simple past tense and past participle of creep-shame

plural of creeping barberry

A low-growing shrub with prickly leaves, native to western North America, Berberis repens (syn. Mahonia repens).

(transitive) To sneakily arrive near someone in a position to startle them; to startle someone by creeping up behind them.

(UK, informal, derogatory) A person who puts on a pretense of piety.

plural of creeping eruption

(slang) Any of various diseases.

tendency to perceive past events as more predictable than they actually were at the time

A species of thyme native to Europe and northern Africa, Thymus praecox, grown as a fragrant groundcover due to its tendency to branch and grow horizontally.

plural of creeping thyme