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Decrescent :: Decrescent (a.) Becoming less by gradual diminution; decreasing; as, a decrescent moon..

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..

Excrescential :: Excrescential (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, an excrescence..

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..

Gorget :: Gorget (n.) A crescent-shaped, colored patch on the neck of a bird or mammal..

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

Crescentwise :: Crescentwise (adv.) In the form of a crescent; like a crescent.

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

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

Moonwort :: Moonwort (n.) Any fern of the genus Botrychium, esp. B. Lunaria; -- so named from the crescent-shaped segments of its frond..

Crescent :: Crescent (n.) A symbol of Artemis, or Diana..

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

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

Demilune :: Demilune (n.) A crescentic mass of granular protoplasm present in the salivary glands.

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

Increscent :: Increscent (a.) Increasing; on the increase; -- said of the moon represented as the new moon, with the points turned toward the dexter side..

Croissante :: Croissante (a.) Terminated with crescent; -- said of a cross the ends of which are so terminated.

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..

Increscent :: Increscent (a.) Increasing; growing; augmenting; swelling; enlarging.

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