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Of or pertaining to, or designating, an acid derived from meconic acid. [Written also comenic.]

Inflammation of the pia mater or of the arachnoid membrane.

An elongated pod, consisting, like the legume, of two valves, but divided transversely into small cells, each containing a single seed.

Of the nature of a loment; having fruits like loments.

The Muse of tragedy.

A minute portion of time; a point of time; an instant; as, at thet very moment. In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye. 1 Cor. xv. 52.

Lasting but a moment; brief. Not one momental minute doth she swerve. Breton.

For a moment. [Obs.]

Momentary. [Obs.] Hooker. "Momentany as a sound." Shak.

Every moment; from moment to moment. Shenstone.

The state or quality of being momentary; shortness of duration.

Done in a moment; continuing only a moment; lasting a very short time; as, a momentary pang. This momentary joy breeds months of pain. Shak.

For a moment.

Of moment or consequence; very important; weighty; as, a momentous decision; momentous affairs. -- Mo*men"tous*ly, adv. -- Mo*men"tous*ness, n.

Essential element, or constituent element. I shall state the several momenta of the distinction in separate propositions. Sir W. Hamilton.

The time of the new moon; the beginning of the month in the lunar calendar.

A division of vermiform gastropod mollusks, without a shell, belonging to the Isopleura.

of Nim. Chaucer.

One who gives names to things, or who settles and adjusts the nomenclature of any art or science; also, a list or vocabulary of technical names.

A female nomenclator.