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Horn :: Horn (n.) One of the curved ends of a crescent; esp., an extremity or cusp of the moon when crescent-shaped..

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

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

Accrescent :: Accrescent (a.) Growing larger after flowering.

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..

Horning :: Horning (n.) Appearance of the moon when increasing, or in the form of a crescent..

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 (a.) Shaped like 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..

Lunulet :: Lunulet (n.) A small spot, shaped like a half-moon or crescent; as, the lunulet on the wings of many insects..

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..

Supercretaceous :: Supercrescent (a.) Growing on some other growing thing.

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

Excrescence :: Excrescence (n.) An excrescent appendage, as, a wart or tumor; anything growing out unnaturally from anything else; a preternatural or morbid development; hence, a troublesome superfluity; an incumbrance; as, an excrescence on the body, or on a plant..

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

Crescent :: Crescent (n.) A representation of the increasing moon, often used as an emblem or badge.

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

Excrescent :: Excrescent (a.) Growing out in an abnormal or morbid manner or as a superfluity.

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