crescent : Idioms & Phrases
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almond crescent
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noun very rich cookie containing ground almonds; usually crescent-shaped
almond cookie.
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crescent roll
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noun very rich flaky crescent-shaped roll
croissant.
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crescent wrench
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noun an adjustable wrench designed to fit hexagonal nuts with the adjusting screw built into the head of the wrench
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crescent-cell anaemia
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noun a congenital form of anemia occurring mostly in blacks; characterized by abnormal blood cells having a crescent shape
sickle-cell disease; sickle-cell anaemia; crescent-cell anaemia; drepanocytic anaemia; drepanocytic anemia; sickle-cell anemia.
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crescent-cell anemia
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noun a congenital form of anemia occurring mostly in blacks; characterized by abnormal blood cells having a crescent shape
sickle-cell disease; sickle-cell anaemia; crescent-cell anaemia; drepanocytic anaemia; drepanocytic anemia; sickle-cell anemia.
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crescent-shaped
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adjective satellite resembling the new moon in shape
lunate; crescent; semilunar.
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fertile crescent
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noun a geographical area of fertile land in the Middle East stretching in a broad semicircle from the Nile to the Tigris and Euphrates
