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Cressida
crest
crested honey creeper
crested wheatgrass
crestfallen
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cresylic acid
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cretaceous
cretaceous [ kri táyshəss ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
chalky: consisting of or resembling chalk ( technical )

[Late 17th century. < Latin cretaceus 'chalky' < creta 'chalk']

cretaceously adverb
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