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• crest´like´ — crest «krehst», noun, verb. –n. 1. a tuft or comb on the head of a bird or animal. 2. a) a decoration of plumes or feathers on the top of a helmet. b) the apex or cone of a helmet. c) = helmet. (Cf. ↑helmet) 3. a decoration at the top of a coat… …   Useful english dictionary

• crest — I. noun Etymology: Middle English creste, from Anglo French, from Latin crista; probably akin to Latin crinis hair Date: 14th century 1. a. a showy tuft or process on the head of an animal and especially a bird see bird illustration b. the plume… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• crest — crested, adj. crestless, adj. /krest/, n. 1. the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit. 2. the head or top of anything. 3. a ridge or ridgelike formation. 4. the foamy top of a wave. 5. the point of highest flood, as of a river. 6. the …   Universalium

• crest — /krɛst / (say krest) noun 1. a. a tuft or other natural growth of the top of an animal s head, as the comb of a cock. b. feathers on top of a bird s head which stand upright or are erectile. 2. anything resembling or suggesting such a tuft. 3.… …  

• crest — [14] The original etymological meaning of crest appears to have been ‘tuft of hair’. It comes via Old French creste from Latin crista ‘tuft, plume’, which may be related to Latin crīnis cretin 140 ‘hair’ (source of the English biological term… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• crest — [14] The original etymological meaning of crest appears to have been ‘tuft of hair’. It comes via Old French creste from Latin crista ‘tuft, plume’, which may be related to Latin crīnis ‘hair’ (source of the English biological term crinite… …   Word origins

• crest-stage indicator —    A mechanical gage that preserves the indication of highest water level rise [16] …   Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology

• crest — n 1. comb, cockscomb, Zool. caruncle, Obs. coxcomb; tuft, cluster, mane, tassel, top knot; panache, plume, pompon. 2. spine, chine, fin, spinal or vertebral column, Anat. backbone; protuberance, projection, excrescence, outgrowth, bulge, bump,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• Neural crest — The formation of neural crest during the process of neurulation. Neural crest is first induced in the region of the neural plate border. After neural tube closure, neural crest delaminates from the region between the dorsal neural tube and… …   Wikipedia

• East Pacific Rise — a long north south elevation of the sea floor in the E Pacific Ocean extending southward from SW Mexico to the Antarctic Ocean. * * * Submarine linear mountain range on the floor of the South Pacific Ocean, roughly paralleling the western coast… …   Universalium

• neural crest — Embryol. a group of ectodermal cells that develop into a variety of tissues, including spinal and autonomic ganglia, connective tissue around the brain and spinal cord, and parts of the facial bones. [1880 85] * * * ▪ embryology       group of… …   Universalium