cryptogrammataceae

one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems ;

cryptograph

a device for deciphering codes and ciphers ; a piece of writing in code or cipher ; a secret method of writing ;

cryptographer

decoder skilled in the analysis of codes and cryptograms ;

cryptography

act of writing in code or cipher ; the science of analyzing and deciphering codes and ciphers and cryptograms ;

cryptologist

decoder skilled in the analysis of codes and cryptograms ;

cryptology

the science of analyzing and deciphering codes and ciphers and cryptograms ;

cryptomeria

Japanese cedar; sugi ;

cryptomeria japonica

tall evergreen of Japan and China yielding valuable soft wood ;

cryptomonad

common in fresh and salt water appearing along the shore as algal blooms ;

cryptophyceae

motile usually brownish-green protozoa-like algae ;

cryptophyta

a phylum in the kingdom Protoctista ;

cryptophyte

common in fresh and salt water appearing along the shore as algal blooms ;

cryptoprocta

large primitive catlike carnivores inhabiting forests of Madagascar ;

cryptoprocta ferox

largest carnivore of Madagascar; intermediate in some respects between cats and civets ;

cryptorchidism

failure of one or both testes to move into the scrotum as the male fetus develops ;

cryptorchidy

failure of one or both testes to move into the scrotum as the male fetus develops ;

cryptorchism

failure of one or both testes to move into the scrotum as the male fetus develops ;

cryptotermes

genus of dry wood termites; cosmopolitan in distribution; sometimes considered a subgenus of Kalotermes ;

cryptotermes brevis

extremely destructive dry-wood termite of warm regions ;

cryptotis

least shrews ;

cryptotis parva

small brown shrew of grassy regions of eastern United States ;

crystal

a protective cover that protects the face of a watch ; glassware made of quartz ; a crystalline element used as a component in various electronic devices ; a rock formed by the solidification of a substance; has regularly repeating internal structure; external plane faces ; colorless glass made of almost pure silica ; a solid formed by the solidification of a chemical and having a highly regular atomic structure ;

crystal ball

a glass or crystal globe used in crystal gazing by fortunetellers ;

crystal counter

a counter tube in which an ionizing event increases conductivity ;

crystal detector

a detector consisting of a fine wire in contact with a galena crystal; acts as a rectifier ;

crystal gazing

staring into a crystal ball to arouse visions of future or distant events ;

crystal lattice

a 3-dimensional geometric arrangement of the atoms or molecules or ions composing a crystal ;

crystal microphone

a microphone in which sound waves vibrate a piezoelectric crystal that generates a varying voltage ;

crystal oscillator

an oscillator that produces electrical oscillations at a frequency determined by the physical characteristics of a piezoelectric quartz crystal ;

crystal pickup

a cartridge in which an output voltage is produced by the vibration of a piezoelectric crystal ;

crystal rectifier

a semiconductor that consists of a p-n junction ;

crystal set

an early radio receiver using a crystal detector ;

crystal tea

evergreen shrub of eastern North America having white or creamy bell-shaped flowers and dark green hairy leaves used for tea during American Revolution ;

crystal violet

a green crystal (violet in water) used as a dye or stain or bactericide or fungicide or anthelmintic or burn treatment ;

crystalline lens

biconvex transparent body situated behind the iris in the eye; it focuses light waves on the retina ;

crystallisation

the formation of crystals ;

crystallite

any of numerous minute rudimentary crystalline bodies of unknown composition found in glassy igneous rock ;

crystallization

a mental synthesis that becomes fixed or concrete by a process resembling crystal formation ; a rock formed by the solidification of a substance; has regularly repeating internal structure; external plane faces ; the formation of crystals ;

crystallized fruit

fruit cooked in sugar syrup and encrusted with a sugar crystals ;

crystallized ginger

strips of ginger root cooked in sugar syrup and coated with sugar ;