Index of English words, starting with "cr"

(1) - Crescendo (n.) A passage to be performed with constantly increasing volume of tone.
(2) - Crescendo (n.) A gradual increase in the strength and fullness of tone with which a passage is performed.
(3) - Crescendo (a. & adv.) With a constantly increasing volume of voice; with gradually increasing strength and fullness of tone; -- a direction for the performance of music, indicated by the mark, or by writing the word on the score.

(1) - Crescent (v. t.) To adorn with crescents.
(2) - Crescent (v. t.) To form into a crescent, or something resembling a crescent.
(3) - Crescent (a.) Increasing; growing.
(4) - Crescent (a.) Shaped like a crescent.
(5) - Crescent (n.) 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.
(6) - Crescent (n.) Any one of three orders of knighthood; the first instituted by Charles I., king of Naples and Sicily, in 1268; the second by Rene 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.
(7) - Crescent (n.) The emblem of the Turkish Empire, adopted after the taking of Constantinople.
(8) - Crescent (n.) The ancient symbol of Byzantium or Constantinople.
(9) - Crescent (n.) A symbol of Artemis, or Diana.
(10) - Crescent (n.) A representation of the increasing moon, often used as an emblem or badge
(11) - Crescent (n.) Anything having the shape of a crescent or new moon.
(12) - Crescent (n.) 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.

(1) - Crescentic (a.) Crescent-shaped.

(1) - Crescive (a.) Increasing; growing.