English words starting with cret

Meanings of Cretaceous:

adjective

Relating to or denoting the last period of the mesozoic era, between the jurassic and tertiary periods.

Usage examples:

The lizard was believed to have lived during the cretaceous period

noun

The last period of the mesozoic era, between the jurassic and tertiary periods, or the system of rocks deposited during it.

Usage examples:

Less than a third of sharks and rays went extinct at the end of the cretaceous

Meanings of Cretaceously:

adjective

Relating to or denoting the last period of the mesozoic era, between the jurassic and tertiary periods.

Usage examples:

The lizard was believed to have lived during the cretaceous period

noun

The last period of the mesozoic era, between the jurassic and tertiary periods, or the system of rocks deposited during it.

Usage examples:

Less than a third of sharks and rays went extinct at the end of the cretaceous

Meanings of Cretan:

adjective

Relating to or characteristic of the greek island of crete or its inhabitants.

Usage examples:

Ancient cretan pottery

noun

A native or inhabitant of the greek island of crete.

Usage examples:

On the road he meets a cretan

Meanings of Crete:

proper noun

A greek island in the eastern mediterranean; population 630,000 (est. 2009); capital, heraklion. it is noted for the remains of the minoan civilization which flourished there in the 2nd millennium bc. it fell to rome in 67 bc and was subsequently ruled by byzantines, venetians, and turks. crete played an important role in the greek struggle for independence from the turks in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, becoming administratively part of an independent greece in 1913.

Meanings of Cretic:

noun

A metrical foot containing one short or unstressed syllable between two long or stressed ones.

Usage examples:

Thus, for example, when illustrating cretic dipodia the elements 2 and 5 are rendered as short, i. …

Meanings of Cretics:

noun

A metrical foot containing one short or unstressed syllable between two long or stressed ones.

Usage examples:

Thus, for example, when illustrating cretic dipodia the elements 2 and 5 are rendered as short, i. …

Meanings of Cretin:

noun

A stupid person (used as a general term of abuse).

Meanings of Cretinism:

noun

Foolishness or stupidity.

Meanings of Cretinization:

noun

The action or process of causing a thing or person to become cretinous; reduction to a cretinous state.

Meanings of Cretinize:

verb

Cause (someone) to behave stupidly or foolishly.

Meanings of Cretinized:

verb

Cause (someone) to behave stupidly or foolishly.

Meanings of Cretinizing:

verb

Cause (someone) to behave stupidly or foolishly.

Meanings of Cretinoid:

noun

An individual who resembles a person affected by cretinism; (also, specifically) an individual affected by cretinism who has relatively little brain damage, or an individual who has severe hypothyroidism beginning after infancy or childhood.

adjective

Resembling or characteristic of cretinism or of a person affected by this.

Meanings of Cretinous:

adjective

Foolish or stupid.

Meanings of Cretins:

noun

A stupid person (used as a general term of abuse).

Meanings of Cretonne:

noun

A heavy cotton fabric, typically with a floral pattern printed on one or both sides, used for upholstery.

Usage examples:

It was furnished like the maid's rooms and the bed here was of painted iron with a cretonne bedspre…

Meanings of Cretonnes:

noun

A heavy cotton fabric, typically with a floral pattern printed on one or both sides, used for upholstery.

Usage examples:

It was furnished like the maid's rooms and the bed here was of painted iron with a cretonne bedspre…