotidal(a.) Marking an equality in the tides
Cotillion(n.) A brisk dance, performed by eight persons
Cotinga(n.) A bird of the family Cotingidae, including numerous bright-colored South American species
Cotswold(n.) An open country abounding in sheepcotes, as in the Cotswold hills, in Gloucestershire, England
Cotta(n.) A kind of very coarse woolen blanket.
Cotter(v. t.) To fasten with a cotter.
Cottier(n.) In Great Britain and Ireland, a person who hires a small cottage, with or without a plot of land
Cotton(n.) A soft, downy substance, resembling fine wool, consisting of the unicellular twisted hairs which grow on the seeds of the cotton plant
(v. i.) To go on prosperously
Cotyledon(n.) A leaf borne by the caulicle or radicle of an embryo
Coucal(n.) A large, Old World, ground cuckoo of the genus Centropus, of several species.
Couch(v. i.) To bend the body, as in reverence, pain, labor, etc.
(v. t.) A bed or place for repose or sleep
Cougar(n.) An American feline quadruped (Felis concolor), resembling the African panther in size and habits
Cough(v. i.) A sudden, noisy, and violent expulsion of air from the chest, caused by irritation in the air passages, or by the reflex action of nervous or gastric disorder, etc
(v. t.) To bring to a specified state by coughing
Could(imp.) of Can
Coulee(n.) A stream
Coulisse(n.) A fluting in a sword blade.
Couloir(n.) A deep gorge
Coulomb(n.) The standard unit of quantity in electrical measurements. It is the quantity of electricity conveyed in one second by the current produced by an electro-motive force of one volt acting in a circuit having a resistance of one ohm, or the quantity transferred by one ampere in one second
Coumarin(n.) The concrete essence of the tonka bean, the fruit of Dipterix (formerly Coumarouna) odorata and consisting essentially of coumarin proper, which is a white crystalline substance, C9H6O2, of vanilla-like odor, regarded as an anhydride of coumaric acid, and used in flavoring
Council(n.) A body of man elected or appointed to constitute an advisory or a legislative assembly
Counsel(n.) A secret opinion or purpose
(v. t.) To advise or recommend, as an act or course.
Count(n.) A nobleman on the continent of Europe, equal in rank to an English earl.
(v. i.) To number or be counted
(v. t.) A formal statement of the plaintiff's case in court
Coup(n.) Among some tribes of North American Indians, the act of striking or touching an enemy in warfare with the hand or at close quarters, as with a short stick, in such a manner as by custom to entitle the doer to count the deed an act of bravery
(v. i.) To make a coup.
Courage(n.) Heart
Courier(n.) A messenger sent with haste to convey letters or dispatches, usually on public business.
Courlan(n.) A South American bird, of the genus Aramus, allied to the rails.
Course(n.) A continuous level range of brick or stones of the same height throughout the face or faces of a building
(v. i.) To move with speed
(v. t.) To cause to chase after or pursue game
Coursing(n.) The pursuit or running game with dogs that follow by sight instead of by scent.
Court(n.) An inclosed space
(v. i.) To play the lover
(v. t.) To attempt to gain
Couscous(n.) A kind of food used by the natives of Western Africa, made of millet flour with flesh, and leaves of the baobab
Cousin(n.) Allied
Couth(imp. & p. p.) Could
Couvade(n.) A custom, among certain barbarous tribes, that when a woman gives birth to a child her husband takes to his bed, as if ill
Covariant(n.) A function involving the coefficients and the variables of a quantic, and such that when the quantic is lineally transformed the same function of the new variables and coefficients shall be equal to the old function multiplied by a factor
Cove(n.) A boy or man of any age or station.
(v. t.) To arch over
Coving(n.) A cove or series of coves, as the concaved surface under the overhang of a projecting upper story
Cow(n.) A chimney cap
(v. t.) To depress with fear
Coward(a.) Belonging to a coward
(n.) A person who lacks courage
(v. t.) To make timorous
Cowbane(n.) A poisonous umbelliferous plant
Cowberry(n.) A species of Vaccinium (V. Vitis-idaea), which bears acid red berries which are sometimes used in cookery
Cowbird(n.) The cow blackbird (Molothrus ater), an American starling. Like the European cuckoo, it builds no nest, but lays its eggs in the nests of other birds
Cowboy(n.) A cattle herder
Cower(v. i.) To stoop by bending the knees
(v. t.) To cherish with care.
Cowfish(n.) A California dolphin (Tursiops Gillii).
Cowherd(n.) One whose occupation is to tend cows.
Cowhide(n.) A coarse whip made of untanned leather.
(v. t.) To flog with a cowhide.
Cowl(n.) A cowl-shaped cap, commonly turning with the wind, used to improve the draft of a chimney, ventilating shaft, etc
Coworker(n.) One who works with another
Cowpea(n.) A leguminous plant (Vigna Sinensis, syn. V. Catjang) found throughout the tropics of the Old World
Cowpox(n.) A pustular eruptive disease of the cow, which, when communicated to the human system, as by vaccination, protects from the smallpox
Cowry(n.) A marine shell of the genus Cypraea.
Cowslip(n.) A common flower in England (Primula veris) having yellow blossoms and appearing in early spring
Cox(n.) A coxcomb
Coxa(n.) The first joint of the leg of an insect or crustacean.
Coxcomb(n.) A name given to several plants of different genera, but particularly to Celosia cristata, or garden cockscomb
Coy(a.) Quiet
(v. i.) To behave with reserve or coyness
(v. t.) To allure
Coyote(n.) A carnivorous animal (Canis latrans), allied to the dog, found in the western part of North America
Coyotillo(n.) A low rhamnaceous shrub (Karwinskia humboldtiana) of the southwestern United States and Mexico
Coypu(n.) A South American rodent (Myopotamus coypus), allied to the beaver. It produces a valuable fur called nutria
Coz(n.) A contraction of cousin.
Cozen(v. i.) To deceive
(v. t.) To cheat
Cozy(a.) A wadded covering for a teakettle or other vessel to keep the contents hot.
(superl.) Chatty
Crab(a.) A claw for anchoring a portable machine.
(n.) One of the brachyuran Crustacea. They are mostly marine, and usually have a broad, short body, covered with a strong shell or carapace
(v. i.) To drift sidewise or to leeward, as a vessel.
(v. t.) To beat with a crabstick.
Crack(a.) Of superior excellence
(n.) A boast
(v. i.) To be ruined or impaired
(v. t.) To break or burst, with or without entire separation of the parts
Cradle(n.) A bed or cot for a baby, oscillating on rockers or swinging on pivots
(v. i.) To lie or lodge, as in a cradle.
(v. t.) To cut and lay with a cradle, as grain.
Craft(n.) Art or skill
(v. t.) To play tricks
Crag(n.) A partially compacted bed of gravel mixed with shells, of the Tertiary age.
Crake(n.) A boast.
(v. t. & i.) To boast
Cram(n.) A warp having more than two threads passing through each dent or split of the reed.
(v. i.) To eat greedily, and to satiety
(v. t.) To fill with food to satiety
Cranberry(n.) A red, acid berry, much used for making sauce, etc.
Crane(n.) A forked post or projecting bracket to support spars, etc.
(v. i.) to reach forward with head and neck, in order to see better
(v. t.) To cause to rise
Crania(n.) A genus of living Brachiopoda
Craniofacial(a.) Of or pertaining to the cranium and face
Craniology(n.) The department of science (as of ethnology or archaeology) which deals with the shape, size, proportions, indications, etc
Craniometer(n.) An instrument for measuring the size of skulls.
Craniometry(n.) The art or act of measuring skulls.
Craniotomy(n.) The operation of opening the fetal head, in order to effect delivery.
Cranium(n.) The skull of an animal
Crank(n.) A bent portion of an axle, or shaft, or an arm keyed at right angles to the end of a shaft, by which motion is imparted to or received from it
Cranny(a.) Quick
(n.) A small, narrow opening, fissure, crevice, or chink, as in a wall, or other substance.
(v. i.) To crack into, or become full of, crannies.
Crape(n.) A thin, crimped stuff, made of raw silk gummed and twisted on the mill. Black crape is much used for mourning garments, also for the dress of some clergymen
Crappie(n.) A kind of fresh-water bass of the genus Pomoxys, found in the rivers of the Southern United States and Mississippi valley
Craps(n.) A gambling game with dice.
Crapulence(n.) The sickness occasioned by intemperance
Crapulous(a.) Surcharged with liquor
Crash(n.) A loud, sudden, confused sound, as of many things falling and breaking at once.
(v. i.) To break with violence and noise
(v. t. ) To break in pieces violently
Crass(a.) Gross
Crate(n.) A box or case whose sides are of wooden slats with interspaces
(v. t.) To pack in a crate or case for transportation
Cravat(n.) A neckcloth
Crave(v. i.) To desire strongly
(v. t.) To ask with earnestness or importunity
Craving(n.) Vehement or urgent desire
(p pr. & vb. n.) of Crave
Craw(n.) The crop of a bird.
Crayfish(n.) Any crustacean of the family Astacidae, resembling the lobster, but smaller, and found in fresh waters
Crayon(n.) A crayon drawing.
(v. t.) To sketch, as with a crayon
Crazing(n.) Fine cracks resulting from shrinkage on the surface of glazed pottery, concrete, or other material
Creak(n.) The sound produced by anything that creaks
(v. i.) To make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound, as by the friction of hard substances
(v. t.) To produce a creaking sound with.
Creamery(n.) An establishment where cream is sold.
Creamy(a.) Full of, or containing, cream
Crease(n.) A line or mark made by folding or doubling any pliable substance
(v. t.) To make a crease or mark in, as by folding or doubling.
Create(a.) Created
(v. t.) To bring into being
Creation(n.) That which is created
Creative(a.) Having the power to create
Creature(n.) A general term among farmers for horses, oxen, etc.
Credence(n.) A cupboard, sideboard, or cabinet, particularly one intended for the display of rich vessels or plate, and consisting chiefly of open shelves for that purpose
(v. t.) To give credence to
Credential(a.) Giving a title or claim to credit or confidence
(n.) Testimonials showing that a person is entitled to credit, or has right to exercise official power, as the letters given by a government to an ambassador or envoy, or a certificate that one is a duly elected delegate
Credibility(n.) The quality of being credible
Credible(a.) Capable of being credited or believed
Credit(n.) A ground of, or title to, belief or confidence
(v. t.) To bring honor or repute upon
Credo(n.) The creed, as sung or read in the Roman Catholic church.
Credulity(n.) Readiness of belief
Credulous(a.) Apt to believe on slight evidence
Creed(v. t.) A definite summary of what is believed
Creek(n.) Any turn or winding.
Creel(n.) A bar or set of bars with skewers for holding paying-off bobbins, as in the roving machine, throstle, and mule
Creep(n.) A distressing sensation, or sound, like that occasioned by the creeping of insects.
(v. i.) To drag in deep water with creepers, as for recovering a submarine cable.
(v. t.) To grow, as a vine, clinging to the ground or to some other support by means of roots or rootlets, or by tendrils, along its length
Cremate(v. t.) To burn
Cremation(n.) A burning
Crematory(a.) Pertaining to, or employed in, cremation.
(n.) A furnace for cremating corpses
Crenation(n.) A rounded tooth on the edge of a leaf.
Crenature(n.) A rounded tooth or notch of a crenate leaf, or any part that is crenate
Crenel(n.) An embrasure or indentation in a battlement
Crenulation(n.) A minute crenation.
Creole(a.) Of or pertaining to a Creole or the Creoles.
(n.) One born of European parents in the American colonies of France or Spain or in the States which were once such colonies, esp
Creosol(n.) A colorless liquid resembling phenol or carbolic acid, homologous with pyrocatechin, and obtained from beechwood tar and gum guaiacum
Creosote(n.) Wood-tar oil
(v. t.) To saturate or impregnate with creosote, as timber, for the prevention of decay.
Crepe(n.) Any of various crapelike fabrics, whether crinkled or not.
Crepitate(v.) To make a series of small, sharp, rapidly repeated explosions or sounds, as salt in fire
Crept(imp.) of Creep
(p. p.) of Creep
Crescendo(a. & adv.) With a constantly increasing volume of voice
(n.) A gradual increase in the strength and fullness of tone with which a passage is performed
Crescent(a.) Increasing
(n.) Any one of three orders of knighthood
(v. t.) To adorn with crescents.
Cresol(n.) Any one of three metameric substances, CH3.C6H4.OH, homologous with and resembling phenol. They are obtained from coal tar and wood tar, and are colorless, oily liquids or solids
Cress(n.) A plant of various species, chiefly cruciferous. The leaves have a moderately pungent taste, and are used as a salad and antiscorbutic
Crest(n.) A bearing worn, not upon the shield, but usually above it, or separately as an ornament for plate, liveries, and the like
(v. i.) To form a crest.
(v. t.) To furnish with, or surmount as, a crest
Cresylic(a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, cresol, creosote, etc.
Cretaceous(a.) Having the qualities of chalk
Cretan(a.) Pertaining to Crete, or Candia.
(n.) A native or inhabitant of Crete or Candia.
Cretic(n.) A poetic foot, composed of one short syllable between two long ones (- / -).
Cretonne(n.) A fabric with cotton warp and woolen weft.
Crevalle(n.) The cavally or jurel.
Crevasse(n.) A breach in the levee or embankment of a river, caused by the pressure of the water, as on the lower Mississippi
Crevice(n.) A narrow opening resulting from a split or crack or the separation of a junction
(v. t.) To crack
Crew(imp.) of Crow
(n.) A company of people associated together
Crib(n.) A box or bin, or similar wooden structure, for storing grain, salt, etc.
(v. i.) To crowd together, or to be confined, as in a crib or in narrow accommodations.
(v. t.) To pilfer or purloin
Crick(n.) A painful, spasmodic affection of the muscles of some part of the body, as of the neck or back, rendering it difficult to move the part
Cricoid(a.) Resembling a ring
Crier(n.) an officer who proclaims the orders or directions of a court, or who gives public notice by loud proclamation
Crime(n.) Any great wickedness or sin
Criminal(a.) Guilty of crime or sin.
(n.) One who has commited a crime
Criminology(n.) A treatise on crime or the criminal population.
Crimp(a.) Easily crumbled
(n.) A coal broker.
(v. t.) In cartridge making, to fold the edge of (a cartridge case) inward so as to close the mouth partly and confine the charge
Crimson(a.) Of a deep red color tinged with blue
(b. t.) To become crimson
(n.) A deep red color tinged with blue
(v. t.) To dye with crimson or deep red
Cringe(n.) Servile civility
(v. t.) To contract
Cringle(n.) An iron or pope thimble or grommet worked into or attached to the edges and corners of a sail
Crinkle(n.) A winding or turn
(v. i.) To turn or wind
(v. t.) To form with short turns, bends, or wrinkles
Crinoid(a.) Crinoidal.
(n.) One of the Crinoidea.
Crinoline(n.) A kind of stiff cloth, used chiefly by women, for underskirts, to expand the gown worn over it
Crinum(n.) A genus of bulbous plants, of the order Amaryllidace/, cultivated as greenhouse plants on account of their beauty
Criosphinx(n.) A sphinx with the head of a ram.
Crisis(n.) That change in a disease which indicates whether the result is to be recovery or death
Crisp(a.) Brisk
(n.) That which is crisp or brittle
(v. i.) To undulate or ripple. Cf. Crisp, v. t.
Crisscross(adv.) In opposite directions
(n.) A child's game played on paper or on a slate, consisting of lines arranged in the form of a cross
(v. t.) To mark or cover with cross lines
Crissum(n.) That part of a bird, or the feathers, surrounding the cloacal opening
Criterion(n.) A standard of judging
Critic(a.) Of or pertaining to critics or criticism
(n.) An act of criticism
(v. i.) To criticise
Critique(n.) A critic
(v.) To criticise or pass judgment upon.
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