Definition of crescent

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

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Moon :: Moon (n.) A crescentlike outwork. See Half-moon.
Lunulet :: Lunulet (n.) A small spot, shaped like a half-moon or crescent; as, the lunulet on the wings of many insects..
Bicornous :: Bicornous (a.) Having two horns; two-horned; crescentlike.
Moony :: Moony (a.) Furnished with a moon; bearing a crescent.
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..
Crescent :: Crescent (n.) Anything having the shape of a crescent or new moon.
Moonseed :: Moonseed (n.) A climbing plant of the genus Menispermum; -- so called from the crescentlike form of the seeds.
Excrescential :: Excrescential (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, an excrescence..
Decrescent :: Decrescent (a.) Becoming less by gradual diminution; decreasing; as, a decrescent moon..
Pelta :: Pelta (n.) A small shield, especially one of an approximately elliptic form, or crescent-shaped..
Demilune :: Demilune (n.) A crescentic mass of granular protoplasm present in the salivary glands.
Dispose :: Dispose (v. t.) To distribute and put in place; to arrange; to set in order; as, to dispose the ships in the form of a crescent..
Supercretaceous :: Supercrescent (a.) Growing on some other growing thing.
Crescentwise :: Crescentwise (adv.) In the form of a crescent; like a crescent.
Increscent :: Increscent (a.) Increasing; on the increase; -- said of the moon represented as the new moon, with the points turned toward the dexter side..
Gorget :: Gorget (n.) A crescent-shaped, colored patch on the neck of a bird or mammal..
Decrescent :: Decrescent (n.) A crescent with the horns directed towards the sinister.
Increscent :: Increscent (a.) Increasing; growing; augmenting; swelling; enlarging.
Crescent :: Crescent (n.) The ancient symbol of Byzantium or Constantinople.
Gourd Tree :: Gourd tree () A tree (the Crescentia Cujete, or calabash tree) of the West Indies and Central America..
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