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CRESTED, a. [from crest.] 1. Wearing a crest; adorned with a crest or plume; hav...
CREST-FALLEN, a. 1. Dejected; sunk; bowed; dispirited; heartless; spiritless. 2....
CREST, n. [L. This is probably, a growing or shooting up, from the root of cresc...
CRESSET, n. [See Cross .] 1. A great light set on a beacon, lighthouse, or watch...
CRESS, n. [G., L.] The name of several species of plants, most of them of the cl...
CRESCIVE, a. [L., to grow.] Increasing; growing.
CRESCENT-SHAPED, a. In botany, lunate; lunated; shaped like a crescent; as a leaf.
CRESCENT, a. [L., to grow. See Grow .] Increasing; growing; as crescent horns. C...
CREPUSCULAR, CREPUSCULOUS, a. Pertaining to twilight; glimmering; noting the imp...
CREPUSCULINE, a. Crepuscular. [Not used.]
CREPUSCLE, CREPUSCULE, n. [L., a little burst or break of light, or broken light...
CREPUSCULAR, CREPUSCULOUS, a. Pertaining to twilight; glimmering; noting the imp...
CREPUSCLE, CREPUSCULE, n. [L., a little burst or break of light, or broken light...
CREPT, pret. and pp. of creep.
CREPITATION, n. 1. The act of bursting with a frequent repetition of sharp sound...
CREPITATING, ppr. Crackling; snapping.