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1,009 words match “OON”

MOONISH a.
Like the moon; variable. Being but a moonish youth. Shak.
MOONLESS a.
Being without a moon or moonlight.
MOONLIGHT n. 2 definitions
The light of the moon. -- a.
MOONLIGHTER n. 3 definitions
A moonshiner.
MOONLING n.
A simpleton; a lunatic. [Obs.]
MOONLIT a.
Illumined by the moon. "The moonlit sea." Moore. "Moonlit dells." Lowell.
MOONRAKER n.
Same as Moonsail.
MOONRISE n.
The rising of the moon above the horizon; also, the time of its rising.
MOONSAIL n.
A sail sometimes carried in light winds, above a skysail. R. H. Dana, Jr.
MOONSEED n.
A climbing plant of the genus Menispermum; -- so called from the crescentlike form of the seeds.
MOONSET n.
The descent of the moon below the horizon; also, the time when the moon sets.
MOONSHEE n.
A Mohammedan professor or teacher of language. [India]
MOONSHINE n. 5 definitions
The light of the moon.
MOONSHINER n.
A person engaged in illicit distilling; -- so called because the work is largely done at night. [Cant, U.S.]
MOONSHINING n.
Illicit distilling. [Slang or Colloq., U. S.]
MOONSHINY a.
Moonlight. [Colloq.] I went to see them in a moonshiny night. Addison.
MOONSTONE n.
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.
MOONSTRICKEN a.
See Moonstruck.
MOONSTRUCK a. 3 definitions
Mentally affected or deranged by the supposed influence of the moon; lunatic.
MOONWORT n. 2 definitions
The herb lunary or honesty. See Honesty.
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