(US) a place staffed by volunteers who give help and advice to people experiencing difficulties

(physics) A necessary, but not sufficient, condition for the achievement of sustained release of energy from a nuclear fusion reactor; that the heating effect of the reaction should exceed the losses.

(law) Failure to use reasonable care, and thus put someone at risk of injury or death.

(transitive, intransitive) To fold, crease, crumple, or wad. / (intransitive) To rustle, as stiff cloth when moved.

A wrinkle, fold, crease, or unevenness. / The act of crinkling

A painful muscular cramp or spasm of some part of the body, as of the neck or back, making it difficult to move the part affected. / A small jackscrew.

To develop a crick (cramp, spasm). / To cause to develop a crick; to create a crick in. / To twist, bend, or contort, especially in a way that produces strain.

(Appalachia) Alternative form of creek

The creaking of a door, or a noise resembling it.

Initialism of literary criticism.