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Meanings of Crestfish:
nounA 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:
nounAn 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…
verbReach the top of (a hill or wave).
Usage examples:
She crested a hill and saw the valley spread out before her
trademarkThe electronic system through which the london stock exchange manages the buying and selling of stocks and shares
Meanings of Crestings:
nounAn 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:
nounA 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
verbReach the top of (a hill or wave).
Usage examples:
She crested a hill and saw the valley spread out before her
trademarkThe electronic system through which the london stock exchange manages the buying and selling of stocks and shares
Meanings of Cresyl:
nounOf or denoting a radical —oc6h4ch3, derived from a cresol.
Meanings of Cretaceous:
adjectiveRelating 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
nounThe 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:
adjectiveRelating 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
nounThe 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:
adjectiveRelating to or characteristic of the greek island of crete or its inhabitants.
Usage examples:
Ancient cretan pottery
nounA native or inhabitant of the greek island of crete.
Usage examples:
On the road he meets a cretan
Meanings of Crete:
proper nounA 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:
nounA 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:
nounA 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:
nounA stupid person (used as a general term of abuse).
Meanings of Cretinization:
nounThe action or process of causing a thing or person to become cretinous; reduction to a cretinous state.
Meanings of Cretinize:
verbCause (someone) to behave stupidly or foolishly.
Meanings of Cretinized:
verbCause (someone) to behave stupidly or foolishly.
Meanings of Cretinizing:
verbCause (someone) to behave stupidly or foolishly.
Meanings of Cretinoid:
nounAn 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.
adjectiveResembling or characteristic of cretinism or of a person affected by this.
Meanings of Cretins:
nounA stupid person (used as a general term of abuse).
Meanings of Cretonne:
nounA 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:
nounA 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 Crevasse:
nounA deep open crack, especially one in a glacier.
Usage examples:
On good days they could travel no more than 15 miles, and they had to be ever vigilant of the deep …
Meanings of Crevassed:
nounA deep open crack, especially one in a glacier.
Usage examples:
On good days they could travel no more than 15 miles, and they had to be ever vigilant of the deep …
Meanings of Crevasses:
nounA deep open crack, especially one in a glacier.
Usage examples:
On good days they could travel no more than 15 miles, and they had to be ever vigilant of the deep …
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