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crinoline |
Noun
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a skirt stiffened with hoops |
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cruise control |
Noun
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control mechanism for keeping an automobile at a set speed |
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cotter |
Noun
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fastener consisting of a wedge or pin inserted through a slot to hold two other pieces together |
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cotter |
Noun
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a medieval English villein |
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cotter |
Noun
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a peasant farmer in the Scottish Highlands |
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crochet |
Noun
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needlework done by interlocking looped stitches with a hooked needle |
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crochet |
Verb
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to make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle |
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crochet |
Verb
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to create by looping or crocheting |
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cruise missile |
Noun
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an unmanned aircraft that is a self-contained bomb |
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cottar |
Noun
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fastener consisting of a wedge or pin inserted through a slot to hold two other pieces together |
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cottar |
Noun
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a peasant farmer in the Scottish Highlands |
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cotter pin |
Noun
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a cotter consisting of a split pin that is secured by splitting the ends apart after passing them through a hole |
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crochet needle |
Noun
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a needle with a hook on the end |
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cotton |
Noun
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fabric woven from cotton fibers |
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cotton |
Noun
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thread made of cotton fibers |
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cotton |
Noun
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erect bushy mallow plant or small tree bearing bolls containing seeds with many long hairy fibers |
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cotton |
Noun
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soft silky fibers from cotton plants in their raw state |
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cotton |
Verb
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to take a liking to |
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crochet hook |
Noun
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a needle with a hook on the end |
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crack cocaine |
Noun
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a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted |
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crochet stitch |
Noun
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any one of a number of stitches made by pulling a loop of yarn through another loop with a crochet needle |
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crock |
Noun
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an earthen jar made of baked clay |
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crock |
Noun
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nonsense |
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crock |
Noun
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a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink |
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crock |
Verb
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to soil with or as with crock |
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crock |
Verb
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to release color when rubbed, of badly dyed fabric |
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cruise ship |
Noun
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a passenger ship used commercially for pleasure cruises |
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cotton flannel |
Noun
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a stout cotton fabric with nap on only one side |
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cracker |
Noun
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a party favor consisting of a paper roll (usually containing candy or a small favor) that pops when pulled at both ends |
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cracker |
Noun
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firework consisting of a small explosive charge and fuse in a heavy paper casing |
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cracker |
Noun
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a thin crisp wafer made of flour and water with or without leavening and shortening |
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cracker |
Noun
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a programmer who cracks (gains unauthorized access to) computers, typically to do malicious things |
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cracker |
Noun
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a poor White person in the southern United States |
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cruise liner |
Noun
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a passenger ship used commercially for pleasure cruises |
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crupper |
Noun
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a strap from the back of a saddle passing under the horse's tail |
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cotton gin |
Noun
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a machine that separates the seeds from raw cotton fibers |
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cracker bonbon |
Noun
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a party favor consisting of a paper roll (usually containing candy or a small favor) that pops when pulled at both ends |
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cruse |
Noun
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small jar |
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cotton mill |
Noun
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a textile mill for making cotton textiles |
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crockery |
Noun
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tableware (eating and serving dishes) collectively |
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crackleware |
Noun
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glazed china with a network of fine cracks on the surface |
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crusher |
Noun
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a device that crushes something |
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couch |
Noun
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a narrow bed on which a patient lies during psychiatric or psychoanalytic treatment |
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couch |
Noun
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a flat coat of paint or varnish used by artists as a primer |
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couch |
Noun
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an upholstered seat for more than one person |
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couch |
Verb
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to formulate in a particular style or language |
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curette |
Noun
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a surgical instrument shaped like a scoop to remove tissue from a bodily cavity |
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curet |
Noun
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a surgical instrument shaped like a scoop to remove tissue from a bodily cavity |
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curio |
Noun
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something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting |
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curiosity |
Noun
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something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting |