crop

a pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of food ; the stock or handle of a whip ; the output of something in a season; "the latest crop of fashions is about to hit the stores" ; a collection of people or things appearing together; "the annual crop of students brings a new crop of ideas" ; a cultivated plant that is grown commercially on a large scale ; the yield from plants in a single growing season ;

crop-dusting

the dispersion of fungicides or insecticides or fertilizer on growing crops (often from a low-flying aircraft) ;

crop failure

the failure of crops to produce a marketable surplus ;

cropper

small farmers and tenants ;

croquet

a game in which players hit a wooden ball through a series of hoops; the winner is the first to traverse all the hoops and hit a peg ;

croquet ball

a wooden ball used in playing croquet ;

croquet equipment

sports equipment used in playing croquet ;

croquet mallet

a mallet used to strike the ball in croquet ;

croquette

minced cooked meats (or vegetables) in thick white sauce; breaded and deep-fried ;

crore

the number that is represented as a one followed by 7 zeros; ten million ;

crosby

United States singer and film actor (1904-1977) ;

crosier

a staff surmounted by a crook or cross carried by bishops as a symbol of pastoral office ;

cross

(genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids ; an organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock; especially offspring produced by breeding plants or animals of different varieties or breeds or species; "a mule is a cross between a horse and a donkey" ; a representation of the structure on which Jesus was crucified; used as an emblem of Christianity or in heraldry ; a wooden structure consisting of an upright post with a transverse piece ; a marking that consists of lines that cross each other ; any affliction that causes great suffering; "that is his cross to bear"; "he bears his afflictions like a crown of thorns" ;

cross-classification

classification according to more than one attribute at the same time; "the cross-classification of cases was done by age and sex" ;

cross-country jumping

riding horses across country over obstructions to demonstrate horsemanship ;

cross-country riding

riding horses across country over obstructions to demonstrate horsemanship ;

cross-country skiing

the sport of skiing across the countryside (rather than downhill) ;

cross-division

classification according to more than one attribute at the same time; "the cross-classification of cases was done by age and sex" ;

cross-dresser

someone who adopts the dress or manner or sexual role of the opposite sex ;

cross-examination

(law) close questioning of a hostile witness in a court of law to discredit or throw a new light on the testimony already provided in direct examination ;

cross-examiner

someone who questions a witness carefully (especially about testimony given earlier) ;

cross-eye

strabismus in which one or both eyes turn inward toward the nose ;

cross-fertilisation

interchange between different cultures or different ways of thinking that is mutually productive and beneficial; "the cross-fertilization of science and the creative arts" ; fertilization by the union of male and female gametes from different individual of the same species ;

cross-fertilization

interchange between different cultures or different ways of thinking that is mutually productive and beneficial; "the cross-fertilization of science and the creative arts" ; fertilization by the union of male and female gametes from different individual of the same species ;

cross-florida waterway

a waterway used by small boats to travel between the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico through Lake Okeechobee and the Caloosahatchee_Canal and the Caloosahatchee River ;

cross-index

a reference at one place in a work to information at another place in the same work ;

cross-leaved heath

dwarf European shrub with rose-colored flowers ;

cross-link

a side bond that links two adjacent chains of atoms in a complex molecule ;

cross-linkage

a side bond that links two adjacent chains of atoms in a complex molecule ;

cross-pollination

stimulating influence among diverse elements; "the cross-pollination of the arts" ; fertilization by transfer of pollen from the anthers of one flower to the stigma of another ;

cross-purpose

a contrary aim; "at cross-purposes" ;

cross-question

a question asked in cross-examination ;

cross-questioner

someone who questions a witness carefully (especially about testimony given earlier) ;

cross-reference

a reference at one place in a work to information at another place in the same work ;

cross-stitch

embroidery done with pairs of stitches that cross each other ; two stitches forming a cross or X ;

cross bit

a rock drill having cruciform cutting edges; used in mining ;

cross bun

moderately sweet raised roll containing spices and raisins and citron and decorated with a cross-shaped sugar glaze ;

cross country

a long race run over open country ;

cross dressing

the practice of adopting the clothes or the manner or the sexual role of the opposite sex ;

cross hair

either of two fine mutually perpendicular lines that cross in the focus plane of an optical instrument and are use for sighting or calibration; "he had the target in his cross hairs" ;