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

Cusp :: Cusp (n.) The point or horn of the crescent moon or other crescent-shaped luminary.

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..

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

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

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

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

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..

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..

Decrescent :: Decrescent (a.) Becoming less by gradual diminution; decreasing; as, a decrescent moon..

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

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

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

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..

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..

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..

Demilune :: Demilune (n.) A crescentic mass of granular protoplasm present in the salivary glands.

Meniscus :: Meniscus (n.) A crescent.

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

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