‖n. [ Eth. and Ar., our father. ] The Patriarch, or head of the Abyssinian Church. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. adunatio; ad + unus one. ] A uniting; union. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. L. avis bird + E. fauna. ] (Zool.) The birds, or all the kinds of birds, inhabiting a region. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Sp. ] (Zool.) A fish of the Mediterranean (Sphyræna spet). See Barracuda. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ trademark. ] a synthetic rubber made by copolymerizing butadiene with another substance such as acrylonitrile or styrene.
Syn. -- buna-S. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a genus having only one species.
Syn. -- genus Calluna. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } n. [ Hind. ] (Med.) A pungent, bitter, aromatic, gingerlike root, obtained from the East Indies. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Hind. chūnā, from Skr. cūr&nsdot_;a powder, dust; or a Dravidian word. ] Quicklime; also, plaster or mortar. [ India ] Whitworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. coadunatus, p. p. of coadunare to unite. See Adunation. ] (Bot.) United at the base, as contiguous lobes of a leaf. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. coadunatio. ] Union, as in one body or mass; unity. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

The coadunation of all the civilized provinces. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. communal. ] 1. Pertaining to a commune. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. resembling a commune{ 4 } or the practises of a commune{ 4 }; as, communal living.
Syn. -- collectivist. [ PJC ]

n. A French theory of government which holds that commune should be a kind of independent state, and the national government a confederation of such states, having only limited powers. It is advocated by advanced French republicans; but it should not be confounded with communism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. communaliste. ] An advocate of communalism. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to communalism. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ L., a cradle, earliest abode, fr. cunae cradle. ] 1. The earliest abode; original dwelling place; originals; as, the cunabula of the human race. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bibliography) The extant copies of the first or earliest printed books, or of such as were printed in the 15th century. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL.: cf. F. faune. See Faun. ] (Zool.) The animals of any given area or epoch; as, the fauna of America; fossil fauna; recent fauna. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Relating to fauna. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. the goddess of fortune and good luck; counterpart of Greek Tyche. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. fortunatus, p. p. of fortunare to make fortunate or prosperous, fr. fortuna. See Fortune, n. ] 1. Coming by good luck or favorable chance; bringing some good thing not foreseen as certain; presaging happiness; auspicious; as, a fortunate event; a fortunate concurrence of circumstances; a fortunate investment. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Receiving same unforeseen or unexpected good, or some good which was not dependent on one's own skill or efforts; favored with good forune; lucky.

Syn. -- Auspicious; lucky; prosperous; successful; favored; happy. -- Fortunate, Successful, Prosperous. A man is fortunate, when he is favored of fortune, and has unusual blessings fall to his lot; successful when he gains what he aims at; prosperous when he succeeds in those things which men commonly desire. One may be fortunate, in some cases, where he is not successful; he may be successful, but, if he has been mistaken in the value of what he has aimed at, he may for that reason fail to be prosperous. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a fortunate manner; luckily; successfully; happily. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The condition or quality of being fortunate; good luck; success; happiness. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. (Geography) The capital city of Tuvalu. Population (2000) = 3, 839. [ PJC ]

v. i. [ See Funambulo. ] To walk or to dance on a rope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Ropedancing. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Performing like a ropedancer. Chambers. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Narrow, like the walk of a ropedancer. [ 1913 Webster ]

This funambulatory track. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A ropewalker or ropedancer.

{ ‖‖ n. [ Sp. funambulo, or It. funambolo, fr. L. funambulus; funis rope (perh. akin to E. bind) + ambulare to walk. See Amble, and cf. Funambulist. ] A ropewalker or ropedancer. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Skr. guna quality. ] In Sanskrit grammar, a lengthening of the simple vowels a, i, e, by prefixing an a element. The term is sometimes used to denote the same vowel change in other languages. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Gynarchy. [ 1913 Webster ]

The permanent court of arbitration created by the “International Convention for the Pacific Settle of International Disputes.”, adopted by the International Peace Conference of 1899. It is composed of persons of known competency in questions of international law, nominated by the signatory powers. From these persons an arbitration tribunal is chosen by the parties to a difference submitted to the court. On the failure of the parties to agree directly on the arbitrators, each chooses two arbitrators, an umpire is selected by them, by a third power, or by two powers selected by the parties. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Heavy; insupportable. [ Obs. ] Sir T. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Importunate. ] The quality of being importunate; importunateness. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Importune. ] 1. Troublesomely urgent; unreasonably solicitous; overpressing in request or demand; urgent; teasing; as, an importunate petitioner, curiosity. Whewell. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hard to be borne; unendurable. [ R. ] Donne.

-- Im*por"tu*nate*ly, adv. -- Im*por"tu*nate*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who importunes; an importuner. [ Obs. ] Sir E. Sandys. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Incunabula [ L. incunabula cradle, birthplace, origin. See 1st In-, and Cunabula. ] A work of art or of human industry, of an early epoch; especially, a book printed before a. d. 1500. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. infortunatus. ] Unlucky; unfortunate. [ Obs. ] Shak. “A most infortunate chance.” Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- In*for"tu*nate*ly, adv. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

{ } a. [ Pref. inter- + lunar: cf. L. interlunis. ] Belonging or pertaining to the time when the moon, at or near its conjunction with the sun, is invisible. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to the jejunum. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. L. Lacunæ E. Lacunas [ L., ditch, pit, lake, orig., anything hollow. See Lagoon. ] 1. A small opening; a small pit or depression; a small blank space; a gap or vacancy; a hiatus. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Biol.) A small opening; a small depression or cavity; a space, as a vacant space between the cells of plants, or one of the spaces left among the tissues of the lower animals, which serve in place of vessels for the circulation of the body fluids, or the cavity or sac, usually of very small size, in a mucous membrane. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Pertaining to, or having, lacunæ; as, a lacunar circulation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. E. Lacunars L. Lacunaria [ L. ] (Arch.) (a) The ceiling or under surface of any part, especially when it consists of compartments, sunk or hollowed without spaces or bands between the panels. Gwilt (b) One of the sunken panels in such a ceiling. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L.; akin to lucere to shine. See Light, n., and cf. Lune. ] 1. The moon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Alchemy) Silver. [ 1913 Webster ]

Luna cornea (Old Chem.), horn silver, or fused silver chloride, a tough, brown, translucent mass; -- so called from its resemblance to horn. --
Luna moth (Zool.), a very large and beautiful American moth (Actias luna). Its wings are delicate light green, with a stripe of purple along the front edge of the anterior wings, the other margins being edged with pale yellow. Each wing has a lunate spot surrounded by rings of light yellow, blue, and black. The caterpillar commonly feeds on the hickory, sassafras, and maple.

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n.; pl. Lunacies [ See Lunatic. ] 1. Insanity or madness; properly, the kind of insanity which is broken by intervals of reason, -- formerly supposed to be influenced by the changes of the moon; any form of unsoundness of mind, except idiocy; mental derangement or alienation. Brande. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

Your kindred shuns your house
As beaten hence by your strange lunacy. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A morbid suspension of good sense or judgment, as through fanaticism. Dr. H. More.

Syn. -- Derangement; craziness; mania. See Insanity. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. lunaris, fr. luna the moon. See Luna, and cf. Lunary. ] 1. Of or pertaining to the moon; as, lunar observations. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Resembling the moon; orbed. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Measured by the revolutions of the moon; as, a lunar month. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Influenced by the moon, as in growth, character, or properties; as, lunar herbs. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lunar caustic (Med. Chem.), silver nitrate prepared to be used as a cautery; -- so named because silver was called luna by the ancient alchemists. --
Lunar cycle. Same as Metonic cycle. See under Cycle. --
Lunar distance, the angular distance of the moon from the sun, a star, or a planet, employed for determining longitude by the lunar method. --
Lunar method, the method of finding a ship's longitude by comparing the local time of taking (by means of a sextant or circle) a given lunar distance, with the Greenwich time corresponding to the same distance as ascertained from a nautical almanac, the difference of these times being the longitude. --
Lunar month. See Month. --
Lunar observation, an observation of a lunar distance by means of a sextant or circle, with the altitudes of the bodies, and the time, for the purpose of computing the longitude. --
Lunar tables. (a) (Astron.) Tables of the moon's motions, arranged for computing the moon's true place at any time past or future. (b) (Navigation) Tables for correcting an observed lunar distance on account of refraction and parallax. --
Lunar year, the period of twelve lunar months, or 354 days, 8 hours, 48 minutes, and 34.38 seconds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Astron.) A lunar distance. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Anat.) The middle bone of the proximal series of the carpus; -- called also semilunar, and intermedium. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A small genus of European herbs of the mustard family, including the herb honesty (Lunaria annua), which is also called moonwort and lunary.
Syn. -- genus Lunaria. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ See Lunar, Luna. ] An inhabitant of the moon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. lunaire. See Lunar. ] Lunar. [ Obs. ] Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. lunaire. ] (Bot.) (a) The herb moonwort or “honesty”. (b) A low fleshy fern (Botrychium Lunaria) with lunate segments of the leaf or frond. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. lunatus crescent-shaped, p. p. of lunare to bend like a crescent, fr. luna the moon. ] Crescent-shaped; resembling the crescent moon; as, a lunate leaf; a lunate beak; a lunated cross. Gray.
Syn. -- lunular, bicephalous, crescent(prenominal), crescent-shaped. [ 1913 Webster ]