croqueta
A Cuban croquette, usually made of ham, beef, chicken, or fish, and generally based on flour rather than potatoes.
A Spanish croquette, a typical tapas dish.

croquetas
plural of croqueta

crossbencher
A member of a legislature who belongs to a political party or coalition that is not in government or official opposition (the largest party or coalition not in government), or is independent; a member of the crossbench.
Alternative form of cross-bencher.

crossbenchers
plural of crossbencher

crossfish
A starfish.

crossfishes
plural of crossfish

crossings
plural of crossing

crosswing
A wing attached to a main or original house block, its axis at right angles to the original block, and often gabled.

crosswings
plural of crosswing

crotalid
A pit viper; any member of the subfamily Crotalinae (formerly the family Crotalidae) in family Viperidae.

crotalids
plural of crotalid

crotaloids
plural of crotaloid

crotaphytid
Any member of the Crotaphytidae, or collared lizards.

crotaphytids
plural of crotaphytid

crotonid
Any member of the family Crotoniidae of mites.

crotonids
plural of crotonid

crotonoid
Any plant that is a member of the subfamily Crotonoideae

crotonoids
plural of crotonoid

croupade
A leap in which the horse pulls its hind legs up towards the belly.

croupades
plural of croupade

croupon
A cowhide with the belly and neck removed.

croupons
plural of croupon

crowbait
An old, emaciated horse.

crowbaits
plural of crowbait

crowned seahorse
A species of seahorse, Hippocampus coronatus

crownpiece
A strap in the bridle that goes over the horse's head just behind the animal's ears.

crownpieces
plural of crownpiece

crowstep
corbiestep

crucian
A small greenish-brown carp, Carassius carassius, farmed in parts of Europe.

crucian carp
Carassius carassius, a species of carp found in northern Europe and northern Asia.
A fish of any species in genus Carassius.

crucian carps
plural of crucian carp

crucians
plural of crucian

crusian
Alternative form of crucian (“kind of carp”).

crusians
plural of crusian

crustacivore
Any animal (typically a bird) that forages for, and eats crustaceans

crustacivores
plural of crustacivore

cryolophosaur
Any theropod of the genus Cryolophosaurus

cryolophosaurs
plural of cryolophosaur

cryophile
an organism that thrives at low temperatures

cryophiles
plural of cryophile

cryptid
A creature known only from folklore or legend, the existence of which is not proven by scientific observation.

cryptids
plural of cryptid

cryptobranchoid
Any salamander of the suborder Cryptobranchoidea.

cryptobranchoids
plural of cryptobranchoid

cryptocaryosis
A parasitic infection of marine fish caused by the ciliate Cryptocaryon irritans.

cryptocercid
Any cockroach in the family Cryptocercidae.

cryptocercids
plural of cryptocercid

cryptoclidus
An extinct, long-necked plesiosaur, of genus †Cryptoclidus, from the late Jurassic period.

cryptocliduses
plural of cryptoclidus

cryptodiran
Any member of the Cryptodira, the taxonomic suborder of Testudines that includes most living tortoises and turtles.

cryptodirans
plural of cryptodiran

cryptodire
Any member of the Cryptodira, the taxonomic suborder of Testudines that includes most living tortoises and turtles.

cryptodires
plural of cryptodire

cryptodont
Any bivalve mollusc of the subclass Cryptodonta

cryptodontian
Any dicynodont therapsid of the clade Cryptodontia

cryptodonts
plural of cryptodont

cryptogenesis
The generation of crypts

cryptomaria
mare basalt deposits, buried under the regolith of the moon

cryptoperthite
A submicroscopic form of perthite that can only be observed by using X-ray diffraction or electron microscopy.

cryptoperthites
plural of cryptoperthite

cryptorchid
A male animal with one or two undescended testicles.

cryptorchids
plural of cryptorchid

cryptosexuality
Hidden sexual reproduction in a normally asexual organism.

cryptosporidia
plural of cryptosporidium

cryptosporidium
Any protozoan of the genus Cryptosporidium, intestinal parasites of humans and other vertebrates that can cause diarrhea and other symptoms in cases of low immunity.

cryptosyringid
Any echinoderm of the proposed superclass Cryptosyringida

cryptosyringids
plural of cryptosyringid

cryptoworm
A form of malware that spreads in the form of a worm and encrypts victims' data.

cryptoworms
plural of cryptoworm

cryptozoa
Small animals who live in darkness and under conditions of high relative humidity.

cryptozoite
The exoerythrocytic stage of a malarial parasite

cryptozoites
plural of cryptozoite

cryptozoology
Study of cryptids, animals whose existence has not been proven.

crystallogen
The nucleus of a newly-formed crystal.
Synonym of crystalloid.
Any member of the carbon group (group 14) of elements.

crystallogens
plural of crystallogen

crystallogram
A photograph of an X-ray diffraction pattern

crystallograms
plural of crystallogram

cshatriya
Alternative form of kshatriya.

cshatriyas
plural of cshatriya

ctenochasmatid
Any pterosaur of the family Ctenochasmatidae

ctenochasmatids
plural of ctenochasmatid

ctenodactylid
Any of the several rodents of the family Ctenodactylidae.

ctenodactylids
plural of ctenodactylid

ctenodactyloid
Any member of the Ctenodactyloidea superfamily of rodents.

ctenodactyloids
plural of ctenodactyloid

ctenoideans
plural of ctenoidean

ctenosaur
Any iguana of the genus Ctenosaura

ctenosaurs
plural of ctenosaur

ctenotus
Any skink of the genus Ctenotus.

ctenotuses
plural of ctenotus

cubera snapper
A commercially important species of snapper native to the western Atlantic Ocean, Lutjanus cyanopterus.

cubfur
A furry character that is a cub.
A member of the furry subculture with an interest in roleplaying as a cub.

cubichnion
A trace fossil formed by an organism temporarily resting.

cubicula
plural of cubiculum

cubiculum
A small room, especially a bedroom, typically those small rooms found on the upper floor of a Roman house.
A small room carved out of the wall of a catacomb, used as mortuary chapels, and in Roman times, for Christian worship.

cubiculums
plural of cubiculum

cublet
A little cub.

cublets
plural of cublet

cubling
A little cub.

cublings
plural of cubling

cubmaster
Alternative form of Cubmaster.

cubmasters
plural of cubmaster

cubomedusa
Any jellyfish of the order Cubomedusae; the box jellyfish.

cubomedusae
plural of cubomedusa

cubopolyp
The polypoid stage of a box jellyfish

cubopolyps
plural of cubopolyp

cuckhold
Obsolete form of cuckold.

cuckholds
plural of cuckhold

cuckold
A man married to an adulterous spouse, especially when he is unaware or unaccepting of the fact.
A man who is attracted to or aroused by the sexual infidelity of a partner.
A West Indian plectognath fish, Rhinesomus triqueter.
The scrawled cowfish, Acanthostracion quadricornis and allied species.
Synonym of fringed filefish.

cuckolds
plural of cuckold

cuckoo catfish
Synodontis multipunctatus, a small African catfish that lays eggs among the eggs of a cichlid, to be taken care of by the cichlid.
Any of a few other species of Synodontis, such as S. petricola, that are also brood parasites.

cucujoid
Any beetle of the superfamily Cucujoidea.

cucujoids
plural of cucujoid

cucullanid
Any member of the Cucullanidae family of nematodes.

cucumber fish
Any fish of the Australian genus Paraulopus, especially Paraulopus nigripinnis.
Any Australian grayling (Prototroctes maraena).
Any New Zealand smelt (Retropinna retropinna).
Any bivalve pearlfish (Onuxodon margaritiferae).

cucumber herring
Synonym of Australian grayling (Prototroctes maraena).

cucumber mullet
Synonym of Australian grayling (Prototroctes maraena).

cucumberfish
Alternative form of cucumber fish.

cucumberfishes
plural of cucumberfish

cucurbit
Any member of the family Cucurbitaceae of gourds.
A receptacle, originally gourd-shaped and used for liquids or chemicals; a bottle or other container.

cucurbite
Archaic form of cucurbit.

cucurbits
plural of cucurbit