Definition of crest

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Crest (n.) The plume of feathers, or other decoration, worn on a helmet; the distinctive ornament of a helmet, indicating the rank of the wearer; hence, also, the helmet..

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Ivory-bill :: Ivory-bill (n.) A large, handsome, North American woodpecker (Campephilus principalis), having a large, sharp, ivory-colored beak. Its general color is glossy black, with white secondaries, and a white dorsal stripe. The male has a large, scarlet crest. It is now rare, and found only in the Gulf States..
Monocrotism :: Monocrotism (n.) That condition of the pulse in which the pulse curve or sphygmogram shows but a single crest, the dicrotic elevation entirely disappearing..
Comb :: Comb (n.) The curling crest of a wave.
Cresting :: Cresting (n.) An ornamental finish on the top of a wall or ridge of a roof.
Toupettit :: Toupettit (n.) The crested titmouse.
Crestfallen :: Crestfallen (a.) With hanging head; hence, dispirited; dejected; cowed..
Escroll :: Escroll (n.) A long strip or scroll resembling a ribbon or a band of parchment, or the like, anciently placed above the shield, and supporting the crest..
Crest :: Crest (n.) The ridge or top of a wave.
Chopfallen :: Chopfallen (a.) Having the lower chop or jaw depressed; hence, crestfallen; dejected; dispirited; downcast. See Chapfallen..
Kagu :: Kagu (n.) A singular, crested, grallatorial bird (Rhinochetos jubatus), native of New Caledonia. It is gray above, paler beneath, and the feathers of the wings and tail are handsomely barred with brown, black, and gray. It is allied to the sun bittern..
Crest :: Crest (v. i.) To form a crest.
Tidley :: Tidley (n.) The goldcrest.
Anticlinal :: Anticlinal (n.) The crest or line in which strata slope or dip in opposite directions.
Tricrotism :: Tricrotism (n.) That condition of the arterial pulse in which there is a triple beat. The pulse curve obtained in the sphygmographic tracing characteristic of tricrotism shows two secondary crests in addition to the primary.
Soulili :: Soulili (n.) A long-tailed, crested Javan monkey (Semnopithecus mitratus). The head, the crest, and the upper surface of the tail, are black..
Finnikin :: Finnikin (n.) A variety of pigeon, with a crest somewhat resembling the mane of a horse..
Cristate :: Cristate (a.) Crested.
Wamble-cropped :: Wamble-cropped (a.) Sick at the stomach; also, crestfallen; dejected..
Cresting :: Cresting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cres.
Loutou :: Loutou (n.) A crested black monkey (Semnopithecus maurus) of Java.
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