Definition of crescent

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Crescent (n.) The emblem of the Turkish Empire, adopted after the taking of Constantinople..

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Gourd Tree :: Gourd tree () A tree (the Crescentia Cujete, or calabash tree) of the West Indies and Central America..
Crescent :: Crescent (a.) Increasing; growing.
Lunular :: Lunular (a.) Having a form like that of the new moon; shaped like a crescent.
Moony :: Moony (a.) Furnished with a moon; bearing a crescent.
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..
Lunulated :: Lunulated (a.) Resembling a small crescent.
Equicrescent :: Equicrescent (a.) Increasing by equal increments; as, an equicrescent variable..
Croissante :: Croissante (a.) Terminated with crescent; -- said of a cross the ends of which are so terminated.
Cusp :: Cusp (n.) The point or horn of the crescent moon or other crescent-shaped luminary.
Bicornous :: Bicornous (a.) Having two horns; two-horned; crescentlike.
Pelta :: Pelta (n.) A small shield, especially one of an approximately elliptic form, or crescent-shaped..
Crescent :: Crescent (n.) The ancient symbol of Byzantium or Constantinople.
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..
Moonseed :: Moonseed (n.) A climbing plant of the genus Menispermum; -- so called from the crescentlike form of the seeds.
Excrescent :: Excrescent (a.) Growing out in an abnormal or morbid manner or as a superfluity.
Moon :: Moon (n.) A crescentlike outwork. See Half-moon.
Accrescent :: Accrescent (a.) Growing larger after flowering.
Bicrescentic :: Bicrescentic (a.) Having the form of a double crescent.
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..
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..
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