CRUCES

Definition: CRUCES

CRUCES

Plural

1. Of Crux

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Crosswords: CRUCES

La Cruz de Marisa Cruces (1970)

No hay cruces en el mar (1968)

Cruces sobre el yermo (1965)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Beitrag Zur Kenntnis Der Desmidiaceen Des Banado Cruces, Provinz Valdivia, Chile (Bibliotheca Phycologica 73) (reference)

• Cruces, Las (reference)

• En Cruces De Caminos/in Crossroads (reference)

• Future Space Program & Impact on Range & Network Development Symposium, Mar. 22-24, 1967, Las Cruces, Nm (Science & Technology Ser) (reference)

• Historic Architectural Styles Las Cruces, NM: Celebrating 150 Years (reference)

  (more book examples)

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On the 300-square-mile Jornada Experimental Range near Las Cruces, New Mexico, technicians rob Dunlap (left) and John Smith round up cattle the time-honored way. High-tech equipment may make roundups easier in the future. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer..

This is the trail head to the Dripping Springs trail located in the Organ Mounains, near Las Cruces, NM. Credit: Unknown.

Scenic view from the west of the Organ Mountains of southern New Mexico, Las Cruces Field Office. Credit: Unknown.

Old copy of El Paso Morning Times, about 1914, describing advantages of Elephant Butte Dam project and agricultural possibilities of Las Cruces and Mesilla Valley under irrigation. The paper was found on the walls of an abandoned house at Georgetown, New. Credit: Library of Congress.

Sign, Las Cruces, New Mexico. Credit: Library of Congress.

Sign on rail, Las Cruces, New Mexico. Credit: Library of Congress.

Post office on land use project at Las Cruces, New Mexico. Credit: Library of Congress.

One type of house that was on the land use project before development work started. Las Cruces, New Mexico. Credit: Library of Congress.

Houses formerly on land use project at Las Cruces, New Mexico. Note Mexican jacal at right. Credit: Library of Congress.

Type of land on project at Las Cruces, New Mexico. Note large yuccas. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Economic History

Panama

The route became known as the Camino Real, or Royal Road, although was more commonly known as Camino de Cruces (Road of the Crosses) because of the frequency of gravesites along the way. (references)

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Expression using "CRUCES": Las Cruces. Additional references.

Danish

cruces pilorum (hair cruces). (various references)

French

carrefour pileux (hair cruces). (various references)

German

Cruces pilorum (hair cruces). (various references)

Hungarian

nehézség (balk, crux, difficulty, hardness, hardship, hitch, inconvenience, knot, ponderosity, ponderousness, puzzle, snag, stress, stumbling block, stumbling-block, traverse), kritikus pont (point of no return, stagnation point), döntő pont, bökkenő (crux, hitch). (various references)

Pig Latin

ucescray

Russian 

суть (backbone, burden, core, crux, gist, heart, marrowbone, nub, pith). (various references)

Spanish

cruce de pelo (hair cruces). (various references)

Misspellings

"CRUCES" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: bruces, carucae, Clucas, crocea, cruce, crucem, Cruche, cruci, crucks, crudes, Cruice, cruzes, curches. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: cercus.

-1 letter: cruse, cures, curse, cusec, ecrus, sucre.

-2 letters: crus, cues, cure, curs, ecru, ecus, recs, rues, ruse, suer, sure, user.

-3 letters: cue, cur, ecu, ers, rec, res, rue, sec, ser, sue, use.

-4 letters: er, es, re, us.

+1 letter: accrues, accuser, curches.

+2 letters: accursed, accusers, caesuric, churches, circuses, cocksure, couchers, crewcuts, crocuses, crouches, crunches, crutches, curacies, reaccuse, reoccurs, scutcher, stuccoer, succored, succorer.

+3 letters: accouters, accoutres, cancerous, caruncles, chucklers, cinctures, concourse, conducers, corpuscle, coruscate, craunches, creamcups, crepuscle, crucibles, crucifers, crucifies, crunchers, crustacea, cucumbers, curlicues, curlycues, curricles, occulters, occupiers, reaccused, reaccuses, recusancy, scrunched, scrunches, scutchers, stuccoers, succeeder, successor, succorers, succories, succoured, superchic.