"Crankiness" is a word in ENGLISH

A heavy iron lever having an oscillating motion on a central axis, one end of which is connected with the …

A lever whose two arms form a right angle, or nearly a right angle, having its fulcrum at the apex …

A light vehicle having two wheels one behind the other. It has a saddle seat and is propelled by the …

birá - (Sp. virar) To wind, turn, twist, open or close with some force, applied to screwnuts, hinges, etc.; to …

To impart; to bestow; to convey; as, to communicate a disease or a sensation; to communicate motion by means of …

A mass of metal in one side of a driving wheel or fly wheel, to balance the weight of a …

Liable to careen or be overset, as a ship when she is too narrow, or has not sufficient ballast, or …

Sick; infirm.

To run with a winding course; to double; to crook; to wind and turn.

Any bend, turn, or winding, as of a passage.

A twist or turn in speech; a conceit consisting in a change of the form or meaning of a word.

A twist or turn of the mind; caprice; whim; crotchet; also, a fit of temper or passion.

A person full of crotchets; one given to fantastic or impracticable projects; one whose judgment is perverted in respect to …

Full of spirit; brisk; lively; sprightly; overconfident; opinionated.

A bent portion of an axle, or shaft, or an arm keyed at right angles to the end of a …

A sick person; an invalid.

A term vulgarly applled to a person of eccentric, ill-regulated, and un-practical mental habits; a person half-craz-ed; a monomaniac; not …

Formed with, or having, a bend or crank; as, a cranked axle.

Liability to be overset; -- said of a ship or other vessel.

Sprightliness; vigor; health.