Definition of lunar

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Lunar (n.) The middle bone of the proximal series of the carpus; -- called also semilunar, and intermedium..

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Semilunary :: Semilunary (a.) Semilunar.
Embolism :: Embolism (n.) Intercalation; the insertion of days, months, or years, in an account of time, to produce regularity; as, the embolism of a lunar month in the Greek year..
Tide :: Tide (prep.) The alternate rising and falling of the waters of the ocean, and of bays, rivers, etc., connected therewith. The tide ebbs and flows twice in each lunar day, or the space of a little more than twenty-four hours. It is occasioned by the attraction of the sun and moon (the influence of the latter being three times that of the former), acting unequally on the waters in different parts of the earth, thus disturbing their equilibrium. A high tide upon one side of the earth is accompanied
Plenilunary :: Plenilunary (a.) Of or pertaining to the full moon.
Epoch :: Epoch (n.) An arbitrary fixed date, for which the elements used in computing the place of a planet, or other heavenly body, at any other date, are given; as, the epoch of Mars; lunar elements for the epoch March 1st, 1860..
Proemptosis :: Proemptosis (n.) The addition of a day to the lunar calendar.
Interlunary :: Interlunary (a.) Belonging or pertaining to the time when the moon, at or near its conjunction with the sun, is invisible..
Moonwort :: Moonwort (n.) The herb lunary or honesty. See Honesty.
Sublunary :: Sublunar (a.) Alt. of Sublunar.
Paraselene :: Paraselene (n.) A mock moon; an image of the moon which sometimes appears at the point of intersection of two lunar halos. Cf. Parhelion.
Semilunate :: Semilunate (a.) Semilunar.
Moonwort :: Moonwort (n.) Any fern of the genus Botrychium, esp. B. Lunaria; -- so named from the crescent-shaped segments of its frond..
Lunar :: Lunar (a.) Of or pertaining to the moon; as, lunar observations..
Lunar :: Lunar (a.) Resembling the moon; orbed.
Subluxation :: Sublunary (n.) Any worldly thing.
Lunary :: Lunary (a.) Lunar.
Intermedium :: Intermedium (n.) The bone or cartilage between the radiale and ulnare in the carpus, and between the tibiale and fibulare in the tarsus. It corresponds to the lunar in the carpus, and to a part of the astragalus in the tarsus of man and most mammals..
"""lunary " :: Lunary (n.) The herb moonwort or honesty..
Scapholunar :: Scapholunar (a.) Of or pertaining to the scaphoid and lunar bones of the carpus.
Synodically :: Synodical (a.) Pertaining to conjunction, especially to the period between two successive conjunctions; extending from one conjunction, as of the moon or a planet with the sun, to the next; as, a synodical month (see Lunar month, under Month); the synodical revolution of the moon or a planet..
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