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1. Crescent
   In heraldry, a crescent is displayed with the horns directed upward and is often used as a cadency mark to distinguish a second son and his descendants.
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2. crescent
   [adj] - shaped as having two horns 2. [n] - any shape resembling the curved shape of the moon in its first or last quarters
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3. crescent
   Curved shape of the Moon when it appears less than half illuminated. It also refers to any object or symbol resembling the crescent Moon. Often associated with Islam, it was first used by the Turks...
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4. Crescent
   Cres'cent (krĕs's e nt) noun [ Middle English cressent , cressaunt , crescent (in sense 1), Old French creissant increasing, French croissant , present participle of croître , Old French creistre...
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5. Crescent
   Cres'cent (krĕs's e nt) adjective 1. Shaped like a crescent. « Astarte, queen of heaven, with crescent horns. Milton. » 2. Increasing; growing. « O, I see the crescent promise of ...
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6. Crescent
   Cres'cent transitive verb 1. To form into a crescent, or something resembling a crescent. [ R.] Anna Seward. 2. To adorn with crescents.
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7. crescent
   1. Any figure of the shape of the moon in its first quarter. ... 2. The figure made by the gray columns or cornua on cross-section of the spinal cord. ... Synonym: malarial crescent. ... Origin: L. Cresco, pp. Cretus, to grow ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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8. crescent
   noun any shape resembling the curved shape of the moon in its first or last quarters
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9. crescent
   (kres´әnt) shaped like a new moon. something with this shape. adj., crescen´tic., adj. Giannuzzi crescents crescent-shaped patches of serous cells surrounding the mucous tubercles in mixed glands. sublingual crescent the crescen...
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10. Crescent
    • (v. t.) To adorn with crescents. • (v. t.) To form into a crescent, or something resembling a crescent. • (n.) The ancient symbol of Byzantium or Constantinople. • (n.) The increasing moon; the moon in her first quarter, or when defined by a concave and a convex edge; also, app...
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11. Crescent
    (from the article `Literary Voices for Islam in the West`) The virtue of the veiled woman that Aboulela portrays, however, is questioned by Diana Abu-Jaber, an Arab American writer, in Crescent (2003). Rana, ...
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12. crescent
    political, military, and religious emblem of the Byzantine and Turkish empires and, later and more generally, of all Islmic countries.[6 related articles]
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13. Crescent
    Crescent is a French girl name. The meaning of the name is `One Who Creates` From Old French. The name Crescent doesn`t appear In the US top 1000 most common names over de last 128 years. The name Crescent seems to be unique!
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14. crescent
    crescent The crescent moon is so called because it is increasing in size from night to night. The word is used with reference to the moon only in its first quarter, and is applied to anything of similar shape.
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15. crescent
    Type: Term Pronunciation: kres′ent Definitions: 1. Any figure of the shape of the moon in its first quarter. 2. The figure made by the gray columns or cornua on cross-section of the spinal cord. Synonyms: malarial crescent
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16. Crescent
    The Crescent was a British first-class cruiser of 7,700 tons launched in 1892.
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17. Crescent
    A mysterious 1/4 moon shaped artifact found in the Great Basin area of the United States that may have been a blade form, or a scraper or a transverse hafted projectile point. It is found in one of three types: A crescent moon; a crescent half moon; a crescent butterfly shape.
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18. crescent
    crescent, emblematic representation of the quarter moon. The crescent and star, ancient Byzantine symbols that became the emblems of Constantinople, were also assumed as the standard of the Ottoman Turks. The crescent surmounted by a cross indicates the origin of the Eastern Orthodox Church. The cre...
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19. Crescent
    Crescent is a geometrical form resembling the moon in its first quarter, and used as a charge in heraldry. It is perhaps better known as the symbol of the Ottoman Turks and a symbol of Islam. The crescent as an emblem is of very high antiquity, being that of the Greek goddess Artemis or Diana. It is...
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20. Crescent
    In art and symbolism, a `crescent` () is generally the shape produced when a circular disk has a segment of another circle removed from its edge, so that what remains is a shape enclosed by two circular arcs of different diameters which intersect at two points (usually in such a manner that the encl...
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21. Crescent
    (train) The `Crescent` is a passenger train operated by km--> daily from Pennsylvania Station (New York)|Pennsylvania Station in New York City to New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal in New Orleans, Louisiana as train 19 and returns, on the same route, as train 20. Most of the route of...
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22. Crescent
    (solitaire) `Crescent` is a solitaire card game played with two decks of playing cards mixed together. The game is so called because when the cards are dealt properly, the resulting piles should form a large arc or a crescent. First, one king and one ace of each suit are removed to form the b...
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23. Crescent
    (John Coltrane album) `Crescent` is a 1964 studio album by jazz musician John Coltrane, released by Impulse! as A-66. It features his jazz quartet group of McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison and Elvin Jones playing all original Coltrane compositions, with the leader playing tenor saxophone ex...
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24. Crescent
    (band) `Crescent` are an alternative music band from Bristol, England, formed in the early 1990s by Matt Jones (guitar, vocals and other instruments), Chris Locke (bass on early albums) and Jasper Larsen (drums and percussion). Currently, the two principal members are brothers Matt Jones and ...
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25. Crescent
    (disambiguation) A `crescent` is a shape symbolising the Moon `Crescent` may also refer to: Education: Geography: Canada: United States: Europe: Middle East: Music: Other uses: ;Media ;Transportation ;Science ;Business See also:
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