moon

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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

n. satellite; month; lunation. See universe.

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(Roget's IV) n.

Syn. satellite, celestial body, heavenly body, planet, secondary planet, planetoid, crescent, New moon, halfmoon, full moon, old moon, orb of night*, Diana*, Luna*, Phoebe*, Cynthia*, moon goddess*, dry moon*, wet moon*, sailor's friend*; see also satellite 1 .

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(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)

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n.

satellite, orb, planetoid, celestial body, sphere, *dustball, Luna, Selene, Diana. Magnificent desolation.''—Edwin Aldrin. ''A corpse upon the road of night.''—Robert Burton. A golden sickle reaping darkness down.''—James B. Hope. ''The passionless bright face.''—Dinah Craik.

WORD FIND

• crater: Alphonsus, Copernicus, Kepler, Plato, Tycho

• descriptive: sickle, wan, albescent, sallow, sterile, stark, surrealistic

• goddess: Luna, Selene, Diana, Phoebe, Astarte, Cynthis, Lucina, Hecate

• halo around: nimbus

• hole from meteorite impact: crater

• horn of crescent: cusp

• landing site, original: Sea of Tranquility

• line or crack from meteorite impact: ray

• line where light and dark meet: terminator

• mares: (maria): Mare Imbrium, Mare Nubium, Oceanus Procellarum, Mare Tranquilititis (sea of tranquility)

• mound: dome

• mountains: Alps, Apennines, Caucasus, Doerfel, Leibnitz

• narrow trench or valley: rill(e)

• orbital point farthest from earth: apogee

• orbital point nearest to earth: perigee

• phases: new, crescent, quarter, gibbous, full

• plain originally mistaken for sea: mare (maria)

• reflected sunlight: albedo

• seasonal: harvest, hunter’s

• shadow: umbra

• study of: selenology

• waxing, waning

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v.

Sl.

1. drop one's drawers *flash, *salute.

2. dream daydream, fantasize, *go off into one's own world.