crimper
A small climbing hold that can only be held with the tips of a person's fingers.
A person who crimps when climbing.
A hairdresser.
A device for giving hair a wavy appearance.
Someone who adds pleats to fabric for clothes, drapery, etc.
A tool used to crimp, to join two pieces of metal.
An instrument for crimping or ruffling pastry when making a pie.
A curved board or frame over which the upper of a boot or shoe is stretched to the required shape.
A machine for crimping or ruffling textile fabrics.

crimpers
plural of crimper

cringeling
One who cringes and fawns; a submissive toady.

cringelings
plural of cringeling

cringer
A person who cringes or shies away.

cringers
plural of cringer

cringings
plural of cringing

crinklebutt
A term of endearment for one who wears a diaper.

crinklebutts
plural of crinklebutt

criophore
A statue or other representation of a person carrying a ram.

criophores
plural of criophore

criophoroi
plural of criophoros.

criophoros
Synonym of criophore.

crippler
A person who, or thing which cripples.
A corrugated board used to grain leather.
A sighting of an extraordinarily rare bird, such that it almost has an paralysing effect on the birder.

cripplers
plural of crippler

crippleware
A program whose functionality is severely limited beyond that of shareware, often in the interest of its author having the crippleware user make a purchase of the uncrippled program.

criterion
A standard, test, or requirement by which individual things or people may be compared and judged; a gauge.

criterions
plural of criterion

criterium
A mass-start road-cycle race consisting of several laps around a closed circuit, the length of each lap or circuit ranging from about 1 km to 2 km (1/2 mile to just over 1 mile).

criteriums
plural of criterium

critic
A person who appraises the works of others.
A specialist in judging works of art.
One who criticizes; a person who finds fault.
An opponent.
Obsolete form of critique (“an act of criticism”).
Obsolete form of critique (“the art of criticism”).

criticaster
A petty or charlatan critic.

criticasters
plural of criticaster

criticess
A female critic.

criticesses
plural of criticess

criticiser
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of criticizer.

criticisers
plural of criticiser

criticizer
A person who criticizes; a carper or faultfinder.

criticizers
plural of criticizer

critick
Archaic spelling of critic.

criticked
simple past and past participle of critic

critickin
A petty critic; a criticaster.

critickins
plural of critickin

criticks
plural of critick

criticoid
An invariant function of a differential equation

criticoids
plural of criticoid

critics
plural of critic

criticule
A petty critic.

criticules
plural of criticule

critiquer
One who critiques.

critiquers
plural of critiquer

cro
Synonym of bro (“a male comrade or friend”).

crocheter
One who crochets.

crocheters
plural of crocheter

crofter
One who has the tenure of a croft, usually also the occupant and user.

crofters
plural of crofter

croise
A pilgrim bearing or wearing a cross, i.e. a Christian crusader.

croises
plural of croise

croker
Burlap.

crokers
plural of croker

crone
An old woman.
An archetypal figure, a wise woman.
An ugly, evil-looking, or frightening old woman; a hag.
An old ewe.
An old man, especially one who talks and acts like an old woman.

cronem
A male comrade or friend; (also) a group of males.

cronems
plural of cronem

crones
plural of crone

cronies
plural of crony

crony
A close friend.
A trusted companion or partner in a criminal organization.

cronyist
One who supports or encourages cronyism.

cronyists
plural of cronyist

cronynomics
Synonym of crony capitalism.

crookback
A crooked back, or a person with such a back; a hunchback.

crookbacks
plural of crookback

crooner
One who croons; a singer, usually male, especially of popular music.

crooners
plural of crooner

crophead
A person whose hair is cut very short.

cropheads
plural of crophead.

croppy
An Irish republican rebel.

croqueter
One who plays the game of croquet.

croqueters
plural of croqueter

crorepati
Someone whose net worth is greater than one crore (ten million) rupees or other local currency.

crorepatis
plural of crorepati

crori
The possessor or collector of a crore, or ten million, of any given kind of money; especially an official collector of revenue to the extent of a crore of dāms, or 250,000 rupees, who was also at various times invested with the general superintendence of the lands in his district, and the charge of the police.

croris
plural of crori

cros
plural of cro

crossback
Two pieces on the back of an item (for attaching or bracing it) which form an "X".
An "X"-shaped railroad crossing sign.
A Catholic.
A step in which one leg crosses behind the other.
A play in which the player with the ball crosses to one side of the field and then doubles back to the other.
The measurement from the outer edge of one shoulder blade to the outer edge of the other.
A hairpin bend.
A cross-course.
A return to the original course of action by one who previously changed to a different course of action, or the person making that return.
A cross between a hybrid species and one of the original parent species.
A cross between a hybrid species and one of the original parent species.

crossbacks
plural of crossback

crossbearer
Alternative spelling of cross bearer.

crossbearers
plural of crossbearer

crossbiter
One who crossbites; a deceiver; a cheat.

crossbiters
plural of crossbiter

crossbowman
Someone (usually a soldier) equipped with a crossbow.

crossbowmen
plural of crossbowman

crossbowsman
Alternative form of crossbowman.

crossbowsmen
plural of crossbowsman

crossbowwoman
A woman equipped with a crossbow.

crossbowwomen
plural of crossbowwoman

crossbreeder
One who crossbreeds.

crossbreeders
plural of crossbreeder

crosschecker
One who crosschecks, or re-examines.

crosscheckers
plural of crosschecker

crossdresser
Alternative spelling of cross-dresser.

crossdressers
plural of crossdresser

crossers
plural of crosser

crossface
A move that pushes the opponent's face away with the shoulder.

crossfaces
plural of crossface

crossfitter
Alternative letter-case form of CrossFitter.

crossfitters
plural of crossfitter

crosslinker
Any structure that forms a crosslink.

crosslinkers
plural of crosslinker

crossliver
Alternative form of cross-liver.

crosslivers
plural of crossliver

crosspatch
A grumpy, bad-tempered or irascible person.

crosspatches
plural of crosspatch

crossplayer
A cosplayer involved in crossplay.

crossplayers
plural of crossplayer

crossposter
One who crossposts.

crossposters
plural of crossposter

crossworder
A person who solves crossword puzzles.
A person who creates crossword puzzles.

crotcheteer
A crotchety person.

crotcheteers
plural of crotcheteer

crotchling
A child.

crotchlings
plural of crotchling

croucher
Agent noun of crouch: one who crouches.

crouchers
plural of croucher

crowder
One who crowds or pushes.

crowders
plural of crowder

crowdfunder
One who donates to a crowdfunding project.

crowdfunders
plural of crowdfunder

crowdpleaser
Someone or something that is pleasing to the majority of a group.

crowdpleasers
plural of crowdpleaser

crowdsourcer
One who crowdsources.

crowdsourcers
plural of crowdsourcer

croweater
A person from South Australia.

croweaters
plural of croweater

crower
A bird which, or person who, crows.

crowers
plural of crower

crowkeeper
A person employed to scare off crows.
A scarecrow.

crowkeepers
plural of crowkeeper

crownmaker
A manufacturer of crowns.

crownmakers
plural of crownmaker

crownpost
A king post.

crownposts
plural of crownpost

crucifier
One who crucifies.

crucifiers
plural of crucifier

cruciverbalist
A person who constructs or solves crosswords.

cruciverbalists
plural of cruciverbalist