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Crumples
- verb - become wrinkled or crumpled or creased; "This fabric won't wrinkle"
- fall apart; "the building crumbled after the explosion"; "Negotiations broke down"
- fold or collapse; "His knees buckled"
- to gather something into small wrinkles or folds; "She puckered her lips"
Crunches
- noun - a critical situation that arises because of a shortage (as a shortage of time or money or resources); "an end-of-the year crunch"; "a financial crunch"
- another word for a sit up
- chew noisily; "The children crunched the celery sticks"
- make a crushing noise; "his shoes were crunching on the gravel"
- press or grind with a crushing noise
- reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading; "grind the spices in a mortar"; "mash the garlic"
- the act of crushing
- the sound of something crunching; "he heard the crunch of footsteps on the gravel path"
Cruppers
- noun - a strap from the back of a saddle passing under the horse's tail; prevents saddle from slipping forward
Crusades
- noun - a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end;
- any of the more or less continuous military expeditions in the 11th to 13th centuries when Christian powers of Europe tried to recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims
- exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for; "The liberal party pushed for reforms"; "She is crusading for women's rights"; "The Dean is pushing for his favorite candidate"
- go on a crusade; fight a holy war
Crushers
- noun - a device that crushes something
Crutches
- noun - a wooden or metal staff that fits under the armpit and reaches to the ground; used by disabled person while walking
- anything that serves as an expedient; "he uses drugs as a psychological crutch"
Cryogens
- noun - a liquid that boils at below -160 C and is used as a refrigerant
Cryonics
- noun - the freezing of a seriously ill or recently deceased person to stop tissues from decomposing; the body is preserved until new medical cures are developed that might bring the person back to life; "cryonics is more science fiction than serious science"
Crystals
- noun - a crystalline element used as a component in various electronic devices
- a protective cover that protects the face of a watch
- a rock formed by the solidification of a substance; has regularly repeating internal structure; external plane faces
- a solid formed by the solidification of a chemical and having a highly regular atomic structure
- colorless glass made of almost pure silica
- glassware made of quartz
Cubicles
- noun - small area set off by walls for special use
- small individual study area in a library
- small room in which a monk or nun lives