Part 19

~Correspond~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Agree, suit, fit, answer, accord, harmonize, tally, square, quadrate, comport, cohere, be accordant.

~2.~ Communicate (_by letter_).

~Correspondence~, _n._ ~1.~ Coincidence, concurrence, congruity, fitting relation, reciprocal adaptation.

~2.~ Intercourse or communication by letters.

~3.~ Letters.

~Correspondent~, _a._ Adapted, suited, suiting, fitted, suitable, fitting, agreeable, conformable, answerable, corresponding, answering.

~Corresponding~, _a._ Answering, CORRESPONDENT.

~Corridor~, _n._ Gallery, passage.

~Corroborate~, _v. a._ Strengthen, confirm, establish, sustain, support.

~Corroboration~, _n._ Confirmation.

~Corroborative~, _a._ Confirmatory, corroborating.

~Corrode~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Erode, canker, eat away.

~2.~ Consume, waste, wear away, prey upon.

~Corroding~, _a._ Caustic, catheretic, CORROSIVE.

~Corrosion~, _n._ ~1.~ Erosion, eating away. ~ 2.~ Wasting, wearing away.

~Corrosive~, _a._ Corroding, consuming, eroding, erosive, catheretic, caustic, acrid, virulent, eating away.

~Corrosive sublimate~, Bi-chloride of mercury.

~Corrosiveness~, _n._ Causticity, acridness, virulence, acrimony.

~Corrugate~, _v. a._ Wrinkle, cockle, pucker, contract into wrinkles.

~Corrugation~, _n._ Wrinkle, fold, plait.

~Corrupt~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Putrefy, render putrid.

~2.~ Contaminate, taint, defile, pollute, infect, vitiate, spoil, adulterate, sophisticate, debase.

~3.~ Deprave, demoralize.

~Corrupt~, _a._ ~1.~ Corrupted, infected, spoiled, tainted, vitiated, putrid, contaminated, unsound.

~2.~ Depraved, wicked, vicious, dissolute, profligate, reprobate, abandoned.

~Corruption~, _n._ ~1.~ Putrefaction, putrescence.

~2.~ Defilement, contamination, pollution, infection, vitiation, adulteration, debasement.

~3.~ Depravity, depravation, wickedness, demoralization, immorality, laxity, looseness of morals, want of principle.

~Corsair~, _n._ Pirate, buccaneer, picaroon, sea-rover, sea-robber.

~Corse~, _n._ [_Poetical._] Corpse, remains, dead body (_of a human being_).

~Corset~, _n._ Bodice, stays.

~Cortège~, _n._ [Fr.] Train.

~Coruscate~, _v. n._ Shine, glisten, glitter, gleam, sparkle, twinkle, flash, scintillate.

~Coruscation~, _n._ Flash, sparkle, glitter, gleam, scintillation.

~Corvette~, _n._ [Fr.] Sloop of war.

~Corypheus~, _n._ [L.] Leader, chief, guide, director.

~Cosey~, _a._ [Written also _Cozy_.] ~1.~ Snug, comfortable, easy.

~2.~ [_Eng._] Chatty, talkative, social.

~Cosmopolite~, _n._ Citizen of the world.

~Cosmos~, _n._ Universe.

~Cosset~, _n._ Pet lamb.

~Cosset~, _v. a._ Fondle, caress, pet, coddle, make a pet of, make much of.

~Cost~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Be had for, be exchanged for, be bought for.

~2.~ Require to be suffered.

~Cost~, _n._ ~1.~ Expense, charge, price.

~2.~ Loss, detriment, damage, pain, suffering.

~Costate~, _a._ Ribbed.

~Costated~, _a._ Ribbed.

~Costive~, _a._ Constipated.

~Costiveness~, _n._ Constipation.

~Costly~, _a._ Expensive, dear, high-priced, of great price.

~Costume~, _n._ Style of dress.

~Cot~, _n._ ~1.~ Hut, COTTAGE.

~2.~ Low bedstead.

~Coterie~, _n._ Club, association, society, CLIQUE, brotherhood, circle, set (_especially an exclusive one_).

~Cottage~, _n._ Cot, lodge, hut, CASINO, small house.

~Cottager~, _n._ Cotter.

~Cotter~, _n._ Cottager.

~Cotton~, _n._ Cotton-wool.

~Cotton~, _v. n._ [_Cant word._] Harmonize, fraternize, HITCH HORSES TOGETHER.

~Cotton-wood~, _n._ Canadian poplar (_Populus monilifera_).

~Cotton-wool~, _n._ Cotton.

~Couch~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Lie, recline, lie down.

~2.~ Crouch, squat, lie flat.

~3.~ Stoop, bend down.

~Couch~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Express, utter, set forth, clothe in words.

~2.~ Conceal, hide, cover up.

~3.~ Lay (_a spear_) in rest, put in posture of attack.

~4.~ Depress or remove (_a cataract_).

~Couch~, _n._ ~1.~ Bed, place for rest.

~2.~ Sofa, seat to recline on.

~Couchant~, _a._ Squatting, lying down.

~Couch-grass~, _n._ Knot-grass, dog's-grass, wheat-grass, witch-grass, dog-wheat, twitch-grass (_Triticum repens_).

~Cougar~, _n._ Puma, panther, catamount, North American tiger (_Felis concolor or Puma concolor_).

~Couleur de rose~, [Fr.] ~1.~ Rose color.

~2.~ Fair appearance, attractive light, flattering aspect.

~Coulter-neb~, _n._ Puffin, Labrador auk, (_Alca arctica_ or _Fratercula arctica_).

~Council~, _n._ ~1.~ Cabinet, ministry, body of advisers.

~2.~ Assembly (_for consultation_), meeting, congress, diet, synod, convocation, convention.

~Councillor~, _n._ [Written also _Councilor_.] Council-man, member of a council.

~Council-chamber~, _n._ Divan, audience-chamber, state-chamber.

~Counsel~, _n._ ~1.~ Consultation, interchange of opinion.

~2.~ Advice, opinion, suggestion, recommendation, instruction, admonition, caution.

~3.~ Deliberation, forethought.

~4.~ Design, plan, scheme, purpose.

~5.~ Counsellor, lawyer, attorney, barrister, SOLICITOR, advocate.

~Counsel~, _v. a._ Advise, admonish, give advice to.

~Counsellor~, _n._ [Written also _Counselor_.] ~1.~ Adviser.

~2.~ Lawyer, attorney, barrister, SOLICITOR, counsel, advocate.

~Count~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Enumerate, number.

~2.~ Calculate, reckon, compute, estimate, cast, cast up.

~3.~ Consider, esteem, regard, deem, hold, judge, think, account, look upon.

~Count~, _v. n._ Add to the number, swell the number.

~Count on~, Depend on, depend upon, rely on, rely upon, count upon.

~Count~, _n._ ~1.~ Reckoning. ~ 2.~ (_Law._) Particular clause or charge.

~Countenance~, _n._ ~1.~ Aspect, look, mien, expression of the face.

~2.~ Favor, encouragement, patronage, support, aid, assistance, sanction, approbation, approval.

~Countenance~, _v. a._ Approve, sanction, support, aid, abet, assist, favor, encourage, patronize, befriend, stand by, side with, take the side of.

~Counter~, _n._ Reckoner, calculator.

~Counter~, _ad._ Contrary, contrariwise.

~Counteract~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Oppose, contravene, resist, cross, thwart, hinder, check, defeat, frustrate, run counter to, act against, clash with.

~2.~ Neutralize, destroy the effect of.

~Counteraction~, _n._ Opposition, contravention, resistance, frustration.

~Counteractive~, _n._ Corrective, antidote, cure, specific, remedy, restorative, medicine, help.

~Counterbalance~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Counterpoise, balance.

~2.~ Countervail, compensate, set off, make up for.

~Counter-current~, _n._ Eddy.

~Counterfeit~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Forge, make a spurious copy of, imitate wrongfully.

~2.~ Feign, simulate, sham, put on the appearance of.

~Counterfeit~, _a._ ~1.~ Forged, spurious, supposititious, fraudulent.

~2.~ Feigned, false, simulated, sham, mock, clap-trap, spurious, put on, make-believe.

~Counterfeit~, _n._ Forgery, fraudulent copy.

~Counterfeiter~, _n._ ~1.~ Forger, falsifier.

~2.~ Pretender, feigner.

~Counter-jumper~, _n._ [_In contempt._] Shopman, shop-keeper.

~Countermand~, _v. a._ Revoke, rescind, recall, abrogate, make void.

~Countermarch~, _v. n._ March back, reverse the direction of a march.

~Counterpane~, _n._ Coverlet, coverlid.

~Counterpart~, _n._ ~1.~ Corresponding part.

~2.~ (_Law._) Duplicate, copy.

~3.~ Correlative, complement, supplement, reverse.

~4.~ Match, fellow, mate, tally, twin, the very image.

~Counterpoise~, _v. a._ Counter-balance, balance.

~Counterpoise~, _n._ Equal weight.

~Countersign~, _n._ Watch-word, password.

~Counter-tenor~, _n._ (_Mus._) Alto, counter.

~Countervail~, _v. a._ Balance, counterbalance, compensate, make up for.

~Countrified~, _a._ Rustic, rude, country.

~Country~, _n._ ~1.~ Region, land.

~2.~ Rural parts (_as distinguished from city_).

~Country~, _a._ ~1.~ Rustic, rural.

~2.~ Rude, rough, unrefined, uncultivated, countrified.

~Countryman~, _n._ ~1.~ Compatriot.

~2.~ Rustic, peasant, swain, farmer, husbandman, clown, hind, bumpkin, boor, lout.

~Count upon~, COUNT ON.

~County~, _n._ Shire.

~Coup-de-grace~, _n._ [Fr.] Death-blow, decisive blow, finishing stroke, mercy stroke.

~Coup-de-main~, _n._ [Fr.] Sudden attack, unexpected enterprise.

~Coup-d'état~, _n._ [Fr.] Master stroke of policy, stroke of statesmanship.

~Coup-d'œil~, _n._ [Fr.] Glance, hasty view, slight view.

~Coup-de-soleil~, _n._ [Fr.] Sunstroke, SIRIASIS, insolation, stroke of the sun.

~Couple~, _n._ ~1.~ Brace, pair, two (_of the same kind_).

~2.~ Man and wife.

~Couple~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Join, conjoin, connect, unite, pair, link together.

~2.~ Marry, wed.

~Couple~, _v. n._ Unite, pair.

~Couplet~, _n._ Two verses (_that rhyme_), pair of rhymes.

~Coupon~, _n._ [Fr.] Interest certificate, interest warrant.

~Courage~, _n._ Fearlessness (_from reflection or a sense of duty_), BRAVERY, valor, gallantry, prowess, intrepidity, heroism, boldness, daring, spirit, resolution, fortitude, hardihood, pluck, SPUNK, backbone.

~Courageous~, _a._ Fearless (_from reflection or a sense of duty_), BRAVE, gallant, daring, valorous, chivalrous, valiant, bold, heroic, intrepid, dauntless, resolute, hardy, stout, lion-hearted, with a bold front, UP TO THE SCRATCH.

~Courier~, _n._ Messenger, express, runner.

~Course~, _n._ ~1.~ Race, career.

~2.~ Route, way, track, road.

~3.~ Direction, bearing, point of compass, line of progress.

~4.~ Round, beat.

~5.~ Progress, process.

~6.~ Regularity, order, succession, turn.

~7.~ Deportment, line of conduct, manner of proceeding.

~8.~ Series, system, methodical arrangement.

~9.~ Set of dishes (_at a banquet_).

~Course~, _v. a._ Pursue, hunt, chase, run after, give chase to.

~Course~, _v. n._ Run, move swiftly.

~Courser~, _n._ Racer, race-horse.

~Courses~, _n. pl._ Menses, catamenia, menstrual flux, menstrual discharge.

~Court~, _n._ ~1.~ Royal household, princely retinue.

~2.~ Judicial tribunal, court of justice.

~3.~ Judge, body of judges.

~4.~ Court-yard.

~5.~ Recess from a street.

~Court~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Flatter, coddle, try to please, fawn upon, pay court to.

~2.~ Woo, pay one's addresses to, make love to.

~3.~ Seek, solicit, strive to gain.

~Courteous~, _a._ Polite, civil, affable, urbane, complaisant, gracious, courtly, ceremonious, debonair, respectful, obliging, well- bred.

~Courteousness~, _n._ Politeness, COURTESY.

~Courtesan~, _n._ Prostitute, whore, harlot, strumpet, punk, wench, drab, Cyprian, DEMIREP, night-walker, street-walker, lewd woman, woman of the town, woman of ill-fame.

~Courtesy~, _n._ Politeness, courteousness, civility, urbanity, complaisance, affability, good-breeding, elegance of manners.

~Courtesy~, _v. n._ Make a courtesy.

~Courtly~, _a._ Polished, elegant, polite, COURTEOUS.

~Courtship~, _n._ Wooing.

~Court-yard~, _n._ Court.

~Cousin-german~, _n._ First cousin.

~Cove~, _n._ Inlet, bight, small bay.

~Covenant~, _n._ Agreement, bargain, contract, compact, stipulation, arrangement, treaty, convention, concordat, pact.

~Covenant~, _v. n._ Bargain, stipulate, agree; make a stipulation.

~Cover~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Overspread.

~2.~ Conceal, hide, secrete, cloak, veil, screen, shroud, mask, disguise.

~3.~ Shield, shelter, protect, guard, defend.

~4.~ Clothe, invest, envelop, inwrap, wrap up.

~5.~ Put a covering on.

~6.~ Comprehend, embrace, include, comprise, contain, embody.

~7.~ Counterbalance, countervail, balance, compensate, make up for, be equal to.

~Cover~, _n._ ~1.~ Covering, tegument, integument, capsule, case.

~2.~ Screen, veil, disguise, cloak.

~3.~ Shelter, protection, guard, defence, shield, safeguard.

~4.~ Plate, dish.

~Covercle~, _n._ Lid, small cover.

~Covering~, _n._ COVER, tegument, integument, capsule.

~Coverlet~, _n._ Counterpane.

~Coverlid~, _n._ Counterpane.

~Covert~, _n._ Shelter, refuge, asylum, harbor, sanctuary, retreat, defence.

~Covert~, _a._ Hidden, concealed, secret, disguised, clandestine, underhand, sly, insidious, stealthy.

~Covet~, _v. a._ Desire, long for, lust for, hanker after, aspire to.

~Covetous~, _a._ ~1.~ Greedy, eager, very desirous (_usually in a bad sense, though sometimes in a good sense_), AVARICIOUS, parsimonious, penurious, sordid, mean, mercenary, miserly, niggardly, stingy.

~Covetousness~, _n._ Avarice, parsimony, stinginess, penuriousness, niggardliness, meanness, cupidity.

~Covey~, _n._ ~1.~ Brood.

~2.~ Flock.

~3.~ Set, company, party, bevy.

~Covin~, _n._ (_Law._) Collusion.

~Covinous~, _a._ (_Law._) Fraudulent, deceitful, dishonest, deceptive, collusive.

~Cow~, _v. a._ Overawe, intimidate, frighten, daunt, subdue by fear.

~Coward~, _n._ Dastard, poltroon, craven, milksop.

~Cowardice~, _n._ Pusillanimity, poltroonery, timidity, fear, cowardliness, the white feather.

~Cowardliness~, _n._ COWARDICE.

~Cowardly~, _a._ Pusillanimous, dastardly, craven, fearful, timorous, timid, diffident, faint-hearted, chicken-hearted, white-livered, showing the white Feather.

~Cower~, _v. n._ Crouch, cringe, fawn, stoop, squat, bend the knee.

~Cowl~, _n._ ~1.~ Monk's hood.

~2.~ Chimney-top.

~Cow-pox~, _n._ Kine-pox.

~Coxcomb~, _n._ Beau, fop, dandy, popinjay, exquisite, jackanapee, PETIT-MAÎTRE, prig, man of dress; vain, showy fellow.

~Coxcombry~, _n._ Foppishness, vainglory, priggery.

~Coxcombical~, _a._ Foppish, conceited, vain, priggish, pretentious.

~Coxcomical~, _a._ Foppish, conceited, vain, priggish, pretentious.

~Coy~, _a._ Modest, diffident, shy, shrinking, timid, bashful, reserved, distant, demure.

~Cozen~, _v. a._ Cheat, trick, defraud, deceive, swindle, chouse, dupe, gull, diddle, overreach, circumvent, beguile, victimize, take in, impose upon.

~Cozenage~, _n._ Fraud, deceit, artifice, trickery, deception, imposition, imposture, duplicity, guile, double dealing.

~Cozy~, _a._ [Written also _Cosey_.] ~1.~ Snug, comfortable, easy.

~2.~ [_Eng._] Chatty, talkative, social, conversable.

~Crabbed~, _a._ ~1.~ Sour, tart, rough.

~2.~ Morose, surly, testy, touchy, cross, growling, snarling, snappish, cantankerous, waspish, petulant, peevish, churlish, harsh, acrimonious, caustic, captious, censorious, splenetic, out of sorts, ill-tempered.

~3.~ Difficult, perplexing, trying, unmanageable, tough, intractable, hard to deal with.

~Crabbedness~, _n._ ~1.~ Sourness, roughness, tartness.

~2.~ Asperity, acerbity, moroseness, sullenness, moodiness, churlishness, harshness, ill-temper, bad blood.

~3.~ Difficulty, perplexity, intractability.

~Crab-grass~, _n._ Wire-grass, dog's-tail grass (_Eleusine Indica_).

~Crack~, _n._ ~1.~ Break, cleft, breach, chink, fissure, crevice, cranny, opening.

~2.~ Report, clap, pop, burst, explosion.

~3.~ Snap (_of a whip_).

~Crack~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Break (_partially_), CRAZE.

~2.~ Split, chop, cleave, rend asunder.

~3.~ Snap (_as a whip_).

~Crack~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Break, split, burst, chap, open in chinks.

~2.~ Brag, bluster, vapor, vaunt, boast, gasconade, crow, exalt one's self, magnify one's self, TALK BIG.

~Crack~, _a._ [_Colloquial._] Excellent, first-rate, of the first class, first-class.

~Crack-brained~, _a._ Crazy, cracked, insane, crazed.

~Cracked~, _a._ ~1.~ Broken, split.

~2.~ Crazed, crazy, crack-brained, with a bee in the head, insane.

~Cracker~, _n._ Hard biscuit.

~Crackle~, _v. n._ Decrepitate, crepitate, snap.

~Craft~, _n._ ~1.~ Skill, ability, talent, power, cleverness, dexterity, tact, aptitude, aptness, expertness, readiness.

~2.~ Artifice, artfulness, shrewdness, subtlety, cunning.

~3.~ Art, trade, employment, business.

~Craftsman~, _n._ Artisan, mechanic, artificer, workman, hand, operative, handicraftsman.

~Crafty~, _a._ Cunning, artful, deceitful, astute, sly, arch, subtle, shrewd, wily, invidious, intriguing, tricky, crooked, diplomatic, Machiavelian.

~Crag~, _n._ Bough, steep rock.

~Cragged~, _a._ CRAGGY.

~Craggy~, _a._ Cragged, rugged, rough, broken, uneven, scraggy.

~Cram~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Stuff, gorge, glut, fill full, fill to repletion.

~2.~ Crowd, press, compress.

~Cram~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Eat to satiety, eat greedily.

~2.~ [_Colloquial._] Study for examination.

~Cramp~, _n._ ~1.~ Spasm, crick, convulsion.

~2.~ [_Rare._] Check, restriction, restraint, obstruction.

~3.~ Cramp-iron.

~Cramp~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Affect with spasms.

~2.~ Restrain, obstruct, hinder, check, confine.

~3.~ Fasten with a cramp.

~Cramp-fish~, _n._ Torpedo, electric ray (_Torpedo vulgaris_).

~Cramp-iron~, _n._ Cramp.

~Cranberry~, _n._ Bog-berry.

~Crane-fly~, _n._ Father-long-legs, daddy-long-legs.

~Crane's-bill~, _n._ Geranium.

~Craniognomy~, _n._ Craniology, phrenology.

~Craniology~, _n._ Craniognomy, phrenology.

~Cranium~, _n._ Skull, brain-pan.

~Crank~, _a._ Easy to be overset.

~Crankle~, _v. n._ Crinkle, run in and out.

~Cranny~, _n._ Cleft, crack, fissure, chink, crevice, rift, gap, break, broach, interstice, opening.

~Crapulous~, _a._ [_Rare._] Drunken, drunk, inebriated, intoxicated, FUDDLED.

~Crassament~, _n._ CRASSAMENTUM.

~Crassamentum~, _n._ [L.] Clot (_of blood_), coagulation.

~Cratch~, _a._ Manger, crib.

~Cratch-cradle~, _n._ Cat's cradle, scratch-cradle.

~Crate~, _n._ Hamper.

~Cravat~, _n._ Neckcloth, neckerchief, necktie.

~Crave~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Entreat, beseech, beg, solicit, implore, supplicate.

~2.~ Desire, long for, hanker after, wish for, yearn for.

~Craven~, _n._ Dastard, coward, poltroon, milksop.

~Craving~, _n._ Longing, itching, strong desire.

~Craw~, _n._ Crop, first stomach (_of a bird_).

~Crawfish~, _n._ Crayfish, river-lobster.

~Crawl~, _v. n._ Creep.

~Crayfish~, _n._ CRAWFISH.

~Crayon~, _n._ ~1.~ Pencil.

~2.~ Drawing made with a crayon.

~Craze~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Make crazy, make insane.

~2.~ [_Rare._] Break, crack, crush, grind.

~Crazy~, _a._ ~1.~ Shattered, broken, tottering, rickety, worn out, out of order.

~2.~ Insane, distracted, mad, lunatic, demented, delirious, crack- brained, cracked, crazed, out of one's head, out of one's senses, out of one's wits.

~Cream~, _n._ Choice part, best part.

~Cream-colored~, _a._ Pale yellow.

~Cream of tartar~, Bi-tartrate of potash (_purified_), acid tartrate of potash.

~Create~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Originate.

~2.~ Produce, cause, occasion, be the occasion of.

~3.~ Make, appoint, constitute.

~Creation~, _n._ ~1.~ Invention, origination.

~2.~ Universe, cosmos.

~3.~ Appointment, constitution, nomination.

~Creator~, _n._ ~1.~ Originator, Maker.

~2.~ GOD, Jehovah, the Almighty.

~Creature~, _n._ ~1.~ Being (_animate or inanimate_), thing, substance, body, created being.

~2.~ Animal, living being.

~3.~ Man, person.

~4.~ Dependant, retainer, vassal, parasite, minion, hanger-on.

~Credence~, _n._ Belief, credit, trust, faith, confidence, reliance.

~Credendum~, _n._ [L.] Article of faith, thing to be believed.

~Credentials~, _n. pl._ Testimonials, vouchers, certificates.

~Credibility~, _n._ Trustworthiness, credibleness.

~Credible~, _a._ Trustworthy, to be believed, worthy of belief, not improbable.

~Credibleness~, _n._ Trustworthiness, credibility.

~Credit~, _n._ ~1.~ Belief, trust, faith, confidence, credence, reliance.

~2.~ Reputableness, esteem, regard, good repute, good reputation, high character.

~3.~ Influence (_of a good name_), power.

~4.~ Merit, honor, proof of desert.

~Credit~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Believe, give faith to, put faith in, rely upon, confide in, doubt not, make no doubt of, take upon credit.

~2.~ Place to the credit of, carry to the credit of one's account, enter upon the credit side.

~Creditable~, _a._ Reputable, honorable, estimable.

~Credulity~, _n._ Easiness of belief, readiness to believe (_on slight evidence_).

~Credulous~, _a._ Unsuspecting, unsuspicious, easy of belief, easily duped.

~Creed~, _n._ Belief, tenets, dogmas, doctrines, system of opinions, summary of belief.

~Creed-bound~, _a._ BIGOTED, wedded to an opinion.

~Creek~, _n._ ~1.~ Inlet, cove, bight, small bay.

~2.~ Rivulet, small river.

~Creep~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Crawl.

~2.~ Steal, glide stealthily, come unnoticed.

~3.~ Fawn, cringe, play the sycophant.

~Creeping~, _a._ ~1.~ Crawling.

~2.~ Fawning, sycophantic.

~3.~ (_Bot._) Growing on the ground or on supports.

~Cremation~, _n._ Burning (_especially of the dead_).

~Crenate~, _a._ (_Bot._) Notched, indented.

~Crenated~, _a._ (_Bot._) Notched, indented.

~Crepitate~, _v. n._ Crackle, snap, decrepitate.

~Crescent~, _n._ ~1.~ New moon, moon in her first quarter.

~2.~ Figure of the new moon.

~3.~ Turkish standard.

~4.~ Turkish power, Ottoman Empire.

~Crescent~, _a._ Growing, enlarging, increasing.

~Crescent-shaped~, _a._ (_Bot._) Lunate, lunated.

~Crest~, _n._ ~1.~ Tuft, plume, COMB.

~2.~ Top, crown, summit, highest part.

~Crested~, _a._ ~1.~ With a crest.

~2.~ (_Bot._) Cristate.

~Crestfallen~, _a._ Discouraged, disheartened, dispirited, depressed, dejected, desponding, chap-fallen, melancholy, sad, down-hearted, downcast, cast down, low-spirited, in low spirits.

~Cretaceous~, _a._ Chalky.

~Crevasse~, _n._ [Fr.] Crevice, gap, opening, ravine, gulley, GULCH.

~Crevice~, _n._ Fissure, chink, rift, gap, cleft, crack, cranny, interstice.

~Crew~, _n._ Company, gang, band, set, horde, party.

~Crib~, _n._ ~1.~ Rack, manger, cratch, feeding-place.

~2.~ Bin, bunker.

~Crib~, _v. a._ Enclose (_as in a crib_), cage, encage, confine, imprison, shut up.

~Crick~, _n._ Spasm, cramp, convulsion.

~Crime~, _n._ ~1.~ FELONY, aggravated misdemeanor, gross offence (_especially against human law_), infraction of law.

~2.~ Sin, transgression, iniquity, wickedness, unrighteousness, wrong, delinquency.

~Criminal~, _a._ ~1.~ Wrong, contrary to law.

~2.~ Culpable, guilty.

~Criminal~, _n._ Culprit, delinquent, offender, transgressor, trespasser, malefactor, convict, felon.

~Criminal conversation~, [Abbreviated _crim. con._] Adultery.

~Criminality~, _n._ Guiltiness, guilt, culpability.

~Criminate~, _v. a._ Accuse, charge, arraign, impeach, allege to be guilty.

~Crimination~, _n._ Accusation, impeachment, arraignment, charge.

~Crimp~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Curl, crisp.

~2.~ Plait, form into ridges.

~Crimp~, _n._ [_Colloquial._] Decoyman (_for the military service_), insnarer, trapanner.

~Cringe~, _v. n._ Crouch, fawn, truckle, sneak, stoop, bend the knee.

~Cringing~, _a._ Crouching, fawning, servile, sneaking, obsequious.

~Crinkle~, _v. n._ Crankle, run in and out.

~Cripple~, _n._ Lame person.

~Cripple~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Lame, make lame.

~2.~ Disable, weaken, impair the strength of.

~Crisis~, _n._ ~1.~ Acme, height, decisive turn, turning point.

~2.~ Exigency, emergency, juncture, conjuncture, pass, strait, rub, pinch, push, critical situation.

~Crisp~, _a._ ~1.~ Brittle, friable.

~Crispy~, _a._ ~1.~ Brittle, friable.

~2.~ Curled, frizzled.

~Crisp~, _v. a._ Twist, curl.

~Crispin~, _n._ Shoemaker.

~Cristate~, _a._ (_Bot._) Crested.

~Criterion~, _n._ Standard, test, touchstone, measure, rule.

~Critic~, _n._ ~1.~ Reviewer, censor, connoisseur, judge (_of artistic merit_).

~2.~ Censurer, caviller, carper.

~Critical~, _a._ ~1.~ Exact, nice, accurate.

~2.~ Censorious, carping, cavilling, captious.

~Criticise~, _v. a._ Examine and estimate (_as works of art or of literature_), remark upon (_with reference to merits and defects_), pass judgment upon.

~Criticism~, _n._ ~1.~ Art of criticising.

~2.~ Critique, strictures, animadversion, review, critical remarks.

~Critique~, _n._ Criticism, review, critical examination, critical remarks, critical notice.

~Croak~, _v. n._ Murmur, complain, grumble, repine.

~Croaker~, _n._ Murmurer, complainer, grumbler, censurer, fault-finder.

~Crock~, _n._ Soot.

~Crock~, _v. a._ Blacken (_with soot_), soil.

~Crockery~,_ n._ Earthen-ware.

~Crocodile tears~, Affected tears, hypocritical sorrow.

~Crone~, _n._ Old woman (_in contempt_).

~Crony~, _n._ [_Colloquial._] Associate, intimate friend, bosom friend, bosom companion.

~Crook~, _n._ Bend, flexure, curvature, turn.

~Crook~, _v. a._ Bend, curve, incurvate, bow, inflect, make crooked.

~Crooked~, _a._ ~1.~ Bent, curved, bowed, winding, not straight.

~2.~ Distorted, twisted, wry, awry, askew, deformed, disfigured.