crosspatch

a bad-tempered person ;

crosspiece

a transverse brace ; a horizontal beam that extends across something ;

crossroad

a junction where one street or road crosses another ;

crossroads

a point where a choice must be made; "Freud's work stands at the crossroads between psychology and neurology" ; a community of people smaller than a village ; a crisis situation or point in time when a critical decision must be made; "at that juncture he had no idea what to do"; "he must be made to realize that the company stands at a critical point" ;

crosstalk

the presence of an unwanted signal via an accidental coupling ;

crosstie

one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track; "the British call a railroad tie a sleeper" ;

crosswalk

a path (often marked) where something (as a street or railroad) can be crossed to get from one side to the other ;

crossway

a junction where one street or road crosses another ;

crosswind

wind blowing across the path or a ship or aircraft ;

crossword

a puzzle in which words corresponding to numbered clues are to be found and written in to squares in the puzzle ;

crossword puzzle

a puzzle in which words corresponding to numbered clues are to be found and written in to squares in the puzzle ;

crotal

any of several lichens of the genus Parmelia from which reddish brown or purple dyes are made ;

crotalaria

any of various plants of the genus Crotalaria having inflated pods within which the seeds rattle; used for pasture and green-manure crops ;

crotalaria sagitallis

tropical American annual herb having an inflated pod in which the ripe seeds rattle ;

crotalaria spectabilis

erect subshrub having purple-tinted flowers and an inflated pod in which the ripe seeds rattle; India ;

crotalidae

New World vipers: pit vipers ;

crotalus

large rattlesnakes; seldom bite unless startled or pursuing prey ;

crotalus adamanteus

large deadly rattlesnake with diamond-shaped markings ;

crotalus atrox

largest and most dangerous North American snake; of southwestern United States and Mexico ;

crotalus cerastes

small pale-colored desert rattlesnake of southwestern United States; body moves in an s-shaped curve ;

crotalus horridus atricaudatus

southern variety ;

crotalus horridus horridus

widely distributed in rugged ground of eastern United States ;

crotalus lepidus

mountain rock dweller of Mexico and most southern parts of United States southwest ;

crotalus mitchellii

markings vary but usually harmonize with background; of southwestern Arizona and Baja California ;

crotalus scutulatus

extremely dangerous; most common in areas of scattered scrubby growth; from Mojave Desert to western Texas and into Mexico ;

crotalus tigris

having irregularly cross-banded back; of arid foothills and canyons of southern Arizona and Mexico ;

crotalus viridis

widely distributed between the Mississippi and the Rockies ;

crotaphion

the tip of the greater wing of the sphenoid bone ;

crotaphytus

collard lizards ;

crotch

external sex organ ; the angle formed by the inner sides of the legs where they join the human trunk ; the region of the angle formed by the junction of two branches; "they took the south fork"; "he climbed into the crotch of a tree" ;

crotch hair

hair growing in the pubic area ;

crotchet

a small tool or hooklike implement ; a strange attitude or habit ; a musical note having the time value of a quarter of a whole note ; a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook ;

crotchetiness

a fussy and eccentric disposition ;

croton

tropical Asiatic shrub; source of croton oil ; grown in many varieties for their brightly colored foliage; widely cultivated as a houseplant ;

croton bug

small light-brown cockroach brought to United States from Europe; a common household pest ;

croton eluteria

West Indian shrub with aromatic bark ;

croton oil

viscid acrid brownish-yellow oil from the seeds of Croton tiglium having a violent cathartic action ;

croton tiglium

tropical Asiatic shrub; source of croton oil ;

crotonbug

small light-brown cockroach brought to United States from Europe; a common household pest ;

crotophaga

ani ;