cross infection

an infection that is acquired at a hospital or other healthcare facility ;

cross of calvary

a Latin cross set on three steps ;

cross of lorraine

a cross with two crossbars, one above and one below the midpoint of the vertical, the lower longer than the upper ;

cross product

a vector that is the product of two other vectors ;

cross section

(physics) the probability that a particular interaction (as capture or ionization) will take place between particles; measured in barns ; a sample meant to be representative of a whole population ; a section created by a plane cutting a solid perpendicular to its longest axis ;

cross street

a street intersecting a main street (usually at right angles) and continuing on both sides of it ;

cross thwart

a crosspiece spreading the gunnels of a boat; used as a seat in a rowboat ;

cross vine

woody flowering vine of southern United States; stems show a cross in transverse section ;

cross wire

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" ;

crossbar

long thin horizontal crosspiece between two vertical posts ; game equipment consisting of a horizontal bar to be jumped or vaulted over ; a horizontal bar that goes across something ;

crossbeam

a horizontal beam that extends across something ;

crossbench

any of the seats in the House of Commons used by members who do not vote regularly with either the government or the opposition ;

crossbencher

a member of the House of Commons who does not vote regularly with either the government or the opposition ;

crossbill

finch with a bill whose tips cross when closed ;

crossbones

two crossed bones (or a representation of two crossed bones) used as a symbol danger or death ;

crossbow

a bow fixed transversely on a wooden stock grooved to direct the arrow (quarrel) ;

crossbred

a hybrid (especially an animal produced by a cross between two pure breeds) ;

crossbreed

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" ;

crossbreeding

reproduction by parents of different races (especially by white and non-white persons) ; (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids ;

crosscheck

an illegal check (chopping at an opponent's arms or stick) ; an instance of confirming something by considering information from several sources ;

crosscurrent

actions counter to the main group activity; "political crosscurrents disrupted the conference" ; a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current ;

crosscut

a route shorter than the usual one ; a diagonal path ;

crosscut handsaw

handsaw that cuts at right angles to the grain (or major axis) ;

crosscut saw

handsaw that cuts at right angles to the grain (or major axis) ;

crosse

a long racket with a triangular frame; used in playing lacrosse ;

crossed eye

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

crossfire

fire from two or more points so that the lines of fire cross ; a lively or heated interchange of ideas and opinions ;

crosshairs

a center of interest; "the war on terrorism has put Saddam Hussein in the crosshairs" ;

crosshatch

shading consisting of multiple crossing lines ;

crosshead

metal block that connects to a piston; it slides on parallel guides and moves a connecting rod back and forth ; a heading of a subsection printed within the body of the text ;

crossheading

a heading of a subsection printed within the body of the text ;

crossing

traveling across ; a voyage across a body of water (usually across the Atlantic Ocean) ; (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids ; a path (often marked) where something (as a street or railroad) can be crossed to get from one side to the other ; a junction where one street or road crosses another ; a point where two lines (paths or arcs etc.) intersect ; a shallow area in a stream that can be forded ;

crossing guard

someone who helps people (especially children) at a traffic crossing ;

crossing over

the interchange of sections between pairing homologous chromosomes during the prophase of meiosis ;

crossjack

the lowermost sail on a mizzenmast ;

crossness

a disposition to be ill-tempered ; an irritable petulant feeling ;

crossopterygian

any fish of the order Crossopterygii; most known only in fossil form ;

crossopterygii

fishes having paired fins resembling limbs and regarded as ancestral to amphibians ;

crossover

a path (often marked) where something (as a street or railroad) can be crossed to get from one side to the other ; the appropriation of a new style (especially in popular music) by combining elements of different genres in order to appeal to a wider audience; "a jazz-classical crossover album" ; a voter who is registered as a member of one political party but who votes in the primary of another party ; the interchange of sections between pairing homologous chromosomes during the prophase of meiosis ;

crossover voter

a voter who is registered as a member of one political party but who votes in the primary of another party ;