Crescendo :: Crescendo (a. & adv.) With a constantly increasing volume of voice; with gradually increasing strength and fullness of tone; -- a direction for the performance of music, indicated by the mark, or by writing the word on the score..
Crescendo :: Crescendo (n.) A gradual increase in the strength and fullness of tone with which a passage is performed.
Crescendo :: Crescendo (n.) A passage to be performed with constantly increasing volume of tone.
Crescent :: Crescent (n.) The increasing moon; the moon in her first quarter, or when defined by a concave and a convex edge; also, applied improperly to the old or decreasing moon in a like state..
Crescent :: Crescent (n.) Anything having the shape of a crescent or new moon.
Crescent :: Crescent (n.) A representation of the increasing moon, often used as an emblem or badge.
Crescent :: Crescent (n.) A symbol of Artemis, or Diana..
Crescent :: Crescent (n.) The ancient symbol of Byzantium or Constantinople.
Crescent :: Crescent (n.) The emblem of the Turkish Empire, adopted after the taking of Constantinople..
Crescent :: Crescent (n.) Any one of three orders of knighthood; the first instituted by Charles I., king of Naples and Sicily, in 1268; the second by Rene of Anjou, in 1448; and the third by the Sultan Selim III., in 1801, to be conferred upon foreigners to whom Turkey might be indebted for valuable services..
Crescent :: Crescent (n.) The emblem of the increasing moon with horns directed upward, when used in a coat of arms; -- often used as a mark of cadency to distinguish a second son and his descendants..
Cresol :: Cresol (n.) Any one of three metameric substances, CH3.C6H4.OH, homologous with and resembling phenol. They are obtained from coal tar and wood tar, and are colorless, oily liquids or solids. [Called also cresylic acid.].