Crisis :: Crisis (n.) The point of time when it is to be decided whether any affair or course of action must go on, or be modified or terminate; the decisive moment; the turning point..
Crisis :: Crisis (n.) That change in a disease which indicates whether the result is to be recovery or death; sometimes, also, a striking change of symptoms attended by an outward manifestation, as by an eruption or sweat..
Crisp :: Crisp (a.) Curling in stiff curls or ringlets; as, crisp hair..
Crisp :: Crisp (a.) Curled with the ripple of the water.
Crisp :: Crisp (a.) Brittle; friable; in a condition to break with a short, sharp fracture; as, crisp snow..
Crisp :: Crisp (a.) Possessing a certain degree of firmness and freshness; in a fresh, unwilted condition..
Crisp :: Crisp (a.) To curl; to form into ringlets, as hair, or the nap of cloth; to interweave, as the branches of trees..
Crisp :: Crisp (a.) To cause to undulate irregularly, as crape or water; to wrinkle; to cause to ripple. Cf. Crimp..
Crisp :: Crisp (a.) To make crisp or brittle, as in cooking..
Crisp :: Crisp (v. i.) To undulate or ripple. Cf. Crisp, v. t..
Crisp :: Crisp (n.) That which is crisp or brittle; the state of being crisp or brittle; as, burned to a crisp; specifically, the rind of roasted pork; crackling..