Skip to content A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z criminology The study of crime and criminals, especially their behaviour. criminophobia The fear of being a victim of crime criminous criminal criminously In a criminous manner. criminousness The state or quality of being criminous. criminy Expressing surprise or impatience. crimmigrant Someone who immigrates illegally. crimmigration Illegal immigration. Crimmins A surname from Irish. crimo A person with multiple criminal convictions; a career criminal. crimogenic Producing or leading to crime. crimp Easily crumbled; friable; brittle. crimpage The act or practice of crimping, or entrapping soldiers or sailors into service. crimped With a crimp in it; crushed shut. crimper A small climbing hold that can only be held with the tips of a person's fingers. crimpiness the state of being crimpy crimping The act by which something is crimped. crimple to crumple, crimp crimplene A kind of heavy, wrinkle-resistant fabric used for clothing. crimpness The state or quality of being crimp. crimpy Having a crimped appearance; frizzly. crimson A deep, slightly bluish red. crimsonish Somewhat crimson in colour; crimsony. crimsonly With a crimson colour. crimsonness The state or condition of being crimson in colour. crimsonwing Any of the birds in the genus Cryptospiza, found in Sub-Saharan Africa. crimsony Somewhat crimson in colour. crin horsehair fabric crinal Pertaining to the hair. crinamidine An alkaloid with IUPAC name (1S,13R,15R,16S,18R)-9-methoxy-5,7,17-trioxa-12-azahexacyclo[10.6.2.0^(1,13).0^(2,10).0^(4,8).0^(16,18)]icosa-2,4(8),9-trien-15-ol Crinan A small coastal village in Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland, located on Loch Crinan at the west end of the Crinan Canal (OS grid ref NR7894). crinate Having hair; hairy; crinated. crinated Having hair; hairy, or hairlike. crinch To grind the teeth, crunch Crindau An inner city area in Newport, Wales (OS grid ref ST3189). crine To wither, wilt, shrivel. crinecerfont A medication used for the treatment of congenital adrenal hyperplasia. crined Having hair or a mane of a specified tincture, different from that of the body. Criner A surname. crinet Each of the small hair-like feathers growing around a hawk's cere. cringe To cower, flinch, recoil, shrink, or tense, as in disgust, embarrassment, or fear. cringefail Embarrassing and cringeworthy. cringefest A work or a situation that induces cringing; something very embarrassing. cringefluencer An influencer who is cringeworthy. cringeful Tending to make one cringe; embarrassing or frightening. cringeling One who cringes and fawns; a submissive toady. cringelord One who is consistently cringey. cringemaking Inducing cringing; embarrassing. cringeness The quality of being cringe. cringeometer An imaginary device that measures cringeworthiness (the extent to which something makes one cringe; that is, flinch or recoil with embarrassment). cringer A person who cringes or shies away. cringesome Characterised or marked by cringing; causing one to cringe. cringetastic Very cringeworthy; causing one to cringe with embarrassment. cringeworthily In a cringeworthy manner; so as to make one cringe. cringeworthiness The property of being cringeworthy: causing cringing by someone (an onlooker, a person doing something cringeworthy, or both) through awkwardness, embarrassment, or vicarious embarrassment. cringeworthy That causes or may cause one to cringe with disgust, embarrassment (often vicarious embarrassment), etc.; awkward, disgusting, embarrassing. cringey Characterised by causing feelings of embarrassment; embarrassing. Cringila A suburb of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. cringily In a cringey manner. cringiness The quality of being cringey. cringing Act of one who cringes. cringingly In a cringing manner; while cringing. cringingness The state or quality of being cringing. cringle A short piece of rope, arranged as a grommet around a metal ring, used to attach tackle to a sail etc. cringled Fitted with a cringle. Cringleford A village and civil parish in South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG1905). crinicultural Relating to the growth of hair, or hairstyles. criniere Protective armor for a horse's neck. criniferous Hairy; bristly. crinigerous hairy, or related to hair. crinite Having the appearance of a tuft of hair. crinitol A linear diterpenoid derived from the seaweed Cystoseira crinita, (2E,6E,9R,10E)-3,7,11,15-tetramethylhexadeca-2,6,10,14-tetraene-1,9-diol crinitory Of or relating to hair. crinivirus Any plant virus of the genus Crinivirus. crinkle To fold, crease, crumple, or wad. crinkleawn Any grass in the genus, Trachypogon crinklebutt A term of endearment for one who wears a diaper. crinklecritter Synonym of diapercritter (“an anthropomorphic creature or full-body suit made entirely out of a single (fully absorbent) diaper”). crinkled Having crinkles crinklepants A term of endearment for one who wears a diaper; a crinklebutt. crinkler Something that crinkles. crinkleroot Cardamine diphylla, a spring woodland plant native to North America. crinklesome Characterised or marked by crinkles or crinkling. crinkliness The state or quality of being crinkly. crinkling The act or sound or something being crinkled. crinkly That crinkles. CRINKs Synonym of CRINK. crinkums jail fever; typhus crinky crinkly crinoid One of the numerous animals that make up the class Crinoidea; the feather stars or sea lilies. crinoidal Relating to, consisting of, or containing crinoids. crinoidean Any of the Crinoidea. crinolette A whalebone, cane, or steel framework that was worn between petticoat and dress, attached at the waist and projecting backwards but not as far to the sides as in the case of a full hoop skirt. crinoline A stiff fabric made from cotton and horsehair. crinolined Wearing a crinoline skirt. crinophagic Relating to crinophagy crinophagy The intracytoplasmic digestion of secretory granules by lysosomes. crinose Hairy. crinosity hairiness crinosterol The sterol (3S,8S,9S,10R,13R,14S,17R)-17-[(E,2R,5S)-5,6-dimethylhept-3-en-2-yl]-10,13-dimethyl-2,3,4,7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16,17-dodecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-ol present in marine invertebrates crinozoan A member of the subphylum Crinozoa. crinum Any of the genus Crinum of perennial plants with large showy flowers on leafless stems, which develop from bulbs. criobolium The ritual slaughter of a ram. criocone An organism or fossil with a crioconic shell, or such a shell itself. crioconic Having the shape of a ram's horn. criodrilid Any worm of the family Criodrilidae. criolla A genre of Cuban music. criollo A member of a social class, in the 16th-century Spanish colonies, who were born in the colonies but had European lineage. criophore A statue or other representation of a person carrying a ram. criophoros Synonym of criophore. criophorous Carrying a ram (sheep) criosphinx A sphinx with the head of a ram. crioulo A native horse of South America, known for its speed and endurance. crip A cripple. cripavirus Any virus of the genus Cripavirus Cripe A surname. cripes A mild curse or expression of surprise. Crippen A surname. Crippenesque Reminiscent of Hawley Harvey Crippen (1862–1910), American doctor who famously murdered his wife. cripple Crippled. crippled Having a less than fully functional limb, or injuries which prevent full mobility. crippledness The state, quality, or condition of being crippled crippledom The state of being a cripple. cripplement The condition of being crippled; an injury that limits mobility. crippleness lameness cripplepunk A social movement regarding physical disability rights that rejects inspirational portrayals of those with physical disabilities on the sole basis of their physical disability. crippler A person who, or thing which cripples. cripplesome Characterised or marked by crippledness; crippled. crippleware A program whose functionality is severely limited beyond that of shareware, often in the interest of its author having the crippleware user make a purchase of the uncrippled program. crippling That cripples or incapacitates cripplingly In a way that cripples, or is crippling. cripply lame; disabled; crippled Cripps A surname. crippunk Synonym of cripplepunk. cripqueer Synonym of queercrip. crips A black street gang known for wearing blue and having an intense rivalry with the Bloods. cris A female given name. Crisafulli A surname from Italian. Crisanto A surname. Crisci A surname. Criscione A surname from Italian. Crisco A surname. Criscuolo A surname. Crisell A surname. Crisfield A surname. crisic Relating to a crisis. crisiid Any member of the Crisiidae family of bryozoans. crisis A crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point. crisisless Without crises crisislike Resembling or characteristic of a crisis