Definition of crescent

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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..

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Equicrescent :: Equicrescent (a.) Increasing by equal increments; as, an equicrescent variable..
Lunular :: Lunular (a.) Having a form like that of the new moon; shaped like a crescent.
Concavo-convex :: Concavo-convex (a.) Concave on one side and convex on the other, as an eggshell or 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..
Increscent :: Increscent (a.) Increasing; growing; augmenting; swelling; enlarging.
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..
Decrescent :: Decrescent (a.) Becoming less by gradual diminution; decreasing; as, a decrescent moon..
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..
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..
Supercretaceous :: Supercrescent (a.) Growing on some other growing thing.
Gourd Tree :: Gourd tree () A tree (the Crescentia Cujete, or calabash tree) of the West Indies and Central America..
Cusp :: Cusp (n.) The point or horn of the crescent moon or other crescent-shaped luminary.
Horn :: Horn (n.) The curving extremity of the wing of an army or of a squadron drawn up in a crescentlike form.
Accrescent :: Accrescent (a.) Growing; increasing.
Lunule :: Lunule (n.) A small or narrow crescent.
Crescent :: Crescent (v. t.) To adorn with crescents.
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..
Crescentic :: Crescentic (a.) Crescent-shaped.
Crescent :: Crescent (n.) The emblem of the Turkish Empire, adopted after the taking of Constantinople..
Crescent :: Crescent (v. t.) To form into a crescent, or something resembling a crescent..
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