Definition of crescent

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Crescent (a.) Increasing; growing.

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Lunated :: Lunated (a.) Crescent-shaped; as, a lunate leaf; a lunate beak; a lunated cross..
Crescentwise :: Crescentwise (adv.) In the form of a crescent; like a crescent.
Lunular :: Lunular (a.) Having a form like that of the new moon; shaped like a crescent.
Moonseed :: Moonseed (n.) A climbing plant of the genus Menispermum; -- so called from the crescentlike form of the seeds.
Pelta :: Pelta (n.) A small shield, especially one of an approximately elliptic form, or crescent-shaped..
Meniscus :: Meniscus (n.) A crescent.
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..
Crescent :: Crescent (a.) Shaped like a crescent.
Decrescent :: Decrescent (a.) Becoming less by gradual diminution; decreasing; as, a decrescent moon..
Crescent :: Crescent (n.) The ancient symbol of Byzantium or Constantinople.
Bicornous :: Bicornous (a.) Having two horns; two-horned; crescentlike.
Decrescent :: Decrescent (n.) A crescent with the horns directed towards the sinister.
Moon :: Moon (n.) A crescentlike outwork. See Half-moon.
Gorget :: Gorget (n.) A crescent-shaped, colored patch on the neck of a bird or mammal..
Bicrescentic :: Bicrescentic (a.) Having the form of a double crescent.
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.) A symbol of Artemis, or Diana..
Crescent :: Crescent (n.) The emblem of the Turkish Empire, adopted after the taking of Constantinople..
Crescent :: Crescent (v. t.) To adorn with crescents.
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..
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