(archaic) Sour, bitter, and harsh to the taste, such as unripe fruit.
(archaic, figurative) Sharp and harsh in expressing oneself.
acers
acers
noun
plural of acer
acher
acher
noun
(obsolete) usher
acier
acker
acker
noun
(regional, now rare) A visible current in a lake or river; a ripple on the surface of water.
Obsolete form of acre.
acred
acred
adj
Owning or possessing many acres of land.
acres
acres
noun
plural of acre
aeric
ancre
arace
arace
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To tear up by the roots; to draw away.
arcae
arced
arced
adj
Having the form of an arc; arched.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of arc
arces
arche
arche
noun
(philosophy, often italicized) The first principle of existing things in pre-Socratic philosophy, initially assumed to be of water.
areca
areca
noun
Any member of the genus Areca of about fifty species of single-stemmed palms in the family Arecaceae, found in humid tropical forests.
areic
areic
adj
Of or pertaining to area; especially used to describe a measurement per unit area.
barce
bcere
becry
becry
verb
(transitive) To cry about; cry over; lament; bemourn.
berck
bercy
brace
brace
noun
(UK, Cornwall, mining) The mouth of a shaft.
(UK, chiefly in the plural) Straps or bands to sustain trousers; suspenders.
(nautical) A rope reeved through a block at the end of a yard, by which the yard is moved horizontally; also, a rudder gudgeon.
(obsolete) A measurement of length, originally representing a person's outstretched arms.
(obsolete) Armor for the arm; vambrace.
(plural in North America, singular or plural in the UK) A system of wires, brackets, and elastic bands used to correct crooked teeth or to reduce overbite.
(soccer) Two goals scored by one player in a game.
(typography) A curved, pointed line, also known as "curly bracket": { or } connecting two or more words or lines, which are to be considered together, such as in {role, roll}; in music, used to connect staves.
A cord, ligament, or rod, for producing or maintaining tension.
A curved instrument or handle of iron or wood, for holding and turning bits, etc.; a bitstock.
A pair, a couple; originally used of dogs, and later of animals generally (e.g., a brace of conies) and then other things, but rarely human persons. (The plural in this sense is unchanged.) In British use (as plural), this is a particularly common reference to game birds.
A piece of material used to transmit, or change the direction of, weight or pressure; any one of the pieces, in a frame or truss, which divide the structure into triangular parts. It may act as a tie, or as a strut, and serves to prevent distortion of the structure, and transverse strains in its members. A boiler brace is a diagonal stay, connecting the head with the shell.
A thong used to regulate the tension of a drum.
Harness; warlike preparation.
That which holds anything tightly or supports it firmly; a bandage or a prop.
The state of being braced or tight; tension.
verb
(nautical) To swing round the yards of a square rigged ship, using braces, to present a more efficient sail surface to the direction of the wind.
(transitive, intransitive) To prepare for something bad, such as an impact or blow.
To bind or tie closely; to fasten tightly.
To confront with questions, demands or requests.
To draw tight; to tighten; to put in a state of tension; to strain; to strengthen.
To furnish with braces; to support; to prop.
To place in a position for resisting pressure; to hold firmly.
To stop someone for questioning, usually said of police.
breck
brice
bruce
bruce
noun
(Australian slang) A man.
bryce
bsrec
caber
caber
noun
A long, thick log held upright at one end and tossed in the Highland games.
cabre
cabre
adj
Alternative spelling of cabré
noun
(obsolete or historical and generally offensive) A person of mixed black and mulatto descent.
cader
cader
noun
Alternative form of cadre
cadre
cadre
noun
(chiefly in communism) The core of a managing group, or a member of such a group.
(military) The framework or skeleton upon which a new regiment is to be formed; the officers of a regiment forming the staff.
A frame or framework.
A small group of people specially trained for a particular purpose or profession.
cager
cager
noun
(cycling, derogatory) A person who drives an automobile, particularly for commuting.
(dated) A basketball player.
(mining) A person or machine responsible for managing a mineshaft cage.
caker
caker
noun
One who forms something into a cake.
caner
caner
noun
(slang) A recreational drug user.
One who canes.
caper
caper
noun
(Scotland) The capercaillie.
(figuratively) A crime, especially an elaborate heist, or a narrative about such a crime.
(usually in the plural) Playful behaviour.
A jump while dancing.
A plant of the genus Capparis.
A playful leap or jump.
A prank or practical joke.
A vessel formerly used by the Dutch; privateer.
The pungent grayish green flower bud of the European and Oriental caper (Capparis spinosa), which is pickled and eaten.
verb
To engage in playful behaviour.
To jump as part of a dance.
To leap or jump about in a sprightly or playful manner.
carce
cared
cared
verb
simple past tense and past participle of care
carel
caren
caren
verb
(obsolete) plural simple present of care
carer
carer
noun
(UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand) Someone who regularly looks after another person, either as a job or often through family responsibilities.
cares
cares
noun
plural of care
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of care
caret
caret
noun
(archaic) A kind of turtle, the hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata).
(graphical user interface) An indicator, often a blinking line or bar, indicating where the next insertion or other edit will take place. Also called a cursor.
(nonstandard) A circumflex, ⟨ ^ ⟩.
(nonstandard) A háček, ⟨ ˇ ⟩.
A mark ⟨ ‸ ⟩ used by writers and proofreaders to indicate that something is to be inserted at that point.
carew
carex
carex
noun
Any member of the genus Carex of sedges.
carey
carie
carle
carle
noun
(chiefly Scotland) peasant; fellow
carme
carne
carpe
carse
carse
noun
(Scotland) Low, fertile land; a river valley.
carte
carte
noun
(Scotland, dated) A playing card.
(fencing) Alternative form of quarte
(historical) A carte de visite (small collectible photograph of a famous person).
A bill of fare; a menu.
carve
carve
noun
(obsolete) A carucate.
The act of carving
verb
(archaic) To cut.
(figuratively) To take or make, as by cutting; to provide.
(snowboarding) To perform a series of turns without pivoting, so that the tip and tail of the snowboard take the same path.
To cut meat in order to serve it.
To lay out; to contrive; to design; to plan.
To shape to sculptural effect; to produce (a work) by cutting, or to cut (a material) into a finished work.
caser
caser
noun
(slang, UK) A crown, a five-shilling coin.
cater
cater
adv
(UK dialect, US) Diagonally.
noun
(card games, dice games, obsolete) The four of cards or dice.
(figurative, obsolete) Synonym of purveyor: any provider of anything.
(music) A method of ringing nine bells in four pairs with a ninth tenor bell.
(obsolete) Synonym of acater: an officer who purchased cates (food supplies) for the steward of a large household or estate.
(obsolete) Synonym of caterer: any provider of food.
(rare, obsolete) Four.
verb
(UK dialect) To place, set, move, or cut diagonally or rhomboidally.
(intransitive, figurative, with 'to') To provide anything required or desired, often (derogatory) to pander.
(transitive, intransitive) To provide with food, especially for a special occasion as a professional service.
To provide
caver
caver
noun
(mining, obsolete) One who works the tailings of a mine to extract small pieces of marketable ore.
A person who explores caves.
ceara
cebur
cedar
cedar
noun
(countable) A coniferous tree of the family Cupressaceae, especially of the genera Juniperus, Cupressus, Calocedrus, or Thuja.
(countable) A coniferous tree of the genus Cedrus in the family Pinaceae.
(countable) A flowering tree of the family Meliaceae, especially of the genera Cedrela or Toona.
(uncountable) The aromatic wood from a Cedrus tree, or from any of several unrelated trees.
ceder
ceder
noun
Obsolete form of cedar.
One who cedes something.
cedre
cedry
cedry
adj
Obsolete form of cedary.
ceert
ceorl
ceorl
noun
(historical) An Anglo-Saxon churl.
ceral
ceram
ceras
ceras
noun
(biology) A dorsal or lateral outgrowth on the body of nudibranchs.
cerat
cerci
cerci
noun
plural of cercus
cered
cered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cere
cerer
ceres
ceres
noun
plural of cere
ceria
ceria
noun
(chemistry) The compound cerium(IV) oxide.
ceric
ceric
adj
(chemistry) Containing cerium with valence four.
(chemistry) Relating to wax.
cerin
cerin
noun
(obsolete) Beeswax.
(organic chemistry) A triterpene found in cork.
ceros
ceros
noun
plural of cero
cerro
certy
ceryl
ceryl
noun
(chemistry) A radical, C₂₇H₅₅, supposed to exist in several compounds obtained from waxes.
cerys
cerys
Proper noun
name of Welsh origin; a variant of Carys.
ceryx
cesar
chare
chare
noun
(Northern England) A narrow lane or passage between houses in a town.
Alternative form of char ("turn, task, chore, worker").
verb
(intransitive) To work by the day, without being a regularly hired servant; to do small jobs; to char.
cheer
cheer
noun
(archaic) One's attitude, mood.
(chiefly Canada, US) Cheerleading, especially when practiced as a competitive sport.
(countable) A chant made in support of a team at a sports event.
(countable) A cry expressing joy, approval or support, such as "hurrah".
(now uncountable) That which promotes good spirits or cheerfulness, especially food and entertainment prepared for a festive occasion.
(obsolete) One's facial expression or countenance.
(uncountable) A cheerful attitude; happiness; a good, happy, or positive mood.
verb
(transitive) To gladden; to make cheerful; often with up.
(transitive) To infuse life, courage, animation, or hope, into; to inspirit; to solace or comfort.
(transitive, figurative) To feel or express enthusiasm for (something).
(transitive, intransitive) To applaud or encourage with cheers or shouts.
(transitive, obsolete) To encourage to do something.
cheir
chera
chere
cheri
chert
chert
noun
(countable) A flint-like tool made from chert.
(geology, uncountable) Massive, usually dull-colored and opaque, quartzite, hornstone, impure chalcedony, or other flint-like mineral.
chery
chore
chore
noun
(obsolete) A choir or chorus.
A task, especially a difficult, unpleasant, or routine one.
verb
(Scotland, dialect) To steal.
(US, dated) To do chores.
cicer
cider
cider
noun
(Australia) A non-alcoholic carbonated beverage made from apples or pears.
(Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Canada) An alcoholic, often sparkling (carbonated) beverage made from fermented apples; hard cider; apple cider
(Japan, South Korea) A non-alcoholic, lemon-lime flavored carbonated beverage.
(US, Canada) A non-alcoholic still beverage consisting of the juice of early-harvest apples, usually unfiltered and still containing pulp; apple cider; sweet cider (without pulp such a beverage is called apple juice).
(countable) A cup, glass, or serving of any of these beverages.
circe
cires
cires
noun
plural of cire
citer
citer
noun
One who cites.
clare
clear
clear
adj
(Scientology) Free from the influence of engrams; see Clear (Scientology).
(figuratively) Free of guilt, or suspicion.
(meteorology) Of the sky, such that less than one eighth of its area is obscured by clouds.
(of a railway signal) Showing a green aspect, allowing a train to proceed past it.
(of a soup) Without a thickening ingredient.
Able to perceive clearly; keen; acute; penetrating; discriminating.
Bright; luminous; not dark or obscured.
Distinct, sharp, well-marked.
Easily or distinctly heard; audible.
Free of ambiguity or doubt.
Free of obstacles.
Not clouded with passion; serene; cheerful.
Possessing little or no perceptible stimulus.
Transparent in colour.
Unmixed; entirely pure.
Without clouds.
Without defects or blemishes, such as freckles or knots.
Without diminution; in full; net.
adv
All the way; entirely.
Free (or separate) from others.
In a clear manner; plainly.
Not near something or touching it.
noun
(Scientology) A person who is free from the influence of engrams.
(carpentry) Full extent; distance between extreme limits; especially; the distance between the nearest surfaces of two bodies, or the space between walls.
(video games) The completion of a stage or challenge, or of the whole game.
verb
(intransitive) Of a check or financial transaction, to go through as payment; to be processed so that the money is transferred.
(intransitive) To become free from obstruction or obscurement; to become transparent.
(intransitive) To leave abruptly; to clear off or clear out.
(intransitive) To obtain a clearance.
(transitive) To approve or authorise for a particular purpose or action; to give clearance to.
(transitive) To eliminate ambiguity or doubt from (a matter); to clarify or resolve; to clear up.
(transitive) To obtain approval or authorisation in respect of.
(transitive) To obtain permission to use (a sample of copyrighted audio) in another track.
(transitive) To pass without interference; to miss.
(transitive) To remove (items or material) so as to leave something unobstructed or open.
(transitive) To remove from suspicion, especially of having committed a crime.
(transitive) To remove obstructions, impediments or other unwanted items from.
(transitive, activities such as jumping or throwing) To exceed a stated mark.
(transitive, business) To earn a profit of; to net.
(transitive, computing) To reset or unset; to return to an empty state or to zero.
(transitive, computing) To style (an element within a document) so that it is not permitted to float at a given position.
(transitive, intransitive, sports) To hit, kick, head, punch etc. (a ball, puck) away in order to defend one's goal.
(transitive, video games) To finish or complete (a stage, challenge, or game).
To disengage oneself from incumbrances, distress, or entanglements; to become free.
clerc
clere
clerk
clerk
noun
(Quakerism) A facilitator of a Quaker meeting for business affairs.
(archaic) In the Church of England, the layman that assists in the church service, especially in reading the responses (also called parish clerk).
(dated) A cleric or clergyman (the legal title for clergy of the Church of England is "Clerk in Holy Orders", still used in legal documents and cherished by some of their number).
(obsolete) A scholar.
A law clerk.
A salesclerk; a person who serves customers in a store or market.
An employee at a hotel who deals with guests.
One who occupationally provides assistance by working with records, accounts, letters, etc.; an office worker.
verb
The law school graduate clerked for the supreme court judge for the summer.
To act as a clerk, to perform the duties or functions of a clerk
clyer
clyer
noun
(medicine) A swelling of the lymph node of cattle
coder
coder
noun
(computing) A programmer.
A device that generates a code, often as a series of pulses.
A person who assigns codes or classifications.
coire
coker
coker
noun
(category theory, informal) cokernel
(derogatory, slang) A cocaine addict, a cokehead
The industrial plant in which coke is manufactured
comer
comer
noun
(figuratively) One who is catching up in some contest and has a likelihood of victory.
One in a race who is catching up to others and shows promise of winning.
One who arrives.
coner
coner
noun
(slang, Canada, Ireland) A zoot tapered to a conical shape.
cooer
cooer
noun
One who coos.
coper
coper
noun
(Britain) A floating grogshop supplying the North Sea fishing industry.
One who copes.
verb
(Britain) To supply the North Sea fishing industry from a floating grogshop.
corbe
corbe
adj
(obsolete) crooked
corea
cored
cored
verb
simple past tense and past participle of core
coree
corel
corer
corer
noun
(geology) A device used to take core samples for analysis
A utensil for removing the core from apples and similar fruit or vegetables
cores
cores
noun
plural of core
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of core
corey
corge
corie
corke
corse
corse
noun
(archaic) A dead body, a corpse.
(obsolete) A (living) body.
corve
corve
noun
Alternative form of corf
cover
cover
adj
(music) Of, pertaining to, or consisting of cover versions.
Of or pertaining to the front cover of a book or magazine.
noun
(combinatorics, topology) A collection (or family) of subsets of a given set, whose union contains every element of said original set.
(construction) The distance between reinforcing steel and the exterior of concrete.
(cricket) A fielding position on the off side, between point and mid off, about 30° forward of square; a fielder in this position.
(dated) A swindler's confederate.
(espionage) A persona maintained by a spy or undercover operative; cover story.
(insurance) An insurance contract; coverage by an insurance contract.
(law) In commercial law, a buyer’s purchase on the open market of goods similar or identical to the goods contracted for after a seller has breached a contract of sale by failure to deliver the goods contracted for.
(military) A solid object, including terrain, that provides protection from enemy fire.
(music) A new performance or rerecording of a previously recorded song; a cover version; a cover song.
(philately) An envelope complete with stamps and postmarks etc.
(uncountable) Area or situation which screens a person or thing from view.
A cloth or similar material, often fitted, placed over an item such as a car or sofa or food to protect it from dust, rain, insects, etc. when not being used.
A cover charge.
A lid.
A setting at a restaurant table or formal dinner.
In a steam engine, the lap of a slide valve.
The front and back of a book, magazine, CD package, etc.
The portion of a slate, tile, or shingle that is hidden by the overlap of the course above.
The top sheet of a bed.
verb
(chess, transitive) To protect or control (a piece or square).
(intransitive) To act as a replacement.
(intransitive, dated) To put on one's hat.
(military, law enforcement) To protect using an aimed firearm and the threat of firing; or to protect using continuous, heaving fire at or in the direction of the enemy so as to force the enemy to remain in cover; or to threaten using an aimed firearm.
(music) To make a cover version of (a song that was originally recorded by another artist).
(of a publication) To discuss thoroughly; to provide coverage of.
(sports) To defend (mark) a particular player or area.
(transitive) To be over or upon, as to conceal or protect.
(transitive) To be upon all of, so as to completely conceal.
(transitive) To have as an assignment or responsibility.
(transitive) To invest (oneself with something); to bring upon (oneself).
(transitive) To place something over or upon, as to conceal or protect.
(transitive) To set upon all of, so as to completely conceal.
To be enough money for.
To copulate with (said of certain male animals such as dogs and horses).
To deal with or include someone or something.
To extend over a given period of time or range, to occupy, to stretch over a given area.
To provide insurance coverage for.
To traverse or put behind a certain distance.
cower
cower
verb
(intransitive) To crouch or cringe, or to avoid or shy away from something, in fear.
(intransitive, archaic) To crouch in general.
(obsolete, transitive) To cherish with care.
(transitive) To cause to cower; to frighten into submission.
coyer
coyer
adj
comparative form of coy: more coy
craie
crake
crake
noun
(obsolete) A crack; a boast.
Any of several birds of the family Rallidae that have short bills.
verb
(obsolete) To boast; to speak loudly and boastfully.
To cry out harshly and loudly, like a crake.
crane
crane
noun
(US, dialect) Ardea herodias, the great blue heron.
(nautical) A forked post or projecting bracket to support spars, etc.; generally used in pairs.
(obsolete) The cranium.
A mechanical lifting machine or device, often used for lifting heavy loads for industrial or construction purposes.
A siphon, or bent pipe, for drawing liquors out of a cask.
An iron arm with horizontal motion, attached to the side or back of a fireplace for supporting kettles etc. over the fire.
Any bird of the family Gruidae, large birds with long legs and a long neck which is extended during flight.
verb
(intransitive) To pull up before a jump.
(transitive) To raise or lower with, or as if with, a crane.
(transitive, intransitive) To extend (one's neck).
crape
crape
noun
Alternative form of crepe (“a thin fabric, paper, or pancake”).
Mourning garments, especially an armband or hatband.
verb
(transitive) To clothe in crape.
(transitive) To form into ringlets; to curl or crimp.
crare
crare
noun
A slow unwieldy trading vessel.
crate
crate
noun
(programming) In the Rust programming language, a binary or library.
(slang, mildly derogatory) A vehicle (car, aircraft, spacecraft, etc.) seen as unreliable.
A large open box or basket, used especially to transport fragile goods.
verb
(transitive) To keep in a crate.
(transitive) To put into a crate.
crave
crave
noun
(law, Scotland) A formal application to a court to make a particular order.
verb
(transitive) To ask for earnestly; to beg; to claim.
(transitive, intransitive) To desire strongly, so as to satisfy an appetite; to long or yearn for.
(transitive, obsolete) To call for; to require as a course of action.
craye
craye
noun
A type of vessel, which was notably used in Denmark and Sweden
craze
craze
noun
(archaic) craziness; insanity.
(ceramics) A crack in the glaze or enamel caused by exposure of the pottery to great or irregular heat.
A strong habitual desire or fancy.
A temporary passion or infatuation, as for some new amusement, pursuit, or fashion; a fad.
verb
(archaic) To weaken; to impair; to render decrepit.
(transitive, intransitive) To crack, as the glazing of porcelain or pottery.
(transitive, intransitive, archaic) To break into pieces; to crush; to grind to powder. See crase.
To be crazed, or to act or appear as one that is crazed; to rave; to become insane.
To derange the intellect of; to render insane.
crche
cread
creak
creak
noun
The sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking.
verb
(intransitive) To make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound, as by the friction of hard substances.
(intransitive, figurative) To suffer from strain or old age.
(transitive) To produce a creaking sound with.
cream
cream
adj
Cream-coloured; having a yellowish white colour.
noun
(figuratively) The best part of something.
(informal) Frosting, custard, creamer, or another substance similar to the oily part of milk or to whipped cream.
(medicine) A viscous aqueous oil/fat emulsion with a medicament added, used to apply that medicament to the skin. (compare with ointment)
(obsolete) The chrism or consecrated oil used in anointing ceremonies.
(standards of identity, UK) The liquid separated from milk containing at least 18 percent milkfat (48% for double cream).
(standards of identity, US) The liquid separated from milk, possibly with certain other milk products added, and with at least eighteen percent of it milkfat.
(tea and coffee) A portion of cream, such as the amount found in a creamer.
(vulgar, slang) Semen.
A yellowish white colour; the colour of cream.
The butterfat/milkfat part of milk which rises to the top; this part when separated from the remainder.
verb
(intransitive) To gather or form cream.
(intransitive, vulgar, slang) To ejaculate (used of either gender).
(slang) To obliterate, to defeat decisively.
(transitive) To furnish with, or as if with, cream.
(transitive) To skim, or take off by skimming, as cream.
(transitive, cooking) To rub, stir, or beat (butter) into a light creamy consistency.
(transitive, figurative) To take off the best or choicest part of.
(transitive, vulgar, slang) To ejaculate in (clothing or a bodily orifice).
To puree, to blend with a liquifying process.
To turn a yellowish white colour; to give something the color of cream.
crean
creat
creat
noun
An usher to a riding master (riding instructor).
Andrographis paniculata, a plant native to the Indian subcontinent and used in the traditional medicine of parts of Asia.
crecy
creda
credo
credo
noun
(Christianity) The liturgical creed (usually the Nicene Creed), or a musical arrangement of it for use in church services.
A statement of a belief or a summary statement of a whole belief system; also (metonymically) the belief or belief system itself.
creed
creed
noun
(rare) The fact of believing; belief, faith.
(specifically, religion) A reading or statement of belief that summarizes the faith it represents; a confession of faith for public use, especially one which is brief and comprehensive.
That which is believed; accepted doctrine, especially religious doctrine; a particular set of beliefs; any summary of principles or opinions professed or adhered to.
verb
(intransitive) To provide with a creed.
(transitive, intransitive, obsolete, only survives in "creeded") To believe; to credit.
creek
creek
noun
(Australia, New Zealand, Canada, US) A stream of water (often freshwater) smaller than a river and larger than a brook; in Australia, also used of river-sized bodies of water.
(Britain) A small inlet or bay, often saltwater, narrower and extending farther into the land than a cove; a recess in the shore of the sea, or of a river; the inner part of a port that is used as a dock for small boats.
Any turn or winding.
creel
creel
noun
(chiefly historical) Such a basket slung as a backpack for cargo, especially in times and places with limited or nonexistent wheeled transport, as for example among peasants in mountainous regions.
(chiefly historical) Such a basket slung on a pack animal; a pannier.
(fishing) An osier basket that anglers use to hold fish.
(textile making) A bar or set of bars with skewers for holding paying-off bobbins, as in the roving machine, throstle, and mule.
verb
(transitive) To place (fish) in a creel.
creem
creen
creep
creep
noun
(agriculture) A barrier with small openings used to keep large animals out while allowing smaller animals to pass through.
(geology) The imperceptible downslope movement of surface rock.
(informal, derogatory) A frightening and/or disconcerting person, especially one who gives the speaker chills.
(informal, derogatory) Someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric.
(materials science) An increase in strain with time; the gradual flow or deformation of a material under stress.
(publishing) In sewn books, the tendency of pages on the inside of a quire to stand out farther than those on the outside of it.
(uncountable) The gradual expansion or proliferation of something beyond its original goals or boundaries, considered negatively.
A relatively small gradual change, variation or deviation (from a planned value) in a measure.
A slight displacement of an object; the slight movement of something.
The movement of something that creeps (like worms or snails).
verb
(intransitive) To make small gradual changes, usually in a particular direction.
(intransitive) To move slowly and quietly in a particular direction.
(intransitive) To move slowly with the abdomen close to the ground.
(intransitive, African-American Vernacular, slang) To covertly have sex (with a person other than one's primary partner); to cheat with.
(intransitive, of plants) To grow across a surface rather than upwards.
To drag in deep water with creepers, as for recovering a submarine cable.
To have a sensation as of insects creeping on the skin of the body; to crawl.
To move in a stealthy or secret manner; to move imperceptibly or clandestinely; to steal in; to insinuate itself or oneself.
To move or behave with servility or exaggerated humility; to fawn.
To slip, or to become slightly displaced.
crees
creil
creme
creme
adj
Alternative spelling of crème
crena
crena
noun
(sciences) A furrow or notch.
creon
creon
Proper noun
King of Thebes, noted primarily in the stories of Antigone and Oedipus.
crepe
crepe
noun
(Ireland) A death notice printed on white card with a background of black crepe paper or cloth, placed on the door of a residence or business.
A flat round pancake-like pastry from Lower Brittany, made with wheat.
A soft thin light fabric with a crinkled surface.
Crepe paper; thin, crinkled tissue paper.
Rubber in sheets, used especially for shoe soles.
verb
(transitive) To crease (paper) in such a way to make it look like crepe paper