AbstractPhil/geometric-vocab-english-full-a-to-z huggingface dataset:
cranny: a small, narrow opening, fissure, crevice, or chink, as  in a wall, or other substance.-a tool for forming the necks of bottles, etc.-to crack into, or become full of, crannies.-to haunt, or enter by, crannies.-quick; giddy; thoughtless.
crantara: the fiery cross, used as a rallying signal in the highlands of scotland.
crapaudine: turning on pivots at the top and bottom; -- said of a door.-an ulcer on the coronet of a horse.
crape: a thin, crimped stuff, made of raw silk gummed and twisted on the mill. black crape is much used for mourning garments, also for the dress of some clergymen.-to form into ringlets; to curl; to crimp; to friz; as, to crape the hair; to crape silk.
crappie: a kind of fresh-water bass of the genus pomoxys, found in the rivers of the southern united states and mississippi valley. there are several species.
crapulous: surcharged with liquor; sick from excessive indulgence in liquor; drunk; given to excesses.
crash: to break in pieces violently; to dash together with noise and violence.-to make a loud, clattering sound, as of many things falling and breaking at once; to break in pieces with a harsh noise.-to break with violence and noise; as, the chimney in falling crashed through the roof.-a loud, sudden, confused sound, as of many things falling and breaking at once.-ruin; failure; sudden breaking down, as of a business house or a commercial enterprise.-coarse, heavy, narrow linen cloth, used esp. for towels.
crasis: a mixture of constituents, as of the blood; constitution; temperament.-a contraction of two vowels (as the final and initial vowels of united words) into one long vowel, or into a diphthong; synaeresis; as, cogo for coago.
craspedota: the hydroid or naked-eyed medusae. see hydroidea.
crassamentum: a semisolid mass or clot, especially that formed in coagulation of the blood.
crataegus: a genus of small, hardy trees, including the hawthorn, much used for ornamental purposes.
crate: a large basket or hamper of wickerwork, used for the transportation of china, crockery, and similar wares.-a box or case whose sides are of wooden slats with interspaces, -- used especially for transporting fruit.-to pack in a crate or case for transportation; as, to crate a sewing machine; to crate peaches.
crater: the basinlike opening or mouth of a volcano, through which the chief eruption comes; similarly, the mouth of a geyser, about which a cone of silica is often built up.-the pit left by the explosion of a mine.-a constellation of the southen hemisphere; -- called also the cup.
craunch: to crush with the teeth; to chew with violence and noise; to crunch.
cravat: a neckcloth; a piece of silk, fine muslin, or other cloth, worn by men about the neck.
crave: to ask with earnestness or importunity; to ask with submission or humility; to beg; to entreat; to beseech; to implore.-to call for, as a gratification; to long for; hence, to require or demand; as, the stomach craves food.-to desire strongly; to feel an insatiable longing; as, a craving appetite.
craven: cowardly; fainthearted; spiritless.-a recreant; a coward; a weak-hearted, spiritless fellow. see recreant, n.-to make recreant, weak, spiritless, or cowardly.
craving: of crave-vehement or urgent desire; longing for; beseeching.
crawford: a crawford peach; a well-known freestone peach, with yellow flesh, first raised by mr. william crawford, of new jersey.
crawl: to move slowly by drawing the body along the ground, as a worm; to move slowly on hands and knees; to creep.-to move or advance in a feeble, slow, or timorous manner.-to advance slowly and furtively; to insinuate one's self; to advance or gain influence by servile or obsequious conduct.-to have a sensation as of insect creeping over the body; as, the flesh crawls.  see creep, v. i., 7.-the act or motion of crawling; slow motion, as of a creeping animal.-a pen or inclosure of stakes and hurdles on the seacoast, for holding fish.
crayfish: any crustacean of the family astacidae, resembling the lobster, but smaller, and found in fresh waters. crawfishes are esteemed very delicate food both in europe and america. the north american species are numerous and mostly belong to the genus cambarus. the blind crawfish of the mammoth cave is cambarus pellucidus. the common european species is astacus fluviatilis.-see crawfish.
crayon: an implement for drawing, made of clay and plumbago, or of some preparation of chalk, usually sold in small prisms or cylinders.-a crayon drawing.-a pencil of carbon used in producing electric light.-to sketch, as with a crayon; to sketch or plan.
craze: to break into pieces; to crush; to grind to powder. see crase.-to weaken; to impair; to render decrepit.-to derange the intellect of; to render insane.-to be crazed, or to act or appear as one that is crazed; to rave; to become insane.-to crack, as the glazing of porcelain or pottery.-craziness; insanity.-a strong habitual desire or fancy; a crotchet.-a temporary passion or infatuation, as for same new amusement, pursuit, or fashion; as, the bric-a-brac craze; the aesthetic craze.
crazedness: a broken state; decrepitude; an impaired state of the intellect.
craziness: the state of being broken down or weakened; as, the craziness of a ship, or of the limbs.-the state of being broken in mind; imbecility or weakness of intellect; derangement.
crazy: characterized by weakness or feebleness; decrepit; broken; falling to decay; shaky; unsafe.-broken, weakened, or dissordered in intellect; shattered; demented; deranged.-inordinately desirous; foolishly eager.
creak: to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound, as by the friction of hard substances; as, shoes creak.-to produce a creaking sound with.-the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking.
creaking: of creak-a harsh grating or squeaking sound, or the act of making such a sound.
cream: the rich, oily, and yellowish part of milk, which, when the milk stands unagitated, rises, and collects on the surface. it is the part of milk from which butter is obtained.-the part of any liquor that rises, and collects on the surface.-a delicacy of several kinds prepared for the table from cream, etc., or so as to resemble cream.-a cosmetic; a creamlike medicinal preparation.-the best or choicest part of a thing; the quintessence; as, the cream of a jest or story; the cream of a collection of books or pictures.-to skim, or take off by skimming, as cream.-to take off the best or choicest part of.-to furnish with, or as with, cream.-to form or become covered with cream; to become thick like cream; to assume the appearance of cream; hence, to grow stiff or formal; to mantle.
cream-faced: white or pale, as the effect of fear, or as the natural complexion.
cream-slice: a wooden knife with a long thin blade, used in handling cream or ice cream.
creamcake: a kind of cake filled with custard made of cream, eggs, etc.
creamery: a place where butter and cheese are made, or where milk and cream are put up in cans for market.-a place or apparatus in which milk is set for raising cream.-an establishment where cream is sold.
creamy: full of, or containing, cream; resembling cream, in nature, appearance, or taste; creamlike; unctuous.
creance: faith; belief; creed.-a fine, small line, fastened to a hawk's leash, when it is first lured.-to get on credit; to borrow.
crease: see creese.-a line or mark made by folding or doubling any pliable substance; hence, a similar mark, however produced.-one of the lines serving to define the limits of the bowler and the striker.-to make a crease or mark in, as by folding or doubling.
creaser: a tool, or a sewing-machine attachment, for making lines or creases on leather or cloth, as guides to sew by.-a tool for making creases or beads, as in sheet iron, or for rounding small tubes.-a tool for making the band impression distinct on the back.
create: created; composed; begotten.-to bring into being; to form out of nothing; to cause to exist.-to effect by the agency, and under the laws, of causation; to be the occasion of; to cause; to produce; to form or fashion; to renew.-to invest with a new form, office, or character; to constitute; to appoint; to make; as, to create one a peer.
creatic: relating to, or produced by, flesh or animal food; as, creatic nausea.
creatin: a white, crystalline, nitrogenous substance found abundantly in muscle tissue.
creatinin: a white, crystalline, nitrogenous body closely related to creatin but more basic in its properties, formed from the latter by the action of acids, and occurring naturally in muscle tissue and in urine.
creation: the act of creating or causing to exist. specifically, the act of bringing the universe or this world into existence.-that which is created; that which is produced or caused to exist, as the world or some original work of art or of the imagination; nature.-the act of constituting or investing with a new character; appointment; formation.
creationism: the doctrine that a soul is specially created for each human being as soon as it is formed in the womb; -- opposed to traducianism.
creature: anything created; anything not self-existent; especially, any being created with life; an animal; a man.-a human being, in pity, contempt, or endearment; as, a poor creature; a pretty creature.-a person who owes his rise and fortune to another; a servile dependent; an instrument; a tool.-a general term among farmers for horses, oxen, etc.
creaze: the tin ore which collects in the central part of the washing pit or buddle.
credence: reliance of the mind on evidence of facts derived from other sources than personal knowledge; belief; credit; confidence.-that which gives a claim to credit, belief, or confidence; as, a letter of credence.-the small table by the side of the altar or communion table, on which the bread and wine are placed before being consecrated.-a cupboard, sideboard, or cabinet, particularly one intended for the display of rich vessels or plate, and consisting chiefly of open shelves for that purpose.-to give credence to; to believe.
credendum: a thing to be believed; an article of faith; -- distinguished from agendum, a practical duty.
credential: giving a title or claim to credit or confidence; accrediting.-that which gives a title to credit or confidence.-testimonials showing that a person is entitled to credit, or has right to exercise official power, as the letters given by a government to an ambassador or envoy, or a certificate that one is a duly elected delegate.
credibility: the quality of being credible; credibleness; as, the credibility of facts; the credibility of witnesses.
credible: capable of being credited or believed; worthy of belief; entitled to confidence; trustworthy.
credibleness: the quality or state of being credible; worthiness of belief; credibility.
credibly: in a manner inducing belief; as, i have been credibly informed of the event.
credit: reliance on the truth of something said or done; belief; faith; trust; confidence.-reputation derived from the confidence of others; esteem; honor; good name; estimation.-a ground of, or title to, belief or confidence; authority derived from character or reputation.-that which tends to procure, or add to, reputation or esteem; an honor.-influence derived from the good opinion, confidence, or favor of others; interest.-trust given or received; expectation of future playment for property transferred, or of fulfillment or promises given; mercantile reputation entitling one to be trusted; -- applied to individuals, corporations, communities, or nations; as, to buy goods on credit.-the time given for payment for lands or goods sold on trust; as, a long credit or a short credit.-the side of an account on which are entered all items reckoned as values received from the party or the category named at the head of the account; also, any one, or the sum, of these items; -- the opposite of debit; as, this sum is carried to one's credit, and that to his debit; a has several credits on the books of b.-to confide in the truth of; to give credence to; to put trust in; to believe.-to bring honor or repute upon; to do credit to; to raise the estimation of.-to enter upon the credit side of an account; to give credit for; as, to credit the amount paid; to set to the credit of; as, to credit a man with the interest paid on a bond.
credit foncier: a company licensed for the purpose of carrying out improvements, by means of loans and advances upon real securities.
credit mobilier: a joint stock company, formed for general banking business, or for the construction of public works, by means of loans on personal estate, after the manner of the credit foncier on real estate. in practice, however, this distinction has not been strictly observed.
creditable: worthy of belief.-deserving or possessing reputation or esteem; reputable; estimable.-bringing credit, reputation, or honor; honorable; as, such conduct is highly creditable to him.
creditor: one who credits, believes, or trusts.-one who gives credit in business matters; hence, one to whom money is due; -- correlative to debtor.
credulous: apt to believe on slight evidence; easily imposed upon; unsuspecting.-believed too readily.
creed: a definite summary of what is believed; esp., a summary of the articles of christian faith; a confession of faith for public use; esp., one which is brief and comprehensive.-any summary of principles or opinions professed or adhered to.-to believe; to credit.
creek: a small inlet or bay, narrower and extending further into the land than a cove; a recess in the shore of the sea, or of a river.-a stream of water smaller than a river and larger than a brook.-any turn or winding.
creeks: a tribe or confederacy of north american indians, including the muskogees, seminoles, uchees, and other subordinate tribes. they formerly inhabited georgia, florida, and alabama.
creeky: containing, or abounding in, creeks; characterized by creeks; like a creek; winding.
creel: an osier basket, such as anglers use.-a bar or set of bars with skewers for holding paying-off bobbins, as in the roving machine, throstle, and mule.
creep: to move along the ground, or on any other surface, on the belly, as a worm or reptile; to move as a child on the hands and knees; to crawl.-to move slowly, feebly, or timorously, as from unwillingness, fear, or weakness.-to move in a stealthy or secret manner; to move imperceptibly or clandestinely; to steal in; to insinuate itself or one's self; as, age creeps upon us.-to slip, or to become slightly displaced; as, the collodion on a negative, or a coat of varnish, may creep in drying; the quicksilver on a mirror may creep.-to move or behave with servility or exaggerated humility; to fawn; as, a creeping sycophant.-to grow, as a vine, clinging to the ground or to some other support by means of roots or rootlets, or by tendrils, along its length.-to have a sensation as of insects creeping on the skin of the body; to crawl; as, the sight made my flesh creep. see crawl, v. i., 4.-to drag in deep water with creepers, as for recovering a submarine cable.-the act or process of creeping.-a distressing sensation, or sound, like that occasioned by the creeping of insects.-a slow rising of the floor of a gallery, occasioned by the pressure of incumbent strata upon the pillars or sides; a gradual movement of mining ground.
creeper: one who, or that which, creeps; any creeping thing.-a plant that clings by rootlets, or by tendrils, to the ground, or to trees, etc.; as, the virginia creeper (ampelopsis quinquefolia).-a small bird of the genus certhia, allied to the wrens. the brown or common european creeper is c. familiaris, a variety of which (var. americana) inhabits america; -- called also tree creeper and creeptree. the american black and white creeper is mniotilta varia.-a kind of patten mounted on short pieces of iron instead of rings; also, a fixture with iron points worn on a shoe to prevent one from slipping.-a spurlike device strapped to the boot, which enables one to climb a tree or pole; -- called often telegraph creepers.-a small, low iron, or dog, between the andirons.-an instrument with iron hooks or claws for dragging at the bottom of a well, or any other body of water, and bringing up what may lie there.-any device for causing material to move steadily from one part of a machine to another, as an apron in a carding machine, or an inner spiral in a grain screen.-crockets. see crocket.
creephole: a hole or retreat into which an animal may creep, to escape notice or danger.-a subterfuge; an excuse.
creeping: of creep-crawling, or moving close to the ground.-growing along, and clinging to, the ground, or to a wall, etc., by means of rootlets or tendrils.
creepingly: by creeping slowly; in the manner of a reptile; insidiously; cunningly.
creeple: a creeping creature; a reptile.-one who is lame; a cripple.
creepy: crawly; having or producing a sensation like that caused by insects creeping on the skin.
crees: an algonquin tribe of indians, inhabiting a large part of british america east of the rocky mountains and south of hudson's bay.
creese: a dagger or short sword used by the malays, commonly having a serpentine blade.
crefting: croftland.-exposing linen to the sun, on the grass, in the process of bleaching.
cremaster: a thin muscle which serves to draw up the testicle.-the apex of the last abdominal segment of an insect.
cremasteric: of or pertaining to the cremaster; as, the cremasteric artery.
cremate: to burn; to reduce to ashes by the action of fire, either directly or in an oven or retort; to incremate or incinerate; as, to cremate a corpse, instead of burying it.
crematory: a furnace for cremating corpses; a building containing such a furnace.-pertaining to, or employed in, cremation.
cremocarp: the peculiar fruit of fennel, carrot, parsnip, and the like, consisting of a pair of carpels pendent from a supporting axis.
crenation: a rounded tooth on the edge of a leaf.-the condition of being crenate.
crenature: a rounded tooth or notch of a crenate leaf, or any part that is crenate; -- called also crenelle.-the state of being crenated or notched.
crenel: see crenelle.-an embrasure or indentation in a battlement; a loophole in a fortress; an indentation; a notch. see merlon, and illust. of battlement.-same as crenature.
crenelate: to furnish with crenelles.-to indent; to notch; as, a crenelated leaf.
crenelation: the act of crenelating, or the state of being crenelated; an indentation or an embrasure.
creole: one born of european parents in the american colonies of france or spain or in the states which were once such colonies, esp. a person of french or spanish descent, who is a native inhabitant of louisiana, or one of the states adjoining, bordering on the gulf of of mexico.-of or pertaining to a creole or the creoles.
creosol: a colorless liquid resembling phenol or carbolic acid, homologous with pyrocatechin, and obtained from beechwood tar and gum guaiacum.
creosote: wood-tar oil; an oily antiseptic liquid, of a burning smoky taste, colorless when pure, but usually colored yellow or brown by impurity or exposure. it is a complex mixture of various phenols and their ethers, and is obtained by the distillation of wood tar, especially that of beechwood.-to saturate or impregnate with creosote, as timber, for the prevention of decay.
crepane: an injury in a horse's leg, caused by the shoe of one hind foot striking and cutting the other leg. it sometimes forms an ulcer.
crepitate: to make a series of small, sharp, rapidly repeated explosions or sounds, as salt in fire; to crackle; to snap.
crepitation: the act of crepitating or crackling.-a grating or crackling sensation or sound, as that produced by rubbing two fragments of a broken bone together, or by pressing upon cellular tissue containing air.-a crepitant rale.
crepitus: the noise produced by a sudden discharge of wind from the bowels.-same as crepitation, 2.
crept: of creep-of creep-imp. & p. p. of creep.
crepusculous: pertaining to twilight; glimmering; hence, imperfectly clear or luminous.-flying in the twilight or evening, or before sunrise; -- said certain birds and insects.
crescendo: with a constantly increasing volume of voice; with gradually increasing strength and fullness of tone; -- a direction for the performance of music, indicated by the mark, or by writing the word on the score.-a gradual increase in the strength and fullness of tone with which a passage is performed.-a passage to be performed with constantly increasing volume of tone.
crescent: the increasing moon; the moon in her first quarter, or when defined by a concave and a convex edge; also, applied improperly to the old or decreasing moon in a like state.-anything having the shape of a crescent or new moon.-a representation of the increasing moon, often used as an emblem or badge-a symbol of artemis, or diana.-the ancient symbol of byzantium or constantinople.-the emblem of the turkish empire, adopted after the taking of constantinople.-any one of three orders of knighthood; the first instituted by charles i., king of naples and sicily, in 1268; the second by rene of anjou, in 1448; and the third by the sultan selim iii., in 1801, to be conferred upon foreigners to whom turkey might be indebted for valuable services.-the emblem of the increasing moon with horns directed upward, when used in a coat of arms; -- often used as a mark of cadency to distinguish a second son and his descendants.-shaped like a crescent.-increasing; growing.-to form into a crescent, or something resembling a crescent.-to adorn with crescents.
cresol: any one of three metameric substances, ch3.c6h4.oh, homologous with and resembling phenol. they are obtained from coal tar and wood tar, and are colorless, oily liquids or solids. [called also cresylic acid.]
cress: a plant of various species, chiefly cruciferous. the leaves have a moderately pungent taste, and are used as a salad and antiscorbutic.
cresselle: a wooden rattle sometimes used as a substitute for a bell, in the roman catholic church, during the latter part of holy week, or the last week of lent.
cresset: an open frame or basket of iron, filled with combustible material, to be burned as a beacon; an open lamp or firrepan carried on a pole in nocturnal processions.-a small furnace or iron cage to hold fire for charring the inside of a cask, and making the staves flexible.
crest: a tuft, or other excrescence or natural ornament, growing on an animal's head; the comb of a cock; the swelling on the head of a serpent; the lengthened feathers of the crown or nape of bird, etc.-the plume of feathers, or other decoration, worn on a helmet; the distinctive ornament of a helmet, indicating the rank of the wearer; hence, also, the helmet.-a bearing worn, not upon the shield, but usually above it, or separately as an ornament for plate, liveries, and the like. it is a relic of the ancient cognizance. see cognizance, 4.-the upper curve of a horse's neck.-the ridge or top of a wave.-the summit of a hill or mountain ridge.-the helm or head, as typical of a high spirit; pride; courage.-the ornamental finishing which surmounts the ridge of a roof, canopy, etc.-the top line of a slope or embankment.-to furnish with, or surmount as, a crest; to serve as a crest for.-to mark with lines or streaks, like, or regarded as like, waving plumes.-to form a crest.
crested: of crest-having a crest.-having a crest of feathers or hair upon the head.-bearing any elevated appendage like a crest, as an elevated line or ridge, or a tuft.
crestfallen: with hanging head; hence, dispirited; dejected; cowed.-having the crest, or upper part of the neck, hanging to one side; -- said of a horse.
cresting: of crest-an ornamental finish on the top of a wall or ridge of a roof.
cresylic: pertaining to, or derived from, cresol, creosote, etc.
cretaceous: having the qualities of chalk; abounding with chalk; chalky; as, cretaceous rocks and formations. see chalk.
cretan: pertaining to crete, or candia.-a native or inhabitant of crete or candia.
cretic: a poetic foot, composed of one short syllable between two long ones (- / -).
cretinism: a condition of endemic or inherited idiocy, accompanied by physical degeneracy and deformity (usually with goiter), frequent in certain mountain valleys, esp. of the alps.