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

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..

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.) Anything having the shape of a crescent or new moon.

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.

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

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..

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.

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

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

Lunated :: Lunated (a.) Crescent-shaped; as, a lunate leaf; a lunate beak; a lunated cross..

Moonseed :: Moonseed (n.) A climbing plant of the genus Menispermum; -- so called from the crescentlike form of the seeds.

Meniscus :: Meniscus (n.) 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..

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

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..

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..

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

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