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19,295 words · meanings, pronunciation and origins · ranked by use

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  • cramp/kɹæmp/nounB1+2 meaningsA sudden painful tightening of a muscle.
  • crane/kɹeɪn/nounB23 meaningsA tall machine with a long arm for lifting and moving heavy loads.
  • crank/kɹænk/nounB23 meaningsThe arm that carries a pedal or converts motion to rotation.
  • crankshaftnounC1The shaft that turns up-and-down movement into spinning.
  • cranky/kɹænki/adjectiveB22 meaningsIn a bad temper over small things.
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A small narrow gap in a wall or rock.
  • crave/kɹeɪv/verbC1To want something so badly the body asks for it.
  • craving/ˈkɹeɪ.vɪŋ/nounC1A powerful urge that overrides intention.
  • crazed/kɹeɪzd/adjectiveC1Driven frantic by rage, grief, or pain.
  • creak/kɹiːk/verbB2+3 meaningsTo make a long, high, complaining sound, the way old wood does under weight.
  • crease/kɹiːs/nounB25 meaningsA line made in cloth or paper by folding or crushing it.
  • crease upphraseC1To laugh helplessly, or to make somebody do so.
  • creative/kɹiˈeɪtɪv/adjectiveB12 meaningsFull of new ideas; good at making new things.
  • creator/kɹiːˈeɪ̯təː/nounC1The person who made something.
  • credence/ˈkɹiː.dəns/nounC1Belief that something is true.
  • credential/kɹɪˈdɛnʃəl/nounC1A qualification or document proving entitlement or identity.
  • credibility/kɹɛd.əˈbɪ.ɫɪ.ti/nounC12 meaningsHow far someone or something deserves to be believed.
  • credible/ˈkɹɛdəbl̩/adjectiveC1Able to be believed.
  • credibly/ˈkɹɛdɪbli/adverbC1In a way that can be believed.
  • creditor/ˈkɹɛdɪtə/nounC1A person or firm that is owed money.
  • creed/kɹiːd/nounC1A short formal statement of belief.
  • creep/kɹiːp/verbB13 meaningsTo move slowly and quietly so as not to be noticed.
  • 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.
  • crib/kɹɪb/nounB15 meaningsA baby's bed with high barred sides. British English calls it a cot.
  • criminal/ˈkɹɪm.ɪ.nəl/nounA23 meaningsSomebody who has broken the law.
  • cringe/ˈkɹɪnd͡ʒ/verbB2+2 meaningsTo pull back in embarrassment or distaste.
  • cripple/ˈkɹɪp(ə)l/verbB22 meaningsTo leave somebody or something unable to work properly.
  • criteria/kɹaɪˈtɪə.ɹi.ə/nounC1The standards something is judged against.
  • critique/kɹɪˈtiːk/nounB2+3 meaningsA detailed, reasoned judgement of a piece of work, an idea or a policy.
  • crone/kɹoʊn/nounC1An ugly old woman, in stories.
  • crook/kɹʊk/nounB23 meaningsA staff with a hooked end.
  • crop/kɹɒp/nounB16 meaningsA plant grown in large amounts to be harvested.
  • cross that bridge when you come to itphraseC1To deal with a problem only when it actually arrives.
  • cross-examineverbC1To question the other side's witness to test their story.
  • cross-eyedadjectiveC1Having eyes that turn inward towards each other.
  • cross-referencenounC1A note pointing the reader to another place in the work.
  • cross-sellverbC1To sell something extra alongside the main purchase.
  • crow/kɹəʊ/nounB12 meaningsA big all-black bird with a harsh call.
  • crow's feetnounC1The fine lines that fan out from the corner of an eye.
  • crowbar/ˈkɹoʊˌbɑɹ/nounB22 meaningsA long iron or steel bar with a flattened, usually split end, used as a lever to force things open or pull out nails.
  • crowning/ˈkɹaʊnɪŋ/adjectiveC12 meaningsStanding at the top of a life's achievements.
  • crucible/ˈkɹuː.sɪ.bəl/nounC1A small pot for melting things at high heat.
  • crucify/ˈkɹuːsɪfaɪ/verbB22 meaningsTo put to death on a cross.
  • crude/kɹuːd/adjectiveC13 meaningsRough and unfinished.
  • cruising altitudenounC1The steady height a flight settles at.
  • crumb/kɹʌm/nounC12 meaningsA tiny piece that falls from bread or cake.
  • crunch/kɹʌnt͡ʃ/verbB22 meaningsTo make the sound of something hard being crushed.
  • crusade/kɹuːˈseɪd/nounB22 meaningsA medieval religious war.
  • crusty/ˈkɹʌsti/adjectiveB22 meaningsHaving a hard dry outer layer.
  • crux/kɹʌks/nounC1The decisive point of a matter.
  • cryptic/ˈkɹɪptɪk/adjectiveC1Deliberately hard to understand.
  • cuboid/ˈkjuːbɔɪd/nounC1A box shape with six rectangular faces.
  • cul-de-sac/ˈkʌldəsæk/nounB22 meaningsA street closed at one end.
  • culinary/ˈkʌlɪn(ə)ɹi/adjectiveC1To do with cooking and the kitchen.