crrrk.

n.  a sound made by an intelligent insectlike “Thranx” poet named Desvendapur, in the novel Phylogenesis: Book One of The Founding of the Commonwealth by Alan Dean Foster.

<“[T]hey are, crrrk, carrying out limited studies of their own far, far from here.  —Alan Dean Foster, Phylogenesis: Book One of The Founding of the Commonwealth.>

crrrkkkk.

n.  the sound of a hatching seed from Mars, as described in 365 Bedtime Stories by Christine Allison.

crrrrk.

n.  the noise of radio static.

<‘We’re crrrrk doing the best we crrrrk,’ came the reply.  —Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett, Good Omens.>

crtr.

n.  the title of a visual poem by Mike Cannell.

crwth.

n.  an ancient Celtic stringed instrument, played with a bow.  Though in Welsh, the w generally represents a vowel sound, most English speakers consider crwth an all-consonant word.

<Her fingers strummed across the strings of a crwth which had lain untouched since the Normans’ coming.  Strange chords of music broke the silence in the hall and echoed in the large room.  —Kathleen E. Woodiwiss, The Wolf and the Dove.>

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