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  • English Word Cribrate Definition Cribriform.
  • English Word Cribration Definition The act or process of separating the finer parts of drugs from the coarser by sifting.
  • English Word Cribriform Definition Resembling, or having the form of, a sieve; pierced with holes; as, the cribriform plate of the ethmoid bone; a cribriform compress.
  • English Word Cribrose Definition Perforated like a sieve; cribriform.
  • English Word Cric Definition The ring which turns inward and condenses the flame of a lamp.
  • English Word Crick Definition The creaking of a door, or a noise resembling it.
  • English Word Crick Definition A painful, spasmodic affection of the muscles of some part of the body, as of the neck or back, rendering it difficult to move the part.
  • English Word Crick Definition A small jackscrew.
  • English Word Cricket Definition An orthopterous insect of the genus Gryllus, and allied genera. The males make chirping, musical notes by rubbing together the basal parts of the veins of the front wings.
  • English Word Cricket Definition A low stool.
  • English Word Cricket Definition A game much played in England, and sometimes in America, with a ball, bats, and wickets, the players being arranged in two contesting parties or sides.
  • English Word Cricket Definition A small false roof, or the raising of a portion of a roof, so as to throw off water from behind an obstacle, such as a chimney.
  • English Word Cricket Definition To play at cricket.
  • English Word Cricketer Definition One who plays at cricket.
  • English Word Cricoid Definition Resembling a ring; -- said esp. of the cartilage at the larynx, and the adjoining parts.
  • English Word Cricothyroid Definition Of or pertaining both to the cricoid and the thyroid cartilages.
  • English Word Cried Definition imp. & p. p. of Cry.
  • English Word Cried Definition of Cry
  • English Word Crier Definition One who cries; one who makes proclamation.
  • English Word Crier Definition an officer who proclaims the orders or directions of a court, or who gives public notice by loud proclamation; as, a town-crier.
  • English Word Cries Definition of Cry
  • English Word Crime Definition Any violation of law, either divine or human; an omission of a duty commanded, or the commission of an act forbidden by law.
  • English Word Crime Definition Gross violation of human law, in distinction from a misdemeanor or trespass, or other slight offense. Hence, also, any aggravated offense against morality or the public welfare; any outrage or great wrong.
  • English Word Crime Definition Any great wickedness or sin; iniquity.
  • English Word Crime Definition That which occasion crime.
  • English Word Crimeful Definition Criminal; wicked; contrary to law, right, or dury.
  • English Word Crimeless Definition Free from crime; innocent.
  • English Word Criminal Definition Guilty of crime or sin.
  • English Word Criminal Definition Involving a crime; of the nature of a crime; -- said of an act or of conduct; as, criminal carelessness.
  • English Word Criminal Definition Relating to crime; -- opposed to civil; as, the criminal code.