counsellorships
plural of counsellorship

counselorships
plural of counselorship

countercastle
Alternative form of counter-castle.

countercastles
plural of countercastle

countercorrelation
Synonym of anticorrelation.

countercorrelations
plural of countercorrelation

counterindication
contraindication

counterindications
plural of counterindication

counterleague
A league set up in opposition to another league.

counterleagues
plural of counterleague

counterrevolution
A revolution aiming to reverse the political or social changes instigated by a previous revolution.
in Tycoon, to undo a revolution, setting the card hierarchy back to normal.

counterrevolutions
plural of counterrevolution

countersniper
Serving to prevent the shots of snipers.

countersnipers
plural of countersniper

counterstrain
The opposition of a muscular strain
A form of osteopathy that uses this as a technique

counterstrains
plural of counterstrain

counterterms
plural of counterterm

countertransport
The transport of two chemical species across a membrane in opposite directions

countertransporter
Anything that countertransports

countertransporters
plural of countertransporter

countships
plural of countship

coupes
plural of coupe

coursecest
A sexual or romantic relationship between coursemates.

courtezanship
Alternative form of courtesanship.

courtierships
plural of courtiership

courtings
plural of courting

courtships
plural of courtship

cousinage
relationship; kinship

cousinages
plural of cousinage

cousincest
Sexual relations between cousins.

cousinhood
Relationship as of cousins.
The state or quality of being a cousin.
Cousins, or persons related by blood, collectively.

cousinhoods
plural of cousinhood

cousinships
plural of cousinship

couverture
Chocolate prepared for covering cakes and sweets; a covering of such chocolate.
Alternative spelling of coverture.

couvertures
plural of couverture

coverture
Concealing cover, disguise, veil; also figurative
A common law doctrine developed in England during the Middle Ages, whereby a woman's legal existence, upon marriage, was subsumed by that of her husband, particularly with regard to ownership of property and protection.
Alternative spelling of couverture.
Shelter, hiding place.

covertures
plural of coverture

cowcatcher
A plough-shaped device affixed to the front of a locomotive (or other large vehicle), usually wedge or V-shaped so as to push or deflect objects on the tracks out of the way, to clear out the train's path and prevent the risk of derailment or major damage to it.
An advertisement at the start of a programme.

cowcatchers
plural of cowcatcher

cowlings
plural of cowling

cowls
plural of cowl

cox
A coxswain of a boat, especially of a racing crew.

coxes
plural of cox

coxie
A coxswain.

coxies
plural of coxie

coxswain
In a ship's boat, the helmsman given charge of the boat's crew.
The member of a crew who steers the shell and coordinates the power and rhythm of the rowers.
The second or third mate of a vessel, in charge of the master's barge.
A rank or position.

coxswains
plural of coxswain

crackship
A ship that is canonically implausible, bizarre, or humorous.

crackships
plural of crackship

crackup
A crash or wreck, generally involving a car or airplane.

crackups
plural of crackup

craftmanship
Alternative form of craftsmanship.

craftsmanships
plural of craftsmanship

crankness
Liability to capsize (said of a ship or other vessel).
sprightliness; health; vigour

crankset
The component of a bicycle drivetrain that converts the reciprocating motion of the rider's legs into rotational motion used to drive the chain, which in turn drives the rear wheel.

cranksets
plural of crankset

crapmobile
An inferior motor vehicle.

crapmobiles
plural of crapmobile

crashmate
Someone with whom one is in a crash, such as a car accident.

crashmates
plural of crashmate

cratch
To scratch.

cratches
plural of cratch

crate
A large open box or basket, used especially to transport fragile goods.
A vehicle (car, aircraft, spacecraft, etc.) seen as unreliable.
In the Rust programming language, a binary or library.

crates
plural of crate

crawlerway
A roadway for the use of crawlers (tracked vehicles).

crawlerways
plural of crawlerway

crayboat
A boat used to catch crayfish, especially commercially.

crayboats
plural of crayboat

crayer
A two- or three-masted sailing vessel formerly used for transporting cargo in the Baltic Sea.

crayers
plural of crayer

creance
faith; belief; creed
A long leash, or lightweight cord used to prevent escape of a hawk during training flights.

creances
plural of creance

creatorships
plural of creatorship

creditorships
plural of creditorship

creek
A small inlet, often saltwater, leading to the sea or to the main channel of a river, especially a river estuary.
The inner part of a port that is used as a dock for small boats.
A stream of water, typically a stream of freshwater smaller than a river; in Australia, also used of river-sized bodies of water.
Any turn or winding.

creekbed
Alternative form of creek bed.

creekbeds
plural of creekbed

creeks
plural of creek

creel
A woven basket, especially a wicker basket.
A woven basket, especially a wicker basket.
A woven basket, especially a wicker basket.
A bar or set of bars with skewers for holding paying-off bobbins, as in the roving machine, throstle, and mule.

creels
plural of creel

crep
trainer (sports shoe)

creps
Crepitations.

crewer
A member of a crew, as on a ship or spacecraft
A person in charge of locating the technical crew for a media production
A competitive rower

crewers
plural of crewer

crewman
A member of a crew, especially the crew of a ship.
Synonym of armoured crewman.

crewmen
plural of crewman

crike
Clipping of cricothyrotomy.

crimpage
The act or practice of crimping, or entrapping soldiers or sailors into service.
Money paid to a crimp for shipping or enlisting men.
crimping (using small holds with little surface area).

crinoline
A stiff fabric made from cotton and horsehair.
A stiff petticoat made from this fabric.
A skirt stiffened with hoops.
Any of the hoops making up the framework used to support cladding over a boiler.
Netting placed around ships to guard against torpedoes.

crinolines
plural of crinoline

critter
A creature, an animal.
A small locomotive used in an industrial setting.

critters
plural of critter

crodie
Synonym of brodie (“a close friend; a man deserving of admiration”).

crodies
plural of crodie

crojik
A triangular sail on old sailing ships.

crojiks
plural of crojik

cropduster
An aircraft that carries out crop-dusting.
A species of cicada, Diemeniana frenchi, of south-east mainland Australia.

cropdusters
plural of cropduster

crossbower
A crossbowman.

crossbowers
plural of crossbower

crossfall
Synonym of camber (“slope of a road”).

crossfalls
plural of crossfall

crosshaul
The transportation of goods away from a locality while similar goods are simultaneously transported into the same locality, often resulting in inefficiencies.
A method of shifting cargo or rigging by moving it across rather than along the length of a vessel.

crosshauls
plural of crosshaul

crosslinkage
A linkage between two things
A covalent bond between two molecules (especially one of a series between polymer chains)

crosslinkages
plural of crosslinkage

crossmapping
A relationship between two variables that demonstrates a cause-and-effect relationship between them

crossmappings
plural of crossmapping

crossmember
A transverse structural support.
A beam lying crosswise; a rail.

crossmembers
plural of crossmember