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CONJECTURER
One who conjectures. Hobbes.
MONTHLING
That which is a month old, or which lives for a month. Wordsworth.
MONTHLY
1. Continued a month, or a performed in a month; as, the monthly revolution of the moon. 2. Done, happening, payable, published, etc., once a month, or every month; as, a monthly visit; monthly charges; a monthly installment; a monthly magazine.
MONTH
One of the twelve portions into which the year is divided; the twelfth part of a year, corresponding nearly to the length of a synodic revolution of the moon, -- whence the name. In popular use, a period of four weeks is often called a month. Note:
FENCE MONTH
the month in which female deer are fawning, when hunting is prohibited. Bullokar. -- Fence roof, a covering for defense. "They fitted their shields close to one another in manner of a fence roof." Holland. Fence time, the breeding time of fish or
BIMONTHLY
Occurring, done, or coming, once in two months; as, bimonthly visits; bimonthly publications. -- n.
SEMIMONTHLY
Coming or made twice in a month; as, semimonthly magazine; a semimonthly payment. -- n.
TWELVEMONTH
A year which consists of twelve calendar months. I shall laugh at this a twelvemonth hence. Shak.