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Definition of crescent

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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..

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Crescent :: Crescent (n.) A representation of the increasing moon, often used as an emblem or badge.

Gourd Tree :: Gourd tree () A tree (the Crescentia Cujete, or calabash tree) of the West Indies and Central America..

Half-moon :: Half-moon (n.) The shape of a half-moon; a crescent.

Supercretaceous :: Supercrescent (a.) Growing on some other growing thing.

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

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

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

Meniscus :: Meniscus (n.) A crescent.

Thunderbird :: Thunderbird (n.) An Australian insectivorous singing bird (Pachycephala gutturalis). The male is conspicuously marked with black and yellow, and has a black crescent on the breast. Called also white-throated thickhead, orange-breasted thrust, black-crowned thrush, guttural thrush, and black-breasted flycatcher..

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

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

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

Ringdove :: Ringdove (n.) A European wild pigeon (Columba palumbus) having a white crescent on each side of the neck, whence the name. Called also wood pigeon, and cushat..

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 (a.) Shaped like a crescent.

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

Lunulated :: Lunulated (a.) Resembling a small crescent.

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

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..

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..