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

Crescent :: Crescent (a.) Shaped like a crescent.

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..

Horn :: Horn (n.) One of the curved ends of a crescent; esp., an extremity or cusp of the moon when crescent-shaped..

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

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

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

Ringdove :: Ringdove (n.) A European wild pigeon (Columba palumbus) having a white crescent on each side of the neck, whence the name. Called also wood pigeon, and cushat..

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..

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..

Pallah :: Pallah (n.) A large South African antelope (Aepyceros melampus). The male has long lyrate and annulated horns. The general color is bay, with a black crescent on the croup. Called also roodebok..

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

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

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

Accrescent :: Accrescent (a.) Growing larger after flowering.

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

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

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

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..

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

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