The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms INTRO ...

ecalcitrant: She was so coy she would disappear whenever we
had guests.
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crack n. 1 break, fracture, chink, crevice, rift, gap, flaw, split,
fissure, slit, cleft, split, check, rupture, breach: The crack
in the dam was caused by an earthquake. 2 snap, report, bang,
clap, shot: I ducked when I heard the crack of the rifle. 3
moment, instant, time, second: She gets up at the crack of
dawn.
--v. 4 snap: He cracks the whip and the horses start up. 5
break, fracture, rupture; shiver, shatter, smash: He fell
backwards on the pavement and cracked his skull. 6 fissure,
craze, crackle, US alligator: The heat of the sun caused the
paint to crack.
craft n. 1 skill, ability, artisanship, handiwork, ingenuity,
skilfulness, art, talent, dexterity, cleverness, mastery,
expertness, expertise, flair, genius , Colloq know-how:
Considerable craft is required to make that kind of jewellery.
2 deceit, guile, cunning, fraud, trickery, wiliness, foxiness,
artfulness, craftiness, duplicity: He exhibits that crooked
wisdom called craft. 3 trade, occupation, calling, vocation,
m‚tier; profession: He was a member of one of the medieval
craft guilds. 4 vessel, ship, boat; hovercraft; aircraft,
aeroplane, plane; spaceship, spacecraft, rocket: One day there
will be at least as many craft in space as there now are in the
air.
--v. 5 make, fashion, fabricate: She crafted the figures out
of solid wood.
crafty adj. artful, cunning, clever, shrewd, foxy, canny, wily, sly,
scheming, calculating, designing, plotting, tricky, sneaky,
deceitful, shifty, dodgy, guileful, insidious, double-dealing,
two-faced, duplicitous, treacherous: That crafty beggar has
made off with my life's savings.
crag n. cliff, bluff, tor, peak, rock, escarpment, scarp, precipice,