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. |
cross-question |
to cross-examine. [2 definitions] |
cross-refer |
to make a reference to another part of the same work. |
cross reference |
a reference from one part of a book, index, or file to another part containing additional or related information. |
cross-reference |
to supply with cross references. |
crossroad |
the place where two roads intersect; crossing. [2 definitions] |
crossruff |
a sequence of plays in a card game such as bridge in which each of a pair of partners leads a suit that the other partner trumps. [2 definitions] |