creek confederacy

a North American Indian confederacy organized by the Muskogee that dominated the southeastern part of the United States before being removed to Oklahoma ;

creel

a wicker basket used by anglers to hold fish ;

creep

a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body; "a crawl was all that the injured man could manage"; "the traffic moved at a creep" ; a pen that is fenced so that young animals can enter but adults cannot ; a slow longitudinal movement or deformation ; someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric ;

creep feed

feed given to young animals isolated in a creep ;

creeper

any of various small insectivorous birds of the northern hemisphere that climb up a tree trunk supporting themselves on stiff tail feathers and their feet ; a person who crawls or creeps along the ground ; any plant (as ivy or periwinkle) that grows by creeping ;

creepiness

an uneasy sensation as of insects creeping on your skin ;

creeping

a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body; "a crawl was all that the injured man could manage"; "the traffic moved at a creep" ;

creeping bellflower

erect European herb with creeping rootstocks and nodding spikelike racemes of blue to violet flowers ;

creeping bent

common pasture or lawn grass spread by long runners ;

creeping bentgrass

common pasture or lawn grass spread by long runners ;

creeping bugle

low rhizomatous European carpeting plant having spikes of blue flowers; naturalized in parts of United States ;

creeping buttercup

perennial European herb with long creeping stolons ;

creeping charlie

a loosestrife vine ;

creeping crowfoot

perennial European herb with long creeping stolons ;

creeping fern

delicate fern of the eastern United States having a twining stem and palmately-lobed sterile fronds and forked fertile fronds ;

creeping jenny

a loosestrife vine ;

creeping juniper

low to prostrate shrub of Canada and northern United States; bronzed purple in winter ;

creeping lily

any plant of the genus Gloriosa of tropical Africa and Asia; a perennial herb climbing by means of tendrils at leaf tips having showy yellow to red or purple flowers; all parts are poisonous ;

creeping oxalis

creeping much-branched mat-forming weed; cosmopolitan ;

creeping snowberry

slow-growing procumbent evergreen shrublet of northern North America and Japan having white flowers and numerous white fleshy rough and hairy seeds ;

creeping soft grass

European perennial grass with soft velvety foliage ;

creeping spike rush

cylindrical-stemmed sedge ;

creeping st john's wort

creeping evergreen shrub with bright yellow star-shaped summer flowers; useful as ground cover ;

creeping thistle

European thistle naturalized in United States and Canada where it is a pernicious weed ;

creeping thyme

aromatic dwarf shrub common on banks and hillsides in Europe; naturalized in United States ;

creeping willow

small trailing bush of Europe and Asia having straggling branches with silky green leaves of which several varieties are cultivated ;

creeping windmill grass

perennial Australian grass having numerous long spikes arranged like the vanes of a windmill ;

creeping wintergreen

creeping shrub of eastern North America having white bell-shaped flowers followed by spicy red berrylike fruit and shiny aromatic leaves that yield wintergreen oil ;

creeping wood sorrel

creeping much-branched mat-forming weed; cosmopolitan ;

creeping zinnia

low-branching leafy annual with flower heads resembling zinnias; found in southwestern United States and Mexico to Guatemala ;

creeps

a feeling of fear and revulsion; "he gives me the creeps" ; a disease of cattle and sheep attributed to a dietary deficiency; characterized by anemia and softening of the bones and a slow stiff gait ;

creepy-crawlies

feelings of dislike and anxiety; "the cave gave me the creepy-crawlies" ;

creepy-crawly

an animal that creeps or crawls (such as worms or spiders or insects) ;

creese

a Malayan dagger with a wavy blade ;

cremains

the remains of a dead body after cremation ;

cremation

the incineration of a dead body ;

cremation chamber

a furnace where a corpse can be burned and reduced to ashes ;

crematorium

a furnace where a corpse can be burned and reduced to ashes ; a mortuary where corpses are cremated ;

crematory

a furnace where a corpse can be burned and reduced to ashes ; a mortuary where corpses are cremated ;

creme anglais

custard sauce flavored with vanilla or a liqueur ;