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Moonsail
Moonsail Moon"sail`, n. (Naut.)
A sail sometimes carried in light winds, above a skysail.
--R. H. Dana, Jr.
MoonseedMoonseed Moon"seed`, n. (Bot.)
A climbing plant of the genus Menispermum; -- so called
from the crescentlike form of the seeds. Moonset
Moonset Moon"set`, n.
The descent of the moon below the horizon; also, the time
when the moon sets.
Moonshee
Moonshee Moon"shee, n. [Hind. munish[=i], fr. Ar. munish[=i] a
writer, author, secretary, tutor.]
A Mohammedan professor or teacher of language. [India]
Moonshine
Moonshine Moon"shine`, n.
1. The light of the moon.
2. Hence, show without substance or reality.
3. A month. [R.] --Shak.
4. A preparation of eggs for food. [Obs.]
Moonshine
Moonshine Moon"shine`, a.
Moonlight. [R.] --Clarendon.
Moonshine
Moonshine Moon"shine`, a.
1. Empty; trivial; idle.
2. Designating, or pertaining to, illicit liquor; as,
moonshine whisky. [Dial. Eng., & Colloq. or Slang, U. S.]
Moonshine
Moonshine Moon"shine`, n.
Liquor smuggled or illicitly distilled. [Dial. Eng., &
Colloq. or Slang, U. S.]
Moonshiner
Moonshiner Moon"shin`er, n.
A person engaged in illicit distilling; -- so called because
the work is largely done at night. [Cant, U.S.]
Moonshining
Moonshining Moon"shin`ing, n.
Illicit distilling. [Slang or Colloq., U. S.]
Moonshiny
Moonshiny Moon"shin`y, a.
Moonlight. [Colloq.]
I went to see them in a moonshiny night. --Addison.
MoonstickenMoonsticken Moon"stick`en, a.
See Moonstruck. Moonstone
Moonstone Moon"stone`, n. (Min.)
A nearly pellucid variety of feldspar, showing pearly or
opaline reflections from within. It is used as a gem. The
best specimens come from Ceylon.
Moonstruck
Moonstruck Moon"struck`, a.
1. Mentally affected or deranged by the supposed influence of
the moon; lunatic.
2. Produced by the supposed influence of the moon.
``Moonstruck madness.' --Milton.
3. Made sick by the supposed influence of the moon, as a
human being; made unsuitable for food, as fishes, by such
supposed influence.
Meaning of MOONS from wikipedia
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planet The
Moon, Earth's
natural satellite Moons of Mars
Moons of
Jupiter Moons of
Saturn Moons of Ur****
Moons of
Neptune Minor-planet
moon Moons of Pluto...
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hundreds of
possible kilometer-sized
distant moons that have been
observed on
single occasions.
Seven Saturnian moons are
large enough to have
collapsed into...
- The
Galilean moons (/ˌɡælɪˈleɪ.ən/), or
Galilean satellites, are the four
largest moons of Jupiter: Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto. They are the most...
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inner moons, nor
hundreds of
possible kilometer-sized
outer irregular moons that were only
briefly captured by telescopes. All together, Jupiter's
moons form...
- Ur****'s
moons are
divided into
three groups:
thirteen inner moons, five
major moons, and ten
irregular moons. The
inner and
major moons all have prograde...
- or not the
moons themselves are named.
Brown gives names for nine
moons corresponding to months.
Maximillian gives the
names of
twelve moons; and Belden...
- (orbiting
planets or
dwarf planets).
Moons are
classed into two
separate categories according to
their orbits:
regular moons,
which have
prograde orbits (they...
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recovery of the lost
moon from 2002.
Discovery of
outer planet moons Moons of
Jupiter Moons of
Saturn Moons of Ur****
Moons of
Neptune Triton did...
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hypothesis is correct.
Speculation about the
existence of the
moons of Mars had
begun when the
moons of
Jupiter were discovered. When
Galileo Galilei (1564–1642)...
- Mars, and the
second highest among all
Solar System moons,
after Jupiter's
moon Io. The body of the
Moon is
differentiated and terrestrial, with no significant...
