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

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

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..

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

Half-moon :: Half-moon (n.) The shape of a half-moon; a crescent.

Decrescent :: Decrescent (n.) A crescent with the horns directed towards the sinister.

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..

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

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

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..

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

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..

Lunulated :: Lunulated (a.) Resembling a small crescent.

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..

Crescent :: Crescent (n.) Anything having the shape of a crescent or new moon.

Pelta :: Pelta (n.) A small shield, especially one of an approximately elliptic form, or crescent-shaped..

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..

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..

Equicrescent :: Equicrescent (a.) Increasing by equal increments; as, an equicrescent variable..

Concavo-convex :: Concavo-convex (a.) Concave on one side and convex on the other, as an eggshell or a crescent..

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