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Moonseed :: Moonseed (n.) A climbing plant of the genus Menispermum; -- so called from the crescentlike form of the seeds.

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..

Equicrescent :: Equicrescent (a.) Increasing by equal increments; as, an equicrescent variable..

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

Moonwort :: Moonwort (n.) Any fern of the genus Botrychium, esp. B. Lunaria; -- so named from the crescent-shaped segments of its frond..

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

Meniscus :: Meniscus (n.) A crescent.

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

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..

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

Crescent :: Crescent (a.) Increasing; growing.

Crescent :: Crescent (n.) The ancient symbol of Byzantium or Constantinople.

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

Bicornous :: Bicornous (a.) Having two horns; two-horned; crescentlike.

Excrescential :: Excrescential (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, an excrescence..

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

Gorget :: Gorget (n.) A crescent-shaped, colored patch on the neck of a bird or mammal..

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..

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

Increscent :: Increscent (a.) Increasing; growing; augmenting; swelling; enlarging.

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