A man asked for a meal in a restaurant. The waiter brought the food and put it on the table. After a moment, the man called the waiter and said:
"Waiter! Waiter! There"s a fly in my soup!"
"Please don"t speak so loudly, sir," said the waiter, "or everyone will want one."
- able to create. creatively adv. Creativeness n. Creativity n.
CREATURE
comforts n.pl. Good food, warmth, etc.
- n. - any living being, esp. An animal.
- person of a specified kind (poor creature).
- subservient person. creaturely adj. [french from latin: related to *create]
CREDENCE
n. Belief. give credence to believe. [medieval latin: related to *credo]
CREDIBLE
adj. Believable or worthy of belief. [latin: related to *credo]
CREDITOR
n. Person to whom a debt is owing. [latin: related to *credit]
CREOSOTE
—n. - dark-brown oil distilled from coal tar, used as a wood-preservative.
- oily fluid distilled from wood tar, used as an antiseptic. —v. (-ting) treat with creosote. [greek kreas flesh, soter preserver, because of its antiseptic properties]
CRESCENT
—n. - curved sickle shape as of the waxing or waning moon.
- thing of this shape, esp. A street forming an arc. —adj. Crescent-shaped. [latin cresco grow]
CRETONNE
n. (often attrib.) Heavy cotton upholstery fabric, usu. With a floral pattern. [creton in normandy]
CREVASSE
n. Deep open crack, esp. In a glacier. [latin crepo crack]
CRIBBAGE
n. Card-game for up to four players. [origin unknown]
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