| across | (adverb) transversely | Synonyms: crossways, crosswise |
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| (adverb) to the opposite side | - |
| albatross | (noun) large web-footed birds of the Southern Hemisphere having long narrow wings; noted for powerful gliding flight | Synonyms: mollymawk |
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| (noun) (figurative) something that hinders or handicaps | Synonyms: millstone |
| backcross | (verb) mate a hybrid of the first generation with one of its parents | - |
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| crisscross | (adjective) marked with crossing lines | Synonyms: crisscrossed |
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| (noun) a marking that consists of lines that cross each other | Synonyms: cross, mark |
| (adverb) crossing one another in opposite directions | - |
| (verb) mark with a pattern of crossing lines | - |
| (verb) mark with or consist of a pattern of crossed lines | - |
| (verb) cross in a pattern, often random | - |
| cross | (adjective) extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction; at right angles to the long axis | Synonyms: thwartwise, transversal, transverse |
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| (adjective) annoyed and irritable | Synonyms: bad-tempered, crabbed, crabby, fussy, grouchy, grumpy, ill-tempered |
| (noun) (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids | Synonyms: crossbreeding, crossing, hybridisation, hybridization, hybridizing, interbreeding |
| (noun) (genetics) an organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock; especially offspring produced by breeding plants or animals of different varieties or breeds or species | Synonyms: crossbreed, hybrid |
| (noun) a wooden structure consisting of an upright post with a transverse piece | - |
| (noun) a marking that consists of lines that cross each other | Synonyms: crisscross, mark |
| (noun) any affliction that causes great suffering | Synonyms: crown of thorns |
| (verb) breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties | Synonyms: crossbreed, hybridise, hybridize, interbreed |
| (verb) trace a line through or across | - |
| (verb) travel across or pass over | Synonyms: cover, cut across, cut through, get across, get over, pass over, track, traverse |
| (verb) meet and pass | - |
| (verb) meet at a point | Synonyms: intersect |
| (verb) fold so as to resemble a cross | - |
| (verb) hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of | Synonyms: baffle, bilk, foil, frustrate, queer, scotch, spoil, thwart |
| (verb) to cover or extend over an area or time period | Synonyms: span, sweep, traverse |
| dross | (noun) the scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals | Synonyms: scoria, slag |
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| (noun) worthless or dangerous material that should be removed | Synonyms: impurity |
| engross | (verb) consume all of one's attention or time | Synonyms: absorb, engage, occupy |
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| (verb) devote (oneself) fully to | Synonyms: absorb, engulf, immerse, plunge, soak up, steep |
| gross | (adjective) before any deductions | - |
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| (adjective) conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible | Synonyms: crying, egregious, flagrant, glaring, rank |
| (adjective) repellently fat | Synonyms: porcine |
| (adjective) lacking fine distinctions or detail | - |
| (adjective) conspicuously and tastelessly indecent | Synonyms: crude, earthy, vulgar |
| (adjective) without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers | Synonyms: arrant, complete, consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, perfect, pure, sodding, staring, stark, thorough, thoroughgoing, unadulterated, utter |
| (adjective) visible to the naked eye (especially of rocks and anatomical features) | Synonyms: megascopic |
| (noun) the entire amount of income before any deductions are made | Synonyms: receipts, revenue |
| (noun) twelve dozen | Synonyms: 144 |
| (verb) earn before taxes, expenses, etc. | - |
| subgross | (adjective) too small to be visible to the naked eye | - |
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| testcross | (noun) a cross between an organism whose genotype for a certain trait is unknown and an organism that is homozygous recessive for that trait so the unknown genotype can be determined from that of the offspring | Synonyms: test-cross |
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| uncross | (verb) change from a crossed to an uncrossed position | - |
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