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crescent
(encz) | crescent,přibývající/ubývající měsíc n: [astr.] Petr Prášek |
crescent
(encz) | crescent,srpek měsíce n: Petr Prášek |
crescent
(encz) | crescent,ve tvaru srpku měsíce adj: Petr Prášek |
Crescent
(gcide) | Crescent \Cres"cent\ (kr[e^]s"sent), n. [OE. cressent,
cressaunt, crescent (in sense 1), OF. creissant increasing,
F. croissant, p. pr. of cro[^i]tre, OF. creistre, fr. L.
crescere to increase, v. incho.; akin to creare to create.
See Create, and cf. Accrue, Increase, Crescendo.]
1. 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.
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2. Anything having the shape of a crescent or new moon.
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3. A representation of the increasing moon, often used as an
emblem or badge; as:
(a) A symbol of Artemis, or Diana.
(b) The ancient symbol of Byzantium or Constantinople.
Hence:
(c) The emblem of the Turkish Empire, adopted after the
taking of Constantinople.
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The cross of our faith is replanted,
The pale, dying crescent is daunted. --Campbell.
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4. Any one of three orders of knighthood; the first
instituted by Charles I., king of Naples and Sicily, in
1268; the second by Ren['e] of Anjou, in 1448; and the
third by the Sultan Selim III., in 1801, to be conferred
upon foreigners to whom Turkey might be indebted for
valuable services. --Brande & C.
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5. (Her.) The emblem of the increasing moon with horns
directed upward, when used in a coat of arms; -- often
used as a mark of cadency to distinguish a second son and
his descendants.
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Crescent
(gcide) | Crescent \Cres"cent\ (kr[e^]s"sent), a.
1. Shaped like a crescent.
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Astarte, queen of heaven, with crescent horns.
--Milton.
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2. Increasing; growing.
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O, I see the crescent promise of my spirit hath not
set. --Tennyson.
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Crescent
(gcide) | Crescent \Cres"cent\, v. t.
1. To form into a crescent, or something resembling a
crescent. [R.] --Anna Seward.
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2. To adorn with crescents.
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crescent
(wn) | crescent
adj 1: resembling the new moon in shape [syn: crescent(a),
crescent-shaped, semilunar, lunate]
n 1: any shape resembling the curved shape of the moon in its
first or last quarters |
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crescentshaped
(mass) | crescent-shaped
- polmesiacový, v tvare polmesiaca |
crescent
(encz) | crescent,přibývající/ubývající měsíc n: [astr.] Petr Prášekcrescent,srpek měsíce n: Petr Prášekcrescent,ve tvaru srpku měsíce adj: Petr Prášek |
crescent roll
(encz) | crescent roll, n: |
crescent-cell anaemia
(encz) | crescent-cell anaemia, n: |
crescent-cell anemia
(encz) | crescent-cell anemia, n: |
crescent-shaped
(encz) | crescent-shaped,ve tvaru půlměsíce Zdeněk Brož |
excrescent
(encz) | excrescent, |
red crescent
(encz) | Red Crescent,Červený půlměsíc n: organizace podobná Červenému kříži,
muslimské země Petr Prášek |
accrescent
(gcide) | accrescent \ac*cres"cent\ ([a^]k*kr[e^]s"sent), a. [L.
accrescens, -entis, p. pr. of accrescere; ad + crescere to
grow. See Crescent.]
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1. Growing; increasing. --Shuckford.
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2. (Bot.) Growing larger after flowering. --Gray.
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Bicrescentic
(gcide) | Bicrescentic \Bi`cres*cen"tic\, a. [Pref. bi- + crescent.]
Having the form of a double crescent.
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Crescent spot
(gcide) | Spot \Spot\ (sp[o^]t), n. [Cf. Scot. & D. spat, Dan. spette, Sw.
spott spittle, slaver; from the root of E. spit. See Spit
to eject from the mouth, and cf. Spatter.]
1. A mark on a substance or body made by foreign matter; a
blot; a place discolored.
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Out, damned spot! Out, I say! --Shak.
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2. A stain on character or reputation; something that soils
purity; disgrace; reproach; fault; blemish.
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Yet Chloe, sure, was formed without a spot. --Pope.
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3. A small part of a different color from the main part, or
from the ground upon which it is; as, the spots of a
leopard; the spots on a playing card.
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4. A small extent of space; a place; any particular place.
"Fixed to one spot." --Otway.
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That spot to which I point is Paradise. --Milton.
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"A jolly place," said he, "in times of old!
But something ails it now: the spot is cursed."
--Wordsworth.
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5. (Zool.) A variety of the common domestic pigeon, so called
from a spot on its head just above its beak.
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6. (Zool.)
(a) A sciaenoid food fish (Liostomus xanthurus) of the
Atlantic coast of the United States. It has a black
spot behind the shoulders and fifteen oblique dark
bars on the sides. Called also goody, Lafayette,
masooka, and old wife.
(b) The southern redfish, or red horse, which has a spot
on each side at the base of the tail. See Redfish.
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7. pl. Commodities, as merchandise and cotton, sold for
immediate delivery. [Broker's Cant]
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Crescent spot (Zool.), any butterfly of the family
Melitaeidae having crescent-shaped white spots along the
margins of the red or brown wings.
Spot lens (Microscopy), a condensing lens in which the
light is confined to an annular pencil by means of a
small, round diaphragm (the spot), and used in dark-field
illumination; -- called also spotted lens.
Spot rump (Zool.), the Hudsonian godwit ({Limosa
haemastica}).
Spots on the sun. (Astron.) See Sun spot, ander Sun.
On the spot, or Upon the spot, immediately; before
moving; without changing place; as, he made his decision
on the spot.
It was determined upon the spot. --Swift.
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Syn: Stain; flaw; speck; blot; disgrace; reproach; fault;
blemish; place; site; locality.
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Crescentia Cujete
(gcide) | Gourd tree \Gourd" tree"\ (Bot.)
A tree (the Crescentia Cujete, or calabash tree) of the
West Indies and Central America.
[1913 Webster]Calabash \Cal"a*bash\ (k[a^]l"[.a]*b[a^]sh), n. [Sp. calabaza,
or Pg. calaba[,c]a, caba[,c]a (cf. F. Calebasse), lit., a dry
gourd, fr. Ar. qar', fem., a kind of gourd + aibas dry.]
1. The common gourd (plant or fruit).
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2. The fruit of the calabash tree.
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3. A water dipper, bottle, bascket, or other utensil, made
from the dry shell of a calabash or gourd.
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Calabash tree. (Bot.), a tree of tropical America
(Crescentia cujete), producing a large gourdlike fruit,
containing a purgative pulp. Its hard shell, after the
removal of the pulp, is used for cups, bottles, etc. The
African calabash tree is the baobab.
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Crescentia cujete
(gcide) | Gourd tree \Gourd" tree"\ (Bot.)
A tree (the Crescentia Cujete, or calabash tree) of the
West Indies and Central America.
[1913 Webster]Calabash \Cal"a*bash\ (k[a^]l"[.a]*b[a^]sh), n. [Sp. calabaza,
or Pg. calaba[,c]a, caba[,c]a (cf. F. Calebasse), lit., a dry
gourd, fr. Ar. qar', fem., a kind of gourd + aibas dry.]
1. The common gourd (plant or fruit).
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2. The fruit of the calabash tree.
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3. A water dipper, bottle, bascket, or other utensil, made
from the dry shell of a calabash or gourd.
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Calabash tree. (Bot.), a tree of tropical America
(Crescentia cujete), producing a large gourdlike fruit,
containing a purgative pulp. Its hard shell, after the
removal of the pulp, is used for cups, bottles, etc. The
African calabash tree is the baobab.
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Crescentic
(gcide) | Crescentic \Cres*cen"tic\ (kr[e^]s*s[e^]n"t[i^]k), a.
Crescent-shaped. "Crescentic lobes." --R. Owen.
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Crescentwise
(gcide) | Crescentwise \Cres"cent*wise`\ (kr[e^]s"sent*w[imac]z`), adv.
In the form of a crescent; like a crescent. --Tennyson.
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Decrescent
(gcide) | Decrescent \De*cres"cent\, a. [L. decrescens, p. pr. of
decrescere. See Decrease.]
Becoming less by gradual diminution; decreasing; as, a
decrescent moon.
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A crescent with the horns directed towards the sinister.
--Cussans.
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Equicrescent
(gcide) | Equicrescent \E`qui*cres"cent\, a. [Equi- + crescent.] (Math.)
Increasing by equal increments; as, an equicrescent variable.
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Excrescent
(gcide) | Excrescent \Ex*cres"cent\, a. [L. excresens, -entis, p. pr. of
excrescere to grow out; ex out + crescere to grow. See
Crescent.]
Growing out in an abnormal or morbid manner or as a
superfluity.
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Expunge the whole, or lip the excrescent parts. --Pope.
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Excrescent letter (Philol.), a letter which has been added
to a root; as, the d in alder (AS. alr) is an excrescent
letter.
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Excrescent letter
(gcide) | Excrescent \Ex*cres"cent\, a. [L. excresens, -entis, p. pr. of
excrescere to grow out; ex out + crescere to grow. See
Crescent.]
Growing out in an abnormal or morbid manner or as a
superfluity.
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Expunge the whole, or lip the excrescent parts. --Pope.
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Excrescent letter (Philol.), a letter which has been added
to a root; as, the d in alder (AS. alr) is an excrescent
letter.
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Excrescential
(gcide) | Excrescential \Ex`cres*cen"tial\a.
Pertaining to, or resembling, an excrescence. [R.]
--Hawthorne.
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Increscent
(gcide) | Increscent \In*cres"cent\, a. [L. increscens, -entis, p. pr. of
increscere. See Increase.]
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1. Increasing; growing; augmenting; swelling; enlarging.
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Between the incresent and decrescent moon.
--Tennyson.
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2. (Her.) Increasing; on the increase; -- said of the moon
represented as the new moon, with the points turned toward
the dexter side.
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pearl crescent
(gcide) | Tharos \Tha"ros\, n. (Zool.)
A small American butterfly (Phycoides tharos) having the
upper surface of the wings variegated with orange and black,
the outer margins black with small white crescents; -- called
also pearl crescent.
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Supercrescent
(gcide) | Supercrescent \Su`per*cres"cent\, a. [L. supercrescens, p. pr.
of supercrescere; super above + crescere to grow.]
Growing on some other growing thing. [R.] --Johnson.
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almond crescent
(wn) | almond crescent
n 1: very rich cookie containing ground almonds; usually
crescent-shaped [syn: almond cookie, almond crescent] |
crescent
(wn) | crescent
adj 1: resembling the new moon in shape [syn: crescent(a),
crescent-shaped, semilunar, lunate]
n 1: any shape resembling the curved shape of the moon in its
first or last quarters |
crescent roll
(wn) | crescent roll
n 1: very rich flaky crescent-shaped roll [syn: crescent roll,
croissant] |
crescent wrench
(wn) | crescent wrench
n 1: an adjustable wrench designed to fit hexagonal nuts with
the adjusting screw built into the head of the wrench |
crescent-cell anaemia
(wn) | crescent-cell anaemia
n 1: a congenital form of anemia occurring mostly in blacks;
characterized by abnormal blood cells having a crescent
shape [syn: sickle-cell anemia, sickle-cell anaemia,
sickle-cell disease, crescent-cell anemia, {crescent-
cell anaemia}, drepanocytic anemia, {drepanocytic
anaemia}] |
crescent-cell anemia
(wn) | crescent-cell anemia
n 1: a congenital form of anemia occurring mostly in blacks;
characterized by abnormal blood cells having a crescent
shape [syn: sickle-cell anemia, sickle-cell anaemia,
sickle-cell disease, crescent-cell anemia, {crescent-
cell anaemia}, drepanocytic anemia, {drepanocytic
anaemia}] |
crescent-shaped
(wn) | crescent-shaped
adj 1: resembling the new moon in shape [syn: crescent(a),
crescent-shaped, semilunar, lunate] |
crescentia
(wn) | Crescentia
n 1: a genus of tropical American trees of the family
Bignoniaceae; has a short trunk and crooked limbs and
drooping branches [syn: Crescentia, genus Crescentia] |
crescentia cujete
(wn) | Crescentia cujete
n 1: tropical American evergreen that produces large round
gourds [syn: calabash, calabash tree, {Crescentia
cujete}] |
excrescent
(wn) | excrescent
adj 1: forming an outgrowth (usually an excessive outgrowth) |
fertile crescent
(wn) | Fertile Crescent
n 1: a geographical area of fertile land in the Middle East
stretching in a broad semicircle from the Nile to the
Tigris and Euphrates |
genus crescentia
(wn) | genus Crescentia
n 1: a genus of tropical American trees of the family
Bignoniaceae; has a short trunk and crooked limbs and
drooping branches [syn: Crescentia, genus Crescentia] |
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