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Crittenden Compromise (historical event)
Cro-Magnon man (in anthropology)
Croagh Patrick (mountain, Ireland)
croaker (fish)
Croatia (country)
Croatoan (literature, United States)
crochet work (technique)
Cromarty Firth (body of water, Scotland)
cromlech (structure)
Crookes tube (mechanical device)
Crosby (city, England)
cross (symbol)
crossbill (bird)
crossing over (in genetics)
crossword puzzle (word game)
Croswell case (case, United States)
croton (in botany)
Croton Aqueduct (structure, New York)
Crotona (ancient city, Italy)
croup (disease)
Crow (indigenous people of North America)
crow (in zoology)
crowberry (plant)
crowfoot (plant)
Crowley (city, Louisiana)
crown (symbol, clothing)
Crown Point (city, New York)
Croydon (part of London, England)
crucible (in chemistry)
crucifixion (in law, history)
cruiser (Rock Band)
crumhorn (instrument)
Crusades (war)
crusher (machine)
Crux (constellation)
cryolite (mineral)
cryosurgery (technique)
cryotron (mechanical device)
crypt (structure)
cryptogam (in botany)
cryptography (in linguistics)
cryptosporidium (disease, protozoa)
crystal (in chemistry, physics)
Crystal Lake (city, Illinois)
Crystal Palace (structure, England)