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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..

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..

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

Croissante :: Croissante (a.) Terminated with crescent; -- said of a cross the ends of which are so terminated.

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

Pallah :: Pallah (n.) A large South African antelope (Aepyceros melampus). The male has long lyrate and annulated horns. The general color is bay, with a black crescent on the croup. Called also roodebok..

Crescent :: Crescent (n.) The emblem of the Turkish Empire, adopted after the taking of Constantinople..

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

Horn :: Horn (n.) One of the curved ends of a crescent; esp., an extremity or cusp of the moon when crescent-shaped..

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

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.

Crescent :: Crescent (v. t.) To form into a crescent, or something resembling a crescent..

Lunulet :: Lunulet (n.) A small spot, shaped like a half-moon or crescent; as, the lunulet on the wings of many insects..

Measles :: Measles (n.) A contagious febrile disorder commencing with catarrhal symptoms, and marked by the appearance on the third day of an eruption of distinct red circular spots, which coalesce in a crescentic form, are slightly raised above the surface, and after the fourth day of the eruption gradually decline; rubeola..

Crescentwise :: Crescentwise (adv.) In the form of a crescent; like a crescent.

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

Lunated :: Lunated (a.) Crescent-shaped; as, a lunate leaf; a lunate beak; a lunated cross..

Lunule :: Lunule (n.) A small or narrow crescent.

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