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Creeping FernnounMWEdelicate fern of the eastern United States having a twining stem and palmately-lobed sterile fronds and forked fertile frondsverified
Creeping SnowberrynounMWEslow-growing procumbent evergreen shrublet of northern North America and Japan having white flowers and numerous white fleshy rough and hairy seedsverified
Creeping St John's WortnounMWEcreeping evergreen shrub with bright yellow star-shaped summer flowersverified
Creeping ThistlenounMWEEuropean thistle naturalized in United States and Canada where it is a pernicious weedverified
Creeping WillownounMWEsmall trailing bush of Europe and Asia having straggling branches with silky green leaves of which several varieties are cultivatedverified
Creeping Windmill GrassnounMWEperennial Australian grass having numerous long spikes arranged like the vanes of a windmillverified
Creeping WintergreennounMWEcreeping shrub of eastern North America having white bell-shaped flowers followed by spicy red berrylike fruit and shiny aromatic leaves that yield wintergreen oilverified
Crenationnounone of a series of rounded projections (or the notches between them) formed by curves along an edge (as the edge of a leaf or piece of cloth or the margin of a shell or a shriveled red blood cell observed in a hypertonic solution etc.)verified
Crenaturenounone of a series of rounded projections (or the notches between them) formed by curves along an edge (as the edge of a leaf or piece of cloth or the margin of a shell or a shriveled red blood cell observed in a hypertonic solution etc.)verified
Crenelationnouna rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps for firing arrows or gunsverified
Crenellationnouna rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps for firing arrows or gunsverified
Crenellenounone of a series of rounded projections (or the notches between them) formed by curves along an edge (as the edge of a leaf or piece of cloth or the margin of a shell or a shriveled red blood cell observed in a hypertonic solution etc.)verified
Creosote BushnounMWEdesert shrub of southwestern United States and New Mexico having persistent resinous aromatic foliage and small yellow flowersverified
Crepe FlowernounMWEornamental shrub from eastern India commonly planted in the southern United Statesverified
Crepe GardenianounMWEtropical shrub having glossy foliage and fragrant nocturnal flowers with crimped or wavy corollasverified
Crepe JasminenounMWEtropical shrub having glossy foliage and fragrant nocturnal flowers with crimped or wavy corollasverified
Crepe MyrtlenounMWEornamental shrub from eastern India commonly planted in the southern United Statesverified
Crepitation RalenounMWEthe crackling sound heard on auscultation when patients with respiratory diseases inhaleverified
Crescent WrenchnounMWEan adjustable wrench designed to fit hexagonal nuts with the adjusting screw built into the head of the wrenchverified
Cressnounany of various plants of the family Cruciferae with edible leaves that have a pungent tasteverified
Cress PlantnounMWEany of various plants of the family Cruciferae with edible leaves that have a pungent tasteverified
Crested ScreamernounMWEdistinguished from the horned screamer by a feathery crest on the back of the headverified
Crested SwiftnounMWEbirds of southeast Asia and East Indies differing from true swifts in having upright crests and nesting in treesverified
Crested WheatgrassnounMWEEurasian grass grown in United States great plains area for forage and erosion controlverified
Cribbagenouna card game, usually for two players, in which each player is dealt six cards and discards one or twoverified
Criernounhistorically, a town official whose role was to share news and announcements with the common folkverified
Crime SyndicatenounMWEa loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activitiesverified
CrimewarenounA type of malware used by cyber criminals. The malware is designed to enable the cyber criminal to make money off of the infected system (such as harvesting key strokes, using the infected systems to launch Denial of Service Attacks, etc.).Threat
Criminal ConversationnounMWEextramarital sex that willfully and maliciously interferes with marriage relationsverified
Criminal MaintenancenounMWEthe unauthorized interference in a legal action by a person having no interest in it (as by helping one party with money or otherwise to continue the action) so as to obstruct justice or promote unnecessary litigation or unsettle the peace of the communityverified