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  • creativity/kri.eɪˈtɪv.ᵻ.ti/nounB2The ability to make new and original things.
  • creator/kɹiːˈeɪ̯təː/nounC1The person who made something.
  • creature/ˈkɹiː.tʃə/nounB1Any living being that is not a plant.
  • credence/ˈkɹiː.dəns/nounC1Belief that something is true.
  • credential/kɹɪˈdɛnʃəl/nounC1A qualification or document proving entitlement or identity.
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How far someone or something deserves to be believed.
  • credible/ˈkɹɛdəbl̩/adjectiveC1Able to be believed.
  • credibly/ˈkɹɛdɪbli/adverbC1In a way that can be believed.
  • credit/ˈkɹɛdɪt/nounA2+2 meaningsMoney you may spend now and pay for later.
  • credit card/ˈkɹɛdɪt ˌkɑɹd/phraseA1The plastic rectangle you tap or swipe to pay without cash.
  • credit checknounB2An inspection of your borrowing history.
  • credit limitnounB2The most a lender will let you borrow.
  • credit scorenounB2A number showing how safe a borrower you are.
  • creditor/ˈkɹɛdɪtə/nounC1A person or firm that is owed money.
  • credits/ˈkɹɛdɪts/nounB1+2 meaningsThe list of everybody who worked on a film.
  • credulity/kɹɪˈd͡ʒuːlɪti/nounC2Being far too ready to believe things.
  • credulous/ˈkɹɛd͡ʒələs/adjectiveC2Ready to believe far too easily.
  • creed/kɹiːd/nounC1A short formal statement of belief.
  • creek/ˈkɹiːk/nounB2A small stream, or a narrow inlet of the sea.
  • creep/kɹiːp/verbB13 meaningsTo move slowly and quietly so as not to be noticed.
  • creep up onphraseB2To approach unnoticed, as age or a deadline does.
  • creeper/ˈkɹipɚ/nounB2+A plant that spreads along the ground or up a wall.
  • cremation/kɹɪˈmeɪʃən/nounB2+Reducing a body to ashes by fire.
  • crematorium/kɹɛməˈtɔːɹɪəm/nounB2+The building where bodies are burned.
  • crenel/ˈkɹɛnəl/nounC2One of the gaps in a battlement.
  • crenellate/ˈkɹɛnɛleɪt/verbC2To build notches into the top of a wall.
  • crepe/kɹeɪp/nounB1+A very thin pancake, or a crinkled fabric.
  • crescendo/kɹɪˈʃɛn.dəʊ/nounB2+3 meaningsA passage of music that grows steadily louder.
  • crescent/ˈkɹɛz.ənt/nounB1+4 meaningsThe curved shape of the moon when only a thin sliver of it is lit.
  • crest/kɹɛst/nounB24 meaningsA tuft of feathers, fur or skin on the top of an animal's head.
  • crestfallen/ˈkɹɛstfɔːlən/adjectiveC1Disappointed and dispirited after a hope has failed.
  • cretaceous/kɹəˈteɪ.ʃəs/adjectiveC1Of the last age of the great reptiles.
  • cretin/ˈkɹɛtɪn/nounC1A stupid person, used as an offensive insult.
  • crevasse/kɹəˈvæs/nounC1A deep split in a glacier.
  • crevice/ˈkɹɛvɪs/nounB2+A narrow crack in a rock or a wall.
  • crew/kɹuː/nounB14 meaningsAll the people who work on a ship, a plane or a train.
  • crew cutnounB2A very short haircut all over.
  • crewmannounB2+One of the sailors working a ship.
  • crib/kɹɪb/nounB15 meaningsA baby's bed with high barred sides. British English calls it a cot.
  • cricket/ˈkɹɪkɪt/nounB1A jumping insect that chirps by rubbing its wings.
  • cricket batnounB1The flat willow blade used to strike the ball.
  • crime/kɹaɪm/nounA23 meaningsAn act that breaks the law.
  • crime scenenounB2The place where an offence happened, sealed for examination.
  • criminal/ˈkɹɪm.ɪ.nəl/nounA23 meaningsSomebody who has broken the law.
  • crimson/ˈkɹɪmzən/adjectiveB2+Of a deep rich red with a hint of purple.
  • cringe/ˈkɹɪnd͡ʒ/verbB2+2 meaningsTo pull back in embarrassment or distaste.
  • crinkle/ˈkɹɪŋkəl/verbB2+To form small folds and wrinkles.
  • cripple/ˈkɹɪp(ə)l/verbB22 meaningsTo leave somebody or something unable to work properly.
  • crisis/ˈkɹaɪsɪs/nounB1A moment when something must give way.
  • crisis linenounB2A number answered at any hour by someone trained.
  • crisp/kɹɪsp/adjectiveB14 meaningsFirm and dry, breaking with a clean snap instead of bending.
  • crispy/ˈkɹɪs.pi/adjectiveA2+Pleasantly hard and crackling when bitten.
  • crisscross/ˈkɹɪsˌkɹɒs/verbB2+To cross back and forth over something.
  • criteria/kɹaɪˈtɪə.ɹi.ə/nounC1The standards something is judged against.
  • criterion/kɹɪˈtɪəɹi.ən/nounB2+A standard or rule by which something is judged, measured or decided.
  • criterium/kɹaɪˈtɪəɹiəm/nounC2A race of many laps round a short town circuit.
  • critic/ˈkɹɪt.ɪk/nounB2Somebody who judges books, films or music publicly.
  • critical/ˈkɹɪt.ɪ.kəl/adjectiveB23 meaningsExtremely important at this exact moment.
  • critical conditionnounB2A state where a patient could still die.
  • critically/ˈkɹɪt.ɪ.kə.li/adverbB2+In a way that judges severely, or dangerously so.