7-Letter Words That Start With: CRI

• uneven by virtue of having wrinkles or waves

• English biochemist who (with Watson in 1953) helped discover the helical structure of DNA (1916-2004)

• a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British)

• twist (a body part) into a strained position

• leaping insect; male makes chirping noises by rubbing the forewings together

• a game played with a ball and bat by two teams of 11 players; teams take turns trying to score runs

• play cricket

• in a well delineated manner

• baby bed with high sides made of slats

• a literal translation used in studying a foreign language (often used illicitly)

• a bin or granary for storing grains

• the cards discarded by players at cribbage

• a card game (usually for two players) in which each player is dealt six cards and discards one or two

• use a crib, as in an exam

• take unauthorized (intellectual material)

• line with beams or planks

• an angular or rounded shape made by folding

• someone who tricks or coerces men into service as sailors or soldiers

• a lock of hair that has been artificially waved or curled

• make ridges into by pinching together

• curl tightly

• A minced oath that expresses surprise or impatience.

• a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface

• make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; `crisp' is archaic

• become wrinkled or crumpled or creased

• someone who tricks or coerces men into service as sailors or soldiers

• a mechanical device consisting of a cylindrical tube around which the hair is wound to curl it

• a hand tool used for joining two pieces of metal or other ductile material (usually a wire and a metal plate) by deforming one or both of them to hold the other.