| 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 |
| creedal | (adjective) of or relating to a creed | Synonyms: credal |
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| 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 |
| (verb) move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground | Synonyms: crawl |
| (verb) to go stealthily or furtively | Synonyms: mouse, pussyfoot, sneak |
| (verb) grow or spread, often in such a way as to cover (a surface) | - |
| (verb) show submission or fear | Synonyms: cower, crawl, cringe, fawn, grovel |
| 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 | - |
| creepy | (adjective) causing a sensation as of things crawling on your skin | Synonyms: creepy-crawly |
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| (adjective) annoying and unpleasant | - |
| creese | (noun) a Malayan dagger with a wavy blade | Synonyms: crease, kris |
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| decree | (noun) a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge) | Synonyms: edict, fiat, order, rescript |
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| (verb) decide with authority | Synonyms: rule |
| (verb) issue a decree | - |
| decreed | (adjective) fixed or established especially by order or command | Synonyms: appointed, ordained, prescribed |
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| discreet | (adjective) marked by prudence or modesty and wise self-restraint | - |
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| (adjective) heedful of potential consequences | Synonyms: circumspect |
| (adjective) unobtrusively perceptive and sympathetic | Synonyms: discerning |
| discreetly | (adverb) with discretion; prudently and with wise self-restraint | - |
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| discreetness | (noun) subtly skillful handling of a situation | Synonyms: delicacy, diplomacy, finesse |
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| (noun) knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress | Synonyms: circumspection, discretion, prudence |
| honeycreeper | (noun) small bright-colored tropical American songbird with a curved bill for sucking nectar | - |
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| (noun) small to medium-sized finches of the Hawaiian islands | Synonyms: Hawaiian honeycreeper |
| indiscreet | (adjective) lacking discretion; injudicious | - |
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| indiscreetly | (adverb) without discretion or wisdom or self-restraint | - |
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| indiscreetness | (noun) lacking good judgment | Synonyms: injudiciousness |
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| scree | (noun) a sloping mass of loose rocks at the base of a cliff | Synonyms: talus |
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| screech | (noun) sharp piercing cry | Synonyms: scream, screaming, screeching, shriek, shrieking |
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| (noun) a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry | Synonyms: scream, screaming, screeching, shriek, shrieking |
| (verb) utter a harsh abrupt scream | Synonyms: screak, skreak, skreigh, squawk |
| (verb) make a high-pitched, screeching noise | Synonyms: creak, screak, skreak, squeak, whine |
| screecher | (noun) someone who communicates vocally in a very loud voice | Synonyms: bawler, bellower, roarer, screamer, shouter, yeller |
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| screeching | (noun) sharp piercing cry | Synonyms: scream, screaming, screech, shriek, shrieking |
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| (noun) a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry | Synonyms: scream, screaming, screech, shriek, shrieking |
| screechy | (adjective) having or making a high-pitched sound such as that made by a mouse or a rusty hinge | Synonyms: screaky, squeaking, squeaky, squealing |
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| screed | (noun) an accurately levelled strip of material placed on a wall or floor as guide for the even application of plaster or concrete | - |
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| (noun) a long piece of writing | - |
| (noun) a long monotonous harangue | - |
| screen | (noun) a protective covering consisting of netting; can be mounted in a frame | - |
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| (noun) a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something | Synonyms: concealment, cover, covert |
| (noun) a strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles | Synonyms: sieve |
| (noun) partition consisting of a decorative frame or panel that serves to divide a space | - |
| (noun) a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight | Synonyms: blind |
| (noun) the display that is electronically created on the surface of the large end of a cathode-ray tube | Synonyms: CRT screen |
| (noun) a white or silvered surface where pictures can be projected for viewing | Synonyms: projection screen, silver screen |
| (noun) the personnel of the film industry | Synonyms: filmdom, screenland |
| (verb) examine methodically | - |
| (verb) protect, hide, or conceal from danger or harm | Synonyms: shield |
| (verb) prevent from entering | Synonyms: block out |
| (verb) separate with a riddle, as grain from chaff | Synonyms: riddle |
| (verb) project onto a screen for viewing | - |
| (verb) examine in order to test suitability | Synonyms: screen out, sieve, sort |
| (verb) test or examine for the presence of disease or infection | Synonyms: test |
| screener | (noun) a guard at an airport who checks passengers or their luggage at a security checkpoint | - |
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| screening | (noun) the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it | Synonyms: cover, covering, masking |
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| (noun) testing objects or persons in order to identify those with particular characteristics | - |
| (noun) fabric of metal or plastic mesh | - |
| (noun) the display of a motion picture | Synonyms: showing, viewing |
| screenland | (noun) the personnel of the film industry | Synonyms: filmdom, screen |
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| screenplay | (noun) a script for a film including dialogue and descriptions of characters and sets | - |
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| screenshot | (verb) to capture an image from a computer's display | - |
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| screenwriter | (noun) someone who writes screenplays | Synonyms: film writer |
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| silkscreen | (noun) a print made using a stencil process in which an image or design is superimposed on a very fine mesh screen and printing ink is squeegeed onto the printing surface through the area of the screen that is not covered by the stencil | Synonyms: serigraph, silk screen print |
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| (verb) print by silkscreen | - |
| smokescreen | (noun) an action intended to conceal or confuse or obscure | Synonyms: smoke screen |
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| (noun) (military) screen consisting of a cloud of smoke that obscures movements | Synonyms: smoke screen |
| sunscreen | (noun) a cream spread on the skin; contains a chemical (as PABA) to filter out ultraviolet light and so protect from sunburn | Synonyms: sun blocker, sunblock |
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| touchscreen | (noun) a computer display that enables the user to interact with the computer by touching areas on the screen | Synonyms: touch screen |
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| windscreen | (noun) transparent screen (as of glass) to protect occupants of a vehicle | Synonyms: windshield |
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| woodcreeper | (noun) any of numerous South American and Central American birds with a curved bill and stiffened tail feathers that climb and feed like woodpeckers | Synonyms: tree creeper, wood-creeper, woodhewer |
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