crag

a steep rugged rock or cliff ;

cragsman

a climber of vertical rock faces ;

craig ventner

United States geneticist who published the complete base sequences for all the genes of a free-living organism, the influenza bacterium; later led team that developed a first draft of the entire human genome (born in 1946) ;

craigie

English lexicographer who was a joint editor of the Oxford English Dictionary (1872-1966) ;

crake

any of several short-billed Old World rails ;

crambe

annual or perennial herbs with large leaves that resemble the leaves of cabbages ;

crambe maritima

perennial of coastal sands and shingles of northern Europe and Baltic and Black Seas having racemes of small white flowers and large fleshy blue-green leaves often used as potherbs ;

crammer

a textbook designed for cramming ; a special school where students are crammed ; a teacher who is paid to cram students for examinations ; a student who crams ;

cramp

a strip of metal with ends bent at right angles; used to hold masonry together ; a clamp for holding pieces of wood together while they are glued ; a painful and involuntary muscular contraction ;

cramp iron

a strip of metal with ends bent at right angles; used to hold masonry together ;

crampbark

deciduous thicket-forming Old World shrub with clusters of white flowers and small bright red berries ;

crampfish

any sluggish bottom-dwelling ray of the order Torpediniformes having a rounded body and electric organs on each side of the head capable of emitting strong electric discharges ;

crampon

an iron spike attached to the shoe to prevent slipping on ice when walking or climbing ; a hinged pair of curved iron bars; used to raise heavy objects ;

crampoon

an iron spike attached to the shoe to prevent slipping on ice when walking or climbing ; a hinged pair of curved iron bars; used to raise heavy objects ;

cran

a capacity unit used for measuring fresh herring ;

cranberry

very tart red berry used for sauce or juice ; any of numerous shrubs of genus Vaccinium bearing cranberries ;

cranberry bush

deciduous North American shrub or small tree having three-lobed leaves and red berries ;

cranberry culture

the cultivation of cranberries ;

cranberry heath

small prostrate or ascending shrub having scarlet flowers and succulent fruit resembling cranberries; sometimes place in genus Styphelia ;

cranberry juice

the juice of cranberries (always diluted and sweetened) ;

cranberry sauce

sauce made of cranberries and sugar ;

cranberry tree

deciduous North American shrub or small tree having three-lobed leaves and red berries ; deciduous thicket-forming Old World shrub with clusters of white flowers and small bright red berries ;

crane

large long-necked wading bird of marshes and plains in many parts of the world ; lifts and moves heavy objects; lifting tackle is suspended from a pivoted boom that rotates around a vertical axis ; a small constellation in the southern hemisphere near Phoenix ; United States poet (1899-1932) ; United States writer (1871-1900) ;

crane's bill

any of numerous geraniums of the genus Geranium ;

crane fly

long-legged slender flies that resemble large mosquitoes but do not bite ;

cranesbill

any of numerous geraniums of the genus Geranium ;

crangon

type genus of the family Crangonidae ;

crangonidae

shrimps ;

cranial cavity

the cavity enclosed by the cranium ;

cranial index

ratio (in percent) of the maximum breadth to the maximum length of a skull ;

cranial nerve

any of the 12 paired nerves that originate in the brain stem ;

cranial orbit

the bony cavity in the skull containing the eyeball ;

craniata

fishes; amphibians; reptiles; birds; mammals ;

craniate

animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium ;

craniologist

someone who claims to read your character from the shape of your skull ;

craniology

the scientific study of the skulls of various human races ;

craniometer

an instrument for measuring skull sizes ;

craniometric point

a landmark on the skull from which craniometric measurements can be taken ;

craniometry

the branch of physical anthropology dealing with the study and measurement of dry skulls after removal of its soft parts ;

craniotomy

a surgical opening through the skull ;