decrescent

The oldest Nevin Coat of Arms shows an decrescent and an increscent on the Field.

(That is: Azure, an eagle's wing sable taloned Or between a decrescent argent and a sun Or.)

Furyondy's coat of arms is blazoned thus: Party per bend gules and azure, dexter three crowns in bend or, sinister a decrescent argent.

The model approaches to a written form where the phenomenon of -u metaphony is not frequent, nor the presence of decrescent diphthongs / ei, ou /, usually in the west area.

With a series of pratfalls that come out of nowhere, he proves himself to be adept at staging physical comedy; this at a point where you might expect a man of his age to be decrescent.

In the technical language of blazoning used in heraldry, the word "increscent" refers to a crescent shape with its horns to the left, and "decrescent" refers to one with its horns to the right.

Today, article theses are the standard format in natural, medical and engineering sciences, while in social and cultural sciences, for example in the Nordic countries, there is a strong but rapidly decrescent tradition to produce coherent monographs, or doctoral students may have a choice between monograph and compilation thesis.