structure, construction - a thing constructed; a complex construction or entity; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons"

marking - a pattern of marks

Calvary cross, cross of Calvary - a Latin cross set on three steps

Celtic cross - a Latin cross with a ring surrounding the intersection

crucifix, rood, rood-tree - representation of the cross on which Jesus died

emblem - special design or visual object representing a quality, type, group, etc.

Greek cross - a cross with each of the four arms the same length

Jerusalem cross - a cross with equal arms, each terminating in a small crossbar

Latin cross - a cross with the lowest arm being longer than the others

cross of Lorraine, Lorraine cross - a cross with two crossbars, one above and one below the midpoint of the vertical, the lower longer than the upper

Maltese cross - a cross with triangular or arrow-shaped arms and the points toward the center

papal cross - a cross with three crossbars

patriarchal cross - a cross with two crossbars

saltire, St. Andrew's cross - a cross with diagonal bars of equal length

St. Anthony's cross, tau cross - cross resembling the Greek letter tau

affliction - a state of great suffering and distress due to adversity

organism, being - a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently

crossbred - a hybrid (especially an animal produced by a cross between two pure breeds)

dihybrid - a hybrid produced by parents that differ only at two gene loci that have two alleles each

monohybrid - a hybrid produced by crossing parents that are homozygous except for a single gene locus that has two alleles (as in Mendel's experiments with garden peas)

mating, pairing, sexual union, union, coupling, conjugation - the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes; "the casual couplings of adolescents"; "the mating of some species occurs only in the spring"

dihybrid cross - hybridization using two traits with two alleles each

monohybrid cross - hybridization using a single trait with two alleles (as in Mendel's experiments with garden peas)

reciprocal cross, reciprocal - hybridization involving a pair of crosses that reverse the sexes associated with each genotype

test-cross, testcross - a cross between an organism whose genotype for a certain trait is unknown and an organism that is homozygous recessive for that trait so the unknown genotype can be determined from that of the offspring

genetic science, genetics - the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms

tramp - cross on foot; "We had to tramp the creeks"

stride - cover or traverse by taking long steps; "She strode several miles towards the woods"

walk - traverse or cover by walking; "Walk the tightrope"; "Paul walked the streets of Damascus"; "She walks 3 miles every day"

crisscross - cross in a pattern, often random

ford - cross a river where it's shallow

bridge - cross over on a bridge

jaywalk - cross the road at a red light

drive, take - proceed along in a vehicle; "We drive the turnpike to work"

go across, pass, go through - go across or through; "We passed the point where the police car had parked"; "A terrible thought went through his mind"

course - move swiftly through or over; "ships coursing the Atlantic"

hop - make a quick trip especially by air; "Hop the Pacific Ocean"

cross - meet and pass; "the trains crossed"

encounter, meet, ran into, run across, come across, see - come together; "I'll probably see you at the meeting"; "How nice to see you again!"

disappoint, let down - fail to meet the hopes or expectations of; "Her boyfriend let her down when he did not propose marriage"

foreclose, forestall, preclude, prevent, forbid - keep from happening or arising; have the effect of preventing; "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer"

dash - destroy or break; "dashed ambitions and hopes"

short-circuit - hamper the progress of; impede; "short-circuit warm feelings"

ruin - destroy or cause to fail; "This behavior will ruin your chances of winning the election"

double cross - betray by double-dealing

fold, fold up, turn up - bend or lay so that one part covers the other; "fold up the newspaper"; "turn up your collar"

cover, extend - span an interval of distance, space or time; "The war extended over five years"; "The period covered the turn of the century"; "My land extends over the hills on the horizon"; "This farm covers some 200 acres"

decussate - cross or intersect so as to form a cross; "this nerve decussates the other"; "the fibers decussate"

intersect, cross - meet at a point

write - mark or trace on a surface; "The artist wrote Chinese characters on a big piece of white paper"

breed - of plants or animals; "She breeds dogs"

crosswise - lying or extending across the length of a thing or in a cross direction; "a crosswise street"; "the crosswise dimension"

ill-natured - having an irritable and unpleasant disposition; "an ill-natured disagreeable old man"