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Cretaceous
Cretaceous Cre*ta"ceous, a. Also Cretacic Cre*tac"ic (Geol.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, the period of time following the Jurassic and preceding the Eocene.
Cretaceous
Cretaceous Cre*ta"ceous (kr[-e]*t[=a]"sh[u^]s), a. [L. cretaceus, fr. creta chalk. See Crayon.] Having the qualities of chalk; abounding with chalk; chalky; as, cretaceous rocks and formations. See Chalk. Cretaceous acid, an old name for carbonic acid. Cretaceous formation (Geol.), the series of strata of various kinds, including beds of chalk, green sand, etc., formed in the Cretaceous period; -- called also the chalk formation. See the Diagram under Geology. Cretaceous period (Geol.), the time in the latter part of the Mesozoic age during which the Cretaceous formation was deposited.
Cretaceous acid
Cretaceous Cre*ta"ceous (kr[-e]*t[=a]"sh[u^]s), a. [L. cretaceus, fr. creta chalk. See Crayon.] Having the qualities of chalk; abounding with chalk; chalky; as, cretaceous rocks and formations. See Chalk. Cretaceous acid, an old name for carbonic acid. Cretaceous formation (Geol.), the series of strata of various kinds, including beds of chalk, green sand, etc., formed in the Cretaceous period; -- called also the chalk formation. See the Diagram under Geology. Cretaceous period (Geol.), the time in the latter part of the Mesozoic age during which the Cretaceous formation was deposited.
Cretaceous formation
Cretaceous Cre*ta"ceous (kr[-e]*t[=a]"sh[u^]s), a. [L. cretaceus, fr. creta chalk. See Crayon.] Having the qualities of chalk; abounding with chalk; chalky; as, cretaceous rocks and formations. See Chalk. Cretaceous acid, an old name for carbonic acid. Cretaceous formation (Geol.), the series of strata of various kinds, including beds of chalk, green sand, etc., formed in the Cretaceous period; -- called also the chalk formation. See the Diagram under Geology. Cretaceous period (Geol.), the time in the latter part of the Mesozoic age during which the Cretaceous formation was deposited.
Cretaceous period
Cretaceous Cre*ta"ceous (kr[-e]*t[=a]"sh[u^]s), a. [L. cretaceus, fr. creta chalk. See Crayon.] Having the qualities of chalk; abounding with chalk; chalky; as, cretaceous rocks and formations. See Chalk. Cretaceous acid, an old name for carbonic acid. Cretaceous formation (Geol.), the series of strata of various kinds, including beds of chalk, green sand, etc., formed in the Cretaceous period; -- called also the chalk formation. See the Diagram under Geology. Cretaceous period (Geol.), the time in the latter part of the Mesozoic age during which the Cretaceous formation was deposited.
Cretaceously
Cretaceously Cre*ta"ceous*ly, adv. In a chalky manner; as chalk.
Cretacic
Cretaceous Cre*ta"ceous, a. Also Cretacic Cre*tac"ic (Geol.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, the period of time following the Jurassic and preceding the Eocene.
Cretan
Cretan Cre"tan (kr[=e]"tan), a. Pertaining to Crete, or Candia. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Crete or Candia.
Cretan rockrose
Rockrose Rock"rose`, n. (Bot.) A name given to any species of the genus Helianthemum, low shrubs or herbs with yellow flowers, especially the European H. vulgare and the American frostweed, H. Canadense. Cretan rockrose, a related shrub (Cistus Creticus), one of the plants yielding the fragrant gum called ladanum.
Decretal
Decretal De*cre"tal, a. [L. decretalis, fr. decretum. See Decree.] Appertaining to a decree; containing a decree; as, a decretal epistle. --Ayliffe.
Decretal
Decretal De*cre"tal, n. [LL. decretale, neut. of L. decretalis. See Decretal, a.] 1. (R. C. Ch.) An authoritative order or decree; especially, a letter of the pope, determining some point or question in ecclesiastical law. The decretals form the second part of the canon law. 2. (Canon Law) The collection of ecclesiastical decrees and decisions made, by order of Gregory IX., in 1234, by St. Raymond of Pennafort.
Excreta
Excreta Ex*cre"ta, n. pl. [L.] Matters to be excreted.
Secretage
Secretage Se"cret*age, n. [F.] A process in which mercury, or some of its salts, is employed to impart the property of felting to certain kinds of furs. --Ure.
Secretarial
Secretarial Sec`re*ta"ri*al, a. Of or pertaining to a secretary; befitting a secretary. [R.] Secretarial, diplomatic, or other official training. --Carlyle.
Secretary of the Interior
Interior In*te"ri*or, n. 1. That which is within; the internal or inner part of a thing; the inside. 2. The inland part of a country, state, or kingdom. Department of the Interior, that department of the government of the United States which has charge of pensions, patents, public lands and surveys, the Indians, education, etc.; that department of the government of a country which is specially charged with the internal affairs of that country; the home department. Secretary of the Interior, the cabinet officer who, in the United States, is at the head of the Department of the Interior.
Secretaryship
Secretaryship Sec"re*ta*ry*ship, n. The office, or the term of office, of a secretary.
Supercretaceous
Supercretaceous Su`per*cre*ta"ceous, a. (Geol.) Same as Supracretaceous.
Supracretaceous
Supracretaceous Su`pra*cre*ta"ceous, a. (Geol.) Lying above the chalk; Supercretaceous.
Undersecretary
Undersecretary Un`der*sec"re*ta*ry, n. A secretary who is subordinate to the chief secretary; an assistant secretary; as, an undersecretary of the Treasury.

Meaning of Creta from wikipedia

- The Hyundai Creta, also known as Hyundai ix25 in China, is a subcompact crossover SUV produced by Hyundai since 2014 mainly for emerging markets, particularly...
- thal****ocracy during ancient times. In Latin, the name of the island became Creta. The original Arabic name of Crete was Iqrīṭiš (Arabic: اقريطش < (τῆς) Κρήτης)...
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- Creta Channel (or TV Creta) is a private regional television channel broadcast to the majority of Crete. Its programming is split between TV shopping and...
- Idomeneo, re di Creta ossia Ilia e Idamante (Italian for Idomeneus, King of Crete, or, Ilia and Idamante; usually referred to simply as Idomeneo, K. 366)...
- Crete and Cyrenaica (Latin: Creta et Cyrenaica, Koinē Gr****: Κρήτη καὶ Κυρηναϊκή, romanized: Krḗtē kaì Kyrēnaïkḗ) was a senatorial province of the Roman...
- ancient town of Chersonasus was important enough in the Roman province of Creta et Cyrenaica early to become a Christian bishopric, a suffragan of the metropolitan...
- Introduced in April 2021, it is a long-wheelbase version of the subcompact Creta, whilst having additional third-row seating, styling changes, and a different...
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