cross
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: krŏs
ipa: /kɹɒs/
note: dialects of the US, lot–cloth split
enpr: krôs
ipa: /kɹɔs/
note: dialects of the US, lot–cloth split
note: of Canada
enpr: krŏs
ipa: /kɹɑs/
note: of Canada
note: of the US
ipa: /kɹɒs/
ipa: /kɹɔs/
ipa: /kɹɒs/
ipa: /kɹɔ̟s/
rhymes: -ɒs
rhymes: -ɔːs
Forms: form: crosses
Etymology: From Middle English cross, cros, from Old English cros (“rood, cross”), from Old Norse kross, from Old Irish cros, from Latin crux (crucī). In this sense displaced native Middle English rode, from Old English rōd (“cross”); see English rood. Compare Welsh croes, Irish crois.
The sense of "two intersecting lines drawn or cut on a surface; two lines intersecting at right angles" without regard to religious signification develops from the late 14th century.
Cognates
*Icelandic kross (“cross”)
*Faroese krossur (“cross”)
*Norwegian Nynorsk kross, kors (“cross”)
*Danish kors (“cross”)
*Swedish kors (“cross”)
*North Frisian kross, korss (“cross”)
*Saterland Frisian Krjuus, Kjus (“cross”)
*West Frisian krús (“cross”)
*Dutch kruis (“cross”)
*German Low German Krüüz (“cross”)
*German Kreuz (“cross”)
Senses: examples: text: Put a cross for a wrong answer and a tick for a right one.
coordinate_terms: word: tee
english: similar shapes
translation: similar shapes
word: T
word: t
word: ;
word: ex
word: x
word: ;
word: chi#Noun
english: marks meaning yes or no
translation: marks meaning yes or no
word: mul:χ
word: tick
word: check
word: checkmark
word: ❎
word: ❌
glosses: A geometrical figure consisting of two straight lines or bars intersecting each other such that at least one of them is bisected by the other.
topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
hypernyms: charge
glosses: Any geometric figure having this or a similar shape, such as a cross of Lorraine or a Maltese cross.
examples: text: Criminals were commonly executed on a wooden cross.
synonyms: crucifix
coordinate_terms: gibbet#Noun
gallows
glosses: A wooden post with a perpendicular beam attached and used (especially in the Roman Empire) to execute criminals (by crucifixion).
examples: text: From the dim landscape roll the clouds away— / The Christians have regained their heritage; / Before the Cross has waned the Crescent's ray, / And many a monastery decks the stage, / And lofty church, and low-brow'd hermitage.
ref: 1811, Walter Scott, The Vision of Don Roderick; a Poem, Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for John Ballantyne and Co. […]; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, →OCLC, stanza XXVII, page 31:
topics: Christianity
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Cross (“the Crucifix, the cross on which Christ was crucified”).
examples: text: She made the cross after swearing.
topics: Christianity
glosses: A hand gesture made in imitation of the shape of the Cross; sign of the cross.
examples: text: She was wearing a cross on her necklace.
topics: Christianity
synonyms: crucifix
glosses: Any representation of the crucifix, as in religious architecture, burial markers, jewelry, etc.
examples: text: It's a cross I must bear.
text: Heaven prepares good men with crosses.
ref: 1641, Ben Jonson, Timber:
text: It's not fair to deny me / Of the cross I bear that you gave to me / You, you, you oughta know
ref: 1995, “You Oughta Know”, in Jagged Little Pill, performed by Alanis Morissette:
glosses: A difficult situation that must be endured.
raw_tags: from Christ's bearing of the cross
examples: text: A quick cross of the road.
glosses: The act of going across; the act of passing from one side to the other
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: An animal or plant produced by crossbreeding or cross-fertilization.
examples: text: Toning down the ancient Viking into a sort of a cross between Paul Jones and Jeremy Diddler
ref: 1856, Lord Dufferin, Letters from High Latitudes:
glosses: A hybrid of any kind.
topics: boxing
government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
glosses: A hook thrown over the opponent's punch.
examples: text: And Stamford Bridge erupted with joy as Florent Malouda slotted in a cross from Drogba, who had stayed just onside.
ref: 2010 December 29, Chris Whyatt, “Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton”, in BBC:
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: A pass in which the ball is kicked from a side of the pitch to a position close to the opponent’s goal.
glosses: A place where roads intersect and lead off in four directions; a crossroad (common in UK and Irish place names such as Gerrards Cross).
glosses: A monument that marks such a place. (Also common in UK or Irish place names such as Charing Cross)
examples: text: I should bear no cross if I did bear you; for I think you have no money in your purse.
ref: c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iv]:
glosses: A coin stamped with the figure of a cross, or that side of such a piece on which the cross is stamped; hence, money in general.
examples: text: the church-lands lying within the same, which were called the Cross
ref: 1612, John Davies, Discoverie of the True Causes why Ireland was never entirely subdued:
glosses: Church lands.
glosses: A line across or through another line.
topics: geography
natural-sciences
surveying
glosses: An instrument for laying of offsets perpendicular to the main course.
glosses: A pipe-fitting with four branches whose axes usually form a right angle.
topics: Rubik's-Cube
games
glosses: Four edge cubies of one side that are in their right places, forming the shape of a cross.
topics: cartomancy
human-sciences
mysticism
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The thirty-sixth Lenormand card.
glosses: A betrayal; dishonest practices, especially deliberately losing a sporting contest.
glosses: Crossfire.
Synonyms: sense: production of cross-breeding or -fertilization
word: hybrid
sense: cross on which Christ was crucified
word: True Cross
sense: hand gesture
word: sign of the cross
Derived terms: sense: Terms derived from cross (noun)
word: abbot on the cross
sense: Terms derived from cross (noun)
word: altar cross
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word: Andean cross
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word: ansate cross
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word: archbishop's cross
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word: archiepiscopal cross
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word: autocross
sense: Terms derived from cross (noun)
word: back cross
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word: Bedgebury Cross
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word: Brent Cross
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word: Bromley Cross
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word: Broughton Cross
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word: Burgate Cross
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word: buttercross
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word: Calvary cross
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word: Carolingian cross
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word: Celtic cross
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word: Charing Cross
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word: Church Cross
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word: Clay Cross
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word: come home by weeping cross
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word: countercross
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word: cross aisle
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word: cross and pile
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word: crossarm
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word: cross assembler
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word: cross axle
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word: crossback
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word: crossbeak
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word: cross bearer
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word: cross bike
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word: crossbill
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word: crossbite
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word: cross-bone
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word: crossbones
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word: cross bore
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word: cross bottony
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word: crossbow
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word: cross brace
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word: cross channel
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word: cross check
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word: Cross City
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word: cross compiler
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word: cross country
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word: cross cousin
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word: cross cove
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word: Cross Creek
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word: cross crosslet
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word: cross dowel
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word: cross file
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word: crossfish
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word: cross flory
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word: cross fox
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word: cross gamma
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word: Cross Gates
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word: Cross Green
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word: crosshair
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word: cross handle
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word: Cross Hands
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word: crosshead
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word: Cross Hills
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word: Cross Houses
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word: Cross in Hand
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word: Cross Inn
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word: cross join
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word: cross junction
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word: Cross Keys
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word: crossless
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word: crosslet
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word: crosslight
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word: crosslike
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word: crossline
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word: crossling
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word: crossman
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word: cross moline
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word: cross of gold
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word: cross of Lorraine
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word: cross of Malta
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word: cross pattée
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word: cross peen hammer
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word: crosspipe
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word: cross potence
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word: cross potent
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word: crossroad
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word: cross road
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word: crossroads
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word: cross sea
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word: cross spider
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word: cross springer
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word: cross-stitch
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word: Cross Street
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word: cross tab
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word: cross tabulation
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word: cross term
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word: cross to bear
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word: cross to take up
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word: cross training
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word: cross vanna
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word: cross vault
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word: Crossville
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word: cross volga
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word: crosswire
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word: Cross-worshipper
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word: crosswort
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word: cross write
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word: crutch cross
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word: diamond cross
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word: Dinas Cross
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word: double cross
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word: Egyptian cross
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word: Einstein cross
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word: equilateral cross
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word: fiery cross
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word: Foss Cross
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word: Four Crosses
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word: Geneva cross
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word: George Cross
sense: Terms derived from cross (noun)
word: Gerrards Cross
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word: Goold's Cross
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word: Greek cross
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word: green cross
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word: Green Cross Code
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word: Harman's Cross
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word: Hatton Cross
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word: herb of the cross
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word: high cross
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word: Hoar Cross
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word: holy cross
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word: holy cross frog
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word: Holy Cross Voivodeship
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word: Horns Cross
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word: Horsley Cross
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word: hot cross bun
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word: Hunt's Cross
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word: iron cross
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word: Iron Cross
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word: Jerusalem cross
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word: kayak cross
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word: Keynesian cross
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word: King's Cross
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word: Kirby Cross
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word: Korolev cross
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word: Latin cross
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word: left cross
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word: Lorraine cross
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word: Maltese cross
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word: Maltesian cross
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word: Maple Cross
sense: Terms derived from cross (noun)
word: Mark Cross
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word: market cross
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word: Martinhoe Cross
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word: moline cross
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word: Mortimer's Cross
sense: Terms derived from cross (noun)
word: motocross
sense: Terms derived from cross (noun)
word: Mount of the Holy Cross
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word: New Cross
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word: Nordic cross
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word: on the cross
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word: papal cross
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word: patriarchal cross
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word: Peasley Cross
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word: Peltier's cross
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word: plague cross
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word: Poison Cross
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word: preaching cross
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word: Red Cross
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word: right cross
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word: Robeston Cross
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word: Rose Cross
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word: Saint Andrew's cross
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word: Saint Anthony's cross
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word: Saint George's cross
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word: Scandinavian cross
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word: scissor cross
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word: Shaw Cross
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word: short cross
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word: sign of the cross
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word: Silver Cross
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word: skicross
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word: skiercross
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word: snowboard cross
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word: solar cross
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word: Southern Cross
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word: Stoke Holy Cross
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word: Stone Cross
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word: St Owen's Cross
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word: subcross
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word: sun cross
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word: take the cross
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word: tau cross
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word: Tau Cross
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word: testcross
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word: Three Crosses
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word: thunder cross
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word: Tiers Cross
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word: True Cross
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word: Victoria Cross
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word: Walpole Cross Keys
sense: Terms derived from cross (noun)
word: Waltham Cross
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word: wayside cross
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word: white cross
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word: widow's cross
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word: yellow cross liquid
Related terms: across
crouched
crozier
crucial
crucifix
crucify
crusade
crux