crayon
A stick of colored chalk or wax used for drawing.
A colored pencil, a colouring pencil
A crayon drawing, or a drawing with colored lines.
A pencil of carbon used in producing electric light.

crayons
plural of crayon

craypot
A large, basket-like trap used to catch crayfish.

craypots
plural of craypot

creamometer
An instrument that is used to measure the amount of cream in milk

creamometers
plural of creamometer

creaser
A tool, person, or device for making creases.

creasers
plural of creaser

creepie
A low stool.

creepies
plural of creepie

creepmeter
An instrument that monitors the slow surface displacement of an active geologic fault in the earth.

creepmeters
plural of creepmeter

creepware
Software covertly installed on a computer or device to allow its operation to be monitored and thus spy on the user's activity.

cremometer
Alternative form of creamometer.

cremometers
plural of cremometer

cremulator
Device to grind the bone fragments that remain after cremation or aquamation into fine powder.

cremulators
plural of cremulator

creper
A machine for making rubber into crepes (rubber sheets).

crepers
plural of creper

crepiere
An appliance used to make crepes.
A female maker of crepes.

crepieres
plural of crepiere

crescent spanner
An open-end adjustable spanner with a worm-drive thumbwheel. When the term adjustable spanner or adjustable wrench is used, this type (branded with any of many brands) is usually the type meant.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: any spanner made by the namesake company, which makes many tools.

crescent spanners
plural of crescent spanner

crescograph
A device for measuring growth in plants.

crescographs
plural of crescograph

crespine
A headdress worn by both men and women, usually made of wire or knitted mesh worn on either side of the head, used to contain the long hair.

crespines
plural of crespine

crespinette
Alternative form of crespine.

crespinettes
plural of crespinette

cresset
A metal cage, basket or cup with fire in it, used for various purposes:
A metal cage, basket or cup with fire in it, used for various purposes:
A metal cage, basket or cup with fire in it, used for various purposes:

cressets
plural of cresset

cretonne
A strong, heavy fabric of cotton, linen or rayon, used to make curtains and upholstery.

cretonnes
plural of cretonne

crewel
Worsted yarn, slackly twisted, used for embroidery.

crewels
plural of crewel

crewet
Obsolete form of cruet.

crewets
plural of crewet

cribbings
plural of cribbing

cribwall
A log cabin structure filled with rock and soil, used for stabilizing streambanks.

cringle
A short piece of rope, arranged as a grommet around a metal ring, used to attach tackle to a sail etc.
A withe for fastening a gate.

cringles
plural of cringle

crispener
A circuit or device that modifies a video signal to make the picture look more crisp.

crispeners
plural of crispener

cristal
Relating to a crest.

cristall
Obsolete form of crystal.

cristalls
plural of cristall

cristals
plural of cristal

crizotinib
An aminopyridine drug used to treat certain kinds of lung carcinoma.

crome
A garden or agricultural implement with three or four tines bent at right angles, resembling a garden fork with bent prongs, and used for breaking up soil, clearing ditches, raking up shellfish on beaches, etc.

cromes
plural of crome

cropper
A fall, a tumble; a decided failure.

croppers
plural of cropper

crossatron
A high-power pulsed modulator device, a cold cathode gas-filled tube that combines useful features of thyratrons, vacuum tubes, and power semiconductor switches.

crossatrons
plural of crossatron

crossfader
A device consisting of two volume controls which control separate records, allowing the DJ to change the source of the sound between the records.

crossfaders
plural of crossfader

crossling
A cross between two types, varieties, races, or breeds; a blend; a hybrid.

crosslings
plural of crossling

crosspipe
A cross-shaped segment used to connect the ends of four pipes.

crosspipes
plural of crosspipe

crotal
A crotalum, a type of clapper used in Ancient Greece.
A small round bell or rattle; a jingle bell.

crotals
plural of crotal

crouper
Obsolete form of crupper.

croupers
plural of crouper

croupiere
Synonym of crupper (“armor for a horse's buttocks”).

croupieres
plural of croupiere

crowler
A large can used to hold craft beer.

crowlers
plural of crowler

croy
a natural or man-made protrusion or jetty projecting on a river and used to manage river fisheries, providing an obstacle to slow down current, a shelter for fish, a funnel to net them, and a platform to cast from.

croys
plural of croy

croze
A groove at the ends of the staves of a barrel into which the edge of the head is fitted.
A cooper's tool for making these grooves.

crozes
plural of croze

crucible
A cup-shaped piece of laboratory equipment used to contain chemical compounds when heating them to very high temperatures.
A heat-resistant container in which metals are melted, usually at temperatures above 500°C, commonly made of graphite with clay as a binder.
The bottom and hottest part of a blast furnace; the hearth.
A very difficult and trying experience, that acts as a refining or hardening process.

crucibles
plural of crucible

crucifices
plural of crucifix

crucifiction
Misspelling of crucifixion.
A term used to indicate a denial of the historicity of a crucifixion or the Crucifixion of Jesus.

crucifix
A wooden structure used for crucifixions, as by the Romans.
An ornamental or symbolic sculptural representation of Christ on a cross, often worn as a pendant or displayed in a Christian church.
The iron cross, a position on the rings where the gymnast holds the rings straight out on either side of the body.

crucifixes
plural of crucifix

cruck
A sturdy timber with a curve or angle used for primary framing of a timber house, usually used in pairs.

crucks
plural of cruck

crudware
Crapware.

cruet
A small bottle or container used to hold a condiment, such as salt, pepper, oil, or vinegar, for use at a dining table.
A stand for these containers.
A small vessel used to hold wine or water for the Eucharist.

cruets
plural of cruet

crumber
A player who waits around a marking contest aiming to get the ball if it falls down to the ground (because the opposing players leaping for it have spoiled each other's efforts).
A small, usually metal, tool designed to remove crumbs from a tablecloth.

crumbers
plural of crumber

crunodes
plural of crunode

crupper
A strap, looped under a horse's tail, used to stop a saddle from slipping.
The buttocks or rump, especially of a horse.
A piece of armour covering the hindquarters/buttocks of a horse.

cruppers
plural of crupper

cruse
A small jar used to hold liquid, such as oil or water.
An oil lamp; a crusy.

cruses
plural of cruse

crustaches
plural of crustache

crutch
A device to assist in motion as a cane, especially one that provides support under the arm to reduce weight on a leg.
Something or someone that supports, often used negatively to indicate that it is not needed and causes an unhealthful dependency; a prop
A crotch; the area of body where the legs fork from the trunk.
A form of pommel for a woman's saddle, consisting of a forked rest to hold the leg of the rider.
A knee, or piece of knee timber.
A forked stanchion or post; a crotch.
An improvised device, usually made from a piece of cardboard, to hold the last end of a joint.

crutched
simple past and past participle of crutch

crutches
plural of crutch

crutching
present participle and gerund of crutch

crutchword
Alternative form of crutch word.

crutchwords
plural of crutchword

cruze
Alternative spelling of cruse.

cryobag
A bag used to store material in a cryogenic medium

cryobags
plural of cryobag

cryoballoon
An inflatable balloon filled with a refrigerant that is used to freeze tissue.

cryoballoons
plural of cryoballoon