creme brulee

custard sprinkled with sugar and broiled ;

creme caramel

baked custard topped with caramel ;

creme de cacao

sweet liqueur flavored with vanilla and cacao beans ;

creme de fraise

strawberry-flavored liqueur ;

creme de menthe

sweet green or white mint-flavored liqueur ;

cremona

a city in Lombardy on the Po River; noted for the manufacture of fine violins from the 16th to the 18th centuries ;

crenate leaf

a leaf having a scalloped margin ;

crenation

one of a series of rounded projections (or the notches between them) formed by curves along an edge (as the edge of a leaf or piece of cloth or the margin of a shell or a shriveled red blood cell observed in a hypertonic solution etc.) ;

crenature

one of a series of rounded projections (or the notches between them) formed by curves along an edge (as the edge of a leaf or piece of cloth or the margin of a shell or a shriveled red blood cell observed in a hypertonic solution etc.) ;

crenel

a notch or open space between two merlons in a crenelated battlement ; one of a series of rounded projections (or the notches between them) formed by curves along an edge (as the edge of a leaf or piece of cloth or the margin of a shell or a shriveled red blood cell observed in a hypertonic solution etc.) ;

crenelation

the action of constructing ramparts with gaps for firing guns or arrows ; a rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps for firing arrows or guns ;

crenellation

the action of constructing ramparts with gaps for firing guns or arrows ; a rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps for firing arrows or guns ;

crenelle

a notch or open space between two merlons in a crenelated battlement ; one of a series of rounded projections (or the notches between them) formed by curves along an edge (as the edge of a leaf or piece of cloth or the margin of a shell or a shriveled red blood cell observed in a hypertonic solution etc.) ;

creole

a mother tongue that originates from contact between two languages ; a person descended from French ancestors in southern United States (especially Louisiana) ; a person of European descent born in the West Indies or Latin America ;

creole-fish

deep-sea fish of tropical Atlantic ;

creon

(Greek mythology) the brother of Jocasta and uncle of Antigone who became king of Thebes after the fall of Oedipus ;

creosol

a colorless to yellow aromatic liquid that is a constituent of creosote ;

creosote

a dark oily liquid obtained by distillation of coal tar; used as a preservative for wood ; a colorless or yellowish oily liquid obtained by distillation of wood tar; used as an antiseptic ;

creosote bush

desert shrub of southwestern United States and New Mexico having persistent resinous aromatic foliage and small yellow flowers ;

crepe

a soft thin light fabric with a crinkled surface ; small very thin pancake ; paper with a crinkled texture; usually colored and used for decorations ;

crepe de chine

a very thin crepe of silk or silklike fabric ;

crepe fern

fern of rain forests of tropical Australia and New Zealand and South Africa ;

crepe flower

ornamental shrub from eastern India commonly planted in the southern United States ;

crepe gardenia

tropical shrub having glossy foliage and fragrant nocturnal flowers with crimped or wavy corollas; northern India to Thailand ;

crepe jasmine

tropical shrub having glossy foliage and fragrant nocturnal flowers with crimped or wavy corollas; northern India to Thailand ;

crepe marocain

a dress crepe; similar to Canton crepe ;

crepe myrtle

ornamental shrub from eastern India commonly planted in the southern United States ;

crepe paper

paper with a crinkled texture; usually colored and used for decorations ;

crepe rubber

crude natural rubber; used mainly for shoe soles ;

crepe suzette

crepes flamed in a sweet orange-and-lemon flavored liqueur sauce ;

crepis

hawk's beard; cosmopolitan in northern hemisphere ;

crepitation

the sharp sound of snapping noises ;

crepitation rale

the crackling sound heard on auscultation when patients with respiratory diseases inhale; associated with tuberculosis and pneumonia and congestive heart failure ;

crepuscle

the time of day immediately following sunset; "he loved the twilight"; "they finished before the fall of night" ;

crepuscule

the time of day immediately following sunset; "he loved the twilight"; "they finished before the fall of night" ;

crescendo

(music) a gradual increase in loudness ;

crescent

any shape resembling the curved shape of the moon in its first or last quarters ;

crescent-cell anaemia

a congenital form of anemia occurring mostly in blacks; characterized by abnormal blood cells having a crescent shape ;

crescent-cell anemia

a congenital form of anemia occurring mostly in blacks; characterized by abnormal blood cells having a crescent shape ;

crescent roll

very rich flaky crescent-shaped roll ;