crescent-shaped
41crescent — I. noun Etymology: Middle English cressant, from Anglo French, from present participle of crestre to grow, increase, from Latin crescere; akin to Old High German hirsi millet, Lithuanian šerti to feed, Greek koros boy Date: 15th century 1. a. the …
42crescent — cres•cent [[t]ˈkrɛs ənt[/t]] n. 1) a shape resembling a segment of a ring tapering to points at the ends 2) something, as a cookie, having this shape 3) astron. the figure of the moon in its first or last quarter, resembling such a shape 4)… …
43crescent — cres·cent || kresnt n. object shaped like a new moon, thin curving shape which comes to a point at both ends; phase of the moon when it is shaped as a C, new moon, moon in its last quarter; symbol for Islam; bread roll in the shape of a C adj.… …
44crescent — 1. noun /ˈkɹɛs.n̩t/ a) The figure of the moon as it appears in its first or last quarter, with concave and convex edges terminating in points. b) Something shaped like a crescent, especially: 2. adjective /ˈkɹɛs.n̩t/ marked by an increase; waxing …
45Fertile Crescent — crescent shaped agricultural region in the Middle East stretching from the Mediterranean Sea through the Tigris Euphrates valley to the Persian Gulf …
46crescent — n 1. demilune, lune, lunette, lunula, meniscus, half moon; semicircle, half circle, hemicycle; sickle, scythe. adj 2. sickle shaped, falcate, falciform, bicorn; lunate, lunar, lunular, lunulate, luniform; curved, bow shaped, convexo concave; semi …
47crescent moon — n. phase of the moon when it is shaped as a C, new moon …
48Fertile Crescent — 1. an agricultural region extending from the Levant to Iraq. 2. an area in the Middle and Near East: formerly fertile, now partly desert. * * * Region, Middle East. The term describes a crescent shaped area of arable land, probably more… …
49moon shaped — Synonyms and related words: Cynthian, S shaped, bicorn, corniform, crescent, crescent shaped, crescentic, crescentiform, crescentlike, falcate, falciform, horn shaped, horned, lunar, lunate, luniform, lunular, menisciform, meniscoid, moonlike,… …
50Fertile Crescent — The Fertile Crescent is a crescent shaped region in the Middle East, originally incorporating the Levant and Ancient Mesopotamia, and often extended to Ancient Egypt. The region is sometimes referred to as the Cradle of Civilization. The term… …
