Word Meanings - LUNATION - Book Publishers vocabulary database
The period of a synodic revolution of the moon, or the time from one new moon to the next; varying in length, at different times, from about 29
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- PERIODIC; PERIODICAL
Of or pertaining to a period; constituting a complete sentence. Periodic comet , a comet that moves about the sun in an elliptic orbit; a comet that has been seen at two of its approaches to the sun. -- Periodic function , a function whose values - DIFFERENTIALLY
In the way of differentiation. - PERIODONTAL
Surrounding the teeth. - DIFFERENTLY
In a different manner; variously. - LENGTHFUL
Long. Pope. - DIFFERENT
1. Distinct; separate; not the same; other. "Five different churches." Addison. 2. Of various or contrary nature, form, or quality; partially or totally unlike; dissimilar; as, different kinds of food or drink; different states of health; different - TIMESERVING
Obsequiously complying with the spirit of the times, or the humors of those in power. - LENGTHINESS
The state or quality of being lengthy; prolixity. - SYNODIC; SYNODICAL
Of or pertaining to a synod; transacted in, or authorized by, a synod; as, synodical proceedings or forms. "A synodical epistle." Bp. Stillingfleet. - PERIOD
One of the great divisions of geological time; as, the Tertiary period; the Glacial period. See the Chart of Geology. 4. The termination or completion of a revolution, cycle, series of events, single event, or act; hence, a limit; a bound; an end; - LENGTHWAYS; LENGTHWISE
In the direction of the length; in a longitudinal direction. - PERIODICALLY
In a periodical manner. - REVOLUTIONIZE
To change completely, as by a revolution; as, to revolutionize a government. Ames. The gospel . . . has revolutionized his soul. J. M. Mason. - REVOLUTION
The motion of any body, as a planet or satellite, in a curved line or orbit, until it returns to the same point again, or to a point relatively the same; -- designated as the annual, anomalistic, nodical, sidereal, or tropical revolution, according - REVOLUTIONIST
One engaged in effecting a change of government; a favorer of revolution. Burke. - ABOUT
On the point or verge of; going; in act of. Paul was now aboutto open his mouth. Acts xviii. 14. 7. Concerning; with regard to; on account of; touching. "To treat about thy ransom." Milton. She must have her way about Sarah. Trollope. (more info) - PERIODIDE
An iodide containing a higher proportion of iodine than any other iodide of the same substance or series. - DIFFERENTIA
The formal or distinguishing part of the essence of a species; the characteristic attribute of a species; specific difference. - DIFFERENTIATE
To acquire a distinct and separate character. Huxley. - DIFFERENTIAL
An increment, usually an indefinitely small one, which is given to a variable quantity. Note: According to the more modern writers upon the differential and integral calculus, if two or more quantities are dependent on each other, and subject to - BETIME; BETIMES
1. In good season or time; before it is late; seasonably; early. To measure life learn thou betimes. Milton. To rise betimes is often harder than to do all the day's work. Barrow. 2. In a short time; soon; speedily; forth with. He tires betimes - OLIVARY
Like an olive. Olivary body , an oval prominence on each side of the medulla oblongata; -- called also olive. - ANTIPERIODIC
A remedy possessing the property of preventing the return of periodic paroxysms, or exacerbations, of disease, as in intermittent fevers. - ROUNDABOUTNESS
The quality of being roundabout; circuitousness. - INDIFFERENTLY
In an indifferent manner; without distinction or preference; impartially; without concern, wish, affection, or aversion; tolerably; passably. That they may truly and indifferently minister justice, to the punishment of wickedness and vice, and to - LENGTHEN
To extent in length; to make longer in extent or duration; as, to lengthen a line or a road; to lengthen life; -- sometimes followed by out. What if I please to lengthen out his date. Dryden. - SOMETIMES
1. Formerly; sometime. That fair and warlike form In which the majesty of buried Denmark Did sometimes march. Shak. 2. At times; at intervals; now and then;occasionally. It is good that we sometimes be contradicted. Jer. Taylor. Sometimes . . . - ALABAMA PERIOD
A period in the American eocene, the lowest in the tertiary age except the lignitic. - DECENNOVAL; DECENNOVARY
Pertaining to the number nineteen; of nineteen years. Holder. - CHAMPLAIN PERIOD
A subdivision of the Quaternary age immediately following the Glacial period; -- so named from beds near Lake Champlain. Note: The earlier deposits of this period are diluvial in character, as if formed in connection with floods attending - ALENGTH
At full length; lenghtwise. Chaucer.