Word Finder - crab

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A crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura, having five pairs of legs, the foremost of which are in the form of claws, and a carapace.

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The meat of this crustacean, served as food; crabmeat

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A bad-tempered person.

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(in plural crabs) An infestation of pubic lice (Pthirus pubis).

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Although crabs themselves are an easily treated inconvenience, the patient and his partner(s) clearly run major STD risks.

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A playing card with the rank of three.

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A position in rowing where the oar is pushed under the rigger by the force of the water.

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A defect in an outwardly normal object that may render it inconvenient and troublesome to use.

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An unsold book that is returned to the publisher.

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To fish for crabs.

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To ruin.

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To complain.

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To drift or move sideways or to leeward (by analogy with the movement of a crab).

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To navigate (an aircraft, e.g. a glider) sideways against an air current in order to maintain a straight-line course.

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To move (a camera) sideways.

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(World War I), to fly slightly off the straight-line course towards an enemy aircraft, as the machine guns on early aircraft did not allow firing through the propeller disk.

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To back out of something.

It was a great horseshoe crab--the first one I had ever seen.

It and the crab are FIG.

For example, a crab feed won't go over well with vegetarians.

At lunch, give the Tartare of Ahi Tuna a try, or perhaps a Dungeness Crab Salad.

A Cancer sign profile reflects the proverbial crab.

Crab lice in children may be an indication of sexual activity or abuse.

The deckhands work on the vessel in frigid temperatures and they should have experience as greenhorns (beginner) before moving on to fishing for king crab.

The website is simple to navigate and a wealth of information is available for people interested in finding jobs in Alaska, including king crab fishing jobs.

King crab fishing jobs are among the most intriguing of these types of jobs.

While there is something for everyone, including a kids menu available upon request, the selections are heavy on various seafood items, including crab cakes, dungeness crab, and fish and chips.

Gone are the days of crab feeds and magazine sales, when you can just depend upon a single grant or multiple contributor opportunities to get you through financially.

Libras may also want to avoid the crab of the zodiac, Cancer.

Like the hermit crab, Cancer cannot survive without a home to call his own.

Like the crab that carries its home on its back, Cancer carries a lot of baggage around with him.

A realistic or stylized crab is the image of Cancer.

Hold a crab race with some inexpensive hermit crabs from the local pet shop.

All you need is a toy crab and some music.

Crab meat is snow-white with streaks of bright red when cooked.

The crab and salmon cakes are also popular starters.

There is a tendency that these two might easily hurt each other's feelings, and the crab will hide in his shell while Scorpio's sharp barbed tongue lashes out.

Virgo, the earth sign gives Cancer, the water sign, the form and structure the crab seeks.

Much in the way that an actual crab will move sideways when it perceives danger, so too will Cancerians step aside.

Depending on the ebb and flow of the tides, the crab decides how to best chart its course.

While its true that the crab might change his or her mind on a whim or lash out in anger when confronted, it's also true that Cancer's well known traits of kindness and generosity are the real deal.

Just like the crab, Cancer is most vulnerable outside the protective walls of his home.

Such as the crab for Cancer; try making a tattoo out of just one claw, showing it in elaborate detail to catch the eye.

This would also work with a Cancer whose astrological symbol is the crab.

An Aries star sign may choose a pixie who possess some of the ram tendencies, such as a pair of cute horns atop her little head, while a Cancer sign may find herself under the sea with a pair of crab claws.

Fresh, frozen or canned fish including lobster, crab, scallops, clams and oysters are acceptable.

Instruct kids to begin tossing the crab back and forth to each other.

When you turn off the music, the person left holding the crab is eliminated.

Deadliest Catch - Multiple ships sailing around trying to catch crab and showing you how dangerous it is to do that job.

Deadliest Catch is a Discovery channel documentary where two-man camera crews live on Alaskan fishing boats to film the fishermen during the most dangerous crab season in the Bering Sea.

Both kinds of crab - if of desirable weight - can usually net the fishermen a hefty profit.

That's why some of the crew members call the Opilio crab "Norwegian Dollars."

The crab traps are constantly being flung about and the machinery used to haul and lower traps into the water have moving parts that swing and slide around.

Heavy and thick cables are used and sometimes they are the only thing keeping a hovering crab trap from crashing to the deck.

He learned to fish while he was still in elementary school, branching out into crab fishing while attending high school.

It was crab fishing that won him over and he worked as a greenhorn (or fisherman in training), unpaid, for several years before becoming captain of his own vessel.

Crab fishing can be a dangerous occupation, but Harris embraced the lifestyle and all that came with it.

On January 29, 2010, while filming the sixth season of Deadliest Catch, Phil Harris suffered a massive stroke as he worked at unloading a catch of crab.

Alaskan king crab is one type of shellfish in the commercial harvest famed for its size and taste.

Next time you break a (crab) leg it may be fun to share one of these facts with your tablemates.

The crab shells turn from a dark burgundy to a bright red when cooked.

Brown or golden king crabs are the smallest in size of the three main species and are similar in taste to blue king crab.

Many places can be quite dangerous for crab boats and workers due to severely high seas, weather and temperatures which makes king crab even more prized and expensive in addition to its culinary demand.

Breakfast items are large and consist of some form of loco moco (usually rice, hamburger patty, egg and gravy) while lunch and dinner specialties include poke, crab and sashimi.

The menu is simple and to the point and serves up easily recognizable items like gumbo, oyster stew, crab claws and fried calamari.

The restaurant also has a special crab chowder with roasted corn and a spicy mussels dish served with garlic and fresh tomatoes.

The restaurant also has steamed mussels, grilled ahi tuna, which is also available on a salad, crab cakes, catfish and king crab legs.