Cross Country

Definition: Cross Country

Cross Country

Noun

1. A long race run over open country.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Crosswords: Cross Country

Listen we've all done things we're not proud of after a good cross country meet, but that riot was unacceptable (Clone High; writing credit: Damian Chapa)

Cross Country Detours (1940)

The Cross Country Bunion Race (1928)

Cross Country Run (1927)

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Books

• Coaching Cross Country Successfully (reference)

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Periodicals

• Cross Country Skier (reference)

• Harriers High School Cross Country Report (reference)

• Illinois Prep Top Times Cross Country Ed (reference)

• Ohio Cross Country News (reference)

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Theater & Movies

• Fundamentals of Cross Country Skiing Technique (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

High Tech

• Trager Cross Country Laptopblack (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

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W.P. Hulbert of Middleburg arriving with his guests for the annual cross country race for the Middleburg Hunt Cup. The 6th annual race held at Middleburg, Va. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Expressions using "cross country": cross country fault ♦ cross country race. Additional references.

Chinese 

越野 . (various references)

Danish

multipelfejl (cross country fault, multiple faults). (various references)

Dutch

cross-country fouten (cross country fault, multiple faults), meervoudige fouten (cross country fault, multiple faults). (various references)

Finnish

monipaikkainen maasulku (cross country fault, multiple faults). (various references)

French

course de fond (cross country race), compétition de fond (cross country race), défaut multiple (cross country fault). (various references)

German

querfeldein (across country). (various references)

Greek 

πολλαπλά τριφασικά σφάλματα προς γη (cross country fault, multiple faults). (various references)

Italian

guasto multiplo (cross country fault, multiple faults). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

クローン病 (close game, Croatia, crocodile, Crohn's disease, cross, cross counter, cross country skiing, cross kick, crossbar, cross-check, cross-country race, crossed Nichol prism, crossover, cross-stitch, gross, off-road vehicle). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

クロコン (cross country skiing). (various references)

Pig Latin

osscray ountrycay

Portuguese

defeito múltiplo (cross country fault, multiple faults). (various references)

Russian 

вездеходный (cross-country). (various references)

Spanish

defecto múltiple (cross country fault, multiple faults). (various references)

Swedish

flerfaldigt jordfel (cross country fault, multiple earth faults, multiple faults, multiple ground faults). (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: crosscourt.

-3 letters: cryotrons, outscorns.

-4 letters: coconuts, consorts, contours, cornutos, crosscut, croutons, cryotron, outcross, outscorn.

-5 letters: coconut, concurs, concuss, consort, contour, cornuto, country, crotons, crouton, cursors, cursory, nostocs, oocysts, stuccos, succors, succory, tycoons, uncross, unroots.