| ACCRESCENT | • accrescent adj. Growing; increasing. • accrescent adj. (Botany) Which keeps growing past the point it normally would stop and begin wilting. • ACCRESCENT adj. growing larger even after flowering. |
| CRESCENDOS | • crescendos n. Plural of crescendo. • CRESCENDO n. (Italian) a gradual increase in loudness. |
| CRESCENTED | • crescented v. Simple past tense and past participle of crescent. • CRESCENTED adj. having the shape of a crescent. |
| CRESCENTIC | • crescentic adj. Growing, increasing, gaining size, etc. • crescentic adj. Crescent-shaped. • CRESCENTIC adj. formed like a crescent. |
| CRESCIVELY | • crescively adv. In a crescive manner. • CRESCIVE adv. increasing. |
| DECRESCENT | • decrescent adj. Becoming gradually less; diminishing. • decrescent adj. Waning. • decrescent n. (Heraldry) A crescent oriented with horns turned to sinister (pointing right). |
| EXCRESCENT | • excrescent n. A growing mutation, usually abnormal. • excrescent n. (Phonetics) A sound in a word without etymological reason. • excrescent adj. Growing out in an abnormal or morbid manner or as a superfluity. |
| FIRECRESTS | • firecrests n. Plural of firecrest. • FIRECREST n. a bird closely related to the goldcrest. |
| GOLDCRESTS | • goldcrests n. Plural of goldcrest. • GOLDCREST n. a small bird of the wren family, with a golden streak on its head. |
| HILLCRESTS | • hillcrests n. Plural of hillcrest. • HILLCREST n. the top of a hill. |
| INCRESCENT | • increscent n. (Heraldry) A crescent oriented with horns turned to dexter (pointing left). • increscent adj. Of the Moon: growing in apparent size; waxing. • INCRESCENT adj. of a moon, waxing, with horns towards dexter. |
| INVOLUCRES | • involucres n. Plural of involucre. • INVOLUCRE n. a whorl or set of bracts around a flower, umbel, or head, also INVOLUCRUM. |
| PENNYCRESS | • pennycress n. Any of several plants, of the genus Thlaspi, that have flattened seedpods (in the form of an old penny). • PENNYCRESS n. a cruciferous plant with round leaves. |
| SIMULACRES | • simulacres n. Plural of simulacre. • SIMULACRE n. a likeness, a semblance; now usually in a derogatory sense, also SIMULACRUM. |
| UNDERCREST | • UNDERCREST v. (Shakespeare) to bear like a crest. |
| WATERCRESS | • watercress n. A perennial European herb, Nasturtium officinale, that grows in freshwater streams; used in salads and as a garnish. • watercress n. A similar plant, Nasturtium microphyllum. • water-cress n. Alternative spelling of watercress. |