English words for 'After an eclipse.'
Closest matches for "After an eclipse." are ranked by semantic fit across dictionary definitions.
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- (astronomy) the disappearance of a celestial body prior to an eclipse
- complete attention; intense mental effort
- a form of baptism in which part or all of a person's body is submerged
- the act of wetting something by submerging it
- sinking until covered completely with water
- (mathematics) A smooth map whose differential is everywhere injective, related to the mathematical concept of an embedding.
- (art) A creative relationship with one's social and ecological environment as practiced by the Brooklyn Immersionists.
- Deep engagement in something.
- (education) A form of foreign-language teaching where the language is used intensively to teach other subjects to a student.
- The total submerging of a person in water as an act of baptism.
- (astronomy) The disappearance of a celestial body, by passing either behind another, as in the occultation of a star, or into its shadow, as in the eclipse of a satellite.
- (British, Ireland, informal) An immersion heater.
- One's suspension of disbelief while reading, playing a video game, etc. The experience of losing oneself in a fictional world.
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- A partially shaded area around the edges of a shadow, especially an eclipse.
- Something related to, connected to, and implied by, the existence of something else that is necessary for the second thing to be full and complete in its essential aspects.
- (figuratively) An area of uncertainty or intermediacy between two mutually exclusive states or categories.
- (medicine, preceded by "ischaemic", after a stroke) A region of the brain that has lost only some of its blood supply, and retains structural integrity but has lost function.
- (astronomy) A region around the edge of a sunspot, darker than the sun's surface but lighter than the middle of the sunspot.
- (figuratively) An area that lies on the edge of something; a fringe.
- a fringe region of partial shadow around an umbra
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- (astronomy) The great circle on the celestial sphere that is the mean apparent path of the sun as viewed from the earth.
- (astronomy) The plane in which this great circle lies.
- (geometry) A great circle drawn on a terrestrial globe, used for illustrating and solving astronomical problems.
- the great circle representing the apparent annual path of the sun; the plane of the Earth's orbit around the sun; makes an angle of about 23 degrees with the equator
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- one celestial body obscures another
- Especially, an alignment whereby a planetary object (for example, the Moon) comes between the Sun and another planetary object (for example, the Earth), resulting in a shadow being cast by the middle planetary object onto the other planetary object.
- (ornithology) A seasonal state of plumage in some birds, notably ducks, adopted temporarily after the breeding season and characterised by a dull and scruffy appearance.
- (astronomy) An alignment of astronomical objects whereby one object comes between the observer (or notional observer) and another object, thus obscuring the latter.
- Obscurity, decline, downfall.
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- having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding
- hidden and difficult to see
- Esoteric.
- Related to the occult; pertaining to mysticism, magic, or astrology.
- (medicine) Secret; hidden from general knowledge; undetected.
- (medicine): not visible, but chemically detectable.
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- (rare) An abrupt absence of sunlight, e.g. caused by an eclipse.
- (physical chemistry) Liquefaction through absorption of moisture from the air.
- (pathology) An abrupt loss of consciousness usually caused by an insufficient blood flow to the brain; fainting.
- (literary, figuratively) A languid, maudlin mood.
- a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain
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- (astronomy) The area on the earth or moon experiencing the total phase of an eclipse.
- The fully shaded inner region of a shadow cast by an opaque object.
- One of genus Umbrina of drums (family Sciaenidae).
- (mathematics) An element of the umbral calculus.
- (astronomy) The central region of a sunspot.
- (chiefly literary) A shadow.
- One of the family Umbridae of mudminnows.
- a region of complete shadow resulting from total obstruction of light
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- the outermost region of the sun's atmosphere; visible as a white halo during a solar eclipse
- an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint
- (astronomy) A corona.
- (theology) Alternative form of aureola (“increment to blessedness”).
- A circle of light or halo around the head of a deity or a saint.
- (by extension) Any luminous or colored ring that encircles something.
- (geology) A ring around an igneous intrusion.
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- the outermost region of the sun's atmosphere; visible as a white halo during a solar eclipse
- The luminous plasma atmosphere of the Sun (the solar corona) or other star, extending millions of kilometres into space, most easily seen during a total solar eclipse.
- a long cigar with blunt ends
- an electrical discharge accompanied by ionization of surrounding atmosphere
- (anatomy) any structure that resembles a crown in shape
- a viral disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 that caused a global pandemic in 2020
- one or more circles of light seen around a luminous object
- (botany) the trumpet-shaped or cup-shaped outgrowth of the corolla of a daffodil or narcissus flower
- (informal, also attributively) A disease caused by a coronavirus, especially COVID-19.
- (Ancient Rome, historical) A crown or garland bestowed among the Romans as a reward for distinguished services.
- (biology) Any appendage of an organism that resembles a crown or corona (sense 4.1).
- (by extension) Any luminous or crownlike ring around an object or person.
- (informal, also attributively) A coronavirus, especially SARS-CoV-2.
- (architecture) The large, flat, projecting member of a cornice which crowns the entablature, situated above the bed moulding and below the cymatium.
- (virology) A fringe of large, bulbous surface projections on coronaviruses, formed by viral spike peplomers, creating an appearance reminiscent of the solar corona.
- A long, straight-sided cigar with a blunt, rounded end.
- (pathology) A manifestation of secondary syphilis, consisting of papular lesions along the hairline, often bordering the scalp in the manner of a crown.
- A region of the skull located along the coronal suture, at the junction between the frontal bone and the two parietal bones.
- A large, round, pendent chandelier, with spikes around its upper rim to hold candles or lamps, usually hung from the roof of a church.
- The main body of the test of an echinoid, consisting of ambulacral and interambulacral areas.
- (poetry) A series of sonnets linked together such that the last word of each is the first word of the next.
- (mineralogy) A mineral zone, consisting of one or more minerals, which surrounds another mineral or lies at the interface of two minerals, typically in a radial arrangement; a reaction rim.
- (also geology) An oval-shaped astrogeological feature, present on both the planet Venus and Uranus's moon Miranda, probably formed by upwellings of warm material below the surface.
- The circumference of the base of the glans penis in human males.
- (electricity) A luminous appearance caused by corona discharge, often seen as a bluish glow in the air adjacent to pointed metal conductors carrying high voltages.
- The external (supragingival) portion of the tooth, covered by enamel; the crown.
- The crown of a crinoid, consisting of a cuplike central body (theca) and a set of arms.
- An annular ciliated organ on the head of rotifers, used for locomotion and sweeping food into the mouth.
- (botany) A ring or set of appendages of adaxial tissue arising from the corolla or the outer edge of the stamens, present in some plants (Narcissus, Passiflora, etc.); a paraperigonium or paracorolla.
- (meteorology) A circle or set of circles visible around a bright celestial object, especially the Sun or the Moon, attributable to an optical phenomenon produced by the diffraction of its light by small water droplets or tiny ice crystals.
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- (astronomy) An optical phenomenon visible during a moment of a solar eclipse when only a tiny part of the sun is not obscured by the moon, shining like a diamond in the ring of the sun’s corona.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see diamond, ring.
- By extension, an engagement ring, usually one given by a man to a woman.
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- The moon when it is in conjunction with the sun.
- The phase of the moon when it is in conjunction with the sun and is therefore obscured.
- The phase of the moon when it is waxing.
- The moon when it is waxing.
- The day when the new moon is first seen or is expected to appear.
- the time at which the Moon appears as a narrow waxing crescent
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- A surname.
- (paganism, mythology) A personification of the moon.
- An unincorporated community in Morgan County, Kentucky.
- The Earth's moon; the sole natural satellite of the Earth, represented in astronomy and astrology by ☾.
- A ghost town in Pennington County, South Dakota.
- An unincorporated community in the town of Mosinee, Marathon County, Wisconsin.
- A township in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
- An unincorporated community in Mathews County, Virginia.
- The 54th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
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- the light of the Moon
- (countable, informal) Chiefly in to do a moonlight: short for moonlight flit (“an act of secretly leaving premises without paying the rent, supposedly at night by the light of the Moon; hence, any act of escaping at night”).
- (uncountable, also attributive) The light reflected from the Moon, which seems to emanate from it.
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- work a second job, usually after hours
- (Ireland, historical) To make a night-time attack on a tenant farmer not supporting the policies of the Irish National Land League.
- Of a thing: to perform a secondary function substantially different from a supposed primary function.
- (informal) To do a moonlight flit: to secretly leave premises without paying the rent, supposedly at night by the light of the Moon.
- (originally US, informal) To do work for pay (sometimes illegally, secretly, or without paying income tax on the earnings) which is in addition to a main job, often in the evening or at night.
- To engage in an activity other than what one is known for.
- (transitive, Ireland, historical, passive voice) (Of a tenant farmer) to be attacked for not supporting the policies of the Irish National Land League.
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- the light of the Moon
- whiskey illegally distilled from a corn mash
- (mathematics, uncountable) A branch of pure mathematics relating the Monster group to an invariant of elliptic functions.
- (informal) High-proof alcohol (especially whiskey) that is often, but not always, produced illegally.
- (US, cooking) A spiced dish of eggs and fried onions.
- (uncountable, informal) Nonsense.
- (literally) The light of the moon.
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- a condition of decline following successes
- the time of day immediately following sunset
- the diffused light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon but its rays are refracted by the atmosphere of the earth
- (astronomy) The time when the sun is less than 18° below the horizon.
- Any faint light through which something is seen.
- The time when said light is visible; the period between daylight and darkness.
- The soft light in the sky seen before the rising and (especially) after the setting of the sun, occasioned by the illumination of the earth’s atmosphere by the direct rays of the sun and their reflection on the earth.
- (figurative, by extension) An in-between or fading condition through which something is perceived.
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- a glow sometimes seen in the sky after sunset
- The glow seen in the sky after sunset.
- the pleasure of remembering some pleasant event
- The mildly euphoric feeling experienced after a pleasurable experience, especially after an orgasm or drug-induced high.
- The light emitted by an incandescent object while cooling.
- The light emitted by a phosphor after excitation.
- An afterparty.
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- (of the sun, moon or stars) To become obscured by clouds.
- To begin or become involved in some activity.
- To share in part of a project's or plan's duties or costs.
- (of a fact or concept) To become understood or accepted.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, in.
- To perform invasive surgery.
- to come or go into
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- (uncountable) Nightfall.
- the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
- A complete or (more often) partial absence of light.
- A dark shade or dark passage in a painting, engraving, etc.
- (uncountable) Ignorance.
- absence of light or illumination
- an unilluminated area
- absence of moral or spiritual values
- an unenlightened state
adj
- Deprived of sight; blind.
- (gambling, of race horses) Having racing capability not widely known.
- (of colour) Dull or deeper in hue; not bright or light.
- (of a time period) Lacking progress in science or the arts.
- Ambiguously or unclearly expressed.
- (broadcasting, of a television station) Off the air; not transmitting.
- Transmitting, reflecting, or receiving inadequate light to render timely discernment or comprehension
- Extremely sad, depressing, or somber, typically due to, or marked by, a tragic or undesirable event.
- Having an absolute or (more often) relative lack of light.
- With emphasis placed on the unpleasant and macabre aspects of life; said of a work of fiction, a work of nonfiction presented in narrative form, or a portion of either.
- Without moral or spiritual light; sinister, malevolent, malign.
- Conducive to hopelessness; depressing or bleak.
- (of a source of light) Extinguished.
- Marked by or conducted with secrecy.
- showing a brooding ill humor
- (used of color) having a dark hue
- brunet (used of hair or skin or eyes)
- stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable
- lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture
- causing dejection
- not giving performances; closed
- secret
- marked by difficulty of style or expression
- devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black
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- (uncountable) Nightfall.
- a shortening of nightfall
- the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
- (countable) The time when the Sun is below the horizon when the sky is dark.
- (sports, colloquial) A night's worth of competitions, generally one game.
- (law, countable) A period of time often defined in the legal system as beginning 30 minutes after sunset, and ending 30 minutes before sunrise.
- (countable) An evening or night spent at a particular activity.
- (astronomy, countable) The period of darkness beginning at the end of evening astronomical twilight when the sun is 18 degrees below the horizon, and ending at the beginning of morning astronomical twilight.
- (uncountable) A dark blue colour, midnight blue.
- (countable) A day, or at least a night.
- (uncountable) Darkness (due to it being nighttime).
- the period spent sleeping
- the time between sunset and midnight
- darkness
- the dark part of the diurnal cycle considered a time unit
- a period of ignorance or backwardness or gloom
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- a luminous tract in the sky; a reflection of sunlight from cosmic dust in the plane of the ecliptic; visible just before sunrise and just after sunset
- (astronomy) A soft glow of white light seen in the sky along the ecliptic in an elongated triangular form with its base being on the horizon, particularly in the tropics.
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- (of the sun or moon) To gleam intermittently through clouds or mist.
- (intransitive) To walk through water or something that impedes progress.
- (intransitive) To enter recklessly.
- (transitive) To walk through (water or similar impediment); to pass through by wading.
- (intransitive) To progress with difficulty.
- walk (through relatively shallow water)
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- The moment each evening when the sun disappears below the western horizon.
- The changes in color of the sky before and after sunset.
- The region where the sun sets; the west.
- (attributively) A set termination date.
- (figuratively) The final period of the life of a person or thing.
- the daily event of the sun sinking below the horizon
- atmospheric phenomena accompanying the daily disappearance of the sun
- the time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below the horizon
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- a circle of light around the sun or moon
- an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint
- a toroidal shape
- (automotive) Ellipsis of halo headlight.
- (advertising) The bias caused by the halo effect.
- (art, religion, iconography) a circular annulus ring, frequently luminous, often golden, floating above the head
- (religion) nimbus, a luminous disc, often of gold, around or over the heads of saints, etc., in religious paintings.
- A circular band of coloured light, visible around the sun or moon etc., caused by reflection and refraction of light by ice crystals in the atmosphere.
- (astronomy) A cloud of gas and other matter surrounding and captured by the gravitational field of a large diffuse astronomical object, such as a galaxy or cluster of galaxies.
- The metaphorical aura of glory, veneration or sentiment which surrounds an idealized entity.
- Anything resembling this band, such as an effect caused by imperfect developing of photographs.
- (motor racing) A roll bar placed in front of the driver, used to protect the cockpit of an open cockpit racecar.
- (medicine) A circular brace used to keep the head and neck in position.
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- a sudden emergence of the sun from behind clouds
- a design consisting of a central disk resembling the sun and rays emanating from it
- a jeweled brooch with a pattern resembling the sun
- (countable) A figure or shape showing rays radiating from a central point.
- A flowering plant of the genus Pseudobahia, native to California.
- (countable) A strong outburst of sunlight.
- (uncountable) A style of finish for musical instruments such as guitars, having an area of lighter color (often showing the wood grain underneath) that darkens gradually towards a dark outer rim.
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- darkened by clouds
- given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors
- of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought
- in an advanced stage of pregnancy
- unusually great in degree or quantity or number
- slow and laborious because of weight
- prodigious
- of relatively large extent and density
- full and loud and deep
- usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it
- of comparatively great physical weight or density
- full of; bearing great weight
- (of an actor or role) being or playing the villain
- (of sleep) deep and complete
- sharply inclined
- dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal
- (used of soil) compact and fine-grained
- marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness
- (physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight
- requiring or showing effort
- made of fabric having considerable thickness
- large and powerful; especially designed for heavy loads or rough work
- permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter
- of the military or industry; using (or being) the heaviest and most powerful armaments or weapons or equipment
- lacking lightness or liveliness
- of great intensity or power or force
- characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
- (of a person) Heavyset: overweight.
- Not raised or leavened.
- (of weather) Hot and humid.
- Of great force, power, or intensity; deep or intense.
- (of any physical thing) Having great weight.
- (oil industry) Of petroleum, having high viscosity.
- (of a topic) Serious, somber.
- (nautical, military) Heavily-armed.
- (of music) Loud, distorted, or intense.
- (of wines or spirits) Having much body or strength.
- (physics) Containing one or more isotopes that are heavier than the normal one.
- (aviation, of an aircraft) Having a relatively high takeoff weight and payload.
- (of food) High in fat or protein; difficult to digest.
- Laden with that which is weighty; encumbered; burdened; bowed down, either with an actual burden, or with grief, pain, disappointment, etc.
- (of the eyes) With eyelids difficult to keep open due to tiredness.
- Not easy to bear; burdensome; oppressive.
- Doing the specified activity more intensely than most other people.
- (slang) Armed.
- (finance) Of a market: in which the price of shares is declining.
- Having the heaves.
- Slow; sluggish; inactive; or lifeless, dull, inanimate, stupid.
- Having a maximum takeoff weight exceeding 300,000 tons, as almost all widebodies do, generating high wake turbulence.
- (of a rate of flow) High, great.
- Impeding motion; cloggy; clayey.
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- an actor who plays villainous roles
- a serious (or tragic) role in a play
- (journalism, slang, chiefly in the plural) A newspaper of the quality press.
- (aviation) A relatively large multi-engined aircraft.
- (slang) A doorman, bouncer or bodyguard.
- (slang) A villain or bad guy; the one responsible for evil or aggressive acts.
- (military, historical) A member of the heavy cavalry.
- A prominent figure; a "major player".
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- (astronomy) the disappearance of a celestial body prior to an eclipse
- complete attention; intense mental effort
- a form of baptism in which part or all of a person's body is submerged
- the act of wetting something by submerging it
- sinking until covered completely with water
- (mathematics) A smooth map whose differential is everywhere injective, related to the mathematical concept of an embedding.
- (art) A creative relationship with one's social and ecological environment as practiced by the Brooklyn Immersionists.
- Deep engagement in something.
- (education) A form of foreign-language teaching where the language is used intensively to teach other subjects to a student.
- The total submerging of a person in water as an act of baptism.
- (astronomy) The disappearance of a celestial body, by passing either behind another, as in the occultation of a star, or into its shadow, as in the eclipse of a satellite.
- (British, Ireland, informal) An immersion heater.
- One's suspension of disbelief while reading, playing a video game, etc. The experience of losing oneself in a fictional world.
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- A partially shaded area around the edges of a shadow, especially an eclipse.
- Something related to, connected to, and implied by, the existence of something else that is necessary for the second thing to be full and complete in its essential aspects.
- (figuratively) An area of uncertainty or intermediacy between two mutually exclusive states or categories.
- (medicine, preceded by "ischaemic", after a stroke) A region of the brain that has lost only some of its blood supply, and retains structural integrity but has lost function.
- (astronomy) A region around the edge of a sunspot, darker than the sun's surface but lighter than the middle of the sunspot.
- (figuratively) An area that lies on the edge of something; a fringe.
- a fringe region of partial shadow around an umbra
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- (rare) An abrupt absence of sunlight, e.g. caused by an eclipse.
- (physical chemistry) Liquefaction through absorption of moisture from the air.
- (pathology) An abrupt loss of consciousness usually caused by an insufficient blood flow to the brain; fainting.
- (literary, figuratively) A languid, maudlin mood.
- a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain
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- (astronomy) The area on the earth or moon experiencing the total phase of an eclipse.
- The fully shaded inner region of a shadow cast by an opaque object.
- One of genus Umbrina of drums (family Sciaenidae).
- (mathematics) An element of the umbral calculus.
- (astronomy) The central region of a sunspot.
- (chiefly literary) A shadow.
- One of the family Umbridae of mudminnows.
- a region of complete shadow resulting from total obstruction of light
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- the outermost region of the sun's atmosphere; visible as a white halo during a solar eclipse
- an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint
- (astronomy) A corona.
- (theology) Alternative form of aureola (“increment to blessedness”).
- A circle of light or halo around the head of a deity or a saint.
- (by extension) Any luminous or colored ring that encircles something.
- (geology) A ring around an igneous intrusion.
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- the outermost region of the sun's atmosphere; visible as a white halo during a solar eclipse
- The luminous plasma atmosphere of the Sun (the solar corona) or other star, extending millions of kilometres into space, most easily seen during a total solar eclipse.
- a long cigar with blunt ends
- an electrical discharge accompanied by ionization of surrounding atmosphere
- (anatomy) any structure that resembles a crown in shape
- a viral disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 that caused a global pandemic in 2020
- one or more circles of light seen around a luminous object
- (botany) the trumpet-shaped or cup-shaped outgrowth of the corolla of a daffodil or narcissus flower
- (informal, also attributively) A disease caused by a coronavirus, especially COVID-19.
- (Ancient Rome, historical) A crown or garland bestowed among the Romans as a reward for distinguished services.
- (biology) Any appendage of an organism that resembles a crown or corona (sense 4.1).
- (by extension) Any luminous or crownlike ring around an object or person.
- (informal, also attributively) A coronavirus, especially SARS-CoV-2.
- (architecture) The large, flat, projecting member of a cornice which crowns the entablature, situated above the bed moulding and below the cymatium.
- (virology) A fringe of large, bulbous surface projections on coronaviruses, formed by viral spike peplomers, creating an appearance reminiscent of the solar corona.
- A long, straight-sided cigar with a blunt, rounded end.
- (pathology) A manifestation of secondary syphilis, consisting of papular lesions along the hairline, often bordering the scalp in the manner of a crown.
- A region of the skull located along the coronal suture, at the junction between the frontal bone and the two parietal bones.
- A large, round, pendent chandelier, with spikes around its upper rim to hold candles or lamps, usually hung from the roof of a church.
- The main body of the test of an echinoid, consisting of ambulacral and interambulacral areas.
- (poetry) A series of sonnets linked together such that the last word of each is the first word of the next.
- (mineralogy) A mineral zone, consisting of one or more minerals, which surrounds another mineral or lies at the interface of two minerals, typically in a radial arrangement; a reaction rim.
- (also geology) An oval-shaped astrogeological feature, present on both the planet Venus and Uranus's moon Miranda, probably formed by upwellings of warm material below the surface.
- The circumference of the base of the glans penis in human males.
- (electricity) A luminous appearance caused by corona discharge, often seen as a bluish glow in the air adjacent to pointed metal conductors carrying high voltages.
- The external (supragingival) portion of the tooth, covered by enamel; the crown.
- The crown of a crinoid, consisting of a cuplike central body (theca) and a set of arms.
- An annular ciliated organ on the head of rotifers, used for locomotion and sweeping food into the mouth.
- (botany) A ring or set of appendages of adaxial tissue arising from the corolla or the outer edge of the stamens, present in some plants (Narcissus, Passiflora, etc.); a paraperigonium or paracorolla.
- (meteorology) A circle or set of circles visible around a bright celestial object, especially the Sun or the Moon, attributable to an optical phenomenon produced by the diffraction of its light by small water droplets or tiny ice crystals.
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- (astronomy) An optical phenomenon visible during a moment of a solar eclipse when only a tiny part of the sun is not obscured by the moon, shining like a diamond in the ring of the sun’s corona.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see diamond, ring.
- By extension, an engagement ring, usually one given by a man to a woman.
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- The moon when it is in conjunction with the sun.
- The phase of the moon when it is in conjunction with the sun and is therefore obscured.
- The phase of the moon when it is waxing.
- The moon when it is waxing.
- The day when the new moon is first seen or is expected to appear.
- the time at which the Moon appears as a narrow waxing crescent
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- A surname.
- (paganism, mythology) A personification of the moon.
- An unincorporated community in Morgan County, Kentucky.
- The Earth's moon; the sole natural satellite of the Earth, represented in astronomy and astrology by ☾.
- A ghost town in Pennington County, South Dakota.
- An unincorporated community in the town of Mosinee, Marathon County, Wisconsin.
- A township in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
- An unincorporated community in Mathews County, Virginia.
- The 54th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
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- the light of the Moon
- (countable, informal) Chiefly in to do a moonlight: short for moonlight flit (“an act of secretly leaving premises without paying the rent, supposedly at night by the light of the Moon; hence, any act of escaping at night”).
- (uncountable, also attributive) The light reflected from the Moon, which seems to emanate from it.
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- work a second job, usually after hours
- (Ireland, historical) To make a night-time attack on a tenant farmer not supporting the policies of the Irish National Land League.
- Of a thing: to perform a secondary function substantially different from a supposed primary function.
- (informal) To do a moonlight flit: to secretly leave premises without paying the rent, supposedly at night by the light of the Moon.
- (originally US, informal) To do work for pay (sometimes illegally, secretly, or without paying income tax on the earnings) which is in addition to a main job, often in the evening or at night.
- To engage in an activity other than what one is known for.
- (transitive, Ireland, historical, passive voice) (Of a tenant farmer) to be attacked for not supporting the policies of the Irish National Land League.
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- the light of the Moon
- whiskey illegally distilled from a corn mash
- (mathematics, uncountable) A branch of pure mathematics relating the Monster group to an invariant of elliptic functions.
- (informal) High-proof alcohol (especially whiskey) that is often, but not always, produced illegally.
- (US, cooking) A spiced dish of eggs and fried onions.
- (uncountable, informal) Nonsense.
- (literally) The light of the moon.
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- a glow sometimes seen in the sky after sunset
- The glow seen in the sky after sunset.
- the pleasure of remembering some pleasant event
- The mildly euphoric feeling experienced after a pleasurable experience, especially after an orgasm or drug-induced high.
- The light emitted by an incandescent object while cooling.
- The light emitted by a phosphor after excitation.
- An afterparty.
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- (uncountable) Nightfall.
- the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
- A complete or (more often) partial absence of light.
- A dark shade or dark passage in a painting, engraving, etc.
- (uncountable) Ignorance.
- absence of light or illumination
- an unilluminated area
- absence of moral or spiritual values
- an unenlightened state
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- Deprived of sight; blind.
- (gambling, of race horses) Having racing capability not widely known.
- (of colour) Dull or deeper in hue; not bright or light.
- (of a time period) Lacking progress in science or the arts.
- Ambiguously or unclearly expressed.
- (broadcasting, of a television station) Off the air; not transmitting.
- Transmitting, reflecting, or receiving inadequate light to render timely discernment or comprehension
- Extremely sad, depressing, or somber, typically due to, or marked by, a tragic or undesirable event.
- Having an absolute or (more often) relative lack of light.
- With emphasis placed on the unpleasant and macabre aspects of life; said of a work of fiction, a work of nonfiction presented in narrative form, or a portion of either.
- Without moral or spiritual light; sinister, malevolent, malign.
- Conducive to hopelessness; depressing or bleak.
- (of a source of light) Extinguished.
- Marked by or conducted with secrecy.
- showing a brooding ill humor
- (used of color) having a dark hue
- brunet (used of hair or skin or eyes)
- stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable
- lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture
- causing dejection
- not giving performances; closed
- secret
- marked by difficulty of style or expression
- devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black
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- (uncountable) Nightfall.
- a shortening of nightfall
- the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
- (countable) The time when the Sun is below the horizon when the sky is dark.
- (sports, colloquial) A night's worth of competitions, generally one game.
- (law, countable) A period of time often defined in the legal system as beginning 30 minutes after sunset, and ending 30 minutes before sunrise.
- (countable) An evening or night spent at a particular activity.
- (astronomy, countable) The period of darkness beginning at the end of evening astronomical twilight when the sun is 18 degrees below the horizon, and ending at the beginning of morning astronomical twilight.
- (uncountable) A dark blue colour, midnight blue.
- (countable) A day, or at least a night.
- (uncountable) Darkness (due to it being nighttime).
- the period spent sleeping
- the time between sunset and midnight
- darkness
- the dark part of the diurnal cycle considered a time unit
- a period of ignorance or backwardness or gloom
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- a luminous tract in the sky; a reflection of sunlight from cosmic dust in the plane of the ecliptic; visible just before sunrise and just after sunset
- (astronomy) A soft glow of white light seen in the sky along the ecliptic in an elongated triangular form with its base being on the horizon, particularly in the tropics.
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- The moment each evening when the sun disappears below the western horizon.
- The changes in color of the sky before and after sunset.
- The region where the sun sets; the west.
- (attributively) A set termination date.
- (figuratively) The final period of the life of a person or thing.
- the daily event of the sun sinking below the horizon
- atmospheric phenomena accompanying the daily disappearance of the sun
- the time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below the horizon
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- a circle of light around the sun or moon
- an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint
- a toroidal shape
- (automotive) Ellipsis of halo headlight.
- (advertising) The bias caused by the halo effect.
- (art, religion, iconography) a circular annulus ring, frequently luminous, often golden, floating above the head
- (religion) nimbus, a luminous disc, often of gold, around or over the heads of saints, etc., in religious paintings.
- A circular band of coloured light, visible around the sun or moon etc., caused by reflection and refraction of light by ice crystals in the atmosphere.
- (astronomy) A cloud of gas and other matter surrounding and captured by the gravitational field of a large diffuse astronomical object, such as a galaxy or cluster of galaxies.
- The metaphorical aura of glory, veneration or sentiment which surrounds an idealized entity.
- Anything resembling this band, such as an effect caused by imperfect developing of photographs.
- (motor racing) A roll bar placed in front of the driver, used to protect the cockpit of an open cockpit racecar.
- (medicine) A circular brace used to keep the head and neck in position.
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- a sudden emergence of the sun from behind clouds
- a design consisting of a central disk resembling the sun and rays emanating from it
- a jeweled brooch with a pattern resembling the sun
- (countable) A figure or shape showing rays radiating from a central point.
- A flowering plant of the genus Pseudobahia, native to California.
- (countable) A strong outburst of sunlight.
- (uncountable) A style of finish for musical instruments such as guitars, having an area of lighter color (often showing the wood grain underneath) that darkens gradually towards a dark outer rim.
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- one celestial body obscures another
- Especially, an alignment whereby a planetary object (for example, the Moon) comes between the Sun and another planetary object (for example, the Earth), resulting in a shadow being cast by the middle planetary object onto the other planetary object.
- (ornithology) A seasonal state of plumage in some birds, notably ducks, adopted temporarily after the breeding season and characterised by a dull and scruffy appearance.
- (astronomy) An alignment of astronomical objects whereby one object comes between the observer (or notional observer) and another object, thus obscuring the latter.
- Obscurity, decline, downfall.
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- having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding
- hidden and difficult to see
- Esoteric.
- Related to the occult; pertaining to mysticism, magic, or astrology.
- (medicine) Secret; hidden from general knowledge; undetected.
- (medicine): not visible, but chemically detectable.
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- (of the sun, moon or stars) To become obscured by clouds.
- To begin or become involved in some activity.
- To share in part of a project's or plan's duties or costs.
- (of a fact or concept) To become understood or accepted.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, in.
- To perform invasive surgery.
- to come or go into
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- (of the sun or moon) To gleam intermittently through clouds or mist.
- (intransitive) To walk through water or something that impedes progress.
- (intransitive) To enter recklessly.
- (transitive) To walk through (water or similar impediment); to pass through by wading.
- (intransitive) To progress with difficulty.
- walk (through relatively shallow water)
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- (astronomy) The great circle on the celestial sphere that is the mean apparent path of the sun as viewed from the earth.
- (astronomy) The plane in which this great circle lies.
- (geometry) A great circle drawn on a terrestrial globe, used for illustrating and solving astronomical problems.
- the great circle representing the apparent annual path of the sun; the plane of the Earth's orbit around the sun; makes an angle of about 23 degrees with the equator
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- a condition of decline following successes
- the time of day immediately following sunset
- the diffused light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon but its rays are refracted by the atmosphere of the earth
- (astronomy) The time when the sun is less than 18° below the horizon.
- Any faint light through which something is seen.
- The time when said light is visible; the period between daylight and darkness.
- The soft light in the sky seen before the rising and (especially) after the setting of the sun, occasioned by the illumination of the earth’s atmosphere by the direct rays of the sun and their reflection on the earth.
- (figurative, by extension) An in-between or fading condition through which something is perceived.
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- darkened by clouds
- given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors
- of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought
- in an advanced stage of pregnancy
- unusually great in degree or quantity or number
- slow and laborious because of weight
- prodigious
- of relatively large extent and density
- full and loud and deep
- usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it
- of comparatively great physical weight or density
- full of; bearing great weight
- (of an actor or role) being or playing the villain
- (of sleep) deep and complete
- sharply inclined
- dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal
- (used of soil) compact and fine-grained
- marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness
- (physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight
- requiring or showing effort
- made of fabric having considerable thickness
- large and powerful; especially designed for heavy loads or rough work
- permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter
- of the military or industry; using (or being) the heaviest and most powerful armaments or weapons or equipment
- lacking lightness or liveliness
- of great intensity or power or force
- characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
- (of a person) Heavyset: overweight.
- Not raised or leavened.
- (of weather) Hot and humid.
- Of great force, power, or intensity; deep or intense.
- (of any physical thing) Having great weight.
- (oil industry) Of petroleum, having high viscosity.
- (of a topic) Serious, somber.
- (nautical, military) Heavily-armed.
- (of music) Loud, distorted, or intense.
- (of wines or spirits) Having much body or strength.
- (physics) Containing one or more isotopes that are heavier than the normal one.
- (aviation, of an aircraft) Having a relatively high takeoff weight and payload.
- (of food) High in fat or protein; difficult to digest.
- Laden with that which is weighty; encumbered; burdened; bowed down, either with an actual burden, or with grief, pain, disappointment, etc.
- (of the eyes) With eyelids difficult to keep open due to tiredness.
- Not easy to bear; burdensome; oppressive.
- Doing the specified activity more intensely than most other people.
- (slang) Armed.
- (finance) Of a market: in which the price of shares is declining.
- Having the heaves.
- Slow; sluggish; inactive; or lifeless, dull, inanimate, stupid.
- Having a maximum takeoff weight exceeding 300,000 tons, as almost all widebodies do, generating high wake turbulence.
- (of a rate of flow) High, great.
- Impeding motion; cloggy; clayey.
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- an actor who plays villainous roles
- a serious (or tragic) role in a play
- (journalism, slang, chiefly in the plural) A newspaper of the quality press.
- (aviation) A relatively large multi-engined aircraft.
- (slang) A doorman, bouncer or bodyguard.
- (slang) A villain or bad guy; the one responsible for evil or aggressive acts.
- (military, historical) A member of the heavy cavalry.
- A prominent figure; a "major player".