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Resulting from the united action, or pertaining to the mutual relations, of the sun and moon. Lunisolar precession , that portion of the annual precession of the equinoxes which depends on the joint action of the sun and moon. -- Lunisolar year,

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Resulting from the united action, or pertaining to the mutual relations, of the sun and moon. Lunisolar precession , that portion of the annual precession of the equinoxes which depends on the joint action of the sun and moon. -- Lunisolar year, a period of time, at the end of which, in the Julian calendar, the new and full moons and the eclipses recur on the same days of the week and month and year as in the previous period. It consists of 532 common years, being the least common multiple of the numbers of years in the cycle of the sun and the cycle of the moon.

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• UNITERABLE
  Not iterable; incapable of being repeated. "To play away an uniterable life." Sir T. Browne.
• RELATIONSHIP
  The state of being related by kindred, affinity, or other alliance. Mason.
• ANNUALIST
  One who writes for, or who edits, an annual.
• JOINTWEED
  A slender, nearly leafless, American herb (Polygonum articulatum), with jointed spikes of small flowers.
• PORTIONIST
  One of the incumbents of a benefice which has two or more rectors or vicars. (more info) 1. A scholar at Merton College, Oxford, who has a certain academical allowance or portion; -- corrupted into postmaster. Shipley.
• PRECESSIONAL
  Of or pertaining to pression; as, the precessional movement of the equinoxes.
• RESULTIVE
  Resultant. Fuller.
• ACTION
  Effective motion; also, mechanism; as, the breech action of a gun. (more info) 1. A process or condition of acting or moving, as opposed to rest; the doing of something; exertion of power or force, as when one body acts on another; the effect of
• UNITIVE
  Having the power of uniting; causing, or tending to produce, union. Jer. Taylor.
• ANNUAL
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• UNITARIANISM
  The doctrines of Unitarians.
• LUNISOLAR
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• JOINTURELESS
  Having no jointure.
• WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• UNITARIANIZE
  To change or turn to Unitarian views.
• ACTIONABLE
  That may be the subject of an action or suit at law; as, to call a man a thief is actionable.
• JOINTING
  The act or process of making a joint; also, the joints thus produced. Jointing machine, a planing machine for wood used in furniture and piano factories, etc. -- Jointing plane. See Jointer, 2. -- Jointing rule , a long straight rule,
• UNIT
  The least whole number; one. Units are the integral parts of any large number. I. Watts. 3. A gold coin of the reign of James I., of the value of twenty shillings. Camden. 4. Any determinate amount or quantity (as of length, time, heat,
• UNITABLE
  Capable of union by growth or otherwise. Owen.
• WHICH
  the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
• DISPROPORTIONALLY
  In a disproportional manner; unsuitably in form, quantity, or value; unequally.
• UNJOINT
  To disjoint.
• IMPROPORTIONATE
  Not proportionate.
• STRAIGHT-JOINT
  Having straight joints. Specifically: Applied to a floor the boards of which are so laid that the joints form a continued line transverse to the length of the boards themselves. Brandle & C. In the United States, applied to planking or flooring
• SEMIANNUALLY
  Every half year.
• DISPROPORTIONABLE
  Disproportional; unsuitable in form, size, quantity, or adaptation; disproportionate; inadequate. -- Dis`pro*por"tion*a*ble*ness, n. Hammond. -- Dis`pro*por"tion*a*bly, adv.
• DISPROPORTIONALITY
  The state of being disproportional. Dr. H. More.
• REACTIONIST
  A reactionary. C. Kingsley.
• PROPORTIONATE
  Adjusted to something else according to a proportion; proportional. Longfellow. What is proportionate to his transgression. Locke.
• DISJOINT
  Disjointed; unconnected; -- opposed to conjoint. Milton.
• MADEFACTION; MADEFICATION
  The act of madefying, or making wet; the state of that which is made wet. Bacon.
• REAPPORTIONMENT
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• MISPROPORTION
  To give wrong proportions to; to join without due proportion.
• REDACTION
  The act of redacting; work produced by redacting; a digest.
• CHYLIFACTION
  The act or process by which chyle is formed from food in animal bodies; chylification, -- a digestive process.