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Cute cats crawl carelessly past carefully cultivated canola.

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C is for Crow

Crows are a medium sized pure black bird related to the magpie. They are very intelligent, but are not usually kept as pets. They eat dead animals they find, and insects.

C is for Crowd

A crowd is a large group of people. Generally a crowd is a group of people with no particular order, jostling together.
You can also use crowd as a verb, as in "to crowd in together" which means putting a lot of things in a small space.

C is for Crowded

A place is crowded means if it has a lot of people or things in it, too close together.

You might use the word crowded to describe a train, a shopping center, the teeth in your mouth or too many plants in a part of your garden.

C is for Crown

A crown is something that royalty and deities wear on their heads. Crowns are used to signify that the wearer is someone special, and might hold special power. Crowns are usually made from precious metal and are studded with jewels, but they can be also made from simpler materials like wood, flowers or leaves.
The crown of thorns starfish is a kind of sea star. It has spiky arms that look like a crown. It lives on coral reefs, where it eats the coral. This can cause a lot of damage to reefs when many starfish appear. You can find it in warm seas, especially around the Pacific and Indian Oceans.

C is for Crucifix

A crucifix is a cross with an image of Jesus crucified on it.

C is for Cruise

A cruise is a trip you take on a ship just for fun and pleasure.

C is for Crumb

Crumbs are small pieces of food. They usually break off from something crumbly, like bread or cake.

C is for Crumpet

A crumpet is a bread snack made from flour and yeast. Crumpets are usually round, flat on one side and covered in holes on the other side. They are usually eaten hot with melted butter, jam or honey, and sometimes with eggs or cheese.
Crumpets are usually only found in Britain and Australia.

C is for Crumpled

Crumpled means squished into many small folds or wrinkles. Something crumpled is not smooth or flat anymore. People often crumple up paper when they throw it away.

C is for Crunch

A crunch is a crackling noise that some things make as you break it. If you step on loose snow it will crunch under your feet. Many breakfast cereals make a crunch noise as you eat them.

C is for Crunchy

Something, particularly a food, is described as crunchy if it breaks with a crackling noise as you chew it. Many breakfast cereals are crunchy.
The opposite of crunchy is soft or soggy.

C is for Crush

You crush something when you put so much pressure on it that it changes shape or breaks.
Some things that are often crushed are garlic cloves, old cars and soda cans.

The car in the picture has been crushed by a falling art exhibition.

C is for Crust

The crust of a baked product like bread is the harder, outer layer. The term crust can be applied to the hard outer layer of many other things, for example a crust of ice on top of snow.

C is for Crustacean

Crustaceans are a kind of arthropod that include crabs, lobsters, krill and barnacles. Most crustaceans live in the sea, but some like the woodlouse live on land.

C is for Crutches

Crutches are pieces of wood with padded handles that you use to help you walk. You tuck the ends of the crutches under your arms.
People usually use crutches when they have a broken leg or sprained ankle. If you can't walk at all, you will need a wheelchair.

C is for Cry

You cry when you are very sad, upset, or you have hurt yourself. Babies cry when they are tired or hungry.

C is for Crypt

A crypt is a room built into the ground that is used as a burial place, similar to a grave.

C is for Crystal

A crystal is any solid that is made up of tiny parts called molecules, aranged in a regular geometric pattern in all three dimensions. Many rocks are crystalline, and can be very pretty.
The crystals in the picture are salt crystals.
A crystal ball is thought to aid people in telling the future. Gazing in to a crystal ball is supposed to reveal images that may be used to help tell someone's fortune.