cran | (noun) a capacity unit used for measuring fresh herring | - |
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cranberry | (noun) very tart red berry used for sauce or juice | - |
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(noun) any of numerous shrubs of genus Vaccinium bearing cranberries | - |
cranch | (verb) press or grind with a crushing noise | Synonyms: craunch, crunch, grind |
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crane | (noun) large long-necked wading bird of marshes and plains in many parts of the world | - |
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(noun) lifts and moves heavy objects; lifting tackle is suspended from a pivoted boom that rotates around a vertical axis | - |
(verb) stretch (the neck) so as to see better | Synonyms: stretch out |
cranesbill | (noun) any of numerous geraniums of the genus Geranium | Synonyms: crane's bill |
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cranial | (adjective) of or relating to the cranium which encloses the brain | - |
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craniate | (noun) animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium | Synonyms: vertebrate |
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craniologist | (noun) someone who claims to be able to read your character from the shape of your skull | Synonyms: phrenologist |
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craniology | (noun) the scientific study of the skulls of various human races | - |
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craniometer | (noun) an instrument for measuring skull sizes | - |
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craniometric | (adjective) of or relating to craniometry | Synonyms: craniometrical |
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craniometrical | (adjective) of or relating to craniometry | Synonyms: craniometric |
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craniometry | (noun) the branch of physical anthropology dealing with the study and measurement of dry skulls after removal of its soft parts | - |
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craniotomy | (noun) a surgical opening through the skull | - |
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cranium | (noun) the part of the skull that encloses the brain | Synonyms: braincase, brainpan |
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crank | (adjective) (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail | Synonyms: cranky, tender, tippy |
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(noun) a hand tool consisting of a rotating shaft with parallel handle | Synonyms: starter |
(noun) an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant | Synonyms: chalk, chicken feed, deoxyephedrine, glass, ice, meth, methamphetamine, methamphetamine hydrochloride, Methedrine, shabu, trash |
(noun) a bad-tempered person | Synonyms: churl, crosspatch, grouch, grump |
(noun) a whimsically eccentric person | Synonyms: crackpot, fruitcake, nut, nut case, screwball |
(verb) rotate with a crank | Synonyms: crank up |
(verb) bend into the shape of a crank | - |
(verb) fasten with a crank | - |
(verb) start by cranking | Synonyms: crank up |
(verb) travel along a zigzag path | Synonyms: zigzag |
crankcase | (noun) housing for a crankshaft | - |
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crankiness | (noun) a fussy and eccentric disposition | Synonyms: contrariness, crotchetiness, grumpiness |
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crankshaft | (noun) a rotating shaft driven by (or driving) a crank | - |
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cranky | (adjective) easily irritated or annoyed | Synonyms: fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peckish, peevish, pettish, petulant, scratchy, techy, testy, tetchy |
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(adjective) (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail | Synonyms: crank, tender, tippy |
crannied | (adjective) having small chinks or crannies (especially in or between rocks or stones) | - |
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cranny | (noun) a small opening or crevice (especially in a rock face or wall) | - |
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(noun) a long narrow depression in a surface | Synonyms: chap, crack, crevice, fissure |