at or of a point at which a property or phenomenon suffers an abrupt change especially having enough mass to sustain a chain reaction, urgently needed; absolutely necessary, Relating to criticism or careful analysis, such as literary or film criticism

The practice of analyzing, classifying, interpreting, or evaluating literary or other artistic works, disapproval expressed by pointing out faults or shortcomings, a serious examination and judgment of something

Plural form of critic

Cultivated plants or agricultural produce, such as grain, vegetables, or fruit, considered as a group, A short haircut, A similar enlargement in the digestive tract of annelids and insects, intransitive verb_ To cut or bite off the tops or ends of, To plant, grow, or yield a crop, transitive verb_ To cut off the tops or tips of; to bite or pull off; to browse; to pluck; to mow; to reap

Plural form of crop, verb_ Third-person singular simple present indicative form of crop

An upright post with a transverse piece near the top, on which condemned persons were executed in ancient times, The cross upon which Jesus was crucified, intransitive verb_ To go or extend across; pass from one side of to the other, To carry or conduct across something, To extend or pass through or over; intersect

The act or action of crossing, A place where anything (as a stream) is crossed; a paved walk across a street, or a set of marks across the street pavement indicating that this is a designated location for pedestrians to cross, a shallow area in a stream that can be forded, adjective_ rare Extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction

A puzzle in which an arrangement of numbered squares is to be filled with words running both across and down in answer to correspondingly numbered clues, games, puzzles A word puzzle in which interlocking words are entered usually horizontally and vertically into a grid based on clues given for each word

A large number of persons gathered together; a throng, A collection; a multitude; a large number of things collected or grouped together; a number of things lying near one another, People in general; the populace; the mass; the mob, intransitive verb_ To press together or collect in numbers; to swarm; to throng, To urge or press forward; to force one's self, transitive verb_ To push, to press, to shove, To fill by pressing or thronging together; hence, to encumber by excess of numbers or quantity

An ornamental circlet or head covering, often made of precious metal set with jewels and worn as a symbol of sovereignty, The monarch as head of state, An artificial substitute for the natural crown of a tooth, intransitive verb_ To put a crown or garland on the head of, To form the crown, top, or chief ornament of