Acrospire :: Acrospire (n.) The sprout at the end of a seed when it begins to germinate; the plumule in germination; -- so called from its spiral form.

Acrospire :: Acrospire (v. i.) To put forth the first sprout.

Acrospore :: Acrospore (n.) A spore borne at the extremity of the cells of fructification in fungi.

Acrosporous :: Acrosporous (a.) Having acrospores.

Across :: Across (n.) From side to side; athwart; crosswise, or in a direction opposed to the length; quite over; as, a bridge laid across a river..

Across :: Across (adv.) From side to side; crosswise; as, with arms folded across..

Across :: Across (adv.) Obliquely; athwart; amiss; awry.

Acrostic :: Acrostic (n.) A composition, usually in verse, in which the first or the last letters of the lines, or certain other letters, taken in order, form a name, word, phrase, or motto..

Acrostic :: Acrostic (n.) A Hebrew poem in which the lines or stanzas begin with the letters of the alphabet in regular order (as Psalm cxix.). See Abecedarian.

Acrostic :: Acrostic (n.) Alt. of Acrostica.

Acrostical :: Acrostical (n.) Pertaining to, or characterized by, acrostics..

Acrostically :: Acrostically (adv.) After the manner of an acrostic.

Christcross :: Christcross (n.) The mark of the cross, as cut, painted, written, or stamped on certain objects, -- sometimes as the sign of 12 o'clock on a dial..

Christcross :: Christcross (n.) The beginning and the ending.

Christcross-row :: Christcross-row () The alphabet; -- formerly so called, either from the cross usually set before it, or from a superstitious custom, sometimes practiced, of writing it in the form of a cross, by way of a charm..

Crisscross :: Crisscross (n.) A mark or cross, as the signature of a person who is unable to write..

Crisscross :: Crisscross (n.) A child's game played on paper or on a slate, consisting of lines arranged in the form of a cross..

Crisscross :: Crisscross (v. t.) To mark or cover with cross lines; as, a paper was crisscrossed with red marks..

Crisscross :: Crisscross (adv.) In opposite directions; in a way to cross something else; crossing one another at various angles and in various ways.

Crisscross :: Crisscross (adv.) With opposition or hindrance; at cross purposes; contrarily; as, things go crisscross..

Crisscross-row :: Crisscross-row (n.) See Christcross-row.

Crosier :: Crosier (n.) The pastoral staff of a bishop (also of an archbishop, being the symbol of his office as a shepherd of the flock of God..

Crosiered :: Crosiered (a.) Bearing a crosier.

Croslet :: Croslet (n.) See Crosslet.

Cross :: 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 :: Cross (n.) The sign or mark of the cross, made with the finger, or in ink, etc., or actually represented in some material; the symbol of Christ's death; the ensign and chosen symbol of Christianity, of a Christian people, and of Christendom..

Cross :: Cross (n.) Affiction regarded as a test of patience or virtue; trial; disappointment; opposition; misfortune.

Cross :: 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; hence, money in general..

Cross :: Cross (n.) An appendage or ornament or anything in the form of a cross; a badge or ornamental device of the general shape of a cross; hence, such an ornament, even when varying considerably from that form; thus, the Cross of the British Order of St. George and St. Michael consists of a central medallion with seven arms radiating from it..

Cross :: Cross (n.) A monument in the form of a cross, or surmounted by a cross, set up in a public place; as, a market cross; a boundary cross; Charing Cross in London..

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