credit | (noun) recognition by a college or university that a course of studies has been successfully completed; typically measured in semester hours | Synonyms: course credit |
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(noun) used in the phrase `to your credit' in order to indicate an achievement deserving praise | - |
(noun) an estimate, based on previous dealings, of a person's or an organization's ability to fulfill their financial commitments | Synonyms: credit rating |
(noun) approval | Synonyms: recognition |
(noun) an entry on a list of persons who contributed to a film or written work | - |
(noun) a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage | Synonyms: acknowledgment, citation, cite, mention, quotation, reference |
(noun) arrangement for deferred payment for goods and services | Synonyms: deferred payment |
(noun) an accounting entry acknowledging income or capital items | Synonyms: credit entry |
(noun) money available for a client to borrow | - |
creditor | (noun) a person to whom money is owed by a debtor; someone to whom an obligation exists | - |
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credits | (noun) a list of acknowledgements of those who contributed to the creation of a film (usually run at the end of the film) | - |
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creditworthiness | (noun) trustworthiness with money as based on a person's credit history; a general qualification for borrowing | - |
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credo | (noun) any system of principles or beliefs | Synonyms: creed |
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credulity | (noun) tendency to believe readily | - |
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credulousness | (noun) tendency to believe too readily and therefore to be easily deceived | Synonyms: gullibility |
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creed | (noun) any system of principles or beliefs | Synonyms: credo |
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(noun) the written body of teachings of a religious group that are generally accepted by that group | Synonyms: church doctrine, gospel, religious doctrine |
creek | (noun) a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river) | Synonyms: brook |
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creel | (noun) a wicker basket used by anglers to hold fish | - |
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creep | (noun) a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body | Synonyms: crawl, crawling, creeping |
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(noun) a pen that is fenced so that young animals can enter but adults cannot | - |
(noun) a slow longitudinal movement or deformation | - |
(noun) someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric | Synonyms: spook, weirdie, weirdo, weirdy |
creeper | (noun) any of various small insectivorous birds of the Northern Hemisphere that climb up a tree trunk supporting themselves on stiff tail feathers and their feet | Synonyms: tree creeper |
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(noun) a person who crawls or creeps along the ground | Synonyms: crawler |
(noun) any plant (as ivy or periwinkle) that grows by creeping | - |
creepiness | (noun) an uneasy sensation as of insects creeping on your skin | - |
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creeping | (noun) a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body | Synonyms: crawl, crawling, creep |
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creeps | (noun) a feeling of fear and revulsion | - |
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(noun) a disease of cattle and sheep attributed to a dietary deficiency; characterized by anemia and softening of the bones and a slow stiff gait | - |
creese | (noun) a Malayan dagger with a wavy blade | Synonyms: crease, kris |
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cremains | (noun) the remains of a dead body after cremation | - |
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cremation | (noun) the incineration of a dead body | - |
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crematorium | (noun) a furnace where a corpse can be burned and reduced to ashes | Synonyms: cremation chamber, crematory |
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(noun) a mortuary where corpses are cremated | Synonyms: crematory |
crematory | (noun) a furnace where a corpse can be burned and reduced to ashes | Synonyms: cremation chamber, crematorium |
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(noun) a mortuary where corpses are cremated | Synonyms: crematorium |
crenation | (noun) one of a series of rounded projections (or the notches between them) formed by curves along an edge (as the edge of a leaf or piece of cloth or the margin of a shell or a shriveled red blood cell observed in a hypertonic solution etc.) | Synonyms: crenature, crenel, crenelle, scallop |
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crenature | (noun) one of a series of rounded projections (or the notches between them) formed by curves along an edge (as the edge of a leaf or piece of cloth or the margin of a shell or a shriveled red blood cell observed in a hypertonic solution etc.) | Synonyms: crenation, crenel, crenelle, scallop |
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crenel | (noun) a notch or open space between two merlons in a crenelated battlement | Synonyms: crenelle |
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(noun) one of a series of rounded projections (or the notches between them) formed by curves along an edge (as the edge of a leaf or piece of cloth or the margin of a shell or a shriveled red blood cell observed in a hypertonic solution etc.) | Synonyms: crenation, crenature, crenelle, scallop |
crenelation | (noun) the action of constructing ramparts with gaps for firing guns or arrows | Synonyms: crenellation |
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(noun) a rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps for firing arrows or guns | Synonyms: battlement, crenellation |
crenellation | (noun) the action of constructing ramparts with gaps for firing guns or arrows | Synonyms: crenelation |
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(noun) a rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps for firing arrows or guns | Synonyms: battlement, crenelation |
crenelle | (noun) a notch or open space between two merlons in a crenelated battlement | Synonyms: crenel |
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(noun) one of a series of rounded projections (or the notches between them) formed by curves along an edge (as the edge of a leaf or piece of cloth or the margin of a shell or a shriveled red blood cell observed in a hypertonic solution etc.) | Synonyms: crenation, crenature, crenel, scallop |
creole | (noun) a mother tongue that originates from contact between two languages | - |
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creosol | (noun) a colorless to yellow aromatic liquid that is a constituent of creosote | - |
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creosote | (noun) a colorless or yellowish oily liquid obtained by distillation of wood tar; used as an antiseptic | - |
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(noun) a dark oily liquid obtained by distillation of coal tar; used as a preservative for wood | Synonyms: coal-tar creosote |
crepe | (noun) a soft thin light fabric with a crinkled surface | Synonyms: crape |
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(noun) small very thin pancake | Synonyms: crape, French pancake |
(noun) paper with a crinkled texture; usually colored and used for decorations | Synonyms: crepe paper |
crepitation | (noun) the sharp sound of snapping noises | Synonyms: crackle, crackling |
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crepuscle | (noun) the time of day immediately following sunset | Synonyms: crepuscule, dusk, evenfall, fall, gloam, gloaming, nightfall, twilight |
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crepuscule | (noun) the time of day immediately following sunset | Synonyms: crepuscle, dusk, evenfall, fall, gloam, gloaming, nightfall, twilight |
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crescendo | (noun) (music) a gradual increase in loudness | - |
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crescent | (noun) any shape resembling the curved shape of the moon in its first or last quarters | - |
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cresol | (noun) any of three poisonous colorless isomeric phenols; derived from coal or wood tar; used as a disinfectant | Synonyms: methyl phenol |
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cress | (noun) pungent leaves of any of numerous cruciferous herbs | - |
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(noun) any of various plants of the family Cruciferae with edible leaves that have a pungent taste | Synonyms: cress plant |
crest | (noun) a showy growth of e.g. feathers or skin on the head of a bird or other animal | - |
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(noun) (heraldry) in medieval times, an emblem used to decorate a helmet | - |
(noun) the center of a cambered road | Synonyms: crown |
(noun) the top line of a hill, mountain, or wave | - |
(noun) the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill) | Synonyms: crown, peak, summit, tip, top |
cretin | (noun) a person of subnormal intelligence | Synonyms: changeling, half-wit, idiot, imbecile, moron, retard |
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cretinism | (noun) severe hypothyroidism resulting in physical and mental stunting | - |
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cretonne | (noun) an unglazed heavy fabric; brightly printed; used for slipcovers and draperies | - |
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crevasse | (noun) a deep fissure | - |
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crevice | (noun) a long narrow cleft | Synonyms: cleft, crack, fissure, scissure |
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(noun) a long narrow depression in a surface | Synonyms: chap, crack, cranny, fissure |
crew | (noun) an organized group of workmen | Synonyms: gang, work party |
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(noun) the men and women who man a vehicle (ship, aircraft, etc.) | - |
(noun) the team of men or women manning a racing shell | - |
(noun) an informal body of friends | Synonyms: bunch, crowd, gang |
crewelwork | (noun) embroidery done with loosely twisted worsted yarn | - |
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crewet | (noun) bottle that holds wine or oil or vinegar for the table | Synonyms: cruet |
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crewman | (noun) a member of a work crew | - |
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(noun) a member of a flight crew | Synonyms: crew member |
(noun) any member of a ship's crew | Synonyms: sailor |
crib | (noun) a card game (usually for two players) in which each player is dealt six cards and discards one or two | Synonyms: cribbage |
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(noun) the cards discarded by players at cribbage | - |
(noun) baby bed with high sides made of slats | Synonyms: cot |
(noun) a bin or granary for storing grains | - |
(noun) a literal translation used in studying a foreign language (often used illicitly) | Synonyms: pony, trot |
cribbage | (noun) a card game (usually for two players) in which each player is dealt six cards and discards one or two | Synonyms: crib |
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crick | (noun) a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British) | Synonyms: kink, rick, wrick |
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cricket | (noun) a game played with a ball and bat by two teams of 11 players; teams take turns trying to score runs | - |
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(noun) leaping insect; male makes chirping noises by rubbing the forewings together | - |
cricketer | (noun) an athlete who plays cricket | - |
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crier | (noun) (formerly) an official who made public announcements | Synonyms: town crier |
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(noun) a person who weeps | Synonyms: weeper |
(noun) a peddler who shouts to advertise the goods he sells | - |
crime | (noun) (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act | Synonyms: criminal offence, criminal offense, law-breaking |
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(noun) an evil act not necessarily punishable by law | - |
criminal | (noun) someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime | Synonyms: crook, felon, malefactor, outlaw |
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criminalisation | (noun) legislation that makes something illegal | Synonyms: criminalization |
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criminalism | (noun) the state of being a criminal | Synonyms: criminality, criminalness |
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criminality | (noun) the state of being a criminal | Synonyms: criminalism, criminalness |
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criminalization | (noun) legislation that makes something illegal | Synonyms: criminalisation |
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criminalness | (noun) the state of being a criminal | Synonyms: criminalism, criminality |
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criminologist | (noun) a specialist in criminology | - |
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criminology | (noun) the scientific study of crime and criminal behavior and law enforcement | - |
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crimp | (noun) a lock of hair that has been artificially waved or curled | - |
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(noun) someone who tricks or coerces men into service as sailors or soldiers | Synonyms: crimper |
(noun) an angular or rounded shape made by folding | Synonyms: bend, crease, flexure, fold, plication |
crimper | (noun) a mechanical device consisting of a cylindrical tube around which the hair is wound to curl it | Synonyms: curler, hair curler, roller |
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(noun) a hand tool used for joining two pieces of metal or other ductile material (usually a wire and a metal plate) by deforming one or both of them to hold the other. | Synonyms: crimping pliers |
(noun) someone who tricks or coerces men into service as sailors or soldiers | Synonyms: crimp |
crimson | (noun) a deep and vivid red color | Synonyms: deep red, ruby |
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cringe | (noun) A posture or gesture of shrinking or recoiling. | - |
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(noun) some event or object that causes embarrassment and shame | - |
cringle | (noun) fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines | Synonyms: eyelet, grommet, grummet, loop |
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crinion | (noun) point where the hairline meets the midpoint of the forehead | Synonyms: trichion |
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crinkle | (noun) a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface | Synonyms: crease, furrow, line, seam, wrinkle |
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crinkleroot | (noun) North American herb with pungent scaly or toothed roots | Synonyms: Cardamine diphylla, crinkle-root, crinkle root, Dentaria diphylla, pepper root, toothwort |
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crinoid | (noun) primitive echinoderms having five or more feathery arms radiating from a central disk | - |
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crinoline | (noun) a stiff coarse fabric used to stiffen hats or clothing | - |
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(noun) a full stiff petticoat made of crinoline fabric | - |
(noun) a skirt stiffened with hoops | Synonyms: hoopskirt |
criollo | (noun) cocoa of superior quality | - |
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(noun) a Spanish American of pure European stock (usually Spanish) | - |
cripple | (noun) someone who is unable to walk normally because of an injury or disability to the legs or back | - |
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crisis | (noun) a crucial stage or turning point in the course of something | - |
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(noun) an unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty | - |
crisp | (noun) a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat | Synonyms: chip, potato chip, Saratoga chip |
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crispiness | (noun) firm but easily broken | Synonyms: brittleness, crispness |
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crispness | (noun) firm but easily broken | Synonyms: brittleness, crispiness |
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(noun) a pleasing firmness and freshness | - |
(noun) an expressive style that is direct and to the point | - |
crisscross | (noun) a marking that consists of lines that cross each other | Synonyms: cross, mark |
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cristal | (noun) street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine | Synonyms: Adam, disco biscuit, ecstasy, go, hug drug, X, XTC |
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cristobalite | (noun) a white mineral consisting of silica; found in volcanic rocks | - |
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crit | (noun) a bicycle race held on a short course (usually less than 5 km or 3 miles) | Synonyms: criterium |
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criterion | (noun) the ideal in terms of which something can be judged | Synonyms: standard |
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(noun) a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated | Synonyms: measure, standard, touchstone |
criterium | (noun) a bicycle race held on a short course (usually less than 5 km or 3 miles) | Synonyms: crit |
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crith | (noun) the weight of a liter of hydrogen (at 0 centigrade and 760 millimeters pressure) | - |
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critic | (noun) a person who is professionally engaged in the analysis and interpretation of works of art | - |
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(noun) anyone who expresses a reasoned judgment of something | - |
(noun) someone who frequently finds fault or makes harsh and unfair judgments | - |
criticality | (noun) a state of critical urgency | Synonyms: criticalness, cruciality |
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(noun) a critical state; especially the point at which a nuclear reaction is self-sustaining | - |
criticalness | (noun) a state of critical urgency | Synonyms: criticality, cruciality |
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criticism | (noun) a serious examination and judgment of something | Synonyms: critique |
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(noun) disapproval expressed by pointing out faults or shortcomings | Synonyms: unfavorable judgment |
(noun) a written evaluation of a work of literature | Synonyms: literary criticism |
critique | (noun) a serious examination and judgment of something | Synonyms: criticism |
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(noun) an essay or article that gives a critical evaluation (as of a book or play) | Synonyms: critical review, review, review article |
critter | (noun) a regional term for `creature' (especially for domestic animals) | - |
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croak | (noun) a harsh hoarse utterance (as of a frog) | Synonyms: croaking |
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croaker | (noun) any of several fishes that make a croaking noise | - |
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(noun) the lean flesh of a saltwater fish caught along Atlantic coast of southern U.S. | - |
croaking | (noun) a harsh hoarse utterance (as of a frog) | Synonyms: croak |
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crochet | (noun) needlework done by interlocking looped stitches with a hooked needle | Synonyms: crocheting |
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crocheting | (noun) creating a garment of needlework | - |
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(noun) needlework done by interlocking looped stitches with a hooked needle | Synonyms: crochet |
crock | (noun) an earthen jar (made of baked clay) | Synonyms: earthenware jar |
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(noun) nonsense; foolish talk | - |
(noun) a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink | Synonyms: carbon black, lampblack, smut, soot |
crockery | (noun) tableware (eating and serving dishes) collectively | Synonyms: dishware |
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crocket | (noun) an architectural ornament of curved foliage used at the edge of a spire or gable | - |
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crocodile | (noun) large voracious aquatic reptile having a long snout with massive jaws and sharp teeth and a body covered with bony plates; of sluggish tropical waters | - |
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