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Showing words for CRESCENT using the English dictionary

8 Letter Words for Crescent

crescent

7 Letter Words for Crescent

centers, scenter, tenrecs

6 Letter Words for Crescent

censer, center, cernes, certes, ctenes, enters, entrec, erects, ernest, nester, recces, recent, rentes, resect, resent, scerne, screen, screet, secern, secret, streen, strene, tenrec, tenser, terces, ternes, treens

5 Letter Words for Crescent

cense, cents, ceres, cerne, certs, ceste, cetes, creen, cresc, crest, crete, csect, csnet, ctene, enets, enter, entre, erect, ernes, ester, estre, etens, nerts, neter, netes, recce, reens, reest, renet, rente, rents, reset, retes, scene, scent, scree, secre, sence, sente, sneer, steen, steer, stere, stern, teens, teers, tenes, tense, terce, terne, terns, terse, treen, trees, tsere

4 Letter Words for Crescent

cees, cene, cens, cent, cere, cern, cert, cest, cete, cres, crts, ecce, enes, ense, entr, eres, erne, erns, erse, erst, esne, eten, neer, neet, nese, nest, nete, nets, nsec, recs, rect, reen, rees, reet, rent, rest, rete, rets, scet, sect, seen, seer, sene, sent, sere, sert, snee, sten, ster, stre, teen, teer, tees, tene, tens, tern, tree, tres

3 Letter Words for Crescent

cee, cen, cer, cns, crc, crs, crt, csc, cst, cte, ctn, ctr, cts, ecc, ect, eec, een, eer, enc, ene, ens, ere, ern, ers, ert, esc, ese, esr, est, etc, nee, net, rct, rec, ree, res, rte, scr, sct, sec, see, sen, ser, set, str, tec, tee, ten, ter, tes, trs

Definitions for Crescent

[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] Astronomy . the figure of the moon in its first or last quarter, resembling a segment of a ring tapering to points at the ends. the similar figure of Mercury and Venus on either side of inferior conjunction, when seen through a telescope.
[4] the emblem of Turkey or of Islam.
[5] the power, religion, or civilization of Turkey or of Islam.
[6] Also called Chinese crescent, Chinese pavilion, jingling Johnny, pavillon Chinois, Turkish crescent. a musical percussion instrument of Turkish origin, consisting of a pole bearing a crescent-shaped metal plate, topped with a pavillon, and hung with small bells.
[7] Chiefly British . a curved street, often having solid façades of unified architectural design. the curve or curved portion of a street.
[8] Heraldry . a representation of a crescent moon, horns upward unless otherwise specified, used as the cadency mark of a second son.
[9] shaped like a crescent.
[10] increasing; growing.
[11] the biconcave shape of the moon in its first or last quarters
[12] any shape or object resembling this
[13] mainly British a crescent-shaped street, often lined with houses of the same style (capital when part of a name ) Pelham Crescent
[14] heraldry a crescent moon, used as the cadency mark of a second son
[15] the crescent (often capital) the emblem of Islam or Turkey Islamic or Turkish power
[16] archaic , or poetic increasing or growing

Words related to Crescent

curve, bow, meniscus, sickle, half-moon, bowed, concave, convex, curved, crescentic, falcate, semicircular, demilune, lune

Words nearby Crescent

cres., crescas, crescendo, crescendo angina, crescendo murmur, crescent, crescent cell anemia, crescent truss, crescit eundo, crescive, creslan

Origin of Crescent

1350–1400; < Latin crēscent- (stem of crēscēns ) present participle of crēscere to grow (see create, -esce); replacing Middle English cressaunt < Anglo-French < Latin as above

Other words from Crescent

cres·cen·tic [kri-sen -tik] /krɪˈsɛn tɪk/ , adjective
sub·cres·cen·tic , adjective
cres•cen′ tic (krə-sĕn′ tĭk ) adj.

Word origin for Crescent

C14: from Latin crescēns increasing, from crescere to grow

Synonyms for Crescent

bow-shaped, bowed, concave, convex, crescent-shaped, crescentic, crescentiform, curved, falcate, semicircular