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

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

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..

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

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

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

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..

Excrescential :: Excrescential (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, an excrescence..

Crescent :: Crescent (n.) The increasing moon; the moon in her first quarter, or when defined by a concave and a convex edge; also, applied improperly to the old or decreasing moon in a like state..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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..

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..

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

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

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