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Crosswind
- noun - wind blowing across the path of a ship or aircraft
Crosswise
- adjective - in the shape of (a horizontal piece on) a cross
- lying or extending across the length of a thing or in a cross direction; "a crosswise street"; "the crosswise dimension"
- not in the intended manner; "things are going crosswise"
- transversely; "the marble slabs were cut across"
Crotaline
- - Resembling, or pertaining to, the Crotalidae, or Rattlesnake family.
Crotonine
- - A supposed alkaloid obtained from croton oil by boiling it with water and magnesia, since found to be merely a magnesia soap of the oil.
Crouching
- verb - bend one's back forward from the waist on down; "he crouched down"; "She bowed before the Queen"; "The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse"
- sit on one's heels; "In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting"; "The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm"
- Stooped
Crow-Silk
- - A filamentous fresh-water alga (Conferva rivularis of Linnaeus, Rhizoclonium rivulare of Kutzing).
Crowbaits
- noun - an emaciated horse likely soon to become carrion and so attractive to crows
Crucified
- verb - criticize harshly or violently; "The press savaged the new President"; "The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage"
- hold within limits and control; "subdue one's appetites"; "mortify the flesh"
- kill by nailing onto a cross; "Jesus Christ was crucified"
- treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher"
Crucifier
- - One who crucifies; one who subjects himself or another to a painful trial.
Crucifies
- verb - criticize harshly or violently; "The press savaged the new President"; "The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage"
- hold within limits and control; "subdue one's appetites"; "mortify the flesh"
- kill by nailing onto a cross; "Jesus Christ was crucified"
- treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher"