crick

English Thesaurus

1. English biochemist who (with Watson in 1953) helped discover the helical structure of DNA (1916-2004) (noun.person)

instance hypernym	:	biochemist,
definition	:	someone with special training in biochemistry (noun.person)

2. a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British) (noun.state)

hypernym	:	cramp, muscle spasm, spasm,
definition	:	a painful and involuntary muscular contraction (noun.state)

domain region	:	britain, great britain, u.k., uk, united kingdom, united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland,
definition	:	a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom (noun.location)

3. twist (a body part) into a strained position (verb.body)

hypernym	:	twist,
definition	:	turn in the opposite direction (verb.contact)

4. a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British) (noun.state)

derivation	:	crick,
definition	:	twist (a body part) into a strained position (verb.body)

derivation	:	rick, sprain, turn, twist, wrench, wrick,
definition	:	twist suddenly so as to sprain (verb.body)

5. twist (a body part) into a strained position (verb.body)

derivation	:	crick, kink, rick, wrick,
definition	:	a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British) (noun.state)

6. a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British) (noun.state)

derivation	:	crick,
definition	:	twist (a body part) into a strained position (verb.body)

derivation	:	rick, sprain, turn, twist, wrench, wrick,
definition	:	twist suddenly so as to sprain (verb.body)

7. twist (a body part) into a strained position (verb.body)

derivation	:	crick, kink, rick, wrick,
definition	:	a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British) (noun.state)