n
Synonym of antitwilight arch (“atmospheric phenomenon”)
n
Synonym of belt of Venus (“atmospheric phenomenon”)
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(astronomy) Synonym of ocean world
n
Alternative letter-case form of Arctic [(obsolete) The north celestial pole.]
adj
(poetic) Of or relating to the dawn.
adj
(Cornwall, Devon, dialect) Of the moon, when it is waning.
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(idiomatic, astronomy) The moon as it appears during a total lunar eclipse.
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The second of two full moons that occur in the same calendar month (a definition created by mistake in the 20th century).
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A full moon occurring in July.
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Surrounding, or travelling around the moon
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A full moon in December.
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A full moon in September.
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The Moon as it appears early in its first quarter or late in its last quarter, when only a small arc-shaped section of the visible portion is illuminated by the Sun.
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A period of time between two consecutive passages of the Moon through the same orbital node. The draconic month is shorter than the sidereal month, due to precession of the Moon's orbit. An average one lasts 27 days, 5 hours, 5 minutes, 35.8 seconds.
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(astronomy) the interval between the moon's successive passing of the same moving node.
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The irregular event of the Earth appearing above the horizon of the moon.
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A view of the earth rising above the (lunar) horizon as seen from the moon or from a spacecraft
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The first full moon of spring by a tropical year.
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A lunula of a fingernail.
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(astronomy) The waxing lunar phase, from new moon to half way between new moon and full moon.
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A full moon in November.
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(of the moon) The phase of the moon when its entire face is illuminated, full moon.
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The phase of the moon when it is in opposition to the sun and its full disc is therefore visible.
adj
Alternative form of fullmooned [Having a full moon.]
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Alternative form of full moon [The phase of the moon when it is in opposition to the sun and its full disc is therefore visible.]
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(astronomy) A lunar phase either side of the full moon when the moon's disc as seen from the Earth is larger than a semicircle.
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Alternative form of half-moon [The moon in its first or last quarter when only half the visible face is illuminated; a quarter moon.]
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The moon in its first or last quarter when only half the visible face is illuminated; a quarter moon.
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Alternative form of half-moon [The moon in its first or last quarter when only half the visible face is illuminated; a quarter moon.]
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The full moon nearest the autumn equinox, when the moon rises the latest and lowest in the sky and seems to appear the biggest, as seen from the Northern Hemisphere.
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(biology, cartography) A unit of land area, ten by ten (that is, a hundred) square kilometres, often used for assessing how widely distributed particular animals or plants are.
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The appearance of the Moon when increasing, or in the form of a crescent.
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(astronomy) The full moon after the harvest moon.
adj
Of the Moon: growing in apparent size; waxing.
adj
Of the four-day period between an old moon and a new moon, when the moon is not visible.
adj
Alternative form of interlunar [Of the four-day period between an old moon and a new moon, when the moon is not visible.]
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The interlunar period; the dark time between the old moon and new moon phases.
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(astronomy) The moment when the sun reaches the northernmost point of the sky, occurring on June 20–22. That would be summer solstice in the northern hemisphere and winter solstice in the southern hemisphere.
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the waning lunar phase halfway between full moon and new moon.
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(astronomy) The last full moon of winter by a tropical year.
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(chiefly science fiction or poetic) The name of Earth's moon; Moon.
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The substance that forms the darker areas of the lunar surface, as opposed to lunarite.
adj
(chiefly historical) (Believed to be) influenced by the Moon, as in character, growth, or properties.
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(astronomy) A measurement of the distance from the Earth to the Moon.
n
(astronomy) A phenomenon occurring when the Earth casts a shadow over the Moon.
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a sidereal month of approximately 27.32 days, the length of time taken by the moon in its orbit about the Earth to return to the same point as viewed against the background of stars.
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The orbit of an object around the moon.
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(astronomy) Any one of the aspects or appearances presented by the moon as seen from Earth.
n
a year determined by a certain number of phases of the moon, as opposed to the passage of the Earth around the sun
n
Alternative form of lunarist [(obsolete or historical) One who believes in the influence of the Moon on the weather of the Earth.]
n
A mechanical model illustrating the motion of the Moon around the Earth.
adj
As though lunar; moonlike.
n
Someone who travels to the Moon.
adj
(obsolete) lunar; of the moon
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The irregular period from one new moon until the next.
n
(obsolete) A little moon or satellite.
n
(obsolete) An image or other representation of a crescent moon.
adj
Related to changes in currents that depend on the moon's phases.
adj
(of a calendar) Based on both the lunar month and the solar year.
adj
Of or pertaining to tides caused by the moon
n
(zoology) A small spot, shaped like a half-moon or crescent.
n
An image of a man perceived in the dark maria and light highlands of the full moon. Now usually seen as a human face, in older traditions he is a man with a burden on his back, or accompanied by a small dog.
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Alternative form of man in the moon [An image of a man perceived in the dark maria and light highlands of the full moon. Now usually seen as a human face, in older traditions he is a man with a burden on his back, or accompanied by a small dog.]
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(astronomy) The period between 1645 and 1715 marked by records and other indications of very low levels of sunspot activity of Earth's sun, corresponding to a period of global cooling.
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(astronomy) A full moon which appears unusually small due to coinciding with the Moon's apogee (the point in the Moon's orbit at which is it farthest away from Earth).
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The full moon or the lunar month around midsummer.
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(astronomy, uncommon) Synonym of micromoon (“a full moon which appears unusually small due to coinciding with the Moon's apogee”)
n
Obsolete spelling of month [A period into which a year is divided, historically based on the phases of the moon.]
n
(astronomy) A month as reckoned from one conjunction of the moon with the sun to another.
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(literary) A month, particularly a lunar month.
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A crescent carved from wood or bamboo, used in Chinese divination, producing one of four possible answers based on its orientation after being dropped.
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The optical illusion whereby the moon looks larger when it is low in the sky than otherwise.
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A rock from the surface of the moon, but especially any geological specimen brought back by the Apollo program
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(science fiction and fantasy) A rune or other writing indicating or associated with the moon.
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Alternative form of moonsickle. [(poetic) A thin crescent of the moon.]
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Alternative form of mooncalf [(now rare) An abnormal mass within the uterus; a false conception.]
n
An astronaut that has visited the Moon.
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Alternative form of moonsickle. [(poetic) A thin crescent of the moon.]
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A period spent exposed (as by moonbathing) to moonlight.
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(uncountable, amateur radio) A form of transmission in which the signal is reflected off the Moon, so that it can be picked up on Earth wherever the Moon is above the horizon.
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(now rare) An abnormal mass within the uterus; a false conception.
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An instrument for telling time, like a sundial but relying on the light of the Moon.
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The fine regolith found on the surface of the Moon.
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Someone who moons (drops their pants and shows their bare buttocks in public).
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(dated, rare) The conduct of one who moons.
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(archaic) A little moon; a moonlet.
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(poetic) Synonym of moonset
adj
Marked by the presence of the moon.
n
Observing the Moon in the sky.
n
(poetic, rare) The bright reflection of moonlight on a body of water.
n
The state or quality of being a moon.
n
(informal) A nickname in English-speaking countries, sometimes for a person who moons around.
adj
Like or resembling the moon.
v
(by extension, of an inanimate object) To perform a secondary function substantially different from its supposed primary function, as in protein moonlighting.
adj
(archaic or poetic) moonlit
adj
(now rare) Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the Moon; lunar; moonlike.
n
(informal) An MTV Video Music Award.
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(rare, nonstandard) Someone trained to live and work on a moon; an explorer of a moon
n
rock obtained from the Moon
n
A view of an area of the Moon
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(humorous) A skin cream to be applied at night, for protection against moonlight.
n
The setting of the moon below the horizon
adj
(obsolete) Moonlit; lit by moonlight.
n
(poetic) A thin crescent of the moon.
n
Sighting the Moon (generally in an Islamic context, where the visibility of the Moon affects the timing of religious events).
adj
(obsolete) Crazy or insane when affected by the phases of the Moon.
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The reflection of moonlight on a body of water.
adj
(poetic, literary) bathed in moonlight
adj
(figuratively) Silly; sentimental; mooning over something.
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The time of the new moon; the beginning of the month in the lunar calendar.
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The phase of the moon when it is in conjunction with the sun and is therefore obscured.
adj
Of or pertaining to the new moon.
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The phase of the moon when it is waning.
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(now rare) The first appearance of the new moon.
adj
(rare) Of or relating to the Sun; Solar.
adj
Of, pertaining to, or resembling the full moon.
adj
(obsolete) Relating to the full moon.
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The addition of a day to the lunar calendar.
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(astronomy) Either of the intermediate stages between the new and full moons.
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Alternative form of quasi-moon [Synonym of quasi-satellite.]
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Alternative form of Sea of Tranquility [(planetology) A basin in Nearside, Moon, Earth, Solar System; location of the first manned moon landing, in 1969.]
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A lunar eclipse occurring as the moon sets, simultaneously with sunrise.
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A full moon in February.
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The part of the sun's 11-year cycle during which the number of sunspots and solar flares is at a maximum.
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The part of the sun's 11-year cycle during which the number of sunspots and solar flares is at a minimum.
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Relating to, or due to the influence of, both the sun and the moon.
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(obsolete) Following the sun.
adj
Of, pertaining to, or influenced by both the sun and the moon.
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(astronomy) The time when the moon souths.
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(dated, informal) One who travels into space; an astronaut.
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(rare) A period spent exposed (as by starbathing) to starlight.
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(poetic) Full of stars.
adj
(archaic or poetic) starlit
adj
(poetic, nonce word) Impervious to the light of the stars.
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(rare, poetic) starlight
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In the manner of a star; so as to form a star shape.
adj
Filled with stars; starry.
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The full moon in June closest to the summer solstice.
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Of, by or relating to the moon Styx.
adj
Situated between the earth and the moon; sublunar or cislunar.
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A navigator's observation of the Sun to determine latitude.
adj
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the Sun; solar.
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(astrology) Alternative form of supermoon [(astrology, astronomy) A full moon or new moon, when the Earth–Moon distance is in the lowest tenth of its range.]
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(astrology) Alternative form of supermoon [(astrology, astronomy) A full moon or new moon, when the Earth–Moon distance is in the lowest tenth of its range.]
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the variably cyclic period from one new moon until the next.
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The Perseid meteor shower, which typically occurs every year in mid-August, on or near the feast day of St. Lawrence.
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A Lunar highland or mountainous region with a relatively high albedo, e.g. Terra Nivium.
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(chiefly US, hyperbolic, idiomatic) All that one could desire, especially as an unreasonable demand; everything.
adj
Alternative form of translunar [(of a spaceflight or trajectory) Towards the Moon from the Earth or another planet.]
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Of the lunar phase: as it shrinks when viewed from the Earth.
adj
(astronomy) More than half full in phase, but growing smaller.
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The moon when it appears smaller each night as it progresses from a full moon to a new moon.
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(intransitive, of the moon) To appear larger each night as a progression from a new moon to a full moon.
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The moon when it appears larger each night as it progresses from a new moon to a full moon.
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The phase of the moon when it is waxing, especially before quarter moon.
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