1. (especially of human beings) at the age immediately before puberty; often marked by accelerated growth
   - prepubescent

See also: immature, prepuberty

• crookback
• crookbacked
• crooked
• crooked-stemmed aster
• crookedly
• crookedness
• Crookes
• Crookes radiometer
• Crookes tube
• crookneck
• crookneck squash
• croon
• crooner
• crooning
• crop
• crop circle
• crop failure
• crop out
• crop up
• crop-dusting
• cropland
• cropped
• cropper
• croquet
• croquet ball