Definition of crescent

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

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Lunular :: Lunular (a.) Having a form like that of the new moon; shaped like a crescent.
Half-moon :: Half-moon (n.) The shape of a half-moon; a crescent.
Crescentwise :: Crescentwise (adv.) In the form of a crescent; like a crescent.
Lunule :: Lunule (n.) A small or narrow crescent.
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 (n.) A representation of the increasing moon, often used as an emblem or badge.
Equicrescent :: Equicrescent (a.) Increasing by equal increments; as, an equicrescent variable..
Crescent :: Crescent (a.) Increasing; growing.
Moon :: Moon (n.) A crescentlike outwork. See Half-moon.
Lunulated :: Lunulated (a.) Resembling a small crescent.
Bicrescentic :: Bicrescentic (a.) Having the form of a double crescent.
Moonwort :: Moonwort (n.) Any fern of the genus Botrychium, esp. B. Lunaria; -- so named from the crescent-shaped segments of its frond..
Lunated :: Lunated (a.) Crescent-shaped; as, a lunate leaf; a lunate beak; a lunated cross..
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..
Horn :: Horn (n.) One of the curved ends of a crescent; esp., an extremity or cusp of the moon when crescent-shaped..
Horn :: Horn (n.) The curving extremity of the wing of an army or of a squadron drawn up in a crescentlike form.
Demilune :: Demilune (n.) A crescentic mass of granular protoplasm present in the salivary glands.
Ringdove :: Ringdove (n.) A European wild pigeon (Columba palumbus) having a white crescent on each side of the neck, whence the name. Called also wood pigeon, and cushat..
Decrescent :: Decrescent (a.) Becoming less by gradual diminution; decreasing; as, a decrescent moon..
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