Chapter Craniology to Crotch of C by Soule's Synonymes

2. Fawning, sycophantic.

3. (Bot.) Growing on the ground or on supports.

Cremation, n. Burning (especially of the dead).

Crenate, 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, lune.

3. Turkish standard.

4. [With The prefixed.] Turkish power, Ottoman Empire, Sublime Porte; Mohammedanism, Islamism, Islam.

Crescent, a. Growing, enlarging, increasing.

Crescent-shaped, a. (Bot.) Lunate, lunated.

Crest, n.

1. Tuft, plume, comb.

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

3. Armorial bearings, device.

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, break, rent, chasm.