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Definition of moon

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Moon (n.) The celestial orb which revolves round the earth; the satellite of the earth; a secondary planet, whose light, borrowed from the sun, is reflected to the earth, and serves to dispel the darkness of night. The diameter of the moon is 2,160 miles, its mean distance from the earth is 240,000 miles, and its mass is one eightieth that of the earth. See Lunar month, under Month..

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Simoon :: Simoon (n.) A hot, dry, suffocating, dust-laden wind, that blows occasionally in Arabia, Syria, and neighboring countries, generated by the extreme heat of the parched deserts or sandy plains..

Sabianism :: Sabianism (n.) The doctrine of the Sabians; the Sabian religion; that species of idolatry which consists in worshiping the sun, moon, and stars; heliolatry..

Mooncalf :: Mooncalf (n.) A dolt; a stupid fellow.

Moon-culminating :: Moon-culminating (a.) Culminating, or coming to the meredian, at or about the same time with the moon; -- said of a star or stars, esp. of certain stars selected beforehand, and named in an ephemeris (as the Nautical Almanac), as suitable to be observed in connection with the moon at culmination, for determining terrestrial longitude..

Moon-faced :: Moon-faced (a.) Having a round, full face..

Moonling :: Moonling (n.) A simpleton; a lunatic.

Astrometeorology :: Astrometeorology (n.) The investigation of the relation between the sun, moon, and stars, and the weather..

Syzygy :: Syzygy (n.) The point of an orbit, as of the moon or a planet, at which it is in conjunction or opposition; -- commonly used in the plural..

Supramaxillae :: Supralunary (a.) Beyond the moon; hence, very lofty..

Below :: Below (prep.) Under, or lower in place; beneath not so high; as, below the moon; below the knee..

Lunitidal :: Lunitidal (a.) Pertaining to tidal movements dependent on the moon.

Novilunar :: Novilunar (a.) Of or pertaining to the new moon.

Lunarian :: Lunarian (n.) An inhabitant of the moon.

Mooned :: Mooned (a.) Of or resembling the moon; symbolized by the moon.

Moonwort :: Moonwort (n.) The herb lunary or honesty. See Honesty.

Dracontic :: Dracontic (a.) Belonging to that space of time in which the moon performs one revolution, from ascending node to ascending node. See Dragon's head, under Dragon..

Selenology :: Selenology (n.) That branch of astronomy which treats of the moon.

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.

Nyctalopia :: Nyctalopia (n.) See Moonblink.

"""lunary " :: Lunary (n.) The herb moonwort or honesty..