Contamination
(n.) The act or process of contaminating |
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-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 |
| cross-pollination | stimulating influence among diverse elements, the cross-pollination of the arts |
contamination
pollution | the act of contaminating or polluting, including (either intentionally or accidentally) unwanted substances or factors |
| dust contamination | the act of contaminating with dust particles |
double cross
doublerossing | an act of betrayal, he gave us the old double cross, I could no longer tolerate his impudent doublerossing |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Calvary cross
cross of Calvary | a Latin cross set on three steps |
| Celtic cross | a Latin cross with a ring surrounding the intersection |
| 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 |
| Greek cross | a cross with each of the four arms the same length |
| half cross stitch | a single cross stitch at a diagonal |
| Jerusalem cross | a cross with equal arms, each terminating in a small crossbar |
| Latin cross | a cross with the lowest arm being longer than the others |
Lorraine cross
cross of Lorraine | a cross with two crossbars, one above and one below the midpoint of the vertical, the lower longer than the upper |
| Maltese cross | a cross with triangular or arrow-shaped arms and the points toward the center |
| papal cross | a cross with three crossbars |
| patriarchal cross | a cross with two crossbars |
St. Andrew's cross
saltire | a cross resembling the letter x, with diagonal bars of equal length |
| Station of the Cross | a representation of any of the stages in Christ's journey to Calvary |
tau cross
St. Anthony's cross | cross resembling the Greek letter tau |
thwart
cross thwart | a crosspiece spreading the gunnels of a boat, used as a seat in a rowboat |
crisscross
cross
mark | a marking that consists of lines that cross each other |
| cross section | (physics) the probability that a particular interaction (as capture or ionization) will take place between particles, measured in barns |
crosslassification
cross-division | classification according to more than one attribute at the same time, the crosslassification of cases was done by age and sex |
| cross section | a sample meant to be representative of a whole population |
vector product
cross product | a vector that is the product of two other vectors |
| cross-purpose | a contrary aim, at cross-purposes |
| Distinguished Service Cross | a United States Army decoration for extraordinary heroism against an armed enemy |
| Navy Cross | a United States Navy decoration for extraordinary heroism against an armed enemy |
| Distinguished Flying Cross | a United States Air Force decoration for heroism while participating in an aerial flight |
| Victoria Cross | a British military decoration for gallantry |
crosseference
cross-index | a reference at one place in a work to information at another place in the same work |
| cross-examination | (law) close questioning of a hostile witness in a court of law to discredit or throw a new light on the testimony already provided in direct examination |
| cross-question | a question asked in cross-examination |
| sign of the cross | a gesture with the right hand moving to form a cross, used by Catholics as a profession of faith |
cross-fertilization
cross-fertilisation | fertilization by the union of male and female gametes from different individual of the same species |
| cross-pollination | fertilization by transfer of pollen from the anthers of one flower to the stigma of another |
| cross country | a long race run over open country |