Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter C - Page 147
Creole (n.) One born of European parents in the American colonies of France or Spain or in the States which were once such colonies, esp. a person of French or Spanish descent, who is a native inhabitant of Louisiana, or one of the States adjoining, bordering on the Gulf of of Mexico.
Creole (a.) Of or pertaining to a Creole or the Creoles.
Creolean (a.) Alt. of Creolian
Creolian (a.) Pertaining to, or characteristic of, the Creoles.
Creolian (n. ) A Creole.
Creosol (n.) A colorless liquid resembling phenol or carbolic acid, homologous with pyrocatechin, and obtained from beechwood tar and gum guaiacum.
Creosote (n.) Wood-tar oil; an oily antiseptic liquid, of a burning smoky taste, colorless when pure, but usually colored yellow or brown by impurity or exposure. It is a complex mixture of various phenols and their ethers, and is obtained by the distillation of wood tar, especially that of beechwood.
Creosoted (imp. & p. p.) of Creosote
Creosoting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Creosote
Creosote (v. t.) To saturate or impregnate with creosote, as timber, for the prevention of decay.
Crepance (n.) Alt. of Crepane
Crepane (n.) An injury in a horse's leg, caused by the shoe of one hind foot striking and cutting the other leg. It sometimes forms an ulcer.
Crepe [F.] (n.) 縐織物（如縐綢、縐布等）[U]；可麗餅，油煎薄餅，薄烤餅 [C]；縐紋膠 [U] Same as Crape. [Also spelled crepe.]
Crepe [F.] (n.) Any of various crapelike fabrics, whether crinkled or not.
Crepe [F.] (n.) A small thin pancake. [wns16=2].
Crepe [F.] (n.) Paper with a finely crinkle texture, usually sold in rolls of 2-3 inches width; crepe paper; -- it is usually colored brightly and used for decoration. [wns16=1].
Cr[^e]pe de Chine, (n.) [F. de Chine of China], Canton crape or an inferior gauzy fabric resembling it. [Also spelled crepe de Chine.].
Cr[^e]pe lisse (l[=e]s) [F. lisse smooth], smooth, or unwrinkled, crape [2].
Crepe (n.) Paper with a crinkled texture; usually colored and used for decorations [syn: crepe, crepe paper].
Crepe (n.) Small very thin pancake [syn: crape, crepe, French pancake].
Crepe (n.) A soft thin light fabric with a crinkled surface [syn: crepe, crape].
Crepe (v.) Cover or drape with crape; "crape the mirror" [syn: crape, crepe].
Crape (n.) [ U ] UK Spelling of crepe（Crepe 的美式拼寫）.
Crepe (n.) (Food) [ C ] (Mainly US also Crêpe) 薄烤餅 A thin, light pancake.
Crepe (n.) (Cloth) [ U ] (UK also Crêpe, Crape) 縐綢，縐紗 Thin cloth with a surface that has wrinkles (= small, thin folds).
// A black crepe dress.
// A crepe jacket.
Crepe ( n.) (Rubber) [U] (Also crêpe) 縐膠（尤用於製作鞋底） A strong type of rubber with a rough surface, used especially for making the bottom of shoes.
// Crepe-soled shoes.
Crepitant (a.) Having a crackling sound; crackling; rattling.
Crepitated (imp. & p. p.) of Crepitate
Crepitating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Crepitate
Crepitate (v.) 發爆裂聲 To make a series of small, sharp, rapidly repeated explosions or sounds, as salt in fire; to crackle; to snap.
Crepitate (v.) Make a crackling sound; "My Rice Krispies crackled in the bowl" [syn: {crepitate}, {crackle}].
Crepitation (n.) 捻髮音；碎裂音 The act of crepitating or crackling.
Crepitation (n.) (Med.) A grating or crackling sensation or sound, as that produced by rubbing two fragments of a broken bone together, or by pressing upon cellular tissue containing air.
Crepitation (n.) (Med.) A crepitant r[^a]le.
Crepitation (n.) The sharp sound of snapping noises [syn: {crackle}, {crackling}, {crepitation}].
Crepitus (n.) The noise produced by a sudden discharge of wind from the bowels.
Crepitus (n.) Same as Crepitation, 2.
Crepon (n.) A thin stuff made of the finest wool or silk, or of wool and silk.
Crept () imp. & p. p. of Creep.
Crepuscle (n.) Alt. of Crepuscule
Crepuscule (n.) Twilight.
Crepuscular (a.) Alt. of Crepusculous
Crepusculous (a.) Pertaining to twilight; glimmering; hence, imperfectly clear or luminous.
Crepusculous (a.) Flying in the twilight or evening, or before sunrise; -- said certain birds and insects.
Crepusculine (a.) Crepuscular.
Crescence (n.) Increase; enlargement.
Crescendo (a. & adv.) 【義】【音】漸次加強的（地） With a constantly increasing volume of voice; with gradually increasing strength and fullness of tone; -- a direction for the performance of music, indicated by the mark, or by writing the word on the score.
Crescendo (n.) (Mus.) 【音】聲音漸強；漸強音；聲音的最高點；【喻】逐漸增強的事物 A gradual increase in the strength and fullness of tone with which a passage is performed.
Crescendo (n.) (Mus.) A passage to be performed with constantly increasing volume of tone.
Crescendo (a.) Gradually increasing in volume.
Crescendo (n.) (Music) A gradual increase in loudness.
Crescendo (v.) Grow louder; "The music crescendoes here" [ant: {decrescendo}].
Compare: Decrescendo
Decrescendo (n. & adv. & a.) [As noun] (n.) 漸弱音 (a. & adv.)【音】漸弱的（地） ‘The decrescendo of distant thunder.’
Another term for Diminuendo
[As adjective] ‘A decrescendo heart murmur.’
Crescent (n.) 新月；弦月 [C]；新月狀物；新月形麵包；新月形街道 [C] The increasing moon; the moon in her first quarter, or when defined by a concave and a convex edge; also, applied improperly to the old or decreasing moon in a like state.
Crescent (n.) Anything having the shape of a crescent or new moon.
Crescent (n.) A representation of the increasing moon, often used as an emblem or badge’;as:
Crescent (n.) A symbol of Artemis, or Diana.
Crescent (n.) The ancient symbol
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Crescent (n.) The emblem of the Turkish Empire, adopted after the taking of Constantinople.
The cross of our faith is replanted, The pale, dying crescent is daunted. -- Campbell.
Crescent (n.) Any one of three orders of knighthood; the first instituted by Charles I., king of Naples and Sicily, in 1268; the second by Rene of Anjou, in 1448; and the third by the Sultan Selim III., in 1801, to be conferred upon foreigners to whom Turkey might be indebted for valuable services. -- Brande & C.
Crescent (n.) (Her.) The emblem of the increasing moon with horns directed upward, when used in a coat of arms; -- often used as a mark of cadency to distinguish a second son and his descendants.
Crescent (a.) 新月形的；逐漸增大的 Shaped like a crescent.
Astarte, queen of heaven, with crescent horns. -- Milton.
Crescent (a.) Increasing; growing.
O, I see the crescent promise of my spirit hath not set. -- Tennyson.
Crescent (v. t.) To form into a crescent, or something resembling a crescent. [R.] -- Anna Seward.
Crescent (v. t.) To adorn with crescents.
Crescent (a.) Resembling the new moon in shape [syn: {crescent(a)}, {crescent-shaped}, {semilunar}, {lunate}].
Crescent (n.) Any shape resembling the curved shape of the moon in its first or last quarters.
Crescentic (a.) Crescent-shaped.
Crescentwise (adv.) In the form of a crescent; like a crescent.
Crescive (a.) Increasing; growing.
Cresol (n.) Any one of three metameric substances, CH3.C6H4.OH, homologous with and resembling phenol. They are obtained from coal tar and wood tar, and are colorless, oily liquids or solids. [Called also cresylic acid.]
Cresorcin (n.) Same as Isorcin.
Cresses (n. pl. ) of Cress
Cress (n.) A plant of various species, chiefly cruciferous. The leaves have a moderately pungent taste, and are used as a salad and antiscorbutic.
Cresselle (n.) A wooden rattle sometimes used as a substitute for a bell, in the Roman Catholic church, during the latter part of Holy Week, or the last week of Lent.
Cresset (n.) An open frame or basket of iron, filled with combustible material, to be burned as a beacon; an open lamp or firrepan carried on a pole in nocturnal processions.
Cresset (n.) A small furnace or iron cage to hold fire for charring the inside of a cask, and making the staves flexible.
Cressy (a.) Abounding in cresses.
Crest (n.) [C]（鳥，禽的）冠；冠毛；（頭盔的）羽飾 A tuft, or other excrescence or natural ornament, growing on an animal's head; the comb of a cock; the swelling on the head of a serpent; the lengthened feathers of the crown or nape of bird, etc. -- Darwin.
[Attack] his rising crest, and drive the serpent back. -- C. Pitt.
Crest (n.) The plume of feathers, or other decoration, worn on a helmet; the distinctive ornament of a helmet, indicating the rank of the wearer; hence, also, the helmet.
Stooping low his lofty crest. -- Sir W. Scott.
And on his head there stood upright A crest, in token of a knight. -- Gower.
Crest (n.) (Her.) A bearing worn, not upon the shield, but usually above it, or separately as an ornament for plate, liveries, and the like. It is a relic of the ancient cognizance. See {Cognizance}, 4.
Crest (n.) The upper curve of a horse's neck.
Throwing the base thong from his bending crest. -- Shak.
Crest (n.) The ridge or top of a wave.
Like wave with crest of sparkling foam. -- Sir W. Scott.
Crest (n.) The summit of a hill or mountain ridge.
Crest (n.) The helm or head, as typical of a high spirit; pride; courage.
Now the time is come That France must vail her lofty plumed crest. -- Shak.
Crest (n.) (Arch.) The ornamental finishing which surmounts the ridge of a roof, canopy, etc.
The finials of gables and pinnacles are sometimes called crests. -- Parker.
Crest (n.) (Engin.) The top line of a slope or embankment.
{Crest tile}, A tile made to cover the ridge of a roof, fitting upon it like a saddle.
{Interior crest} (Fort.), The highest line of the parapet.
Crested (imp. & p. p.) of Crest
Cresting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Crest
Crest (v. t.) To furnish with, or surmount as, a crest; to serve as a crest for.
His legs bestrid the ocean, his reared arm Crested the world. -- Shak.
Mid groves of clouds that crest the mountain's brow. -- Wordsworth.
Crest (v. t.) 在……上加頂飾；處於……的頂點 To mark with lines or streaks, like, or regarded as like, waving plumes.
Like as the shining sky in summer's night, . . . Is crested with lines of fiery light. -- Spenser.
Crest (v. i.) 達到頂點；形成浪峰 To form a crest.
Crest (n.) The top line of a hill, mountain, or wave.
Crest (n.) The top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill); "the view from the peak was magnificent"; "they clambered to the tip of Monadnock"; "the region is a few molecules wide at the summit" [syn: {peak}, {crown}, {crest}, {top}, {tip}, {summit}].
Crest (n.) The center of a cambered road [syn: {crown}, {crest}].
Crest (n.) (Heraldry) In medieval times, an emblem used to decorate a helmet.
Crest (n.) A showy growth of e.g. feathers or skin on the head of a bird or other animal.
Crest (v.) Lie at the top of; "Snow capped the mountains" [syn: {cap}, {crest}].
Crest (v.) Reach a high point; "The river crested last night".
Crested (a.) Having a crest.
Crested (a.) Having a crest of feathers or hair upon the head.
Crested (a.) Bearing any elevated appendage like a crest, as an elevated line or ridge, or a tuft.
Crestfallen (a.) With hanging head; hence, dispirited; dejected; cowed.
Crestfallen (a.) Having the crest, or upper part of the neck, hanging to one side; -- said of a horse.
Cresting (n.) An ornamental finish on the top of a wall or ridge of a roof.
Crestless (a.) Without a crest or escutcheon; of low birth.
Cresylic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, cresol, creosote, etc.
Cretaceous (a.) Having the qualities of chalk; abounding with chalk; chalky; as, cretaceous rocks and formations. See Chalk.
Cretaceously (adv.) In a chalky manner; as chalk.
Cretan (a.) Pertaining to Crete, or Candia.
Cretan (n.) A native or inhabitant of Crete or Candia.
Crete (n.) A Cretan
Crete (n.) 克里特島 就是聖經中所記載的革哩底，位於地中海北部，是希臘的第一大島，總面積8,300平方公里。行政上屬於克里特大區，是地中海第五大島，東西長約 244 公里，最寬處約 56 公里，中部為高山，最高峰海拔為 2740 公 尺，南部山勢陡峻，特別是西南部，全為峭壁，難以開闢公路，北部較平緩，居民多集中北岸。島上氣候宜人，古時林木茂盛，農產豐富，人民善於航海和貿易，據 荷馬的史詩所記說，「在深紅葡萄酒色的海中，是一片美麗，富庶的土地，四面環水，島上的人多得數不清，城市有九十個」。地處於埃及、希臘、義大利及腓尼基 之間，就成為戰略要衝和貿易重鎮。Is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the 88th largest island in the world and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, Sardinia, Cyprus and Corsica. Crete and a number of surrounding islands and islets constitute the region of Crete (Greek: Περιφέρεια Κρήτης), one of the 13 top-level administrative units of Greece. The capital and the largest city is Heraklion. As of 2011, the region had a population of 623,065.
Crete forms a significant part of the economy and cultural heritage of Greece, while retaining its own local cultural traits (such as its own poetry and music). It was once the centre of the Minoan civilization (c. 2700–1420 BC), which is the earliest known civilization in Europe.The palace of Knossos lies in Crete. [1]
Cretian (a. & n.) See Cretan.
Cretic (n.) A poetic foot, composed of one short syllable between two long ones (- / -).
Creticism (n.) Falsehood; lying; cretism.
Cretin (n.) One afflicted with cretinism.
Cretinism (n.) A condition of endemic or inherited idiocy, accompanied by physical degeneracy and deformity (usually with goiter), frequent in certain mountain valleys, esp. of the Alps.
Cretinous (a.) Having the characteristics of a cretin.
Cretism (n.) A Cretan practice; lying; a falsehood.
Cretonne (n.) A strong white fabric with warp of hemp and weft of flax.
Cretonne (n.) A fabric with cotton warp and woolen weft.
Cretonne (n.) A kind of chintz with a glossy surface.
Cretose (a.) Chalky; cretaceous.
Creutzer (n.) See Kreutzer.
Creux (n.) Used in English only in the expression en creux. Thus, engraving en creux is engraving in intaglio, or by sinking or hollowing out the design.
Crevalle (n.) The cavally or jurel.
Crevalle (n.) The pompano (Trachynotus Carolinus).
Crevasse (n.) （地球表面的）裂縫，裂隙；破口 A deep crevice or fissure, as in embankment; one of the clefts or fissure by which the mass of a glacier is divided.