a. [ Gr. &unr_; extreme, highest + &unr_; fruit. ] (Bot.) (a) Having a terminal fructification; having the fruit at the end of the stalk. (b) Having the fruit stalks at the end of a leafy stem, as in certain mosses. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. having a subterminal centromere an acrocentric chromosome [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; highest + &unr_;. See Cephalic. ] Characterized by a high skull. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 a genus of birds.
Syn. -- genus Acrocephalus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Loftiness of skull. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. acroceraunius, fr. Gr. &unr_; high, n. pl. &unr_; heights + &unr_; thunderbolt. ] Of or pertaining to the high mountain range of “thunder-smitten” peaks (now Kimara), between Epirus and Macedonia. Shelley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 a genus of herbs and shrubs of Australia and Southern Africa, with an everlasting flower; most species are usually placed in genus Helipterum.
Syn. -- genus Acroclinium [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. 1 a genus of Central and South American feather palms.
Syn. -- genus Acrocomia [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a contraction for crocodile. [ informal ] [ PJC ]

n. [ See Croceous. ] (Chem.) A name given to any one of several yellow or scarlet dyestuffs of artificial production and complex structure. In general they are diazo and sulphonic acid derivatives of benzene and naphthol. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. croceus, fr. crocus saffron. See Crocus. ] Of, pertaining to, or like, saffron; deep reddish yellow. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A dyestuff, obtained from the Chinese crocin, which produces a brilliant yellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. croche, equiv. to F. crochet, croc, hook. See Crotchet, Crook. ] A little bud or knob at the top of a deer's antler. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. crochet small hook. See Croche. ] A kind of knitting done by means of a hooked needle, with worsted, silk, or cotton; crochet work. Commonly used adjectively. [ 1913 Webster ]

Crochet hook,
Crochet needle, a small hook, or a hooked needle (often of bone), used in crochet work. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ imp. & p. p. Crocheted p. pr. & vb. n. Crocheting ] To knit with a crochet needle or hook; as, to crochet a shawl. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. something created by interlocking looped stitches with a hooked needle.
Syn. -- crochet. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. creating a garment of needlework. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ See Crosier. ] (Eccl.) One who carries the cross before an archbishop. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. kroky`s nap on cloth + -lite. ] (Min.) A mineral occuring in silky fibers of a lavender blue color. It is related to hornblende and is essentially a silicate of iron and soda; -- called also blue asbestus. A silicified form, in which the fibers penetrating quartz are changed to oxide of iron, is the yellow brown tiger-eye of the jewelers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; saffron. ] (Chem.) (a) The coloring matter of Chinese yellow pods, the fruit of Gardenia grandiflora. Watts. (b) A red powder (called also polychroite), which is made from the saffron (Crocus sativus). See Polychroite. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. W. croeg cover, Scot. crochit covered. ] The loose black particles collected from combustion, as on pots and kettles, or in a chimney; soot; smut; also, coloring matter which rubs off from cloth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A low stool. “I . . . seated her upon a little crock.” Tatler. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. croc, croca, crog, croh; akin to D. kruik, G. krug, Icel. krukka, Dan. krukke, Sw. kruka; but cf. W. crwc bucket, pail, crochan pot, cregen earthen vessel, jar. Cf. Cruet. ] Any piece of crockery, especially of coarse earthenware; an earthen pot or pitcher. [ 1913 Webster ]

Like foolish flies about an honey crock. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a person who is worn out with age or illness. [ PJC ]

2. an old person who complains frequently about illness, especially imaginary ailments. [ PJC ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Crocked p. pr. & vb. n. Crocking. ] To soil by contact, as with soot, or with the coloring matter of badly dyed cloth. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To give off crock or smut. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To lay up in a crock; as, to crock butter. Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. nonsense; balderdash; humbug; -- usually used in the phrase a crock. [ slang ] [ PJC ]

adj. drunk, inebriated. Opposite of sober. [ slang ]
Syn. -- blotto, fuddled, loaded, pissed, pixilated, plastered, potty, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, tiddly, tiddley, tight, tipsy, wet. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A potter. [ Obs. ] Wyclif. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Crock an earthen vessel. ] Earthenware; vessels formed of baked clay, especially the coarser kinds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. croquet, F. crochet, dim. of croc hook. See Crook, and cf. Crotchet. ] 1. (Arch.) An ornament often resembling curved and bent foliage, projecting from the sloping edge of a gable, spire, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A croche, or knob, on the top of a stag's antler. [ 1913 Webster ]

The antlers and the crockets. W. Black. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Arch.) Ornamented with crockets. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Arch.) Ornamentation with crockets. Ruskin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Crock soot. ] Smutty. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. crocodilus, Gr. kroko`deilos: cf. F. crocodile. Cf. Cookatrice. ] 1. (Zool.) A large reptile of the genus Crocodilus, of several species. They grow to the length of sixteen or eighteen feet, and inhabit the large rivers of Africa, Asia, and America. The eggs, laid in the sand, are hatched by the sun's heat. The best known species is that of the Nile (Crocodilus vulgaris, or Crocodilus Niloticus). The Florida crocodile (Crocodilus Americanus) is much less common than the alligator and has longer jaws. The name is also sometimes applied to the species of other related genera, as the gavial and the alligator. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Logic) A fallacious dilemma, mythically supposed to have been first used by a crocodile. [ 1913 Webster ]

Crocodile bird (Zool.), an African plover (Pluvianus ægypticus) which alights upon the crocodile and devours its insect parasites, even entering its open mouth (according to reliable writers) in pursuit of files, etc.; -- called also Nile bird. It is the trochilos of ancient writers. --
Crocodile tears, false or affected tears; hypocritical sorrow; -- derived from the fiction of old travelers, that crocodiles shed tears over their prey. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. L. crocodilus crocodile. ] (Zool.) An order of reptiles including the crocodiles, gavials, alligators, and many extinct kinds. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Like, or pertaining to, the crocodile; characteristic of the crocodile. -- n. One of the Crocodilia. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Logic) A caption or sophistical mode of arguing. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. croco&unr_;se. ] (Min.) Same as Crocoite. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; saffron. ] (Min.) Lead chromate occuring in crystals of a bright hyacinth red color; -- called also red lead ore. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A salt formed by the union of croconic acid with a base. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; saffron. ] 1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling saffron; having the color of saffron; as, croconic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Pertaining to, or derived from, croconic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

Croconic acid (Chem.), a yellow crystalline substance, C5O3(OH)2, obtained from potassium carboxide, rhodizonic acid, and various phenol and quinone derivatives of benzene, and forming yellow or orange colored salts. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. kro`kos saffron. ] (Chem.) A white crystalline sugar, metameric with glucose, obtained from the coloring matter of saffron. [ Written also crokose. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., saffron, fr. Gr. kro`kos; cf. Heb. karkōm, Ar. kurkum, Skr. ku&ndot_;kuma. ] 1. (Bot.) A genus of iridaceous plants, with pretty blossoms rising separately from the bulb or corm. Crocus vernus is one of the earliest of spring-blooming flowers; Crocus sativus produces the saffron, and blossoms in the autumn. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Chem.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Crocus of Venus (Old Chem.), oxide of copper. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Macro + Gr. kefalh` the head. ] 1. Of or pertaining to macrocephaly; having an unusually large head. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Having the cotyledons of a dicotyledonous embryo confluent, and forming a large mass compared with the rest of the body. Henslow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. THe condition of having an unusually large head; it differs from hydrocephalus because there is no increase intracranial pressure and the overgrowth is symmetrical.
Syn. -- megacephaly, megalocephaly. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

peop. n. A genus of giant crabs of Japan.
Syn. -- genus Macrocheira. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. makro`s long + &unr_; hand. ] (Zool.) A division of birds including the swifts and humming birds. So called from the length of the distal part of the wing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A genus of alligator snapping turtles.
Syn. -- genus Macroclemys. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Macro- + Gr. &unr_; the world: cf. F. macrocosme. ] The great world; that part of the universe which is exterior to man; -- contrasted with microcosm, or man. See Microcosm. [ 1913 Webster ]