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sickle moonnounA crescent moon.
semicrescentnounA half crescent.
peltanoun(historical) A small shield, especially one of an approximately elliptical form, or crescent-shaped.
lunulenounAnything crescent-shaped; a crescent-shaped part or mark; a lunula or lune.
dog bonenouna bone that is given to a dog to chew on and play with, similar to a dog biscuit. They can be real bones, or they can be made of other materials like plastic or leather
hosohedronnounA tessellation of lunes on a spherical surface, such that each lune shares the same two vertices.
roseheadnounThe head or blossom of a rose.
monocularOf any optical system suitable for use by one eye at a time.
squirclenounAn object whose shape combines a circle and a square.
reticulumnoun(astronomy) A small constellation of the southern summer sky, said to resemble a reticle. It lies between the constellations of Horologium and Dorado.
trimetrogonnounA single assembly of three cameras at differing angles, used for aerial photographic surveys.
conispherenounA shape that is partially conical and partially spherical
frustumnounA cone or pyramid whose tip has been truncated by a plane parallel to its base.
rhomboidnounA parallelogram which is neither a rhombus nor a rectangle
subspheroidnounSynonym of subspherical.
wedgenounOne of the simple machines; a piece of material, such as metal or wood, thick at one edge and tapered to a thin edge at the other for insertion in a narrow crevice, used for splitting, tightening, securing, or levering.
lobationnounA lobe, or something shaped like a lobe.
damocloidnoun(astronomy) An asteroid (such as 5335 Damocles) that exhibits long-period, highly eccentric orbits typical of periodic comets without showing a coma.
orbiculatenounThat which is orbiculate, especially a solid whose vertical section is oval and whose horizontal section is circular.
monoculenoun(obsolete) Alternative form of monocle. [A single lens, usually in a wire frame, and used to correct vision for only one eye.]

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