Word Meanings - MOONSET - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The descent of the moon below the horizon; also, the time when the moon sets.

Related words: (words related to MOONSET)

• HORIZONTALLY
  In a horizontal direction or position; on a level; as, moving horizontally.
• HORIZONTAL
  1. Pertaining to, or near, the horizon. "Horizontal misty air." Milton. 2. Parallel to the horizon; on a level; as, a horizontalline or surface. 3. Measured or contained in a plane of the horizon; as, horizontal distance. Horizontal drill,
• HORIZONTALITY
  The state or quality of being horizontal. Kirwan.
• DESCENT
  Transmission of an estate by inheritance, usually, but not necessarily, in the descending line; title to inherit an estate by reason of consanguinity. Abbott. 6. Inclination downward; a descending way; inclined or sloping surface; declivity; slope;
• BELOW
  1. Under, or lower in place; beneath not so high; as, below the moon; below the knee. Shak. 2. Inferior to in rank, excellence, dignity, value, amount, price, etc.; lower in quality. "One degree below kings." Addison. 3. Unworthy of; unbefitting;
• BELOWT
  To treat as a lout; to talk abusively to. Camden.
• HORIZON
  The epoch or time during which a deposit was made. The strata all over the earth, which were formed at the same time, are said to belong to the same geological horizon. Le Conte. (more info) 1. The circle which bounds that part of the
• LAPIDESCENT
  Undergoing the process of becoming stone; having the capacity of being converted into stone; having the quality of petrifying bodies.
• RECRUDESCENT
  recrudescere to become raw again; pref. re- re- + crudescere to 1. Growing raw, sore, or painful again. 2. Breaking out again after temporary abatement or supression; as, a recrudescent epidemic.
• CONDESCENT
  An act of condescension. Dr. H. More.
• FURBELOW
  A plaited or gathered flounce on a woman's garment.
• CANDESCENT
  Glowing; luminous; incandescent.
• PLANO-HORIZONTAL
  Having a level horizontal surface or position. Lee.
• VIRIDESCENT
  Slightly green; greenish.
• EXCANDESCENT
  White or glowing with heat. Ure. (more info) take fire, glow; ex out + candescere to begin to glisten or
• INCANDESCENT
  White, glowing, or luminous, with intense heat; as, incandescent carbon or platinum; hence, clear; shining; brilliant. Holy Scripture become resplendent; or, as one might say, incandescent throughout. I. Taylor. Incandescent lamp or light , a kind
• IRIDESCENT
  Having colors like the rainbow; exhibiting a play of changeable colors; nacreous; prismatic; as, iridescent glass.