| crosscut |
designed or used for cutting across. [4 definitions] |
| crosse |
a long-handled stick with a net pouch attached to one end, used to catch, throw, or carry a lacrosse ball. |
| cross-examine |
to question thoroughly and insistently, often for the purpose of comparing responses with those of earlier questioning. [2 definitions] |
| cross-eye |
a condition in which one or both eyes turn toward each other. (See strabismus.) |
| cross-fertilize |
to fertilize by pollen, sperm, or another male gamete from a different individual, or with different genes or from a different species. |
| crossfire |
a volley of projectiles, esp. gunfire, directed at some central point from two separated positions. [2 definitions] |
| cross-grained |
of lumber, having a grain that runs across or diagonally to the length. [2 definitions] |
| cross hairs |
the two fine hairs, wires, or the like, one vertical and the other horizontal, that cross at right angles in an optical instrument such as a gunsight and that aid the viewer in aiming or focusing accurately. |
| crosshatch |
to shade (a drawing or the like) using many parallel and intersecting lines. |
| crossing |
a place where two roads, routes, or railroad tracks, or a combination of these, intersect. [3 definitions] |
| crossing guard |
a school official, police officer, or volunteer who directs traffic and helps children to cross the streets around a school. |
| cross-legged |
with the ankles close to the body and crossed, and the knees wide apart. [2 definitions] |
| crossly |
in an ill-tempered manner. |
| crossness |
the state of being ill-tempered. |
| cross off |
to remove (a name or other item) from a list. |
| cross out |
to remove (something) by drawing a line through it. |
| crosspatch |
(informal) an easily annoyed, bad-tempered person. |
| crosspiece |
anything, such as a bar, placed across something else. |
| cross-pollinate |
to pollinate by placing pollen from one plant on the pistil of another of a different type. |
| cross-pollination |
the transfer of pollen, as by bees, from one flower to another of different genetic composition, resulting in the production of a hybrid; cross-fertilization. |
| cross-purpose |
a purpose that opposes or conflicts with another. |