English words for 'Alternative spelling of chilli crab.'
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noun
noun
- (chiefly US, rare) Synonym of crabsticks.
- (idiomatic) The ability to partially or fully inhabit a marine environment.
- (idiomatic, nautical) The ability, when walking aboard a ship, to anticipate the motion of the deck so as to walk steadily without losing balance.
- (idiomatic) The ability to travel by ship without becoming seasick.
noun
- (US, regional) A molting crab.
- (Australia and New Zealand) A heavy fall; (also performing arts) a staged fall, a pratfall.
- (chiefly military slang) Forming compounds denoting a team, weapon, or device specialized in the destruction of the first element.
- (chiefly law enforcement slang) Forming compounds denoting an agent or agency tasked with reducing or eliminating the first element.
- (gambling, slang) A cheat's die whose sides bear only certain combinations of spots, so that undesirable values can never be rolled.
- (chiefly colloquial, with 'of') Someone who or something that bursts, breaks, or destroys a specified thing.
- a person born in the generation following the baby boom when the birth rate fell dramatically
- a robust child
- a person who breaks horses
- an informal form of address for a man
- a person (or thing) that breaks up or overpowers something
noun
- The tomalley of a crab, which resembles the condiment.
- The leaves of the mustard plant, used as a salad.
- Dark yellow colour, the colour of mustard.
- Powder or paste made from seeds of the mustard plant, and used as a condiment or a spice.
- A plant of certain species of the genus Brassica, or of related genera (especially Sinapis alba, in the family Brassicaceae, with yellow flowers, and linear seed pods).
- Ellipsis of mustard gas.
- One of a family of vesicants containing one or more 2-chloroethyl (C₂H₄Cl) groups, commonly used in chemical warfare and cancer chemotherapy.
- (baseball, colloquial) Energy, power (when throwing a baseball).
- any of several cruciferous plants of the genus Brassica
- pungent powder or paste prepared from ground mustard seeds
- leaves eaten as cooked greens
adj
noun
noun
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see blue crab.
- (by ellipsis) Any of several species of crab with three-part vernacular names. (See Derived terms and Related terms below.)
- Any member of either of two groups of crab:
- especially of species Callinectes sapidus of eastern US
- A crab of species Portunus pelagicus
- Any crab of genus Callinectes
- Atlantic crab; most common source of fresh crabmeat
- bluish edible crab of Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of North America
verb
noun
- (New England, Pennsylvania, Upper Midwestern US) A freshwater crustacean (family Cambaridae), sometimes used as an inexpensive seafood or as fish bait.
- (Australia) A freshwater crayfish (family Parastacidae), such as the gilgie, marron, or yabby.
- (Singapore) The species Thenus orientalis of the slipper lobster family (Scyllaridae).
- (Australia, New Zealand, South Africa) A rock lobster (family Palinuridae).
- Any of numerous freshwater decapod crustaceans in superfamily Astacoidea or Parastacoidea, resembling the related lobster but usually much smaller.
- warm-water lobsters without claws; those from Australia and South Africa usually marketed as frozen tails; caught also in Florida and California
- large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters
- small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster
- tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly
verb
- fish for crab
- scurry sideways like a crab
- complain
- direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind
- (rare) To back out of something.
- (transitive, aviation) To navigate (an aircraft, e.g. a glider) sideways against an air current in order to maintain a straight-line course.
- (zoology, of sugar gliders) To make a loud, rapid rattling sound when scared, stressed, or agitated.
- (transitive, US, slang) To ruin.
- (transitive) To complain about.
- (British dialect) To cudgel or beat, as with a crabstick
- (intransitive) To fish for crabs.
- (intransitive) To complain.
- To be ill-tempered; to complain or find fault.
- (intransitive) To drift or move sideways or to leeward (by analogy with the movement of a crab).
- To move in a manner that involves keeping low and clinging to surfaces.
- (transitive, film, television) To move (a camera) sideways.
noun
- decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers
- a quarrelsome grouch
- the edible flesh of any of various crabs
- a louse that infests the pubic region of the human body
- a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply
- (Singapore, military, slang) On an insignia, a coat of arms symbol representing a senior rank.
- (uncountable, aviation) Ellipsis of crab angle.
- (poker slang) A playing card with the rank of three.
- (rowing) A position in rowing where the oar is pushed under the rigger by the force of the water.
- (informal) Clipping of carabiner, modified based on likening the shape of a carabiner to a crab's claw.
- A claw for anchoring a portable machine.
- The crab apple or wild apple.
- (uncountable) The meat of this crustacean, served as food; crabmeat.
- The tree species Carapa guianensis, native to South America.
- A form of windlass, or geared capstan, for hauling ships into dock, etc.
- Any crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura, having five pairs of legs, the foremost of which are in the form of claws, and a carapace.
- Any of various crustacean in the infraorder Anomura, usually excluding squat lobsters.
- A movable winch or windlass with powerful gearing, used with derricks, etc.
- (in plural crabs, informal) An infestation of pubic lice (Pthirus pubis).
- (derogatory, Blood slang) A member of the Crips.
- A cudgel made of the wood of the crab tree; a crabstick.
- A horseshoe crab.
- A defect in an outwardly normal object that may render it inconvenient and troublesome to use.
- A machine used in ropewalks to stretch the yarn.
- The tree bearing crab apples, which has a dogbane-like bitter bark with medical use.
- A bad-tempered person.
noun
noun
- (chiefly US, rare) Synonym of crabsticks.
- (idiomatic) The ability to partially or fully inhabit a marine environment.
- (idiomatic, nautical) The ability, when walking aboard a ship, to anticipate the motion of the deck so as to walk steadily without losing balance.
- (idiomatic) The ability to travel by ship without becoming seasick.
noun
- (US, regional) A molting crab.
- (Australia and New Zealand) A heavy fall; (also performing arts) a staged fall, a pratfall.
- (chiefly military slang) Forming compounds denoting a team, weapon, or device specialized in the destruction of the first element.
- (chiefly law enforcement slang) Forming compounds denoting an agent or agency tasked with reducing or eliminating the first element.
- (gambling, slang) A cheat's die whose sides bear only certain combinations of spots, so that undesirable values can never be rolled.
- (chiefly colloquial, with 'of') Someone who or something that bursts, breaks, or destroys a specified thing.
- a person born in the generation following the baby boom when the birth rate fell dramatically
- a robust child
- a person who breaks horses
- an informal form of address for a man
- a person (or thing) that breaks up or overpowers something
noun
- The tomalley of a crab, which resembles the condiment.
- The leaves of the mustard plant, used as a salad.
- Dark yellow colour, the colour of mustard.
- Powder or paste made from seeds of the mustard plant, and used as a condiment or a spice.
- A plant of certain species of the genus Brassica, or of related genera (especially Sinapis alba, in the family Brassicaceae, with yellow flowers, and linear seed pods).
- Ellipsis of mustard gas.
- One of a family of vesicants containing one or more 2-chloroethyl (C₂H₄Cl) groups, commonly used in chemical warfare and cancer chemotherapy.
- (baseball, colloquial) Energy, power (when throwing a baseball).
- any of several cruciferous plants of the genus Brassica
- pungent powder or paste prepared from ground mustard seeds
- leaves eaten as cooked greens
adj
noun
noun
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see blue crab.
- (by ellipsis) Any of several species of crab with three-part vernacular names. (See Derived terms and Related terms below.)
- Any member of either of two groups of crab:
- especially of species Callinectes sapidus of eastern US
- A crab of species Portunus pelagicus
- Any crab of genus Callinectes
- Atlantic crab; most common source of fresh crabmeat
- bluish edible crab of Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of North America
verb
noun
- (New England, Pennsylvania, Upper Midwestern US) A freshwater crustacean (family Cambaridae), sometimes used as an inexpensive seafood or as fish bait.
- (Australia) A freshwater crayfish (family Parastacidae), such as the gilgie, marron, or yabby.
- (Singapore) The species Thenus orientalis of the slipper lobster family (Scyllaridae).
- (Australia, New Zealand, South Africa) A rock lobster (family Palinuridae).
- Any of numerous freshwater decapod crustaceans in superfamily Astacoidea or Parastacoidea, resembling the related lobster but usually much smaller.
- warm-water lobsters without claws; those from Australia and South Africa usually marketed as frozen tails; caught also in Florida and California
- large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters
- small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster
- tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly
verb
- fish for crab
- scurry sideways like a crab
- complain
- direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind
- (rare) To back out of something.
- (transitive, aviation) To navigate (an aircraft, e.g. a glider) sideways against an air current in order to maintain a straight-line course.
- (zoology, of sugar gliders) To make a loud, rapid rattling sound when scared, stressed, or agitated.
- (transitive, US, slang) To ruin.
- (transitive) To complain about.
- (British dialect) To cudgel or beat, as with a crabstick
- (intransitive) To fish for crabs.
- (intransitive) To complain.
- To be ill-tempered; to complain or find fault.
- (intransitive) To drift or move sideways or to leeward (by analogy with the movement of a crab).
- To move in a manner that involves keeping low and clinging to surfaces.
- (transitive, film, television) To move (a camera) sideways.
noun
- decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers
- a quarrelsome grouch
- the edible flesh of any of various crabs
- a louse that infests the pubic region of the human body
- a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply
- (Singapore, military, slang) On an insignia, a coat of arms symbol representing a senior rank.
- (uncountable, aviation) Ellipsis of crab angle.
- (poker slang) A playing card with the rank of three.
- (rowing) A position in rowing where the oar is pushed under the rigger by the force of the water.
- (informal) Clipping of carabiner, modified based on likening the shape of a carabiner to a crab's claw.
- A claw for anchoring a portable machine.
- The crab apple or wild apple.
- (uncountable) The meat of this crustacean, served as food; crabmeat.
- The tree species Carapa guianensis, native to South America.
- A form of windlass, or geared capstan, for hauling ships into dock, etc.
- Any crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura, having five pairs of legs, the foremost of which are in the form of claws, and a carapace.
- Any of various crustacean in the infraorder Anomura, usually excluding squat lobsters.
- A movable winch or windlass with powerful gearing, used with derricks, etc.
- (in plural crabs, informal) An infestation of pubic lice (Pthirus pubis).
- (derogatory, Blood slang) A member of the Crips.
- A cudgel made of the wood of the crab tree; a crabstick.
- A horseshoe crab.
- A defect in an outwardly normal object that may render it inconvenient and troublesome to use.
- A machine used in ropewalks to stretch the yarn.
- The tree bearing crab apples, which has a dogbane-like bitter bark with medical use.
- A bad-tempered person.
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