(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.

(chemistry) The well-defined concentration at which micelles start to form.

Initialism of literary criticism.

(law, criminology) A crime, typically a violent crime such as assault or murder, committed against a loved one because of sudden jealous rage or heartbreak rather than as a premeditated act.