Francis Crick fran·cisc·rick uncommon noun 1. English biochemist who (with Watson in 1953) helped discover the helical structure of DNA (born in 1916) SynonymsCrickFrancis CrickFrancis Henry Compton Crick Related words Broader terms biochemist WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved.