8-Letter Words Starting: CRIT

• an essay or article that gives a critical evaluation (as of a book or play)

• a serious examination and judgment of something

• appraise critically

• marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws

• at or of a point at which a property or phenomenon suffers an abrupt change especially having enough mass to sustain a chain reaction

• characterized by careful evaluation and judgment

• being in or verging on a state of crisis or emergency

• of or involving or characteristic of critics or criticism

• urgently needed; absolutely necessary

• forming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis

• a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated

• the ideal in terms of which something can be judged

• a regional term for `creature' (especially for domestic animals)