crescent-shaped
61Order of the Crescent — The star as painted by Gustav Adolph Ackermann 1855 …
62Myopic crescent — A myopic crescent is a moon shaped feature that can develop at the temporal border of disc (it rarely occurs at the nasal border) of myopic eyes. It is primarily caused by atrophic changes that are genetically determined, with a minor… …
63moon-shaped — (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. lunar, sickle shaped, crescent; see bent …
64cres|cent-shaped — «KREHS uhnt SHAYPT», adjective. having the shape of a crescent or new moon …
65Fertile Crescent — /fɜtaɪl ˈkrɛzənt/ (say fertuyl krezuhnt) noun 1. an arc shaped region favourable for agriculture extending from the Mediterranean to the Persian Gulf. 2. an area in western Asia, once fertile but now partly desert, in which it is believed that… …
66barchan — crescent shaped sand dune which form in desert areas experiencing generally constant winds. The horns of the crescent point downwind, having moved ahead more rapidly, where they become sheltered and stable. Sand moves up the windward side and… …
67lunate — crescent shaped, moon shaped …
68Lunellum — Crescent shaped knife used for scraping a sheet of *parchment in its preparation. [< Lat. luna = moon] …
69Giannuzzi crescents — crescent shaped patches of serous cells surrounding the mucous tubules in seromucous glands, and formed by the outnumbered albuminous cells pushed to the blind ends of the terminal portions or into saccular outpocketings. Called also Heidenhain… …
70semilunar fibrocartilages — crescent shaped structures resting on the articulating surfaces of the upper end of the tibia, increasing the concavity of the tibial condyles and acting as cushions or shock absorbers; the lateral and medial menisci …
