Definition of crescent

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

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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..
Horn :: Horn (n.) One of the curved ends of a crescent; esp., an extremity or cusp of the moon when crescent-shaped..
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..
Crescent :: Crescent (n.) A representation of the increasing moon, often used as an emblem or badge.
Supercretaceous :: Supercrescent (a.) Growing on some other growing thing.
Moon :: Moon (n.) A crescentlike outwork. See Half-moon.
Lunular :: Lunular (a.) Having a form like that of the new moon; shaped like a crescent.
Porbeagle :: Porbeagle (n.) A species of shark (Lamna cornubica), about eight feet long, having a pointed nose and a crescent-shaped tail; -- called also mackerel shark..
Meniscus :: Meniscus (n.) A crescent.
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..
Lune :: Lune (n.) A figure in the form of a crescent, bounded by two intersecting arcs of circles..
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..
Half-moon :: Half-moon (n.) The shape of a half-moon; a crescent.
Decrescent :: Decrescent (a.) Becoming less by gradual diminution; decreasing; as, a decrescent moon..
Gorget :: Gorget (n.) A crescent-shaped, colored patch on the neck of a bird or mammal..
Decrescent :: Decrescent (n.) A crescent with the horns directed towards the sinister.
Cusp :: Cusp (n.) The point or horn of the crescent moon or other crescent-shaped luminary.
Pelta :: Pelta (n.) A small shield, especially one of an approximately elliptic form, or crescent-shaped..
Accrescent :: Accrescent (a.) Growing larger after flowering.
Excrescential :: Excrescential (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, an excrescence..
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