| ANCRESS | • ancress n. Obsolete form of anchoress (“female anchorite”). • ANCRESS n. a female anchorite, one who lives in seclusion, usually for religious reasons, also ANCHORESS. |
| ANCRESSES | • ancresses n. Plural of ancress. • ANCRESS n. a female anchorite, one who lives in seclusion, usually for religious reasons, also ANCHORESS. |
| BITTERCRESS | • bittercress n. Barbarea vulgaris (garden yellowrocket), a biennial herb native to Europe. • bittercress n. Any plant of the Cardamine genus, especially Cardamine bulbosa and Cardamine hirsuta. • bitter-cress n. Alternative form of bittercress. |
| BITTERCRESSES | • bittercresses n. Plural of bittercress. • BITTERCRESS n. one of several perennial or annual cruciferous plants of the genus Cardamine. |
| CRESS | • cress n. (Plants) A plant of various species, chiefly cruciferous. The leaves have a moderately pungent taste… • CRESS n. a cruciferous plant used in salads. |
| CRESSES | • cresses n. Plural of cress. • CRESS n. a cruciferous plant used in salads. |
| CRESSET | • cresset n. A metal cup, suspended from a pole and filled with burning pitch etc; once used as portable illumination. • cresset n. (Coopering) A small furnace or iron cage to hold fire for charring the inside of a cask, and making… • Cresset prop.n. A surname. |
| CRESSETS | • cressets n. Plural of cresset. • CRESSET n. (historical) an iron basket for burning oil to provide light. |
| CRESSIER | • CRESSY adj. like cress. |
| CRESSIEST | • CRESSY adj. like cress. |
| CRESSY | • cressy adj. Abounding in cresses. • cressy adj. Resembling or characteristic of cress. • Cressy prop.n. Synonym of Crecy (Crecy-en-Ponthieu, Crecy Forest, Crecy Campaign, Battle of Crecy). |
| PENNYCRESS | • pennycress n. Any of several plants, of the genus Thlaspi, that have flattened seedpods (in the form of an old penny). • PENNYCRESS n. a cruciferous plant with round leaves. |
| PENNYCRESSES | • pennycresses n. Plural of pennycress. • PENNYCRESS n. a cruciferous plant with round leaves. |
| ROCKCRESS | • rockcress n. Any of several similar genera of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae: in genera Arabis, with… • ROCKCRESS n. another name for the plant arabis. |
| ROCKCRESSES | • rockcresses n. Plural of rockcress. • ROCKCRESS n. another name for the plant arabis. |
| WATERCRESS | • watercress n. A perennial European herb, Nasturtium officinale, that grows in freshwater streams; used in salads and as a garnish. • watercress n. A similar plant, Nasturtium microphyllum. • water-cress n. Alternative spelling of watercress. |
| WATERCRESSES | • watercresses n. Plural of watercress. • WATERCRESS n. any of several aquatic or semiaquatic cresses. |
| WINTERCRESS | • wintercress n. Any of the genus Barbarea of small herbaceous biennial or perennial flowering plants with dark green… • WINTERCRESS n. a bitter-tasting yellow-flowered perennial, somewhat resembling mustard. |
| WINTERCRESSES | • wintercresses n. Plural of wintercress. • WINTERCRESS n. a bitter-tasting yellow-flowered perennial, somewhat resembling mustard. |