creephole, n. [retreat]; [subterfuge], expedient, makeshift [excuse].

creeping, a. [crawling], reptile, reptant; [fawning], truckling, [obsequious], [sycophantic].

creeping, n. reptation; formication.

creepingly, adv. insidiously, cunningly.

cremate, v. [incremate], incinerate.

cremation, n. [incremation], incineration. Associated words: crematory, crematorium.

crest, n. [tuft]; [helmet]; [top], [ridge], [crown], [summit]; armorial bearings, [device], cognizance.

crested, a. cristate.

crestfallen, a. dejected, discouraged, disheartened, [downcast].

crevice, n. [cleft], fissure, [rent], [cranny], [crack], [chink].