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Cusp :: Cusp (n.) The point or horn of the crescent moon or other crescent-shaped luminary.

Accrescent :: Accrescent (a.) Growing larger after flowering.

Lunule :: Lunule (n.) A special area in front of the beak of many bivalve shells. It sometimes has the shape of a double crescent, but is oftener heart-shaped. See Illust. of Bivalve..

Concavo-convex :: Concavo-convex (a.) Concave on one side and convex on the other, as an eggshell or a crescent..

Horning :: Horning (n.) Appearance of the moon when increasing, or in the form of a crescent..

Moon :: Moon (n.) A crescentlike outwork. See Half-moon.

Gorget :: Gorget (n.) A small ornamental plate, usually crescent-shaped, and of gilded copper, formerly hung around the neck of officers in full uniform in some modern armies..

Lune :: Lune (n.) A figure in the form of a crescent, bounded by two intersecting arcs of circles..

Crescent :: Crescent (n.) Anything having the shape of a crescent or new moon.

Phaeton :: Phaeton (n.) A handsome American butterfly (Euphydryas, / Melitaea, Phaeton). The upper side of the wings is black, with orange-red spots and marginal crescents, and several rows of cream-colored spots; -- called also Baltimore..

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..

Moony :: Moony (a.) Furnished with a moon; bearing a crescent.

Crescentic :: Crescentic (a.) Crescent-shaped.

Decrescent :: Decrescent (a.) Becoming less by gradual diminution; decreasing; as, a decrescent moon..

Falcated :: Falcated (a.) Hooked or bent like a sickle; as, a falcate leaf; a falcate claw; -- said also of the moon, or a planet, when horned or crescent-formed..

Increscent :: Increscent (a.) Increasing; on the increase; -- said of the moon represented as the new moon, with the points turned toward the dexter side..

Decrescent :: Decrescent (n.) A crescent with the horns directed towards the sinister.

Bicrescentic :: Bicrescentic (a.) Having the form of a double crescent.

Lunular :: Lunular (a.) Having a form like that of the new moon; shaped like a crescent.

Horn :: Horn (n.) The curving extremity of the wing of an army or of a squadron drawn up in a crescentlike form.

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