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81. Mart(e n.

Additional spellings: Marte
16 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The god Mars; also, in exclamations; (b) astron. the planet Mars; (c) warfare, fighting; force of arms.

82. mēne adj.(2)

124 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) In a middle state between two extremes; (b) phys. & physiol. of color, temperament, food, etc.: of a mixed quality or character; (c) moderate in size or quantity; mene assise [see assise n. 6]…

83. merī̆diā̆n n.

17 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Midday, noon; (b) the position of the sun at noon; (c) the south; as adv.: in the south.

84. merī̆diā̆n adj.

7 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Belonging to midday or noontime; (b) southern; (c) astron. altitude meridian, the elevation of the sun at midday; ark meridian, the arc of the celestial meridian of a given place which is…

85. merī̆diōnā̆l adj.

23 quotations in 2 senses
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Astron. Pertaining to the sun's position at noon; altitude meridional, meridional altitude, the elevation of the sun at midday; angle meridional, the southern 'house' of the zodiac; ark meridional

86. mẹ̄ting(e ger.(4)

Additional spellings: metinge
58 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) A meeting of two or more persons, encounter, rendezvous; cristes meting, meeting of Christ, a name for the feast of the Presentation, Purification, or Candlemas, February 2; (b) a gathering…

87. mẹ̄ving(e ger.

Additional spellings: mevinge
152 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) Moving, motion; a movement, motion, moving; also fig.; meving of, moving or movement of (the limbs, joints, etc.); trembling of (the lips); meving of the hed, an object of wonder or derision, a…

88. mid-night n.

Additional spellings: midnight
113 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) Midnight, 12 o'clock at night; houre (time) of mid-night, midnight; heigh mid-night, exactly midnight; (b) a the mid-night, at (the) mid-night, to (the) mid-night, at midnight; (c) abouten (the)

89. minū̆t(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: minute
28 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) The sixtieth part of an hour, a minute; also, a moment, an instant; minut while, the space of a minute; a moment; (b) astron. the sixtieth part of a degree; (c) arith. one of sixty parts into…

90. mōbilẹ̄ n.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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Astron. The outermost of the concentric spheres of the universe, the primum mobile.

91. mọ̄der n.

331 quotations in 10 senses
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(a) A female, human parent; mother; -- also used of a goddess; (b) used of animals and birds; moder shep, a ewe; (c) in phrases, cpds., and combs.: at my moder, at my mother's house; fro his moder(es

92. mọ̄n(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: mone
240 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) The moon as a luminous heavenly body; the seventh 'planet' of Ptolemaic astronomy, the planet of the sphere nearest the earth; (b) the moon as the cosmological divider between the earth and the…

93. mōte n.(2)

7 quotations in 1 sense
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Astron. mene mote (motus) [see mene adj. (2) 6.]; verrei mote (motus), a point or angle showing the position of the center of an epicycle, and derived by correcting the mean motus by the equation of…

94. nādir n.

6 quotations in 1 sense
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Astron. An imaginary point in the celestial sphere diametrically opposite to some other point, esp. to the zenith of the sun; also, a representation of such a point on an astrolabe.

95. north-pōle n.

Additional spellings: northpole
4 quotations in 1 sense
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Astron. (a) The fixed zenith of the earth's north pole where it meets the celestial sphere; (b) a group of northern constellations consisting of Ursa Major, Ursa Minor, and Draco.

96. obēdient adj.

62 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Obedient; willing to serve someone; also, willing to fulfill an obligation; obedient to, obedient unto; (b) as noun: obedient person; (c) obedient to (unto), subject to the rule of (sb. or sth.)…

97. operāciǒun n.

71 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Work, deed(s, action(s; a military operation; also fig.; don operacioun(es, to perform (one's) deed(s, conduct (oneself), behave; (b) spiritual labor(s; (c) a scientific, alchemical, or magical…

98. oppō̆siciǒun n.

20 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A location or placement opposite something; (b) a contradiction, contrary opinion or purpose; a reply to a deposition; (c) a formal oral examination; (d) an antidote or remedy; (e) astron. & astro

99. opposit(e n.

Additional spellings: opposite
24 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) The opposite side of an arena, a body, etc.; in the opposit, in or from the opposite end; (b) a diametrically opposed region of the earth, antipodes; (c) in (to) the opposit, in the opposite…

100. plāce n.

407 quotations in 9 senses
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(a) Space, extension in two or three dimensions, room, area; also fig.; biriden so muche place, to ride over so much area, cover so much ground; haven place, have room; occupien place, occupy space…