crottal

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

crottle

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

crouch

the act of bending low with the limbs close to the body ;

croup

the part of a quadruped that corresponds to the human buttocks ; a disease of infants and young children; harsh coughing and hoarseness and fever and difficult breathing ;

croupe

the part of a quadruped that corresponds to the human buttocks ;

croupier

someone who collects and pays bets at a gaming table ;

croupier's rake

a small rake used by a croupier to move chips around on the table ;

crouse

United States playwright (1893-1966) ;

crouton

a small piece of toasted or fried bread; served in soup or salads ;

crow

black birds having a raucous call ; a Siouan language spoken by the Crow ; an instance of boastful talk; "his brag is worse than his fight"; "whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade" ; the cry of a cock (or an imitation of it) ; a small quadrilateral constellation in the southern hemisphere near Virgo ; a member of the Siouan people formerly living in eastern Montana ;

crow's feet

a wrinkle in the skin at the outer corner of your eyes ;

crow's foot

large tree of Australasia ; a wrinkle in the skin at the outer corner of your eyes ;

crow's nest

platform for a lookout at or near the top of a mast ;

crow-bait

an emaciated horse likely soon to become carrion and so attractive to crows ;

crow blackbird

long-tailed American blackbird having iridescent black plumage ;

crow corn

any of several perennials of the genus Aletris having grasslike leaves and bitter roots reputed to cure colic ;

crow garlic

pungent Old World wild onion ;

crow pheasant

common coucal of India and China ;

crow step

(architecture) a step on the top of a gable wall ;

crowbait

an emaciated horse likely soon to become carrion and so attractive to crows ;

crowbar

a heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge ;

crowberry

a low evergreen shrub with small purple flowers and black berrylike fruit ;

crowberry family

heathlike shrubs ;

crowd

a large number of things or people considered together; "a crowd of insects assembled around the flowers" ; an informal body of friends; "he still hangs out with the same crowd" ;

crowd control

activity of controlling a crowd ;

crowding

a situation in which people or things are crowded together; "he didn't like the crowding on the beach" ;

crowfoot

any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus ;

crowfoot family

a family of Ranunculaceae ;

crowfoot grass

a creeping grass with spikes like fingers ;

crowing

an instance of boastful talk; "his brag is worse than his fight"; "whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade" ;

crown

the part of a hat (the vertex) that covers the crown of the head ; an ornamental jewelled headdress signifying sovereignty ; a wreath or garland worn on the head to signify victory ; the center of a cambered road ; the part of a tooth above the gum that is covered with enamel ; the top of the head ; the award given to the champion ; the Crown (or the reigning monarch) as the symbol of the power and authority of a monarchy; "the colonies revolted against the Crown" ; the top point of a mountain or hill; "the view from the peak was magnificent"; "they clambered to the summit of Monadnock" ; the upper branches and leaves of a tree ; an English coin worth 5 shillings ;

crown-beard

any plant of the genus Verbesina having clustered white or yellow flower heads ;

crown-of-the-field

European annual having large trumpet-shaped reddish-purple flowers and poisonous seed; a common weed in grainfields and beside roadways; naturalized in America ;

crown beard

any plant of the genus Verbesina having clustered white or yellow flower heads ;

crown colony

a British colony controlled by the British Crown, represented by a governor ;

crown daisy

shrubby annual of the Mediterranean region with yellowish-white flowers ;

crown fire

a forest fire that advances with great speed jumping from crown to crown ahead of the ground fire ;

crown gall

a bacterial disease of plants (especially pome and stone fruits and grapes and roses) which forms excrescences on the stem near the ground ;

crown glass

optical glass of low dispersion and low refractive index ; a glass blown into a globe which is later flattened and spun to form a disk ;

crown imperial

Eurasian herb with a cluster of leaves and orange-red bell-shaped flowers at the top of the stem ;