These are the meanings of the letters RCCEESNT when you unscramble them.
- Crescent (a.)
Increasing; growing.
- Crescent (a.)
Shaped like a crescent.
- Crescent (n.)
A representation of the increasing moon, often used as an emblem or badge
- Crescent (n.)
A symbol of Artemis, or Diana.
- 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.
- Crescent (n.)
Anything having the shape of a crescent or new moon.
- Crescent (n.)
The ancient symbol of Byzantium or Constantinople.
- 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.
- Crescent (n.)
The emblem of the Turkish Empire, adopted after the taking of Constantinople.
- 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.
- Crescent (v. t.)
To adorn with crescents.
- Crescent (v. t.)
To form into a crescent, or something resembling a crescent.