(sports) A running sport popular in US high schools, colleges, etc., where participants race over varying terrain (e.g. golf courses, roads, etc.) in approximately 5- to 10-kilometre races. Abbreviated XC.

(law) The interrogation or questioning of a witness by the party against whom they have been called and examined. / (by extension) Any intense period of questioning, especially if hostile.

(cricket) The bat, when swung in a horizontal arc.

(cricket) Of a shot played with a cross bat.

(botany) Fertilization by the transfer of pollen from an anther of one plant to a stigma of another. / (figuratively) Inspiration, stimulation, or influence between diverse elements.

(computing) Of software, etc., designed to work on various operating systems. / (rail transport) That takes place between two trains in different platforms, usually across an island platform.

(Britain) A pedestrian crossing with traffic-lights operated by pedestrians

The highest military award in the honours system of the United Kingdom, and some members of the Commonwealth of Nations.

A cross having four equal arms resembling arrowheads joined at the points / A flowering plant Lychnis chalcedonica (syn. Silene chalcedonica) of the family Caryophyllaceae

A section formed by a plane cutting through an object, usually at right angles to an axis. / (mathematics, statistics) A sample meant to be representative of a whole population.