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

Crescent :: Crescent (a.) Shaped like a crescent.

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

Pelta :: Pelta (n.) A small shield, especially one of an approximately elliptic form, or crescent-shaped..

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

Crescent :: Crescent (n.) The emblem of the increasing moon with horns directed upward, when used in a coat of arms; -- often used as a mark of cadency to distinguish a second son and his descendants..

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..

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

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

Increscent :: Increscent (a.) Increasing; on the increase; -- said of the moon represented as the new moon, with the points turned toward the dexter side..

Tharos :: Tharos (n.) A small American butterfly (Phycoides tharos) having the upper surface of the wings variegated with orange and black, the outer margins black with small white crescents; -- called also pearl crescent..

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

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

Excrescence :: Excrescence (n.) An excrescent appendage, as, a wart or tumor; anything growing out unnaturally from anything else; a preternatural or morbid development; hence, a troublesome superfluity; an incumbrance; as, an excrescence on the body, or on a plant..

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

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..

Accrescent :: Accrescent (a.) Growing; increasing.

Phaeton :: Phaeton (n.) A handsome American butterfly (Euphydryas, / Melitaea, Phaeton). The upper side of the wings is black, with orange-red spots and marginal crescents, and several rows of cream-colored spots; -- called also Baltimore..

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

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