Kreuz-

Kreuz-:

Kreuz|ab|nah|me

f → Descent from the Cross

Kreuz|band

nt pl <-bänder>

(Anat) → cruciate ligament

(Post: = Streifband) → wrapper

kreuz|bar

adj (Biol) → crossable

Kreuz|bein

nt (Anat) → sacrum; (von Tieren) → rump-bone

Kreuz|blu|me

f (Bot) → milkwort; (Archit) → finial

Kreuz|blüt|ler

m <-s, -> → cruciferous plant

kreuz|brav

adj Kind → terribly good or well-behaved, as good as gold; Benehmen, Karriere → faultless; Film, Theaterstück etc → conventional

adv inszenieren, aufführen → conventionally; sich Kreuz- benehmen → to be terribly well-behaved

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Kreuz-:

Kreuz|fah|rer

m (Hist) → crusader

Kreuz|fahrt

f

(Naut) → cruise; eine Kreuz- machen → to go on a cruise

(Hist) → crusade

Kreuz|feu|er

nt (Mil, fig) → crossfire; im Kreuz- (der Kritik) stehen (fig) → to be under fire (from all sides); ins Kreuz- (der Kritik) geraten (fig) → to come under fire (from all sides)

kreuz|fi|del

adj (inf) → happy as a sandboy (Brit inf) → or lark

kreuz|för|mig

adj → cross-shaped, cruciform (form)

adv → in the shape of a cross; etw Kreuz- anordnen → to arrange sth crossways or crosswise

Kreuz|gang

m pl <-gänge> → cloister

Kreuz|ge|lenk

nt (Tech) → universal joint

Kreuz|ge|wöl|be

nt (Archit) → cross or groin vault

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Kreuz-:

Kreuz|kno|ten

m → reef knot

Kreuz|küm|mel

m → cumin

kreuz|lahm

adj Pferd → broken-backed; (inf) Mensch → exhausted

Kreuz|läh|me <-, -n>

f (Vet) → paralysis of the hindquarters

Kreuz|mast

m (Naut) → mizzen mast

Kreuz|ot|ter

f (Zool) → adder, viper

Kreuz|reim

m (Liter) → alternate rhyme

Kreuz|rip|pen|ge|wöl|be

nt (Archit) → ribbed vault

Kreuz|rit|ter

m (Hist) → crusader; (vom deutschen Ritterorden) → knight of the Teutonic Order

Kreuz|schiff

nt

(Naut) → cruise ship; (größer) → cruise liner

(Archit: in Kirche) → transept

Kreuz|schlitz|schrau|be

f → Phillips® screw

Kreuz|schlitz|schrau|ben|zie|her

m → Phillips® screwdriver

Kreuz|schlüs|sel

m → wheel brace

Kreuz|schmer|zen

pl → backache sing, → pains pl → in the small of the back

Kreuz|schna|bel

m (Orn) → crossbill

Kreuz|spin|ne

f (Zool) → garden or cross spider

kreuz|stän|dig

adj (Bot) → decussate

Kreuz|stich

m (Sew) → cross-stitch

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Kreuz-:

Kreuz|ver|band

m (Med) → crossed bandage; (Build) → cross bond

Kreuz|ver|hör

nt → cross-examination; jdn ins Kreuz- nehmen → to cross-examine sb

Kreuz|weg

m

(= Wegkreuzung, fig) → crossroads sing

(Rel: = Christi Leidensweg) → way of the cross; den Kreuz- beten → to do the stations of the cross

Kreuz|weh

nt (inf) → backache

kreuz|wei|se

adv → crosswise, crossways; du kannst mich Kreuz-! (inf) → (you can) get stuffed! (Brit inf), → you can kiss my ass! (US sl)

Kreuz|wort|rät|sel

nt → crossword puzzle

Kreuz|zei|chen

nt → sign of the cross

Kreuz|zug

m (lit, fig) → crusade