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 crumbiness The state of being crumby. crumblable That can crumble or can be crumbled; that is well suited to being crumbled. crumble To fall apart; to disintegrate. crumblement crumbling crumblesome Characterised or marked by crumbling. crumbless Not containing crumbs; without crumbs. crumblet A small crumb. Crumbley A surname. crumblike Resembling a crumb or crumbs. crumbliness The state of being crumbly crumbling That crumbles; that breaks into small pieces or particles. crumblingly So as to crumble; while crumbling. crumblingness The quality of crumbling. crumbly Easy to break into small fragments; brittle or friable. crumbs An expression of mild surprise. crumbum An objectionable or foolish person. crumby Crumbly; inclined to break into crumbs. Crume A surname. crumenal A purse. crumhorn Any of several related simple woodwind instruments having a bent horn Crumley A surname. Crumlin A suburb of Dublin, Ireland. Crumm A surname. crummily In a crummy way. crumminess The state of being crummy. crummock A staff with a crooked head or stem. crummy Bad; poor. crump The sound of a muffled explosion. crumpet A type of savoury cake, typically flat and round, made from batter and yeast, containing many small holes and served toasted, usually with butter. crumpiness The state or quality of being crumpy. crumplable That can crumple or can be crumpled; that is well suited to being crumpled. crumple A crease, wrinkle, or irregular fold. crumpled Squeezed into a compact mass by irregular folds. crumpledness The state or quality of being crumpled. crumpler Someone or something that crumples. crumpling The act by which something crumples. crumply Crumpled. Crumpsall A suburb in the City of Manchester, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD8402). Crumpton A surname. crumpy brittle; crisp Crumrine A surname. crunch To crush something, especially food, with a noisy crackling sound. crunchable That can be crunched. cruncher A person or thing that crunches. crunchewy Both crunchy and chewy. crunchie A somewhat granola- or cookie-like chocolate-covered sweet, served in bar form. crunchily In a crunchy manner. crunchiness The state of being crunchy. crunching A crunch noise. crunchingly With a crunching sound or action. crunchless Of food, lacking crunch or crispiness; soft. crunchweed Synonym of charlock. crunchy Likely to crunch, especially with reference to food when it is eaten. Crundall A surname. crunk Crazy and intoxicated. crunkcore A fusion genre combining cultural and musical elements of crunk, post-hardcore, pop, electronic music, and dance music. It often features screamed vocals, hip-hop beats, and sexually provocative lyrics. crunkle To crumple. crunkmeister A performer of crunk music. crunodal Possessing, or characterized by, a crunode. crunode node (point where one branch of a curve crosses another branch) cruor The colouring matter of the blood. cruoric Relating to or composed of cruor. cruorin hemoglobin. crup Short; brittle (both literally and figuratively). Crupi A surname. crupper A strap, looped under a horse's tail, used to stop a saddle from slipping. crural Pertaining to the leg. cruralgia crural pain cruralium A calcareous support, for the internal arms of a brachiopod, formed from the crura crureus vastus intermedius crurifragium The breaking of the lower leg bones as an ancient form of punishment or execution. crurogenital Relating to the leg and the genitals. cruroinguinal Relating to the leg and the groin. cruropatagium The portion of patagium found between the hind limbs but not connecting to the tail. crurophilia The love of or the erotic fixation on legs. cruroplasty Repair of a crus or (more typically) a hiatus crurotalar Synonym of talocrural. crurotarsal Relating to the crus and the tarsal bones crurotarsan Any of the Crurotarsi, a taxonomic group including the archosaurs and phytosaurs. crus The shin (tibia and fibula) crusade Any of the Papally-endorsed military expeditions undertaken by the Christians of Latin Europe in the 11th to 13th centuries to reconquer the Levant from the Muslims, as well as expeditions along the Baltic Sea and against the Cathars. crusader A fighter or participant in the medieval Crusades. crusaderism The practice of crusading or the state of being a crusader. crusaderist Supporting crusaderism. crusaderlike Resembling or characteristic of a crusader. crusadery Characteristic of crusaders. crusading pertaining to a crusade. someone or something with crusading manner and characteristics. crusadingly In a crusading manner. crusadism The practise or doctrine of militaristic Christianity. crusadist Crusader (attributive); pertaining to or studying the Crusades. crusado A crusader. Crusan A surname from Dutch. cruse A small jar used to hold liquid, such as oil or water. cruset A goldsmith's crucible. crush A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin. crushability The property of being capable of being crushed. crushable That can be crushed. crushed Pulverized, rendered into small, disconnected fragments. crushedness The state or condition of being crushed. crushee The person on whom one has a crush (infatuation). Crusheen A village in County Clare, Ireland. crusher Someone or something that crushes. crushing That crushes; overwhelming. crushingly So as to defeat overwhelmingly. crushingness The quality of being crushing. crushlike Resembling or characteristic of a crush (infatuation). crushophile A person who has strong romantic feelings for a particular crush and remains emotionally devoted to that one person, especially when their affection is focused exclusively on them. crushproof Strong enough to resist being deformed or crushed when subjected to more than normal physical stress or pressure. crushworthy Suitable for a crush (infatuation): attractive. crusily Semé (strewn) with cross crosslets. Crusoe A surname from French, famously held by Crusoean Of or relating to the fictional castaway Robinson Crusoe, or the novel in which he appears. Crusoesque Reminiscent of the fictional castaway Robinson Crusoe. crust A more solid, dense or hard layer on a surface or boundary. crusta A crust or shell. crustacea Crustaceans. crustaceal Synonym of crustacean. crustacean Any arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea, including lobsters, crabs, shrimp, barnacles and woodlice. crustaceological Pertaining to crustaceology. crustaceologist One who studies crustaceology. crustaceology The branch of zoology dealing with crustaceans. crustaceorubin The red pigment zoonerythrin. crustaceous Resembling a crustacean. crustaceously In a crustaceous manner. crustaceousness The state or quality of being crustaceous, or having a crust-like shell. crustache A sparse or wispy mustache. crustacivore Any animal (typically a bird) that forages for, and eats crustaceans crustacyanin Any of a class of complexes of astaxanthin and protein found in the carapace of lobsters crustal Of, pertaining to, or forming a crust, especially the crust of the Earth or other planet. crustally In a crustal manner. crustated Covered with a crust. crustation An adherent crust; an incrustation crustaxanthin A particular carotenoid. crustcore Synonym of crust punk (“a music genre”). crustecdysone A hormone, generated by crustaceans, that leads to molting crusted Having or consisting of a crust. crustic Exhibiting or relating to crusis. crustiform With a texture of alternating bands parallel to the wall of a vein. crustify To form a crust. crustily In a crusty manner. crustin An antimicrobial peptide present in some prawns crustiness The state of being crusty. crusting Encrusted material. crustless Having no crust. crustlike Resembling or characteristic of a crust. crustocalcin Any of a group of calcins present in the shell of some crustaceans crustohymeniderm A type of fungal cap cuticle structure. crustose Of a lichen, growing tightly appressed to the substrate. crustquake A starquake in the crust of a neutron star crusty Having a crust, especially a thick one.