Definition of crescent

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Crescent (n.) A symbol of Artemis, or Diana..

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Excrescential :: Excrescential (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, an excrescence..
Increscent :: Increscent (a.) Increasing; on the increase; -- said of the moon represented as the new moon, with the points turned toward the dexter side..
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..
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..
Decrescent :: Decrescent (n.) A crescent with the horns directed towards the sinister.
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.
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..
Horn :: Horn (n.) The curving extremity of the wing of an army or of a squadron drawn up in a crescentlike form.
Moony :: Moony (a.) Furnished with a moon; bearing a crescent.
Crescent :: Crescent (n.) A symbol of Artemis, or Diana..
Gourd Tree :: Gourd tree () A tree (the Crescentia Cujete, or calabash tree) of the West Indies and Central America..
Pelta :: Pelta (n.) A small shield, especially one of an approximately elliptic form, or crescent-shaped..
Crescent :: Crescent (a.) Shaped like a crescent.
Cusp :: Cusp (n.) The point or horn of the crescent moon or other crescent-shaped luminary.
Lunulet :: Lunulet (n.) A small spot, shaped like a half-moon or crescent; as, the lunulet on the wings of many insects..
Horn :: Horn (n.) One of the curved ends of a crescent; esp., an extremity or cusp of the moon when crescent-shaped..
Accrescent :: Accrescent (a.) Growing larger after flowering.
Porbeagle :: Porbeagle (n.) A species of shark (Lamna cornubica), about eight feet long, having a pointed nose and a crescent-shaped tail; -- called also mackerel shark..
Increscent :: Increscent (a.) Increasing; growing; augmenting; swelling; enlarging.
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