cruet

bottle that holds wine or oil or vinegar for the table ;

cruet-stand

a stand for cruets containing various condiments ;

cruise

an ocean trip taken for pleasure ;

cruise control

control mechanism for keeping an automobile at a set speed ;

cruise liner

a passenger ship used commercially for pleasure cruises ;

cruise missile

an unmanned aircraft that is a self-contained bomb ;

cruise ship

a passenger ship used commercially for pleasure cruises ;

cruiser

a large motorboat that has a cabin and plumbing and other conveniences necessary for living on board ; a large fast warship; smaller than a battleship and larger than a destroyer ; a car in which policemen cruise the streets; equipped with radiotelephonic communications to headquarters ;

cruiserweight

a professional boxer who weighs between 169 and 175 pounds ;

cruller

small friedcake formed into twisted strips and fried; richer than doughnuts ;

crumb

small piece of e.g. bread or cake ; a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible; "only a rotter would do that"; "kill the rat"; "throw the bum out"; "you cowardly little pukes!"; "the British call a contemptible person a `git'" ; a very small quantity of something; "he gave only a crumb of information about his plans"; "there were few crumbs of comfort in the report" ;

crumb cake

cake or coffeecake topped with a mixture of sugar and butter and flour ;

crumbliness

excessive breakableness ;

crumhorn

a Renaissance woodwind with a double reed and a curving tube (crooked horn) ;

crumpet

raised muffin cooked on a griddle ;

crunch

the act of crushing ; the sound of something crunching; "he heard the crunch of footsteps on the gravel path" ; a critical situation that arises because of a shortage (as a shortage of time or money or resources); "an end-of-the year crunch"; "a financial crunch" ;

crupper

a strap from the back of a saddle passing under the horse's tail; prevents saddle from slipping forward ;

crus

the leg from the knee to foot ;

crusade

a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end; "he supported populist campaigns"; "they worked in the cause of world peace"; "the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant"; "the movement to end slavery"; "contributed to the war effort" ; any of the more or less continuous military expeditions in the 11th to 13th centuries when Christian powers of Europe tried to recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims ;

crusader

a warrior who engages in a holy war; "the Crusaders tried to recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims" ; a disputant who advocates reform ;

cruse

small jar; holds liquid (oil or water) ;

crush

the act of crushing ; temporary love of an adolescent ; a dense crowd of people ; leather that has had its grain pattern accentuated ;

crushed leather

leather that has had its grain pattern accentuated ;

crushed rock

rock fragments and pebbles ;

crusher

a device that crushes something ;

crushing

forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority; "the suppression of heresy"; "the quelling of the rebellion"; "the stifling of all dissent" ;

crust

the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties ; the outer layer of the Earth ; a hard outer layer that covers something ;

crustacea

class of mandibulate arthropods including: lobsters; crabs; shrimps; woodlice; barnacles; decapods; water fleas ;

crustacean

any mainly aquatic arthropod usually having a segmented body and chitinous exoskeleton ;

crustal movement

movement resulting from or causing deformation of the earth's crust ;

crustal plate

a rigid layer of the Earth's crust that is believed to drift slowly ;

crustose thallus

thin crusty lichen thallus; adheres closely to or is embedded in the surface on which it grows ;

crutch

anything that serves as an expedient; "he uses drugs as a psychological crutch" ; a wooden or metal staff that fits under the armpit and reaches to the ground; used by disabled person while walking ;

crux

the most important point ; a small conspicuous constellation in the southern hemisphere in the Milky Way near Centaurus ;

crux australis

a small conspicuous constellation in the southern hemisphere in the Milky Way near Centaurus ;

crux of the matter

the most important point ;

cruzeiro

the basic unit of money in Brazil; equal to 100 centavos ;

cry

a fit of weeping; "had a good cry" ; a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition; "the speaker was interrupted by loud cries from the rear of the audience" ; a loud utterance of emotion (especially when inarticulate); "a cry of rage"; "a yell of pain" ; a slogan used to rally support for a cause; "a cry to arms"; "our watchword will be `democracy'" ; the characteristic utterance of an animal; "animal cries filled the night" ;

cry-baby tree

small South American spiny tree with dark crimson and scarlet flowers solitary or clustered ;

cryaesthesia

hypersensitivity to cold ;