English words starting with cres

Meanings of Cres:

abbreviation

Crescent.

Meanings of Cresc:

abbreviation

Crescendo.

Meanings of Crescendi:

noun

The loudest point reached in a gradually increasing sound.

Usage examples:

The port engine's sound rose to a crescendo

adverb

With a gradual increase in loudness.

Usage examples:

In the upper three parts there are groups of longer notes played crescendo

adjective

Gradually increasing in loudness.

Usage examples:

A short crescendo kettledrum roll

verb

Increase in loudness or intensity.

Usage examples:

The reluctant cheers began to crescendo

Meanings of Crescendo:

noun

The loudest point reached in a gradually increasing sound.

Usage examples:

The port engine's sound rose to a crescendo

adverb

With a gradual increase in loudness.

Usage examples:

In the upper three parts there are groups of longer notes played crescendo

adjective

Gradually increasing in loudness.

Usage examples:

A short crescendo kettledrum roll

verb

Increase in loudness or intensity.

Usage examples:

The reluctant cheers began to crescendo

Meanings of Crescendoed:

verb

Increase in loudness or intensity.

Usage examples:

The reluctant cheers began to crescendo

noun

The loudest point reached in a gradually increasing sound.

Usage examples:

The port engine's sound rose to a crescendo

adverb

With a gradual increase in loudness.

Usage examples:

In the upper three parts there are groups of longer notes played crescendo

adjective

Gradually increasing in loudness.

Usage examples:

A short crescendo kettledrum roll

Meanings of Crescendoing:

verb

Increase in loudness or intensity.

Usage examples:

The reluctant cheers began to crescendo

noun

The loudest point reached in a gradually increasing sound.

Usage examples:

The port engine's sound rose to a crescendo

adverb

With a gradual increase in loudness.

Usage examples:

In the upper three parts there are groups of longer notes played crescendo

adjective

Gradually increasing in loudness.

Usage examples:

A short crescendo kettledrum roll

Meanings of Crescendos:

noun

The loudest point reached in a gradually increasing sound.

Usage examples:

The port engine's sound rose to a crescendo

adverb

With a gradual increase in loudness.

Usage examples:

In the upper three parts there are groups of longer notes played crescendo

adjective

Gradually increasing in loudness.

Usage examples:

A short crescendo kettledrum roll

verb

Increase in loudness or intensity.

Usage examples:

The reluctant cheers began to crescendo

Meanings of Crescent:

noun

The curved sickle shape of the waxing or waning moon.

Usage examples:

The moon was a slender crescent

adjective

Having the shape of a crescent.

Usage examples:

A crescent moon

Meanings of Crescents:

noun

The curved sickle shape of the waxing or waning moon.

Usage examples:

The moon was a slender crescent

adjective

Having the shape of a crescent.

Usage examples:

A crescent moon

Meanings of Cresol:

noun

Each of three isomeric crystalline compounds present in coal-tar creosote, used as disinfectants.

Usage examples:

Sebacic acid can be synthesized from phenols and cresols, but castor oil oxidation is considered a …

Meanings of Cresols:

noun

Each of three isomeric crystalline compounds present in coal-tar creosote, used as disinfectants.

Usage examples:

Sebacic acid can be synthesized from phenols and cresols, but castor oil oxidation is considered a …

Meanings of Cress:

noun

A plant of the cabbage family, typically having small white flowers and pungent leaves. some kinds are edible and are eaten raw as salad.

Usage examples:

Place cress in a salad bowl, top with thinly sliced onion and your favorite french dressing.

Meanings of Cresses:

noun

A plant of the cabbage family, typically having small white flowers and pungent leaves. some kinds are edible and are eaten raw as salad.

Usage examples:

Place cress in a salad bowl, top with thinly sliced onion and your favorite french dressing.

Meanings of Cresset:

noun

A metal container of oil, grease, wood, or coal set alight for illumination and typically mounted on a pole.

Usage examples:

He arose and went to her as i lit the cresset from the brazier coals.

Meanings of Cressets:

noun

A metal container of oil, grease, wood, or coal set alight for illumination and typically mounted on a pole.

Usage examples:

He arose and went to her as i lit the cresset from the brazier coals.

Meanings of Cressida:

proper noun

(in medieval legends of the trojan war) the daughter of calchas, a priest. she was faithless to her lover troilus, a son of priam.

Meanings of Crest:

noun

A comb or tuft of feathers, fur, or skin on the head of a bird or other animal.

Usage examples:

A large game bird with a conspicuous erect red crest

verb

Reach the top of (a hill or wave).

Usage examples:

She crested a hill and saw the valley spread out before her

trademark

The electronic system through which the london stock exchange manages the buying and selling of stocks and shares

Meanings of Crestal:

adjective

Denoting or relating to a part of a bone forming a crest or ridge, especially along the edge of the jaw around the crowns of the teeth.

Usage examples:

The earliest radiographic sign of periodontitis is loss of definition of crestal bone

Meanings of Crested:

adjective

(of a bird or other animal) having a comb or tuft of feathers, fur, or skin on the head.

Usage examples:

The crested drake mandarin duck

verb

Reach the top of (a hill or wave).

Usage examples:

She crested a hill and saw the valley spread out before her

Meanings of Crestfallen:

adjective

Sad and disappointed.

Usage examples:

He came back empty-handed and crestfallen

Meanings of Crestfallenly:

adjective

Sad and disappointed.

Usage examples:

He came back empty-handed and crestfallen

Meanings of Crestfish:

noun

A very elongated silvery marine fish with a crimson dorsal fin running the full length of its body and a forehead that projects forward into a long filament.

Meanings of Cresting:

noun

An ornamental decoration at the ridge of a roof or top of a wall.

Usage examples:

That's a time i do remember, quite fondly: the house was a big old place, built from old wood, crow…

verb

Reach the top of (a hill or wave).

Usage examples:

She crested a hill and saw the valley spread out before her

trademark

The electronic system through which the london stock exchange manages the buying and selling of stocks and shares

Meanings of Crestings:

noun

An ornamental decoration at the ridge of a roof or top of a wall.

Usage examples:

That's a time i do remember, quite fondly: the house was a big old place, built from old wood, crow…

Meanings of Crests:

noun

A comb or tuft of feathers, fur, or skin on the head of a bird or other animal.

Usage examples:

A large game bird with a conspicuous erect red crest

verb

Reach the top of (a hill or wave).

Usage examples:

She crested a hill and saw the valley spread out before her

trademark

The electronic system through which the london stock exchange manages the buying and selling of stocks and shares