Cross
//kɹɒs//
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The word "cross" can be used as noun, verb, proper noun, adjective, preposition and adjective.
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Andean cross Bedgebury Cross Brent Cross Bromley Cross Broughton Cross Burgate Cross Calvary cross Carolingian cross Celtic cross Charing Cross Christian cross Church Cross Clay Cross Cross City Cross County Cross Creek Cross Gates Cross Green Cross Hands Cross Hills Cross Houses Cross Inn Cross Keys Cross Street Cross in Hand Cross syndrome Cross-McKusick-Breen syndrome Cross-worshipper Crossville Crossville Dinas Cross Egyptian cross Einstein cross Foss Cross Four Crosses Geneva cross George Cross Gerrards Cross Goold's Cross Greek cross Green Cross Code Harman's Cross Harolds Cross Hatton Cross Hoar Cross Holy Cross Holy Cross Voivodeship Horns Cross Horsley Cross Hunt's Cross Jerusalem cross Keynesian cross King's Cross Kirby Cross Korolev cross Latin cross Lorraine cross Maltese cross Maltesian cross Maple Cross Mark Cross Martinhoe Cross Mortimer's Cross Mount of the Holy Cross New Cross Nordic cross Peasley Cross Peltier's cross Poison Cross Red Cross Robeston Cross Rose Cross Saint Andrew's cross Saint Anthony's cross Saint George's cross Scandinavian cross Shaw Cross Silver Cross Southern Cross St Cross St Owen's Cross Stoke Holy Cross Stone Cross Tau Cross Three Crosses Tiers Cross True Cross Victoria Cross Walpole Cross Keys Walpole Cross Keys Waltham Cross abbot on the cross altar cross ansate cross anticross archbishop's cross archiepiscopal cross autocross back cross backcross becross bookcross buttercross come home by weeping cross countercross countercross cross a bridge before one comes to it cross action cross aisle cross and pile cross as two sticks cross assembler cross axle cross bat cross bearer cross bike cross bore cross bottony cross brace cross channel cross check cross compiler cross country cross cousin cross cove cross crosslet cross cut cross dowel cross elasticity of demand cross file cross flory cross fox cross gamma cross handle cross join cross junction cross lots cross moline cross my heart cross my heart and hope to die cross of Lorraine cross of Malta cross of gold cross off cross one's arms cross one's fingers cross one's heart cross one's legs cross oneself cross out cross over cross paths cross pattée cross peen hammer cross potence cross potent cross purposes cross road cross sea cross someone's T cross someone's mind cross someone's palm cross someone's palm with silver cross someone's path cross spider cross springer cross swords cross tab cross tabulation cross term cross that bridge when one comes to it cross the Rubicon cross the Styx cross the Thames cross the Tiber cross the aisle cross the floor cross the line cross the river cross the streams cross the t's and dot the i's cross the wires cross to bear cross to take up cross training cross up cross vanna cross vault cross volga cross wires cross write cross-bone cross-chain cross-contaminant cross-country cross-examine cross-handed cross-inhibition cross-inhibitory cross-multiplication cross-section cross-stitch cross-wiring cross-wise cross-writing crossable crossarm crossback crossbeak crossbeam crossbill crossbite crossbones crossbow crosscheck crossed crossfish crossguard crosshair crosshead crossing crossing loop crossing number crossish crossless crosslet crosslight crosslike crossline crossling crossly crossman crossness crossnumber crossover crosspatch crosspipe crosspoint crossroad crossroads crossrow crosstable crosstrack crosstree crossunder crossvine crosswalk crosswall crossway crosswedge crosswire crosswise crossword crosswort crutch cross diamond cross dot the i's and cross the t's double cross double-cross equilateral cross fiery cross get one's wires crossed green cross herb of the cross high cross holy cross holy cross frog hot cross bun incross intercross iron cross kayak cross left cross market cross moline cross motocross noncrossing on the cross outcross overcross papal cross patriarchal cross plague cross preaching cross recross right cross scissor cross short cross sign of the cross skicross skiercross snowboard cross solar cross subcross sun cross take the cross testcross thunder cross uncross uncrossability wayside cross white cross widow's cross yellow cross liquid zero cross
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across action addition addition sign adverse agency aid aid agency altar angles angry animal annoyed arms artifact axis bad tempered bar be angry beam beams being being mad bible bisect blue blue shield boards catholic catholic symbol cemeteries charm christ christ death christ related christ symbol christian christian symbol christianity church church sign church symbol churches coin connect contradict criminal cross examination cross of lorraine cross platform cross product crossclass crosslinguistic crossroad crozier crucified crucifix crucifix shape crucifixion crucifixion device crucifixion instrument crucifixion location crucifixion place crucifixion stand cruciform crucify crucify jesus cubie dead dead jesus death death sentence device devotion died died on difficult direction divider dot emotion endure ex exchange execute for jesus four four lines frustrate geometric geometrical gesture god god symbol graves hanging hanging jesus holy holy sign holy symbol hook hostile witness humanitarian humanitarian organization hybrid icon image imitation in cemeteries in church in religion incorrect instrument intersect intersecting intersecting lines intersecting planks intersection item jesus jesus crucified jesus crucifix jesus death jesus died jesus on jesus planks jesus pole jesus sign jesus symbol jesus thing jesus wood kreuzer lenormand line lines location mad maltese cross mark monument movement multiplication multiplication sign multiplication symbol multiply multiply sign nailed nailed to nailing nailing jesus nails necklace necklace charm object of christianity opposing organization ornament parts pass pass road perpendicular perpendicular lines person piece place places planks points pole post punch red red something related religion religion symbol religious religious artifact religious geometric religious icon religious image religious item religious mark religious ornament religious sign religious significance religious symbol religious thing right right angle right angles road road intersection roads roads connect run sentence shape shaped shield sign sign of cross significance situation small small tee stakes stand sticks structure switch symbol symbol religion symbolic t t shape tea tee tee shape times times sign touchline transverse travel try two two beams two boards two lines two parts two planks two sticks vector victorian way what what road wicket wood wood piece wood structure wooden wooden crucifix wooden tee worship worship places x x shape x shaped
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affliction angry bad tempered cantankerous captious churlish contrarily crabbed crisscross cross breeding cross fertilize crossbreed crucifix crusty cynical fractious fretful gibbet grouchy holy cross hybrid hybridization ill natured ill tempered interbred interfere intermix intermixture intersect irascible irritable misfortune morose obstruct pass over peevish pettish petulant rood snappish snarling sour spleeny splenetic sullen surly testy thwart touchy transversal transverse traverse trouble true cross vexation waspish x
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