| chloramphenicol | (noun) an oral antibiotic (trade name Chloromycetin) used to treat serious infections (especially typhoid fever) | Synonyms: Chloromycetin |
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| cramp | (noun) a strip of metal with ends bent at right angles; used to hold masonry together | Synonyms: cramp iron |
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| (noun) a clamp for holding pieces of wood together while they are glued | - |
| (noun) a painful and involuntary muscular contraction | Synonyms: muscle spasm, spasm |
| (verb) suffer from sudden painful contraction of a muscle | - |
| (verb) affect with or as if with a cramp | - |
| (verb) prevent the progress or free movement of | Synonyms: halter, hamper, strangle |
| (verb) secure with a cramp | - |
| crampbark | (noun) deciduous thicket-forming Old World shrub with clusters of white flowers and small bright red berries | Synonyms: cranberry tree, European cranberry bush, European cranberrybush, guelder rose, Viburnum opulus |
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| cramped | (adjective) constricted in size | - |
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| crampfish | (noun) any sluggish bottom-dwelling ray of the order Torpediniformes having a rounded body and electric organs on each side of the head capable of emitting strong electric discharges | Synonyms: electric ray, numbfish, torpedo |
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| crampon | (noun) an iron spike attached to the shoe to prevent slipping on ice when walking or climbing | Synonyms: climber, climbing iron, crampoon |
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| (noun) a hinged pair of curved iron bars; used to raise heavy objects | Synonyms: crampoon |
| crampoon | (noun) an iron spike attached to the shoe to prevent slipping on ice when walking or climbing | Synonyms: climber, climbing iron, crampon |
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| (noun) a hinged pair of curved iron bars; used to raise heavy objects | Synonyms: crampon |
| gramps | (noun) the father of your father or mother | Synonyms: grandad, granddad, granddaddy, grandfather, grandpa |
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| grampus | (noun) slaty-grey blunt-nosed dolphin common in northern seas | Synonyms: Grampus griseus |
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| (noun) predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas | Synonyms: killer, killer whale, orca, Orcinus orca, sea wolf |
| ramp | (noun) an inclined surface connecting two levels | Synonyms: incline |
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| (noun) a movable staircase that passengers use to board or leave an aircraft | - |
| (noun) North American perennial having a slender bulb and whitish flowers | Synonyms: Allium tricoccum, wild leek |
| (verb) stand with arms or forelegs raised, as if menacing | - |
| (verb) creep up -- used especially of plants | - |
| (verb) be rampant | - |
| (verb) furnish with a ramp | - |
| (verb) behave violently, as if in state of a great anger | Synonyms: rage, storm |
| rampage | (noun) violently angry and destructive behavior | Synonyms: violent disorder |
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| (verb) act violently, recklessly, or destructively | - |
| rampageous | (adjective) displaying raging violence; often destructive | - |
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| rampant | (adjective) (of a plant) having a lush and unchecked growth | - |
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| (adjective) rearing on left hind leg with forelegs elevated and head usually in profile | Synonyms: rearing |
| (adjective) unrestrained and violent | - |
| rampantly | (adverb) in an uncontrolled and rampant manner | Synonyms: wild |
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| rampart | (noun) an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes | Synonyms: bulwark, wall |
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| rampion | (noun) bellflower of Europe and Asia and North Africa having bluish flowers and an edible tuberous root used with the leaves in salad | Synonyms: Campanula rapunculus, rampion bellflower |
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| tramp | (noun) a long walk usually for exercise or pleasure | Synonyms: hike, hiking |
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| (noun) a commercial steamer for hire; one having no regular schedule | Synonyms: tramp steamer |
| (noun) a heavy footfall | - |
| (noun) a vagrant | Synonyms: bum, hobo |
| (noun) a person who engages freely in promiscuous sex | Synonyms: swinger |
| (noun) a foot traveler; someone who goes on an extended walk (for pleasure) | Synonyms: hiker, tramper |
| (verb) travel on foot, especially on a walking expedition | - |
| (verb) walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud | Synonyms: footslog, pad, plod, slog, trudge |
| (verb) move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment | Synonyms: cast, drift, ramble, range, roam, roll, rove, stray, swan, vagabond, wander |
| (verb) cross on foot | - |
| tramper | (noun) someone who walks with a heavy noisy gait or who stamps on the ground | Synonyms: stamper, stomper, trampler |
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| (noun) a foot traveler; someone who goes on an extended walk (for pleasure) | Synonyms: hiker, tramp |
| trample | (noun) the sound of heavy treading or stomping | Synonyms: trampling |
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| (verb) injure by trampling or as if by trampling | - |
| (verb) tread or stomp heavily or roughly | Synonyms: tread |
| (verb) walk on and flatten | Synonyms: tramp down, tread down |
| trampler | (noun) someone who walks with a heavy noisy gait or who stamps on the ground | Synonyms: stamper, stomper, tramper |
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| (noun) someone who injures by trampling | - |
| trampling | (noun) the sound of heavy treading or stomping | Synonyms: trample |
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| trampoline | (noun) gymnastic apparatus consisting of a strong canvas sheet attached with springs to a metal frame; used for tumbling | - |
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