| creep out |
(informal) to cause (someone) to feel uneasy or a bit frightened; give (someone) the creeps. |
| creep up on |
to silently approach from behind or in such as way as to surprise. |
| creepy |
of or causing a feeling of anxiety, fear, or revulsion similar to that which might be produced by something creeping on one's skin. [3 definitions] |
| creese |
variant of kris. |
| cremate |
to burn to ashes (esp. a human corpse in a funeral). |
| cremation |
the act or process of cremating. |
| crematorium |
a furnace for burning to ashes human remains, or the building in which such cremation occurs; crematory. |
| crematory |
a furnace for cremating, or the building in which cremation occurs. [2 definitions] |
| crème |
cream. [2 definitions] |
| crème brûlée |
(French) a rich egg custard with a topping of caramelized sugar. |
| crème de cacao |
a sweet, chocolate-flavored liqueur. |
| crème de la crème |
cream of the cream (French); the very best. |
| crème de menthe |
a sweet, mint-flavored liqueur, usu. green or colorless. |
| crenate |
having a scalloped or notched border, as some leaves. |
| crenel |
any of the openings or indentations between the solid parts of a wall or battlement. [2 definitions] |
| crenelate |
to provide crenels in (a tower or battlement). [2 definitions] |
| crenellated |
having notches or indentations, usu. regularly spaced, as in the battlement of a fortress. |
| crenellation |
the act of crenelating or state of being crenelated. [2 definitions] |
| Creole |
a person of European descent, esp. French or Spanish, born in Central or South America, the West Indies, or the United States Gulf region. [6 definitions] |
| creosol |
a colorless or yellowish oily liquid, derived from beechwood tar, used as an antiseptic and found in creosote. |
| creosote |
an oily liquid commercially distilled from coal tar or wood for use as a wood preservative and antiseptic, and produced as a waste product in chimneys from the burning of wood as fuel. [2 definitions] |