crescent-shaped

  • 11-shaped — [ ʃeıpt ] suffix used with many nouns to make adjectives describing the shape of something: a heart shaped leaf a crescent shaped scar …

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  • 12Crescent — For other uses, see Crescent (disambiguation). An example of an artistic crescent in this case a large circle with a smaller one removed …

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  • 13Crescent (disambiguation) — A crescent is a shape symbolising the Moon Contents 1 Biology 2 Business 3 Education …

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  • 14crescent — Synonyms and related words: Autobahn, Cynthian, S shaped, US highway, achievement, alerion, alley, alleyway, animal charge, annulet, argent, armorial bearings, armory, arms, arterial, arterial highway, arterial street, artery, artificial… …

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  • 15crescent — crescentic /kri sen tik/, adj. /kres euhnt/, n. 1. a shape resembling a segment of a ring tapering to points at the ends. 2. something, as a roll or cookie, having this shape. 3. Astron. a. the figure of the moon in its first or last quarter,… …

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  • 16Crescent City, California — This article is about the city in Northern California. For other cities with the same name, see Crescent City (disambiguation). Crescent City   City   …

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  • 17crescent — /ˈkrɛzənt / (say krezuhnt), /ˈkrɛsənt / (say kresuhnt) noun 1. a. the shape of the moon in its first or last quarter; the shape bounded by two convex lines which intersect twice. b. any of the similar aspects of Venus or Mercury when less than… …

  • 18crescent — 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. 3. SYN: malarial c.. [L. cresco, pp. cretus, to grow] articular c. SYN: meniscus lens …

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  • 19crescent — n. & adj. n. 1 the curved sickle shape of the waxing or waning moon. 2 anything of this shape, esp. Brit. a street forming an arc. 3 a the crescent shaped emblem of Islam or Turkey. b (the Crescent) the world or power of Islam. adj. 1 poet.… …

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  • 20Crescent (Occitania) — For things named Crescent, see Crescent (disambiguation). Map of Occitan dialects: the Crescent ( Creissent ) lies in the far northern parts of the Lemosin and Auvernhat dialects. The Crescent (Occitan: lo Creissent;[1] …

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