Cretacic

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(Geol.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, the period of time following the Jurassic and preceding the Tertiary, generally given as from 144 million years b. p. to 65 million years b. p.. Also called Cre*tac"ic. Cretaceous acid an old name for carbonic acid.   << Previous Word Browser Next >> cress cress green cress plant cresselle cresset cresson cressy crest crested crested cariama crested coral root crested myna crested penguin crested screamer crested swift crested wheat grass crested wheatgrass crestfallen cresting crestless crestless wave cresylic cretaceous cretaceous period cretaceous tertiary boundary cretaceously cretan cretan dittany crete crete dittany cretian cretic creticism cretin cretinism cretinous cretism cretonne cretose creutzer creutzfeldt jakob disease creux crevalle crevalle jack