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Crescent :: Crescent (n.) The ancient symbol of Byzantium or Constantinople.

Lunule :: Lunule (n.) Anything crescent-shaped; a crescent-shaped part or mark; a lunula, a lune..

Lune :: Lune (n.) A figure in the form of a crescent, bounded by two intersecting arcs of circles..

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..

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

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

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

Bicornous :: Bicornous (a.) Having two horns; two-horned; crescentlike.

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..

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 representation of the increasing moon, often used as an emblem or badge.

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

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

Moon :: Moon (n.) A crescentlike outwork. See Half-moon.

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

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

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

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..

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..

Moonseed :: Moonseed (n.) A climbing plant of the genus Menispermum; -- so called from the crescentlike form of the seeds.

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