Word Meanings - CIRCUMJOVIAL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

One of the moons or satellites of the planet Jupiter. Derham.

Related words: (words related to CIRCUMJOVIAL)

• MOONSHINER
  A person engaged in illicit distilling; -- so called because the work is largely done at night.
• MOONSHEE
  A Mohammedan professor or teacher of language.
• PLANETULE
  A little planet. Conybeare.
• MOONSHINY
  Moonlight. I went to see them in a moonshiny night. Addison.
• MOONSTRUCK
  1. Mentally affected or deranged by the supposed influence of the moon; lunatic. 2. Produced by the supposed influence of the moon. "Moonstruck madness." Milton. 3. Made sick by the supposed influence of the moon, as a human being; made unsuitable
• PLANETED
  Belonging to planets. Young.
• JUPITER
  The supreme deity, king of gods and men, and reputed to be the son of Saturn and Rhea; Jove. He corresponds to the Greek Zeus.
• PLANETOIDAL
  Pertaining to a planetoid.
• MOONSTRICKEN
  See MOONSTRUCK
• MOONSTONE
  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.
• MOONSET
  The descent of the moon below the horizon; also, the time when the moon sets.
• PLANET
  A celestial body which revolves about the sun in an orbit of a moderate degree of eccentricity. It is distinguished from a comet by the absence of a coma, and by having a less eccentric orbit. See Solar system. Note: The term planet was first used
• PLANETARIUM
  An orrery. See Orrery.
• MOONSAIL
  A sail sometimes carried in light winds, above a skysail. R. H. Dana, Jr.
• PLANETOID
  A body resembling a planet; an asteroid.
• MOONSHINE
  1. The light of the moon. 2. Hence, show without substance or reality. 3. A month. Shak. 4. A preparation of eggs for food.
• MOONSEED
  A climbing plant of the genus Menispermum; -- so called from the crescentlike form of the seeds.
• PLANETIC; PLANETICAL
  Of or pertaining to planets. Sir T. Browne.
• PLANETARY
  Under the dominion or influence of a planet. "Skilled in the planetary hours." Drayton. 4. Caused by planets. "A planetary plague." Shak. 5. Having the nature of a planet; erratic; revolving; wandering. "Erratical and planetary life."
• PLANET-STRICKEN; PLANET-STRUCK
  Affected by the influence of planets; blasted. Milton. Like planet-stricken men of yore He trembles, smitten to the core By strong compunction and remorse. Wordsworth.
• INTERPLANETARY
  Between planets; as, interplanetary spaces. Boyle.