Cross
(n.) A gibbet, consisting of two pieces of timber placed transversely upon one another, in various forms, as a T, or +, with the horizontal piece below the upper end of the upright, or as an X. It was anciently used in the execution of criminals. |
Cross
(n.) The sign or mark of the cross, made with the finger, or in ink, etc., or actually represented in some material |
Cross
(n.) Affiction regarded as a test of patience or virtue |
Cross
(n.) A piece of money stamped with the figure of a cross, also, that side of such a piece on which the cross is stamped |
Cross
(n.) An appendage or ornament or anything in the form of a cross |
Cross
(n.) A monument in the form of a cross, or surmounted by a cross, set up in a public place |
Cross
(n.) A common heraldic bearing, of which there are many varieties. See the Illustration, above. |
Cross
(n.) The crosslike mark or symbol used instead of a signature by those unable to write. |
Cross
(n.) Church lands. |
Cross
(n.) A line drawn across or through another line. |
Cross
(n.) A mixing of breeds or stock, especially in cattle breeding |
Cross
(n.) An instrument for laying of offsets perpendicular to the main course. |
Cross
(n.) A pipe-fitting with four branches the axes of which usually form's right angle. |
Cross
(a.) Not parallel |
Cross
(a.) Not accordant with what is wished or expected |
Cross
(a.) Characterized by, or in a state of, peevishness, fretfulness, or ill humor |
Cross
(a.) Made in an opposite direction, or an inverse relation |
Cross
(prep.) Athwart |
Cross
(v. t.) To put across or athwart |
Cross
(v. t.) To lay or draw something, as a line, across |
Cross
(v. t.) To pass from one side to the other of |
Cross
(v. t.) To pass, as objects going in an opposite direction at the same time. |
Cross
(v. t.) To run counter to |
Cross
(v. t.) To interfere and cut off |
Cross
(v. t.) To make the sign of the cross upon |
Cross
(v. t.) To cancel by marking crosses on or over, or drawing a line across |
Cross
(v. t.) To cause to interbreed |
Cross
(v. i.) To lie or be athwart. |
Cross
(v. i.) To move or pass from one side to the other, or from place to place |
Cross
(v. i.) To be inconsistent. |
Cross
(v. i.) To interbreed, as races |
Cross-armed
(a.) With arms crossed. |
Cross-banded
(a.) A term used when a narrow ribbon of veneer is inserted into the surface of any piece of furniture, wainscoting, etc., so that the grain of it is contrary to the general surface. |
Cross-bearer
(n.) A subdeacon who bears a cross before an archbishop or primate on solemn occasions. |
Cross-birth
(n.) Any preternatural labor, in which the body of the child lies across the pelvis of the mother, so that the shoulder, arm, or trunk is the part first presented at the mouth of the uterus. |
Cross-bun
(n.) A bun or cake marked with a cross, and intended to be eaten on Good Friday. |
Cross-crosslet
(n.) A cross having the three upper ends crossed, so as to from three small crosses. |
Cross-days
(n. pl.) The three days preceding the Feast of the Ascension. |
Cross-examination
(n.) The interrogating or questioning of a witness by the party against whom he has been called and examined. See Examination. |
Cross-examined
(imp. & p. p.) of Cross-examine |
Cross-examining
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cross-examine |
Cross-examine
(v. t.) To examine or question, as a witness who has been called and examined by the opposite party. |
Cross-examiner
(n.) One who cross-examines or conducts a crosse-examination. |
Cross-eye
(n.) See Strabismus. |
Cross-eyed
(a.) Affected with strabismus |
Cross-garnet
(n.) A hinge having one strap perpendicular and the other strap horizontal giving it the form of an Egyptian or T cross. |
Cross-pawl
(n.) Same as Cross-spale. |
Cross-purpose
(n.) A counter or opposing purpose |
Cross-purpose
(n.) A conversational game, in which questions and answers are made so as to involve ludicrous combinations of ideas. |
Cross-questioned
(imp. & p. p.) of Cross-question |
cross-fertilization
cross-fertilisation | interchange between different cultures or different ways of thinking that is mutually productive and beneficial, the cross-fertilization of science and the creative arts |
| double fault | (tennis) two successive faults in serving resulting in the loss of the point |
| double stopping | stopping two strings and producing two notes at the same time |
line-drive double
line double | a double resulting from a line drive |
double
two-base hit
two-bagger
two-baser | a base hit on which the batter stops safely at second base, he hit a double to deep centerfield |
| cross-pollination | stimulating influence among diverse elements, the cross-pollination of the arts |
double-blind procedure
double-blind experiment
double-blind study | an experimental procedure in which neither the subjects of the experiment nor the persons administering the experiment know the critical aspects of the experiment, a double-blind procedure is used to guard against both experimenter bias and placebo effects |
| double leg circle | a gymnastic exercise performed on the pommel horse when the gymnast (with legs together) swings his legs in a circle while alternating hands on the pommels |
twin bill
doubleheader
double feature | two games instead of one (especially in baseball when the same two teams play two games on the same day) |
| double dribble | an illegal dribble in basketball (the player uses both hands to dribble or the player starts to dribble a second time after coming to a stop) |
| double Dutch | the difficult version of jump rope in which players jump over two ropes that are swung in a crisscross manner by two turners |
| daily double | a single bet on two horse races in the same day |
| double reverse | (American football) a running play in which a first reverse is followed by a second reverse |
| double play | the act of getting two players out on one play |
double entry
double-entry bookkeeping | bookkeeper debits the transaction to one account and credits it to another |
double cross
doublerossing | an act of betrayal, he gave us the old double cross, I could no longer tolerate his impudent doublerossing |
duplicity
double-dealing | acting in bad faith, deception by pretending to entertain one set of intentions while acting under the influence of another |
| double blind | a test procedure in which the identity of those receiving the intervention is concealed from both the administrators and the subjects until after the test is completed, designed to reduce or eliminate bias in the results |
| doubling double | raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of , I decided his double was a bluff |
hybridization
hybridisation
crossbreeding
crossing cross
interbreeding
hybridizing | (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids |
| dihybrid cross | hybridization using two traits with two alleles each |
| monohybrid cross | hybridization using a single trait with two alleles (as in Mendel's experiments with garden peas) |
reciprocal cross
reciprocal | hybridization involving a pair of crosses that reverse the sexes associated with each genotype |
| double take | a delayed reaction indicating surprise |
transvestism
transvestitism
cross dressing | the practice of adopting the clothes or the manner or the sexual role of the opposite sex |
Stations
Stations of the Cross | (Roman Catholic Church) a devotion consisting of fourteen prayers said before a series of fourteen pictures or carvings representing successive incidents during Jesus' passage from Pilate's house to his crucifixion at Calvary |
| double jeopardy | the prosecution of a defendant for a criminal offense for which he has already been tried, prohibited in the fifth amendment to the United States Constitution |
hybrid
crossbreed
cross | (genetics) an organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock, especially offspring produced by breeding plants or animals of different varieties or breeds or species, a mule is a cross between a horse and a donkey |
bass fiddle
bass viol bull fiddle
double bass
contrabass
string bass | largest and lowest member of the violin family |
a bus
autobus
coach charabanc
double-decker
jitney
motorbus
motorcoach
omnibus
passenger vehicle | a vehicle carrying many passengers, used for public transport, he always rode the bus to work |
Calvary cross
cross of Calvary | a Latin cross set on three steps |
| Celtic cross | a Latin cross with a ring surrounding the intersection |
contrabassoon
contrafagotto
double bassoon | the bassoon that is the largest instrument in the oboe family |
| Cross | a representation of the structure on which Jesus was crucified, used as an emblem of Christianity or in heraldry |
| cross | a wooden structure consisting of an upright post with a transverse piece |
| cross bit | a rock drill having cruciform cutting edges, used in mining |
cross hair
cross wire | either of two fine mutually perpendicular lines that cross in the focus plane of an optical instrument and are use for sighting or calibration, he had the target in his cross hairs |
| cross-stitch | embroidery done with pairs of stitches that cross each other |
| cross-stitch | two stitches forming a cross or X |
| cross street | a street intersecting a main street (usually at right angles) and continuing on both sides of it |
| double bed | a bed wide enough to accommodate two sleepers |
double-bitted ax
double-bitted axe
Western ax
Western axe | an ax that has cutting edges on both sides of the head |
double boiler
double saucepan | two saucepans, one fitting inside the other |
| double-breasted jacket | a jacket having fronts that overlap enough for two separate rows of buttons |
| double-breasted suit | a suit with a double-breasted jacket |
| double clinch | a clinch with two loops |
double crochet
double stitch | a kind of crochet stitch |
| double door | two vertical doors that meet in the middle of the door frame when closed |
| double glazing | a window with two panes of glass and a space between them, reduces heat and noise transmission through the window |
| double-hung window | a window having two sashes that slide up and down |