Lunar

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Of, involving, caused by, or affecting the moon.
  • adj. Measured by the revolution of the moon.
  • adj. Of or relating to silver.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Of, or pertaining to, the Moon; moonly.
  • adj. Crescent shaped, lunate.
  • adj. Of, or pertaining to, silver.
  • n. A lunar distance.
  • n. The middle bone of the proximal series of the carpus.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Of or pertaining to the moon.
  • adj. Resembling the moon; orbed.
  • adj. Measured by the revolutions of the moon.
  • adj. Influenced by the moon, as in growth, character, or properties.
  • n. A lunar distance.
  • n. The middle bone of the proximal series of the carpus; -- called also semilunar, and intermedium.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Of, pertaining, or relating to the moon: as, the lunar changes; lunar observations.
  • Situated or moving like the moon; acting as a moon.
  • Measured by the revolutions of the moon: as, lunar months or years.
  • Resembling the moon; round: as, a lunar shield, specifically, in anatomy and zoology:
  • Supposed to be affected by or due to the influence of the moon: as, lunar madness.
  • In anatomy, of or pertaining to the lunare, or semilunar bone of the carpus.
  • Pertaining to silver: from the moon being the alchemical symbol of that metal: as, lunar caustic (nitrate of silver).
  • In navigation, tables for correcting the apparent distance of the moon from the sun, or from a fixed star, on account of refraction and parallax, and for deducing the longitude of the observer from the lunar data given in the almanac.
  • n. In navigation, lunar distance, or an observation for lunar distance: as, to take a lunar.
  • In Arabic gram., a fanciful term applied to the class of consonants before which the l of the article al is not assimilated in pronunciation: so called because including q, the initial of qamar, moon. Opposed to solar.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. of or relating to or associated with the moon
  • Variant
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    orbed    lunary    cynthian    crescent-shaped   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Sooner    crooner    pruner    schooner    sooner    spooner    tuner   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    planetary    solar    terrestrial    celestial    polar    astronomical    stellar    northern    interstellar    entire