CPage 750
- English Word Crocodility Definition A caption or sophistical mode of arguing.
- English Word Crocoisite Definition Same as Crocoite.
- English Word Crocoite Definition Lead chromate occuring in crystals of a bright hyacinth red color; -- called also red lead ore.
- English Word Croconate Definition A salt formed by the union of croconic acid with a base.
- English Word Croconic Definition Of, pertaining to, or resembling saffron; having the color of saffron; as, croconic acid.
- English Word Croconic Definition Pertaining to, or derived from, croconic acid.
- English Word Crocose Definition A white crystalline sugar, metameric with glucose, obtained from the coloring matter of saffron.
- English Word Crocus Definition A genus of iridaceous plants, with pretty blossoms rising separately from the bulb or corm. C. vernus is one of the earliest of spring-blooming flowers; C. sativus produces the saffron, and blossoms in the autumn.
- English Word Crocus Definition A deep yellow powder; the oxide of some metal calcined to a red or deep yellow color; esp., the oxide of iron (Crocus of Mars or colcothar) thus produced from salts of iron, and used as a polishing powder.
- English Word Croesus Definition A king of Lydia who flourished in the 6th century b. c., and was renowned for his vast wealth; hence, a common appellation for a very rich man; as, he is a veritable Croesus.
- English Word Croft Definition A small, inclosed field, adjoining a house; a small farm.
- English Word Crofter Definition One who rents and tills a small farm or helding; as, the crofters of Scotland.
- English Word Croftland Definition Land of superior quality, on which successive crops are raised.
- English Word Crois Definition See Cross, n.
- English Word Croisade Definition Alt. of Croisado
- English Word Croisado Definition A holy war; a crusade.
- English Word Croise Definition A pilgrim bearing or wearing a cross.
- English Word Croise Definition A crusader.
- English Word Croissante Definition Terminated with crescent; -- said of a cross the ends of which are so terminated.
- English Word Croker Definition A cultivator of saffron; a dealer in saffron.